PERSISTENCE AUTOMATION SERVER SIMPLIFIES OBJECT-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT

BOSTON, MAY 7, 1996 - Cincom Systems, Inc. today announced at Object World
the Persistence Automation Server as the newest component of TOTAL
FrameWork, an application assembly environment. The Persistence Automation
Server provides seamless integration between the object-relational
database components and the suite of object development tools supported by
TOTAL FrameWork.

Unlike traditional, hard-wired integration technologies, the Persistence
Automation Server is based on an industry standard object interface,
Microsoft OLE/COM. This strategy enables any OLE-compliant tool to
participate in TOTAL FrameWork. More significant to developers, the
Persistence Automation Server embodies all the benefits of OLE, such as
OLE Automation and OLE Component Management, to deliver version management
control and whole object interoperability. The Persistence Automation
Server frees developers from the otherwise cumbersome tasks of mastering
OLE and/or multiple product programming interfaces.

All of these benefits individually are important and unique in today's
distributed object application world. TOTAL FrameWork as a whole provides
an even greater benefit to developers and end users in providing a
well-architected and proven software foundation onto which customized,
highly competitive business solutions can be assembled. This means that
companies can build applications that solve even the most complex business
challenges facing cross-functional organizations.

"One of the main problems in developing applications using object- oriented
software is the large amount of model mapping you have to do," said Mike
Bach, Project Leader Object-Oriented System Development, C.O.M. Menzel
Neuhaus GmbH. "Cincom's TOTAL FrameWork addresses this problem, and goes a
long way toward solving it, with Persistence Automation Server."

The Business Benefits

The Persistence Automation Server is a language-neutral interface to the
object-relational database technology of TOTAL FrameWork. By using
Microsoft's OLE standard, the Persistence Automation Server simplifies the
traditional object-oriented programming dilemmas through the concept of
"persistent classes." This model provides the technique of storing the
object's data to persistent storage. When you design the physical model by
using persistent classes, you can store or retrieve the status of any
object at any time and by any manner you want.

Company officials said Persistence Automation Server enables users to
access business object data through object-oriented development tools more
quickly and efficiently. "The Persistence Automation Server exposes
business objects managed by the object-relational database component to
any Microsoft OLE-compliant tool, such as those found within our Assembly
FrameWork," said Dr. Marco Emrich, Senior Director, Cincom Advanced
Technology Group.

"The result," said Emrich, "helps address a major challenge facing today's
forward-thinking companies: the integration of object-oriented
technologies. Currently, objects stored in databases (even object-oriented
databases) are usually read by object-based applications as disparate data
types. Using TOTAL FrameWork's Persistence Automation Server, those
companies can achieve maximum interoperability between application and
data servers, by providing seamless access to whole database objects.

"The Persistence Automation Server allows us to take a large step forward,
by automating the OLE automation process," Emrich said. "If you want to
develop on the desktop with an OO database, using Smalltalk, Visual BasicR
or other tools, the Persistence Automation Server is the only thing on the
market."

Cincinnati-based Cincom Systems is among the world's largest software
companies. It has developed and marketed business software to leading
corporations for more than 28 years. Cincom offers mission-critical
software ranging from document management and manufacturing applications,
to solutions for object-oriented and fourth-generation language
application development. Cincom can be contacted by E-mail at
info@cincom.com, by phone at 800/543-3010 or at its World Wide Web site
(http://www.cincom.com).
 
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