March 31, 1998 The Applications Development Division of Sterling Software, Inc., announces COOL:Qwik, a set of software patterns for developers of enterprise-scale applications. Designed as a model for Sterling Software's COOL:Gen, COOL:Qwik is a set of reusable analysis and design patterns used to construct and implement distributed, production-quality, enterprise-scale components and applications in minutes. COOL:Qwik uses the power of copy wizards in COOL:Gen to dramatically decrease development time.

Developed and used by QA Technologies Inc. for COOL:Gen development projects, COOL:Qwik patterns have been tested on actual projects with multiple customers, yielding quantifiable results. The tool is fully customisable to implement individual business standards and significantly reduces maintenance and training costs through standardised code for all projects.

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