ActiveWeb Supports Microsoft Windows NT and SQL Server; Free 30-day Evaluation Copy Available on the Internet

Business Wire, Oct 1, 1996

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 1, 1996--Active Software, Inc., a leader in extending information systems to the web, today announced immediate availability of a new version of the ActiveWeb(TM) system that includes support for Microsoft Windows NT(TM) and Microsoft's SQL Server(TM) database.

In addition, the company also announced that a free 30-day evaluation copy of the software is available to developers from Active Software's web site, http://www.activesw.com.

"We are committed to responding to the needs of our customers as quickly as possible," said Stephen MacDonald, Active Software's president and CEO. "The availability our products on Windows NT allows organizations to easily and quickly connect their existing UNIX and Windows NT-based information systems to new technologies such as web-browsers and Java(TM)."

ActiveWeb is unique in integrating existing corporate applications and data with the Internet and corporate Intranets. The Active Information Broker(TM) facilitates the exchange of information between different corporate information resources by using an open and extensible publish and subscribe communications platform.

The ActiveWeb system enhances the publish/subscribe model with support for guaranteed message delivery even with occasionally connected users or unreliable network connections.

The Active dbAdapter(TM) is used to connect any open systems relational database to the Active Information Broker. Unlike approaches based on ODBC, the Active dbAdapter supports the native database APIs and native SQL of each database to provide users with high performance and rich functionality.

In addition to Microsoft SQL Server, Active Software provides dbAdapters for INFORMIX(R), ORACLE(R), and Sybase SQL Server(R).

Active Software, the original developers of Visual Java(TM), also includes a suite of development and management tools written in Java that enable users to easily define, display, and manage the information that is published to the network using ActiveWeb.

ActiveWeb Availability and Pricing

Licensed per developer, the ActiveWeb Developer Suite is $4,995 for the initial developer, with additional developer licenses priced at $2,495.

This license includes a Windows NT or Sun Solaris ActiveWeb Information Broker; Information Broker administration and management tools; a Java applet Adapter, a dbAdapter for Microsoft SQL Server, ORACLE, INFORMIX, or Sybase; and a complete set of Java development tools. A free 30-day evaluation copy of the ActiveWeb Developer Suite is available on the Internet at http://www.activesw.com.

About Active Software

Active Software, founded in 1995 and headquartered in Mountain View, is a privately held company focused on extending information systems to the Web. Specifically, the company provides a software communications platform, ActiveWeb, that allows dissimilar resources such as applications, databases, and Java-enabled browsers to exchange information across corporate Intranets and the Internet.

Active Software is funded by Enterprise Partners; Kleiner, Perkins, Caufield & Byers; Sierra Ventures; and the KPCB Java Fund. Investors in the KPCB Java Fund include Cisco Systems, Comcast, Compaq, IBM, Itochu, Netscape, Oracle, Sun Microsystems, TCI, and US West. For more information, please visit the Active Software web site at http://www.activesw.com or send e-mail to info@activesw.com. -0-

Note to Editors: ActiveWeb, Active Information Broker and Active dbAdapter are trademarks of Active Software, Inc. Microsoft, Windows NT, and SQL Server are registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. Java, Visual Java, Sun, and Solaris are trademarks of Sun Microsystems, Inc. All other company or brand names may be trademarks of their respective holders.

CONTACT: Active Software, Mountain View

Paul Koenig, 415/254-0474 Ext. 224

paul.koenig@activesw.com

or

Evans Communications

Lisa Sheeran, 415/648-0347