Siemens Expands VAR Agreement with Objectivity, Inc

Business Wire, Sept 7, 2004

SUNNYVALE, Calif. -- With demand growing for its highly scalable mission-critical database, Objectivity today announced that Siemens Building Technologies, Inc., a leading building technologies company, has signed an expanded VAR agreement. With the VAR agreement, Siemens will expand its use of Objectivity/DB as a component in its APOGEE(R) building automation system. The APOGEE building automation system uses Objectivity/DB within its MS Windows-based front-end workstation.

A Sophisticated Solution for High Profile Customers

The APOGEE system offers open-protocol interoperability, including BACnet(TM), LonTalk(R), Modbus(R) and OPC(R). Multiple building systems can be controlled with one workstation, integrated to provide system-wide control and information. Features include Web access; remote notification by pager, phone or email; and applications such as graphic display, scheduling, alarm management and data trending. In the Siemens APOGEE system, Objectivity/DB is used to store network configuration information and collect historical data. The APOGEE system is currently deployed in a variety of markets, including: higher education, pharmaceutical, high-tech, commercial office, healthcare and government.

Objectivity Delivers Reliability, Availability and Flexibility

"We evaluated several database vendors and found that Objectivity had the best solution for our application," said Joe Studzinski, senior director of APOGEE Engineering. "Objectivity/DB provided the distributed architecture APOGEE required for superior reliability and availability. It also provides superior performance and has helped us achieve the real-time data handling needs of our most demanding customers."

"Siemens Building Technologies, Inc. is a leader in building automation," said Jay Jarrell, president and CEO of Objectivity. "By using Objectivity/DB, Siemens has gained a high performance database solution that meets its needs today and protects their investment by adapting to their future requirements."

About Siemens Building Technologies, Inc

Headquartered in Buffalo Grove, Ill., Siemens Building Technologies, Inc. is one of 14 Siemens operating companies in the United States and is a leading single-source provider of cost-effective facility performance solutions for the comfort, life safety, and security of some of the most technically advanced buildings in the world. In North America, Siemens Building Technologies employs 8,000 people and provides local service from more than 100 locations coast-to-coast. Worldwide, the company has 33,000 employees and operates in more than 125 countries.

About Objectivity, Inc.

Objectivity, Inc. is the leading provider of high performance databases that manage and analyze complex information and relationships as well as very large volumes of data for mission-critical, real-time applications. The company's flagship product, Objectivity/DB, enables leading telecommunications infrastructure providers to deliver faster more reliable services, government agencies to find the "needle in the haystack" in real-time, and the most prominent scientific and process control companies to analyze very large volumes of information or bring higher quality products to market faster.

Objectivity, Inc. is headquartered in Sunnyvale, Calif., USA. For more information, contact the Company by sending e-mail to info@objectivity.com, visiting http://www.objectivity.com or calling 408-992-7100.

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