Software AG Announces First RDBMS to Offer Advanced Distribution Features

ADABAS D Pricing is the Industry's Most Aggressive

Product is approved database engine for SAP's R/3 client/server
applications and the only NIST certified database to support R/3 under
Windows NT

Reston, VA -- August 28, 1995 -- Software AG, a leading developer of
client/server application development software, today announced the U.S.
availability of ADABAS DV6.1, the first fully relational database
management system to offer advanced data distribution capabilities, in a
robust, easy-to-use package. ADABAS D features theindustry's most
aggressive pricing for a relational database product, and is the
firstrelational database to offer the same price for both UNIX and Windows
NT versions. ADABAS D is designed to enable customers to concentrate on
building solutions rather than worrying about the administrative overhead
and technical issues associated with other relational database products.

ADABAS D is an open, easy-to-administer RDBMS offering database
replication, two- phase commit and both Oracle and DB2 compatibility
modes. These features enableDatabase Administrators to easily build large,
distributed business-critical applications ordepartmental decision support
systems. In addition, ADABAS D is the first and onlyNIST (National
Institute of Standards and Technology) -certified RDBMS to support SAP's
R/3 application software on Windows NT.

"ADABAS D breaks the RDBMS price and performance barriers by offering a
better packaged product at an unheard-of-price," said Dave MacSwain,
senior vice president ofmarketing and technology. "ADABAS D is an
excellent product choice for such applications as data warehousing,
departmental systems and larger, and distributed business-critical
systems. Software AG's ADABAS D is well positioned to win marketshare in a
`crowded' RDBMS market by `breaking the rules'."

Advanced Distributed Functionality:

ADABAS D features advanced distributed database capabilities, including
both synchronous and asynchronous data replication and distributed
declarative referential integrity. This capability allows tables
distributed across a network to transparently appear as if they were all
located on the same CPU. End-users and application programmers do not need
to know the physical location of the data, making it easy to build,
administer and use applications in large, distributed environments.

Easy-to-Use:

ADABAS D is a functionally rich, yet operationally simple RDBMS. It
requires minimal Database Administrator involvement, with no need for
database reorganization. It is easyfor end-users to understand and robust
enough for use in very large, multi-user environments.

Support for SAP's R/3 Application Software:

ADABAS D is already gaining vendor acceptance. ADABAS D is one of the
engines utilized by SAP's highly successful R/3 client/server software,
and it is the only Windows NT, NIST-certified SAP RDBMS engine.

NIST Certification:

On July 7, 1995, ADABAS D received NIST certification for entry level SQL92
as defined by Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) 127-2 across
seven platformsincluding Windows NT, OS/2, HP-UX, IBM AIX, SCO UNIX, SUN
Solaris and DigitalUNIX on Alpha with both C and COBOL precompilers. NIST
certification verifies SQL compliance, a necessity for federal users, and
ensures compatibility and portability withexisting SQL code for commercial
customers and VARs.

"The certification of ADABAS D across a multitude of open systems platforms
demonstrates Software AG's continued commitment to the federal marketplace
as well as to industry standards," said Mike Schiff, director of data
management programs at Software AG. "NIST certification, a prerequisite in
the federal community, has becomethe de facto standard for SQL in the
commercial environment. Commercial customers expect it and insist on
certification to validate vendor claims of SQL conformance."

Revolutionary Pricing:

ADABAS D V6.1 is available today and is priced competitively at $2500 per
server and $150 per user or client; a single user copy is priced at $400.
The same prices apply to both UNIX and Windows NT servers. For more
information on ADABAS D, please call 1-800-843-9534 ext. 912.

Software AG, with primary locations in Reston, Virginia and Darmstadt,
Germany, is oneof the largest independent software firms in the world. The
company develops and markets open, multi-platform product solutions and
programs including: ENTIRE middleware for data access and data transfer,
NATURAL for application engineering,ESPERANT, a state-of-the-art SQL query
and reporting tool, ADABAS for databasemanagement, and the Open Data
Warehouse Program.
 
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