Trinzic launches InfoBroker for the Lotus Notes user — software to access enterprise-wide data sources from Notes

Business Wire, March 1, 1995

PALO ALTO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 1, 1995 -- Trinzic Corp. (NASDAQ:TRNZ) today announced that the company will showcase the new InfoBroker software at the Lotus Symposium Series sponsored by Intel Corp. and Lotus Development Corp.

Trinzic along with three additional Business Partners will be a co-sponsor of this series of eight one day conferences across North America focused on business solutions available for this environment. The symposium features presentations by successful Lotus Notes users and provides a showcase for Notes Business Partners to demonstrate their solutions.

"The Lotus Symposium Series has proven itself a powerful information exchange event for Notes users with attendance averaging one thousand per seminar last season," said Frederick W. Rook, Ph.D., Trinzic's vice president and general manager -- Data Access and Connectivity Products. "This is also an excellent marketing event for Trinzic to provide a forum for users to learn about our forthcoming Notes-based InfoBroker software product and our InfoPump data replication software."

"The Lotus Notes marketplace is expanding with new opportunities for our Partners," said Jeff Papows, vice president of Lotus' Communications Business Group. "Trinzic is contributing to the growth of this market with products such as InfoPump and the upcoming InfoBroker, by connecting Notes users to corporate operational data sources. Their co-sponsorship of the Lotus Symposium clearly demonstrates Trinzic's commitment to the Notes market."

A New Information Access Tool for Notes Users

InfoBroker -- introduced at the recent Lotusphere exhibition under the code name "NotesPump" -- will empower Lotus Notes users with the ability to retrieve information from enterprise databases such as ORACLE, Sybase SQL Server, Microsoft SQL Server and other sources such as IBM AS/400 within the Lotus Notes environment.

Using the unique capabilities of InfoBroker, users will be able to build three types of information retrieval requests -- query by example (QBE), ad hoc requests for any SQL query, and data mapping from Notes to the destination database -- directly from Notes using the familiar Notes request form. The user can also specify the format they want the data delivered in -- a Lotus 1-2-3 spreadsheet or an Excel spreadsheet, a Notes mail message, a dBase file, etc.

In turn, information is delivered back to the user in selected formats, including Notes mail, main documents, response documents and database update, where the dataset is inserted into the indicated Notes database. As a result, users can take advantage of background data collection and centralized database connections in Notes.

InfoBroker is based on the Trinzic InfoPump software, a leading data replication product that is currently used by hundreds of companies to provide heterogeneous data replication to Notes users.

"InfoBroker provides a robust solution for Notes users who want to access other data sources without leaving the Notes environment," added Rook. "Trinzic is already providing data access to more than 30,000 Notes users with InfoPump. Now we're placing the power of this proven technology directly into the hands of the end user."

In addition to performing immediate information requests, InfoBroker users will be able to schedule requests to occur on a regular basis, such as daily or weekly. The ability to remotely initiate information requests is a major benefit for users who are on the road and do not have direct access to a database.

InfoBroker pricing will parallel the pricing model used for

Lotus Notes

Users will be able to license InfoBroker servers and clients on an as-needed basis, one at a time or in quantity. InfoBroker pricing will be based on standard client/server pricing models similar to Lotus Notes.

InfoBroker will be available directly from Trinzic Corp. and its extensive network of authorized resellers and distributors during the second half of calendar year 1995. For more information contact Trinzic at 1-800-234-7724.

Trinzic Corp.

Trinzic products -- InfoBroker, InfoHub, ObjectPro, InfoPump, Forest & Trees, and the Aion Development System (AionDS) -- enable customers to build, integrate and implement applications in a client/server architecture. Headquartered in Palo Alto, Calif., Trinzic Corp. 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.

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