NEWS FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Denise Britti or Mike Hovan, RDR Software Group, 10600 Arrowhead Drive, Suite 350, Fairfax, VA 22030 703-591-8713, 1-800-523-2874, info@rdr.com. RDR SOFTWARE GROUP SHIPS @IMAGE, NEXTSTEP'S FIRST NETWORK PRESENTATION PACKAGE Fairfax, VA, March 1, 1994 - RDR Software Group announced today its release of @imageTM, a NEXTSTEP presentation graphics package that is one of the first commercially available applications to use distributed objects to maximize the true potential of object-oriented technology. As a graphics package, @image offers a wide assortment of tools and functions that enable NEXTSTEP users to author briefings and documents that rival those produced by professional artists. A library of drawing objects, colors, backgrounds and templates are provided to assist even the not-so-creative speakers in developing visually interesting and memorable documents. @image has made even the more advanced drawing features like object rotation and skewing, per-page sounds, and image importing simple so that all professionals can build an exciting slide presentation or document. As a presentation package, @image offers a number of unique features that make on-line presentations an effective communication tool. For example, @image allows speakers to attach personal notes and reminders to each slide which can be printed separately or viewed as an on-screen window. @image's dynamic slide transitions including wipes, fades and random particles engage audiences more effectively than 35mm slides in a projector. And its most impressive features, unique only to @image, utilizes the power of distributed objects and allows the speaker to deliver a presentation live over a network to other NEXTSTEP workstations. The audience can be around the corner or around the world and receive the same live presentation simultaneously. "@image is one of the few NEXTSTEP products that really takes full advantage of all the great NEXTSTEP features," said Bob Ward, Senior Vice President of RDR Software Group. "We've incorporated some very sophisticated functions into @image, like network presentation, and made them incredibly easy to use for the typical professional who can't waste time learning a drawing and presentation package." NeXT's distributed objects, introduced with NEXTSTEP 3.0, allows objects residing on different workstations to communicate easily over a network. @image utilizes the technology by sending presentations as objects over a network to receiving workstations running @image. In this way the speaker can control the actual delivery of the on-line presentation. @image has been demonstrated to very receptive audiences at NeXTWorld Expo '93, Comdex/Fall and the NEXTSTEP Developers' Conference this past January. @image is available for $399 list price with government and educational discounts. Until April 1, 1994, @image is offered at an introductory price of $359. Orders for @image are currently being accepted with a ship date of March 28th. ABOUT RDR RDR Software Group is a wholly owned subsidiary of RDR, Inc. and headquartered in Fairfax, VA. RDR specializes in system engineering and integration, software development, training, and commercial product development for the NEXTSTEP software environment. RDR's professional services customers include both commercial and federal clients. Other RDR products include PowerPalettesTM, a family of development tools for NEXTSTEP programmers.