JYACC ANNOUNCES JAM FOR OS/2 AT DB-EXPO

Leading Cross-Platform Client/Server Tool Provides A Complete Development
And Deployment Environment For The OS/2 Platform

DB-EXPO, San Francisco, CA - May 2, 1995 - Today, JYACC, Inc., announced
the OS/2 version of JAM (JYACC Application Manager), the leading
cross-platform tool for building client/server and distributed
applications. JYACC will show the new release for the first time at
DB-Expo Booth 1162 in San Francisco's Moscone Center.

JAM for OS/2 allows developers to build 32 bit GUI applications that fully
exploit the stability and preemptive multi-tasking features of the OS/2
platform, said Darryl Zack, JYACC Vice President of Sales and Marketing.
The ability to build OS/2 applications with JAM and re-deploy them on over
100 platforms and operating environments is an essential component in our
customers enterprise computing strategy.

With the release of JAM for OS/2 Warp, customers will be able to build and
deploy business-critical applications that are portable enough to span the
enterprise, said Jim Grant, Vice President, IBM Solution Developer
Operations. This new product from JYACC continues their tradition of
support for IBM client/server solutions, including AIX on the RS/6000, and
DB2/2 and represents another important vendor who has committed support
for OS/2, the industry's leading 32-bit operating system.

Applications developed with JAM for OS/2 can be deployed on OS/2 versions
2.x and Warp, as well as 100 other platforms and operating environments,
including MS-Windows, DOS, Motif, VAX/VMS, Macintosh, and virtually every
implementation of UNIX. JAM also integrates seamlessly with more than
twenty of the most popular RDBMS products, and provides transparent access
to legacy systems via DRDA and Microsofts ODBC.

The $2,000 JAM for OS/2 package includes:

The complete JAM development environment.

   A database driver for JYACCs built-in prototyping database (JDB).

   A second, customer-selected database driver.  (Users can purchase
   additional database drivers if they wish. Drivers are currently
   available for Oracle, Sybase, Informix, and DB2. Drivers for other
   RDMS products will be offered later this year.)

   Complete documentation.

JAM for OS/2 continues the JYACC tradition of never charging runtime fees
or royalties for JAM-built applications.

About JAM and JYACC

JAM combines four significant advanced technologies -- visual programming,
repository-driven development, object-orientation, and high performance
transaction management. In addition to offering a fully graphical
development environment, JAM is the industry's most advanced application
development tool in delivering codeless programming and productivity. JAM
is the centerpiece of a fully integrated family of application development
products that includes a report writing tool, and interfaces to more than
20 database engines, the leading transaction monitors (including Novell's
TUXEDO and Transarc's Encina), and CASE tools (including Cadre's Teamwork
and Innovator SERM from MID, GmbH of Germany).

JYACC offers products and services that enable developers to build high
performance client/server applications quickly and cost-effectively,
integrate them into their business environment, and maximize each
application's value. Founded in 1978 as a software consulting firm, JYACC
first shipped JAM in 1985. With ten years as an industry leader and tens
of thousands of JAM development licenses sold worldwide, JYACC has
impeccable credentials in the open systems marketplace. Thanks to its
power and field-proven performance, JAM has been selected by IS
organizations throughout the Fortune 1000 to build the most demanding,
mission critical applications. JYACC is based in New York City with
offices in Boston, Massachusetts; Parsippany, New Jersey; San Francisco,
California; Chicago, Illinois; Atlanta, Georgia; and Orlando, Florida.
JYACC also has offices in London (UK) and Paris, France. JYACC
Headquarters is located at 116 John Street, New York, New York 10038.

About IBM

IBM has sold more than 2 million copies of OS/2 Warp worldwide since
November. The product is the third generation of IBMs award-winning 32-bit
operating system. It features impressive new usability features,
slimmed-down system requirements and comes with a BonusPak of more than a
dozen exploitive OS/2 applications, including easy access to the Internet
and CompuServe. OS/2 Warp comes preloaded on systems from the IBM PC
Company, Toshiba, CompuAdd, Vobis, Escom, and Osborne. Dell offers Warp as
a preload option to customers when they order PCs.

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