PLATINUM TECHNOLOGY DELIVERS FINAL EXAM TEST SUITE; TOOL SUITE ENABLES
DEVELOPERS TO IMPROVE APPLICATION QUALITY THROUGHOUT THE LIFECYCLE

OAKBROOK TERRACE, IL, FEBRUARY 13, 1996. . . PLATINUM technology inc. today
delivered PLATINUM Final Exam -- a comprehensive tool suite that automates
software testing for three-tier client/server applications. The tools
expose latent defects during development and test, improve debugging
efficiency, and enable developers to create a repeatable test process for
business-critical applications, ensuring quality software, reducing
development costs, and speeding time to market.

The automated testing tools market has exploded, as corporations realize
the benefits of integrated testing in the application development process.
According to Dick Heiman, an analyst with market research firm
International Data Corp., Framingham, Mass., the market is growing at a
compound annual growth rate of 70 percent. PLATINUM's Final Exam test
suite addresses this clear corporate need.  It also rounds out the
Application Lifecycle Solutions product offering -- the first
comprehensive set of tools available to ensure software quality at each
and every stage of an application's lifecycle.

"Testing is a critical component in successful application development.
PLATINUM's Final Exam test suite enables our customers to build in quality
and reliability to their client/server applications right from the start,"
said Ed Miller, vice president of PLATINUM technology's Application
Lifecycle Solutions business group. "Final Exam demonstrates the quality
found throughout our application lifecycle product offerings. No
competitor exists with our breadth of application know-how and
point-product superiority."

PLATINUM DELIVERS FINAL EXAM The PLATINUM Final Exam suite is currently
comprised of three products:

1. Final Exam Client/Server Test is an automated testing tool that
generates and executes scripts for thorough testing of client/server,
GUI-based applications. Final Exam C/S-Test's unique, easy-to-use
object-oriented recording features allow users to start recording tests
for any application immediately, eliminating the painstaking
pre-processing required by other tools. Its GUI testing function fully
supports visual 4GL applications -- for example, it can instantly
recognize PowerBuilder objects and replay existing scripts across version
and GUI changes. Tests are generated using an automated capture utility or
with an easy-to-use TML scripting language. These tests can then be
executed remotely on multiple client workstations simultaneously and
communicate with each other using both synchronous and asynchronous
messaging.

2. Final Exam Memory Advisor significantly increases programmer efficiency
by reducing the debug cycle time required to isolate and resolve latent
memory-related defects. Equally effective with C and C++ programs, it
instantly identifies and precisely locates even the most obscure run-time
memory errors. Final Exam Memory Advisor utilizes a platform-independent
technology called Object Module Transformation to add debugging
instructions to an application. This enables the software to monitor each
and every memory access the application performs and report any incorrect
use of dynamic, stack, and global memory. Thus, errors are pinpointed --
to the exact line of source code -- so developers can easily correct
them.

3. Final Exam Test Advisor is an advanced code coverage tool that
automatically measures the completeness of tests and provides information
users need to create a comprehensive test programs. Equally suited to C
and C++ development projects, Final Exam Test Advisor reliably analyzes
test coverage by instrumenting the source code with coverage analysis
instructions. During execution of the application, Final Exam Test Advisor
records the effectiveness of the test suite and provides a graphical
post-execution report, describing the effectiveness of the tests.
Together, Final Exam C/S-Test, Memory Advisor, and Test Advisor
substantially reduce software defects, dramatically improving the overall
quality of software testing. The PLATINUM Final Exam product portfolio
will expand later this year with load testing, test management, and SQL
testing products. Testing is an integral component of the Application
Lifecycle Solutions product offering which also includes support for
project and process management, analysis and design, construction, and
configuration and change management.

PRICING, AND SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

Final Exam C/S-Test supports Windows 3.1, SunOS and Solaris., prices start
at $700 per tester license and vary with platform requirements.

Memory Advisor supports SunOS 4.1.3 and Solaris 2.x, HP/UX 9.x, AIX 3.2.x,
4.1, DEC UNIX (OSF/1) AXP 3.x, IRIX 5.2, 5.3, DG/UX/5.4, Solaris/X86 2.4.
and is priced at $995 for an individual user license and $2, 895 for a
floating network license.

Final Exam Test Advisor runs under SUN OS 4.1.3 and Solaris 2.4 and is
priced at $1,295 for an individual user license and $3,895 for a floating
nework license.

For pricing information call PLATINUM technology at 1-800-442-6861 or
1-708-620-5000; or send email to info@platinum.com.

ABOUT PLATINUM APPLICATION LIFECYCLE SOLUTIONS (ALS)

PLATINUM's Application Life Cycle Solutions (ALS) comprise the most
comprehensive and flexible set of tools and methodologies for enterprise
software application development. ALS products address every stage of an
application's lifecycle -- from project and process management, through
analysis and design, construction, testing, configuration and change
management, and maintenance. Consultancy services bring together both
technical and industry expertise. Designed to deliver maximum IT payoff on
software development investment, PLATINUM's Application Lifecycle
Solutions are part of the POEMS (PLATINUM Open Enterprise Management
System) architecture, along with business intelligence, database
management, data warehousing, and systems management.

PLATINUM technology, inc., delivers the payoff on information technology
(IT) investments by providing tools that enable organizations to
efficiently manage next-generation computing solutions while leveraging
existing and legacy systems. The company provides application development,
business intelligence, database administration, data warehousing, and
systems management software solutions for the Open Enterprise Environment
(OEE) -- the networked computing environment that incorporates mainframe,
desktop, and open systems.

FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE E-MAIL US AT INFO@PLATINUM.COM

For more information, contact:
Michael Greeley
PLATINUM technology, inc.
(617) 647-2972
mgreeley@trinzic.com

Kathy Madison
Copithorne & Bellows
(617) 252-0606
kathym@ca.cbpr.com
 
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