Trinzic Joins Sybase Warehouse WORKS Alliance; Trinzic's Forest & Trees Decision Support System and InfoPump Heterogeneous Replication Software Play Critical Roles in Data Warehouse Implementation

Business Wire, August 8, 1995

REDWOOD CITY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 8, 1995-- Trinzic's Forest & Trees (R) Decision Support System and InfoPump (TM) Heterogeneous Replication Software Play Critical Roles in Data Warehouse Implementations Redwood City, CA, August 8, 1995 Trinzic Corporation (NASDAQ:TRNZ) today announced that its award-winning Forest & Trees (R) decision support tool and InfoPump (TM) data movement and replication software products will become part of the new Sybase Warehouse WORKS alliance.

"Sybase has added an important dimension to the data warehouse implementation with the Warehouse WORKS alliance," said Frederick W. Rook, vice president and general manager of the Trinzic Data Access and Connectivity Business Unit. "Organizations are actively looking for data warehouse products to get more value from their data and with this program, Sybase is making it easier to find the tools that suit their needs."

More Powerful Access and Effective Data Movement in the Data Warehouse

"Storing vast amounts of information is necessary in today's enterprise and an efficient engine for generating interactive and unplanned queries is critical to the warehouse success," continued Rook. "The executives using our Forest & Trees software want data so they can effectively analyze their business and they want it now. Integration with the Sybase tools like IQ Accelerator means Forest & Trees users can get the data they want as soon as they want it."

"Trinzic is also in the business of connecting data from heterogeneous sources," added Rook. "Sybase products help create a place to accumulate important data from relevant sources within the corporation. For instance, data stored in a legacy database management system can be used to populate the data warehouse using Trinzic's InfoHub (TM) software working in conjunction with the Sybase MDI Gateway or the OmniSQL Gateway. In other situations, data stored in SQL

Server may need to be integrated with other server DBMS such as Lotus Notes. In that situation, Trinzic's InfoPump could be used to replicate the data from the source database to the target data warehouse. In each case the combination of Sybase and Trinzic products help customers achieve their data warehouse goals."

About SYBASE Warehouse WORKS

SYBASE Warehouse WORKS, introduced in November of 1994, is the industry's first complete and open solution for building client/server data warehousing solutions. Warehouse WORKS helps customers rapidly build and cost-effectively deploy interactive warehouse applications which: assemble data from diverse on-line data sources, transform data to a consistent business view, distribute and manage data, and provide interactive access with the broadest choice of industry-standard tools. The Warehouse WORKS Alliance Program, with over 50 vendors and growing, is the largest collection of integrated solutions for Data Warehousing in the industry.

About Trinzic Corporation

Trinzic Corporation is a major provider of tools and services that assist companies in developing client/server applications to achieve greater productivity, higher quality and increased competitiveness. Trinzic develops, markets and supports a full suite of data warehousing and client/server tools and services that meet the data access needs of organizations in a variety of industries.

Trinzic's software products include: Forest & Trees (R), a client/server ad-hoc query and reporting tool that allows end-users to access and analyze data from a wide variety of sources, including data warehouses, PC spreadsheets, database servers, mainframe systems and Lotus Notes; InfoPump (TM), a server-based data replication tool that allows users to access, move, synchronize, transform and integrate data to and from multiple database sources in a heterogeneous client/server environment; InfoHub (TM), which allows PC-based users to directly access and update data residing on a mainframe system; Aion(R) Development System, a business rules application development tool; and ObjectPro(TM), an object-oriented development tool designed for building complex client/server applications in a fully visual environment.

On March 7, 1995, Trinzic entered into an agreement to merge with PLATINUM technology, inc. This merger is expected to be completed August 25, 1995. -0-

Trinzic products InfoHub (TM), ObjectPro (TM), InfoPump (TM), Forest & Trees (R), and the Aion (R) Development System (AionDS) enable customers to build, integrate and implement applications in a client/server architecture. Headquartered in Redwood City, California, Trinzic Corporation has approximately 275 employees and a combined installed base of more than 10,000 customers representing more than 50,000 product licenses. Trinzic products are distributed by a direct sales force and key marketing partners, as well as distributors throughout North America, Europe, the Pacific Rim and South America.

Trinzic, the Trinzic logo, ObjectPro, InfoHub and InfoPump are trademarks of Trinzic Corporation. Forest & Trees and Aion are registered trademarks of Trinzic Corporation. All other products and product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies.