Viva64 is a tool for software developers. By means of it one can simplify the porting of applications from 32-bit systems to 64-bit ones.
Migration to 64-bit architecture is an inevitable stage of information technologies development. But it’s difficult for even such big corporations as Microsoft and Intel to forecast the terms of total migration. For instance, at WinHEC 2005 (WinHEC - Windows Hardware Engineering Conference – an annual conference, held by Microsoft for hardware developers) the head of Microsoft Bill Gates claimed that the migration to the 64-bit will be “fast”. But after 2 years it turned out that this didn’t happen in the case of desktop systems. You may also remember the Intel’s failure with the promotion of Itanium solutions.
In spite of the software development industry’s reluctance of migration to the new 64-bit architecture, many hardware and software producers purposefully stimulate this process. In May, 2007 the head manager of Windows Server department Bill Leing confirmed that after Windows Server 2008 Microsoft will produce only 64-bit server operating systems. Perhaps Windows Vista will be the last 32-bit desktop system.
Software developers’ resistance to the migration to 64-bit systems associates with additional expenses. These expenses are caused by the necessity to study the peculiarities of new systems, porting and thorough testing of the program code.
All this backgrounds make it possible to offer the world a technology which provides the most economic and simple porting of 32-bit solutions to 64-bit architecture. In its advertising articles Microsoft claims: migration to 64-bit systems is easy! We claim: with our tools it’s even easier! Buy our tools, solutions and technologies, apply them to your application and be sure it functions correctly with 64-bit systems!
Time of epidemic migration to 64-bit systems will come soon. To get a commercial effect by that time it is necessity to associate Viva64 products with the theme of program porting to 64-bit systems. The best example of this association is the advertisement slogan and concept of Snickers chocolate bar: Hungry? Grab a Snickers! We’ll have something like: Need a 64-bit program? Grab Viva64 solutions!
We would not speak about some technical aspects of the given technology. They may also include training courses, information recourses, and program code analyzers for different programming languages.
At this stage we represent just a means of error search in C++ programs for 64-bit Windows operating system. But the idea may be applied to other languages and operating systems.
You can find out more about our lay-outs and research at www.Viva64.com. We believe that the chosen theme possesses great potential.