PLATINUM TECHNOLOGY, INC. CONTINUES TO DELIVER ON DATA WAREHOUSE VISION --
ANNOUNCES NEW VERSIONS OF SIX PRODUCTS; COMPANY CONTINUES INTEGRATION OF
COMPLETE END-TO-END DATA WAREHOUSE SOLUTION WITH NEW VERSIONS OF DATA
MOVEMENT, DATA TRANSFORMATION AND METADATA MANAGEMENT PRODUCTS

OAKBROOK TERRACE IL, FEBRUARY 6, 1996 . . . At the Data Warehousing
Conference in Orlando, Florida, PLATINUM technology, inc., today announced
a series of new product upgrades in support of its complete end-to-end
data warehouse strategy. PLATINUM announcements include PLATINUM Data
Shopper 1.2, PLATINUM Repository/MVS 3.3, PLATINUM InfoPump 2.0, PLATINUM
InfoHub 2.0, PLATINUM InfoTransport 3.0 and PLATINUM InfoRefiner 3.0,
encompassing data movement and transformation, metadata management, and
data access.

PLATINUM has taken the wealth of data warehousing technology assembled via
mergers, acquisitions, and internal development and developed new PLATINUM
versions of these key data warehouse creation and management tools. As a
result, the company now offers an integrated data warehouse solution that
is a powerful alternative to the point product approach.

According to Tom DePasquale, vice president of the PLATINUM Data Warehouse
business unit, "PLATINUM technology has now advanced our entire data
warehouse product line. This means customers will get the benefit of both
advances in technology and integration. We now provide the most complete
data movement and metadata management solution in the industry. We will
continue this process of advancing technology and integration because it
is our intention to dominate the data warehouse segment of the market by
providing customers with the comprehensive solutions they need."

NEW PRODUCTS FOR INTEGRATED DATA WAREHOUSE IMPLEMENTATION

PLATINUM DATA SHOPPER 1.2

PLATINUM Data Shopper allows business users to easily access information in
the data warehouse repository via an easy-to-understand MS Windows
interface. Data Shopper translates technical data and abbreviations into
meaningful business names and descriptions, enabling users to drill-down
logically from general topics to more specific categories of meta data.
Data Shopper 1.2 includes support for external query tools and new
querying capabilities. Data Shopper 1.2 can now automatically hand-off a
pre-defined query stored in the Repository into PLATINUM InfoQuery or
PLATINUM Forest & Trees, as well as Microsoft Query and Intersolv's Q+E.
The external query tool interface is completely open.

PLATINUM REPOSITORY/MVS

PLATINUM Repository/MVS allows companies to leverage the value of their
corporate data by easily managing, maintaining, and accessing vast amounts
of information from databases, applications, and systems in a complex,
heterogeneous client/server environment. PLATINUM Repository/MVS 3.3
includes support for new import sources, such as Informix, LBMS and
PLATINUM InfoRefiner, and several enhancements to its management
capabilities.

PLATINUM INFOPUMP 2.0

InfoPump 2.0 extends the reach of its data replication and routing
capabilities for connecting heterogeneous data sources (server-based
RDBMSs and Lotus Notes) to include new server environments and database
management systems. The latest version of InfoPump has been optimized to
support full 32-bit implementations of the HP UX, Sun Solaris, and AIX
operating systems in addition and the Microsoft Windows NT operating
system. To complement the addition of new operating systems support,
InfoPump 2.0 also features a series of new database interfaces.

PLATINUM INFOTRANSPORT 2.0

InfoTransport Version 2.0 now supports change propagation from InfoRefiner,
enabling companies to distribute just the changes to a data file, reducing
network traffic and the time required to transfer data. This capability is
the first of its kind to be offered from a single vendor and provides a
more integrated solution across extraction, refinement and distribution of
data in the warehouse. InfoTransport Version 2.0 also includes
enhancements to its graphical user interface and support for DB2 for MVS
Version 4.0 as a source and Informix as a target. In addition, Version 2.0
adds two new target UNIX operating environments, Pyramid and AT&T (NCR).
It also supports ASCII as a target, which enables InfoTransport to
distribute data to any standard database that supports ASCII.

PLATINUM INFOREFINER VERSION 3.0

The new features in PLATINUM InfoRefiner Version 3.0 enable database
administrators (DBAs), application managers and project leaders to more
efficiently manage data extraction, refinement and movement from mainframe
sources into their data warehouse. It adds support for replication and
change propagation from DB2 as a source database. In addition, it supports
direct mapping to a single generic model which allows replication and
propagation to multiple heterogeneous targets. These features save
development time and costs, and maximize the use of existing resources by
allowing older data and applications to work concurrently with newer
technology and platforms, ensuring all systems are synchronized. Version
3.0 is a true client server implementation with a new graphical front-end
for effective management of the data movement process.

PLATINUM INFOHUB 2.0 WITH DRDA CONNECTIVITY

PLATINUM InfoHub 2.0 allows users and applications to access data stored in
non-relational legacy database management systems using the same SQL
commands they would use to access relational database management systems.
InfoHub handles the translation of SQL commands into the proprietary data
manipulation languages of the legacy DBMSs including ADABAS, CA-IDMS,
CA-DATACOM/DB, IMS, VSAM, and MVS sequential files. InfoHub Version 2.0
features a new DRDA implementation which allows InfoHub to utilize the
DRDA communications infrastructure to handle the movement of data between
client and host systems.

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