Press Releases - 2000

SAN JOSE, Calif., Sept. 27, 2000 — PointBase, the leader in platform independent technology for data management and synchronization, announced today at the Embedded Systems Conference that NewMonics, a leading supplier of advanced development solutions for next-generation embedded systems, has joined its QuickPoint partners program for independent software vendors (ISVs). The relationship brings together two platforms — PointBase Java databases and the NewMonics PERC® Java-compliant virtual machine — that both offer small footprints and highly efficient architectures for developing embedded Java device applications.

"This is an excellent relationship because our PERC Virtual Machine has precisely the same characteristics as PointBase — small, fast, and designed specifically for embedded platforms," said Tim Tumilty, vice president of sales and business development. "We see PERC and PointBase emerging as the embedded Java device platform of choice, providing developers with a fast and cost-effective environment for creating sophisticated next-generation embedded systems."

"With its innovative memory management technology, NewMonics does for the Java run-time environment what PointBase does for Java databases, so pairing the two for embedded applications is a natural," said Bruce Scott, president and CEO of PointBase "We believe that this relationship will help us to jointly lead the market for embedded Java applications, which presents tremendous growth opportunities in the next few years."

An integration of PointBase databases with the NewMonics PERC virtual machine is available immediately from NewMonics, and PointBase database products will be available on PERC evaluation kits in the fourth quarter 2000. The two company's products have widespread applications — initial targets include developers for the telecommunications, data communications, industrial automation and transportation industries.

About the PointBase QuickPoint Program
PointBase's QuickPoint program offers profitable opportunities for ISVs to develop, market and support database-driven Java solutions for e-commerce, mobile and Internet-enabled applications. The program enables ISVs to produce a portable, pure Java, easy-to-download demo or evaluation software that includes a database and requires no database configuration, and provides marketing support opportunities and other benefits.

For more information, call PointBase Sales at 1-877-238-8798, or visit the PointBase Web site, where an ISV Program application is available online, http://www.pointbase.com/partners/quickpoint.

About NewMonics
NewMonics, Inc., pioneered the embedded market for real-time Java solutions in 1996. Since then, NewMonics has been an industry leader in creating embedded software solutions that increase efficiency, ease development, and reduce the time to market of embedded Java applications. NewMonics, a privately held company with headquarters in Lisle, Illinois, supports a client-base throughout North America, Europe, and Asia. NewMonics provides a full-range of development software solutions, including a Java-compliant virtual machine, compilers, tools, and libraries for Linux, Embedix, BlueCat Linux, VxWorks®, pSOS™, Windows® NT, ENEA's OSE Delta, Phar Lap's ETS, and VenturCom's RTX on Intel and Motorola processors. In addition to this award-winning suite of products, NewMonics offers professional consulting, design, and engineering services to systems developers for embedded real-time applications in a wide range of industries, including telecommunications, industrial automation, transportation, and consumer electronics. NewMonics has formed strategic relationships with Intel, Rockwell International, Microsoft, Lineo, LynuxWorks and other leading companies in the embedded systems market. More information about NewMonics can be found on its Web site at http://www.newmonics.com.

About PointBase
PointBase, the leader in platform independent technology for data management and synchronization, enables applications to manage, synchronize, and extend data globally to servers, laptops, desktops, and mobile/wireless devices.

PointBase was established in 1998 by Bruce Scott, co-founder of Oracle Corporation and Gupta/Centura Software. The management team includes industry veterans from IBM, Oracle, Sybase, Hewlett-Packard and Sun Microsystems. More information about PointBase is available on the World Wide Web at http://www.pointbase.com.
 

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