Press Releases - 2000

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., May 8, 2000 – PointBase, the leader in mobile wireless data management led by Oracle Corporation co-founder Bruce Scott, today announced six new members to its QuickPoint Partners Program. The six are: Idetix, Inc., Troy, Michigan; Mortice Kern Systems, Inc. (MKS) (TSE:MKX), Toronto, Ontario; ProSyst Software AG, Cologne, Germany; THOUGHT, Inc., San Francisco; Timecruiser Computing Corp., Fairfield, N.J.; and Zat, Inc., Portland, Oregon. PointBase's QuickPoint program offers profitable opportunities for industry partners to develop, market and support database-driven solutions for e-commerce, mobile and Internet-enabled applications.

The QuickPoint program is built around PointBase's Mobile Edition and Network Server database products, which enable developers to create 100% Pure Java™, distributed, database-driven applications that support e-commerce, mobile work forces and the distribution of enterprise data onto Internet appliances and devices. The program provides an unlimited number of free copies of the PointBase database for building demos and/or evaluation modules.

"The Java-oriented focus of QuickPoint is attracting exactly the kind of high-caliber developers we want to partner with – cutting-edge, best-of-breed companies that intuitively appreciate the value-add of our embedded database for their applications," said Bruce Scott, president and CEO of PointBase "We welcome our new QuickPoint members and look forward to working with them to create the next wave of Internet applications for synchronizing and managing data."

"Internet companies desperately need a way to quickly build powerful database-enabled Web applications that are portable, not just across different servers, but to mobile devices and other platforms," said William Leler, President and Founder of Zat, Inc. "Bundling PointBase's Java database with Spin, Zat's Java IRAD (Internet Rapid Application Development) environment, makes building portable, standards-based database-enabled Web applications an order of magnitude faster and easier; easy enough even for non-programmers."

"We required a reliable, pure Java database to support Revize® our web content management application," said George Cameron, President of Idetix, Inc. "After evaluating several competitive offerings, we found the PointBase product to be superior in reliability and service. Furthermore, Idetix and PointBase are both customer-oriented companies and that has created a natural synergy between us."

"We have chosen to integrate our award-winning Timecruiser groupware products with PointBase simply because it is the most powerful and feature-rich RDBMS that fits our needs," said Anthony Ma, director of research, Timecruiser Computing Corp. "PointBase has a small footprint and is 100% Pure Java - which make it the ideal platform our company and our customers can depend on."

More About the PointBase QuickPoint Program
The PointBase QuickPoint program enables industry partners to produce a portable, pure Java, easy-to-download demo or evaluation software that includes a database and requires no database configuration. The program was designed to expand and enhance partner exposure to more prospects by building e-Business solutions entirely in Java. The program also provides the option to purchase a single-user full-function copy of the database with no limits on database size at a discounted price and to participate in software beta test programs. In addition, developers are eligible to participate in joint marketing and public relations initiatives and to be listed in PointBase's Partner Program website, which provides site visitors with a description of each partner's company profile and a link to the partner's own web site.

For more information, call PointBase Sales at 1-877-238-8798 (U.S. and Canada), 1-650-230-7200 (International) or visit the PointBase web site, where a QuickPoint Program application is available online, http://www.pointbase.com/partners/quickpoint.

About the PointBase Mobile Edition and Network Server
The PointBase Mobile Edition is a small footprint pure Java database for applications that support mobile workers and Internet appliances such as PDAs, mobile devices and Internet appliances. The PointBase Network Server is an all Java database for multi-user applications that are especially suited to e-commerce and multi-platform server environments.

About Idetix, Inc.
Idetix is an Internet software company dedicated to providing its customers with affordable and effective content management software. Founded in 1995, the company's vision is focused on the empowerment of people through simplified information management technologies. Revize®, the company's flagship product, is a content management system designed to be both a web developer's tool and a web application. Built in 100% Pure Java, Revize enables developers to quickly create or modify any Web site in which 'editable content' is required. With Revize, information is used as a competitive advantage, and is managed and updated by authorized non-technical content contributors using any web browser. Idetix markets and sells its products via a direct sales force, a network of resellers and VARs, as well as via its e-commerce web site www.idetix.com. For more information about Idetix Software Systems, its services or products, contact the company at 850 Stephenson Highway, Suite 600, Troy, Michigan, 48083, Tel (248) 616-5040, Fax (248) 616- 5045, or visit the company web site at www.idetix.com.

About Mortice Kern Systems, Inc.
Mortice Kern Systems (MKS) (TSE:MKX) enables and manages change at the speed of eBusiness. The MKS Integrity Framework™, delivers software products, consulting, training, and support to manage the transition to eBusiness and the rapid change companies need to undertake to succeed and gain competitive business advantage. With headquarters in Waterloo, ON, and Chicago, IL, MKS can be reached at http://www.mks.com or by calling 1-800-265-2797 (US & Canada), +49-711-351775-0 (Germany), or +44-1483-733919 (United Kingdom).

About ProSyst Software AG
ProSyst Software, Cologne, Germany, is a leading vendor of Java server software. ProSyst's goal is to connect all devices with each other as well as to the Internet. The ProSyst product family includes mBedded Server, a small footprint server for consumer network services and mBedded Developer, a development tool for creating services for embedded systems. ProSyst USA is based in Alpharetta, Georgia. ProSyst is on the Web at http://www.prosyst.com.

About THOUGHT, Inc.
Established in 1993, THOUGHT is the worldwide market leader in Java-based object-oriented Mapping middleware technology. The company has been shipping CocoBase, the industry's more advanced framework for accessing legacy data in a distributed application since January of 1997. CocoBase is a standards based product relying on such technologies as RMI, CORBA, JDBC, EJB, etc. From its base in San Francisco, the company supports customers worldwide in the United States, Europe, Japan, Asia and Australia. CocoBase and THOUGHT Inc. are registered trademarks. For more information, visit the company at http://www.thoughtinc.com/.

About Timecruiser Computing Corp.
Founded in 1995, Timecruiser Computing offers Web applications and solutions for corporate, government, and education communities, as well as Internet ISPs and portal providers. These solutions and products include TimeCruiser 2.0, the enterprise time/event information and resource management solution; CampusCruiser, an interactive portal to campus life in higher education; and SchoolCruiser, a community based K-12 portal. For more information, visit the company at http://www.timecruiser.com.

About Zat, Inc.
Zat is the leading provider of standards-based visual development environments, components, and tools for building Web applications. Zat was founded in 1997 by Dr. William Leler and Mr. Philip Goward. Dr. Leler is a former software developer and manager at Autodesk, Tektronix Research Labs, Cogent Research, and Texas Instruments. Mr. Goward is a former manager at ParcPlace Systems and Presidio Systems and developer of several successful software products. The company is privately funded and headquartered in Portland, OR. Zat can be contacted at 503-228-6225, info@zat.com, or at http://www.zat.com.

About PointBase
PointBase, the leader in mobile wireless data management, develops, markets, and supports solutions for extending and synchronizing enterprise data out to wireless devices, Internet appliances, mobile applications, PDAs, and networked servers. The company's 100% Pure Java products solve the problem of managing data for applications deployed globally across a diversity of platforms.

PointBase was established in 1998 by Bruce Scott, co-founder of Oracle Corporation and Gupta/Centura Software, and Jeff Richey, one of the key developers of the Sybase SQL database server. The management team includes industry veterans from IBM, Oracle, Sybase, Hewlett-Packard and Sun Microsystems. For additional information on PointBase and its products, call (877) 238-8798 (U.S. and Canada) or 650-230-7200 (International) or visit the company's website at http://www.pointbase.com.
 

Note to Editors—Java, and 100% Pure Java, are trademarks or registered trademarks of Sun Microsystems, Inc. in the United States and other countries. Revize® and Idetix® are registered trademarks of Idetix Software Systems.