Applied Science Fiction Selects StarTeam To Manage Internet Delivery for World Class Customer Base.

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SANTA ANA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 19, 2000

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Starbase Corp. (Nasdaq: SBAS), the leading provider of collaboration products for the creation and management of integrated code and content eBusiness applications, announced Monday that Applied Science Fiction (ASF), developers of image enhancement and correction technology, has standardized on StarTeam for the complete management and deployment of their corporate digital assets.

ASF's recent 150-seat StarTeam purchase will provide the means to both deliver their custom technology solutions via the Web to their growing list of Fortune 100 customers, and to aid in the management of their dynamic intellectual property portfolio.

"Only StarTeam delivered the functionality we needed," said Gregory Combs, ASF's quality assurance engineer. "As we have grown, StarTeam has continued to meet the needs of our IT development team. We required a solution that would allow us to fully utilize the Internet for product development, collaboration, and deployment -- StarTeam has provided that and more."

The previous digital asset management products used by ASF were overburdened and no longer able to provide a sufficient level of performance or functionality. ASF, a multi-national organization enjoying rapid growth, required a single integrated solution designed to manage the complete Web code and content development lifecycle.

"With today's principal focus on the delivery of B2B transactions, organizations have come to realize that the Internet is not a simple add-on to their current business processes, but an integral part of their success," said Lydia Patterson, vice president Starbase products group. "StarTeam's Internet architecture has created a complete digital asset management solution more than capable of fulfilling today's Internet requirements. StarTeam ensures organizations a continuing return on investment as they move from bricks to clicks."

ASF develops revolutionary digital and photographic technologies. ASF licenses the technology to original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and software companies who produce imaging products for the Internet, professional, retail and consumer home-photo imaging markets. While this business model allows ASF to focus on its innovative technologies, it also adds to the growing number of development projects that require separate, custom software releases for each customer.

StarTeam's robust project management capability speeds the product development cycle, enabling more frequent software releases. ASF's multi-national customers, such as Kodak, Nikon and Minolta, demand Web-based product delivery, and StarTeam enables ASF to efficiently and effectively meet those customers' needs.

StarTeam's collaborative nature, integrated configuration management tools, and embedded defect tracking facilitated faster deployment without sacrificing quality. Managing both geographically distributed digital assets and development teams required extensive collaboration between both technical and non-technical users. StarTeam's remote access capability facilitated smooth collaboration, while its straightforward interface increased project management performance.

ASF plans to utilize the StarGate Software Development Kit (SDK) to customize a StarTeam database for more product design usage, as well as in the creation of custom viewers for certain file types.

About Applied Science Fiction

ASF develops proprietary technologies for the imaging industry that link traditional photography with the digital age. ASF licenses and brands its technologies through Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) that provide products for professional, retail and consumer imaging markets. ASF currently staffs more than 175 employees worldwide. More information can be found on ASF's Web site at www.asf.com.

About Starbase

Starbase is the leading provider of collaboration products for the creation and management of integrated code and content eBusiness applications. Collaboration is the simultaneous coordination, management and communication of geographically dispersed contributors of both code and content for eBusiness applications.

With more than 1,300 StarTeam customers worldwide, our technology supports the continuous cycle of creating, linking and managing digital assets, which comprise complex eBusiness applications. Starbase products enable users with differing technical and functional backgrounds to collaborate on the production of Web sites and eBusiness initiatives from multiple locations.

StarTeam, the company's flagship product, was labeled as "StarTeam fuels team exchange" in an early release review from InfoWorld in January 2000 and received "Two Thumbs Up" from New Media in May 1999 and Four Stars from Software Development in August 1999. Microsoft and CMP Media named Starbase the 25th fastest growing ISV for Windows in April 1999. StarTeam also received the "Best of the Test Center" award by InfoWorld in January 1998.

Companies and organizations, including leading corporations such as Lucent Technologies, Intel, BMC Software, Motorola, PepsiCo, Seagate Technology, Hollywood Entertainment, Reynolds & Reynolds Co., eTour.com, Oxygen Media, and Ann Taylor, have selected StarTeam to manage their eBusiness development projects. Starbase has headquarters at 4 Hutton Centre Drive, Suite 800, Santa Ana, CA 92707. Tel: [phone]. Fax: [phone]. Visit Starbase's Web site at www.starbase.com.

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