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  1. CUSTOMERS CALL IBM'S DB2/2 A WINNER; DDCS/2 ALSO AVAILABLE                                                                          
  2.                                                                                                                                     
  3. May 4, 1993                                                                                                                         
  4.                                                                                                                                     
  5.       SOMERS, N.Y. . . . Following a highly successful beta                                                                         
  6.  test program, IBM Programming Systems (PRGS) today announced the                                                                   
  7.  general availability of DATABASE 2* OS/2* (DB2/2*). This powerful                                                                  
  8.  32-bit OS/2 2.0-based relational database management system is                                                                     
  9.  designed specifically for customers working in a client/server                                                                     
  10.  LAN environment who want to take full advantage of IBM's                                                                           
  11.  industry-leading database technology.                                                                                              
  12.       "IBM's DB2/2 truly redefines server performance," said                                                                        
  13.  William A. French, director development, Dun & Bradstreet                                                                          
  14.  Information Services, Liberty Corner, N.J. "It makes the server                                                                    
  15.  into a viable alternate platform where we feel comfortable                                                                         
  16.  storing our mission-critical data.                                                                                                 
  17.       "We were very impressed with the quality of the early                                                                         
  18.  support code and the quality of IBM support. In fact, we were                                                                      
  19.  able to immediately begin testing with one of our existing                                                                         
  20.  systems and continue with implementation of a new system without                                                                   
  21.  disrupting our project schedules."                                                                                                 
  22.        "Royal Bank of Canada as a major financial institution is                                                                    
  23.  very concerned with the reliability and integrity of data                                                                          
  24.  management across all processing platforms," said Jim Montgomery,                                                                  
  25.  manager, technical planning and consulting, Royal Bank, Toronto.                                                                   
  26.  "Our experience from the DB2/2 Early Support Program shows that                                                                    
  27.  DB2/2 is a solid product which will provide a firm foundation for                                                                  
  28.  future development."                                                                                                               
  29.       "We have been using Database Manager since 1989 for decision                                                                  
  30.  support and small to medium size production client/server                                                                          
  31.  applications," said Jim Gutschow, director of technical services                                                                   
  32.  with ARA Services, a food service company based in Philadelphia.                                                                   
  33.  "With DB2/2, like DB2 on our mainframe, we now have the                                                                            
  34.  performance, features, stability and recoverability we need to                                                                     
  35.  create large mission critical client/server applications."                                                                         
  36.       DB2/2 runs on a stand-alone personal computer or functions                                                                    
  37.  as a database server on a LAN for personal computer clients                                                                        
  38.  running OS/2, DOS and DOS Windows**.                                                                                               
  39.       "DB2/2 is ready for prime time," said Janet Perna, director,                                                                  
  40.  database technology, IBM PRGS, Toronto Laboratory. "We've                                                                          
  41.  designed it to enable very high availability, data integrity,                                                                      
  42.  security, recoverability and manageability and to provide                                                                          
  43.  excellent performance across a wide range of applications.                                                                         
  44.        "We wanted to make it easy for customers to achieve their                                                                    
  45.  business goals, and as evidenced by the success of our beta                                                                        
  46.  testing, DB2/2 is the ideal solution for customers who are moving                                                                  
  47.  mission-critical applications to distributed environments as they                                                                  
  48.  re-engineer business processes.  DB2/2 brings a robust,                                                                            
  49.  industrial-strength database manager to the LAN environment."                                                                      
  50.       IBM PRGS today also announced the general availability of                                                                     
  51.  its gateway connection to IBM host relational databases --                                                                         
  52.  DISTRIBUTED DATABASE CONNECTION SERVICES/2* Version 2 (DDCS/2                                                                      
  53.  V2). This 32-bit version for OS/2 2.0, in conjunction with DB2/2,                                                                  
  54.  enables workstation users to access and update host databases.                                                                     
  55.  DDCS/2 supports OS/2, DOS or DOS Windows users in client/server                                                                    
  56.  LAN environment or OS/2 single-user workstations attached to a                                                                     
  57.  host.                                                                                                                              
  58.       "The DDCS/2 product provides greater flexibility in                                                                           
  59.  placement of data which is important in a data processing                                                                          
  60.  environment as extensive as that of the Royal Bank of Canada,"                                                                     
  61.  said Montgomery. "DDCS/2 enables developers to shift to different                                                                  
  62.  platforms in a way that makes maximum use of their current                                                                         
  63.  experience in either the mainframe or personal computer                                                                            
  64.  environment."                                                                                                                      
  65.       Both DB2/2 and DDCS/2, developed at the IBM Programming                                                                       
  66.  Systems Laboratory in Toronto, will be generally available on                                                                      
  67.  May 7.                                                                                                                             
  68.        IBM Programming Systems, headquartered in Somers, N.Y.,                                                                      
  69.  provides a range of application-enabling software offerings for                                                                    
  70.  application development, enterprise data and systems management,                                                                   
  71.  office systems and electronic publishing and documentation for                                                                     
  72.  host, midrange and workstation computer systems.                                                                                   
  73.                                                                                                                                     
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  75.                                                                                                                                     
  76.  *  Indicates trademark or registered trademark of International                                                                    
  77.     Business Machines Corporation.                                                                                                  
  78.                                                                                                                                     
  79.  ** Indicates trademark of Microsoft Corporation.                                                                                   
  80.