Synergy/DE Release Delivers Major Productivity Advances for Business Software Developers; Version 7.1 Features Integrated Launch Pad for Synergy Development Tools

Business Wire, Sept 27, 1999

SACRAMENTO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 27, 1999--

Synergex International, of Gold River, Calif., today announced the general release of Synergy/DE 7.1, the company's leading-edge business-software development environment.

The highlight of the new release is the much-anticipated Professional Series Workbench, a developer's productivity tool featuring a built-in language-sensitive visual editor and an integrated toolbar from which users may launch all other Synergy/DE tools.

"Once you use these new features, you get hungry for more," said Roy Nelson, MIS director at HyPro, Inc., of Waterford, Wis. "We are really happy with the quality of this product. We use it in an in-house application that validates, collects, and formats data in 34,000 tables containing mission-critical information such as customer records, customer data, accounting, and inventory." HyPro, a beta-test site for Synergy/DE 7, is a tier-one contract supplier of manufactured parts for companies such as John Deere and Caterpillar.

Other major components included in the release are Synergy/DE xfNetLink COM Edition and Synergy/DE xfODBC Connect. xfNetlink COM provides distributed access to Synergy logic and data from Active Server Pages, Visual Basic, or any other COM-compliant front ends. xfODBC Connect extends existing Synergy/DE ODBC technology to include relational database management system features such as outer joins for extended data access.

"This is an exceptionally robust product release," said Scott Luttgen, vice president of development for Synergex. "Synergy/DE 7 greatly extends existing functionality and delivers significant new capability in componentization and distributed processing. Developers can take advantage of these features immediately -- particularly for tightly coupling web applications with existing operational software."

Details about Synergy/DE can be found at the company's web site: www.synergex.com.

About Synergex International

Synergex develops and markets a cross-platform software development environment that enables independent software vendors (ISVs), consultants, and corporate MIS developers to create portable and highly scalable distributed client/server business solutions. More than two million end-users in 50 states and 80 countries rely on ISV applications built in Synergy/DE, the company's flagship development environment. The Synergex Professional Services Group offers worldwide customized consulting, programming, and educational services to Synergy/DE customers. The company's World Wide Web address is www.synergex.com.