Software AG Announces Industry's First Data Warehouse Automation Product:
SourcePoint

SPEEDS IMPLEMENTATION AND MAINTENANCE OF DATA WAREHOUSES THROUGH INNOVATIVE
PARALLEL DATA ACQUISITION TECHNOLOGY

RESTON, Va., July 12, 1995 -- Software AG, a leading provider of data
warehouse solutions, today announced the shipping of SourcePoint, the
industry's first product to automate the extraction, transport and
population of a data warehouse delivering substantial time savings in the
development and maintenance of a data warehouse. This savings is provided
through an innovative Parallel Data Acquisition technology which
simultaneously extracts, transports and loads data into the warehouse,
significantly reducing the amount of time required to populate a data
warehouse.

Previously, data warehouse implementors had to manually extract, transport
and load the warehouse, a time-consuming, storage- hungry process. With
data warehouses growing larger and batch windows for populating data
warehousing growing smaller, SourcePoint offers the ability to automate
the processes in a shorter amount of time.

"SourcePoint is truly a breakthrough product for the market _ it offers
customers the first opportunity for a streamlined data warehouse operation
and uses parallel data acquisition technology to reduce the traditional
warehouse population methods by up to 60 percent," said Michele Perry,
general manager of Software AG's Data Warehousing Division. "SourcePoint
is a critical element in Software AG's long-term, comprehensive Data
Warehouse offerings and furthers our total commitment to provide
innovative technology for customers that reduce the complexity and burden
of building and maintaining a data warehouse."

Additional SourePoint Features:

Announcing Parallel Data Acquisition:

SourcePoint eliminates the serial process of building a data warehouse,
through its new Parallel Data Acquisition technology. This technology
automates the extraction, transport, and the population of the data
warehouse. SourcePoint uses advanced parallel technology speeding the
process, and eliminating the need to store temporary files before the next
process can begin.

DBMS-Independent:

SourcePoint provides investment protection by isolating the targetDBMS from
the extraction and transport mechanism. As a result, the target DBMS can
change without changing the extraction programs and procedures. It
essentially makes the database "plug- compatible."

Reduces Data Externalization:

SourcePoint minimizes the need to create files, reduces the potential for
errors, and ensures the integrity of the data while reducing storage
requirements. The parallel data acquistion technology minimizes data
externalization providing a three-to-one reduction in storage
requirements.

Supports Popular Extract Methods:

SourcePoint supports the Passport extract method and extracts written in
NATURAL, COBOL or C programming languages. SourcePoint has a published API
that enables third-party extraction products to be seamlessly integrated
into the data warehouse automation.

Ease-of-Use:

SourcePoint's Windows-based user interface provides a user-friendly,
effective method for set-up and administration, and iseasily integrated
into heterogeneous environments.

SourcePoint supports UNIX -- the most popular target for warehouse data and
is also available on the following platforms: MVS, VSE, and Windows.
SourcePoint is protocol independent with intelligent bridging and routing.
SourcePoint 1.1 is available July, 1995, with pricing dependent on
communications options, ranging from $30,000 to $129,000.

Software AG is the first major software vendor to offer an open,
comprehensive data warehouse program that includes a complete set of
integrated products and services. The Open Data Warehouse Program offers
developers a choice of off-the-shelf, custom, and semi-custom integrated
products and service components to build a high quality data warehouse at
a lower cost and with less risk than if the developer were to purchase the
products separately and do the integration in-house.

Today, Software AG's Open Data Warehouse Program products include: NATURAL
Engineering Workbench for data modeling; NATURAL and Passport for data
extraction, mapping and transformation; ENTIRE NET-WORK and ENTIRE ACCESS
for data access; ADABAS for data management; SourcePoint for warehouse
management and automation; ESPERANT for end-user queries; ESPERANT
MetaLinc Browser for Passport for meta data access and browsing; NETMAP
for data mining; DSS Agent for multidimensional analysis, and a complete
range of services, training and coaching for end-users and implementors.

Software AG, with primary locations in Reston, Virginia and Darmstadt,
Germany, is one of 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 database
management, and the Open Data Warehouse Program.

* Products are available through Software AG by agreement of their
respective owners: Passport from Carleton Corporation, DSS Agent from
MicroStrategy Inc., and NETMAP from ALTA Analytics Inc.
 
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