Informix Awarded Database Software Contract BY MCI; Informix Database Selected As One of MCI's Corporate Standards

Business Wire, Nov 6, 1996

MENLO PARK, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 6, 1996--Informix Software, Inc. (NASDAQ:IFMX), the leading provider of innovative database technology, today announced that its database software has been selected by MCI Communications Corp. as one of its standard operating environments.

The multi-million dollar contract gives Informix, the world's number two database vendor, a major win in the highly competitive telecommunications market.

The full range of Informix software and services, including its Dynamic Scalable Architecture(TM) database products, INFORMIX(R)-Universal Server object-relational database, New Era(TM) software development tools, consulting services and support services, will be used in future technology deployments by MCI.

"We selected Informix because it is a leader in both online transaction processing and data warehousing applications," said Lance Boxer, chief information officer for MCI. "We are committed to continuing our tradition of integrating leading-edge technology by working closely with reliable, yet innovative, companies such as Informix."

As part of its contract with MCI, Informix will build an on-site competency center at MCI to help tune and test applications that will run with the Informix database software. "The on-site competency center illustrates our commitment to MCI," said Phil White, president and CEO of Informix. "As strong as our technology is, we're equally proud of how we build long term relationships with our customers to help them unleash business innovation for their competitive benefit."

Informix

Informix Software, based in Menlo Park, Calif., provides innovative database technology that enables the world's leading corporations to manage and grow their businesses. Informix is widely recognized as the technology leader for corporate computing environments, ranging from workgroups to very large OLTP and data warehouse applications. Informix's database servers, application development tools, superior customer service and strong partnerships enable the company to be at the forefront of many leading-edge information technology solution areas.

MCI

MCI, headquartered in Washington, D.C., is one of the world's largest and fastest growing diversified communications companies. With annual revenue of more than $15 billion, MCI offers consumers and businesses a broad portfolio of integrated services including long distance, wireless, local, paging, messaging, Internet, information services, outsourcing, and advanced global communications. -0-

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