Visix Software Expands Presence in Japan

Galaxy Application Environment to be Distributed and Supported by OGIS;
Visix Opens New Japanese Office

TOKYO -- February 20, 1996 -- Furthering its international visibility and
leadership, Visix Software, Inc., developer of the Galaxy Application
Environment, announced today three major business initiatives in Japan.
The company has formed an exclusive distribution partnership with Osaka
Gas Information System Research Institute (OGIS); opened Visix Software
K.K., a wholly-owned Tokyo-based office for supporting Japanese customers;
and appointed a manager to run Visix Software K.K. and to oversee
technical, sales and marketing operations.

"Japan is a strategic market for Visix and OGIS is an outstanding partner
to help us penetrate this market," said Chuck Teubner, president and COO
of Visix. "As object-oriented application development becomes wide-spread
throughout Japan, Galaxy will greatly aid corporations that need to create
complex, multi-tiered applications. There is synergy between the technical
expertise of Japanese information systems departments and the power Galaxy
offers developers."

Galaxy Distributed by OGIS

Osaka Gas Information Systems is the exclusive distributor of Galaxy in
Japan. OGIS is the leading software engineering company in Japan,
specializing in object-oriented (OO) technology. The company provides its
customers with a comprehensive solution for implementing OO systems,
including Galaxy consulting, training and integration services. The OGIS
solution offers customers an integrated approach to developing robust
distributed systems.

"We are very happy with our new exclusive relationship with Visix because
it strengthens our business power in the open client/server area based on
OO technology," said Shigeyuki Kunishige, president of OGIS

Visix Software K.K.

To fully service its Japanese customers, Visix opened a fully-staffed
subsidiary office in Tokyo. Visix Software K.K. will work closely with
OGIS to ensure that customers receive the support they need to build and
deploy applications with Galaxy. The office will be managed by Yasuhiko
Mukohata, who has extensive experience in sales and marketing of
application development tools and software packages.

"Leading Japanese corporations have already recognized the power of Galaxy
and are using it to build mission-critical applications," said Mukohata.
"This office will allow Visix to reach new customers as well as better
service and support our existing customers."

Galaxy is already being used by such leading Japanese corporations as Sony,
Hitachi, Matsushita, Fuji Xerox, Nippon Steel, Toshiba, NEC, Fuji Bank,
NTT Software and NTT Data.

About Galaxy

The Galaxy Application Environment is Visix's flagship product for
developing scalable, cross-platform, client/server applications with high
productivity and low costs. Galaxy is available in both C and C++
versions, and it supports development and deployment on Windows 3.1,
Windows NT, UNIX (SunOS, Solaris, HP-UX, Digital UNIX and IRIX),
Macintosh, OS/2 and OpenVMS platforms. Galaxy also supports the UniCode
standard for multi-byte characters, which is essential for supporting the
Hiragana, Katakana and Kanji characters that make up written Japanese.

In Japan, Galaxy is available directly from OGIS. Galaxy is priced at 42.2
million per developer seat. OGIS can be reached by phone at
+81-3-3779-2541 or by fax at +81-3-3779-2543.

Visix Software K.K can be reached by phone at +81-3-3221-9763 or by fax at
+81-3-3221-9764.

In the U.S., Galaxy is available directly from Visix. Galaxy is priced at
$9,600 per C developer seat and $12,100 per C++ developer seat, with no
runtime fees.

Visix Software USA

Based in Reston, Virginia, Visix Software develops, markets and supports
software that facilitates the development, enhancement and maintenance of
complex distributed applications. Visix products are used by independent
software vendors, corporate IS organizations, embedded system suppliers,
government agencies, universities and research facilities. Approximately
3,000 licenses are installed at more than 350 customer sites worldwide.
Internet users can access Visix's worldwide web page at www.visix.com.
Visix's email address is galaxy@visix.com.

For more information contact:

Christine Chartier
Visix Software, Inc.
703-758-2763
christine@visix.com

Kelley Lynn Kassa/John Giddings
Technology Solutions, Inc.
617-928-3021/408-280-6000 ext. 215
kkassa@tsipr.com
jgiddings@ca.tsipr.com

Visix Software Inc.
11440 Commerce Park Drive
Reston VA 22091
 
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