Ascent Logic Corp. and ReGenisys Corp. Form Strategic Year 2000 Alliance; Pact Enables Firms to Share Enterprise-Wide Impact Assessment and Source Code Identifier Software Tools.

SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 1, 1996--Ascent Logic Corporation (ALC), the premier supplier of information systems re-engineering (ISR) software, and ReGenisys Corporation, a leader in rule extraction and documentation software for legacy applications, have entered into a strategic alliance to jointly pursue year 2000 engagements.

"This relationship enables us to pool our expertise to address the needs of clients facing the Year 2000 legacy computer system deadline," says ALC president and CEO, Larry McArthur. "Ascent Logic and ReGenisys are currently completing their first joint project at First Data Resources (a leading credit card transaction processing firm). This new alliance with ReGenisys lets us share our experience in handling large complex projects. We will now have the combined ability to give clients a comprehensive, enterprise-wide analysis of Year 2000 issues affecting their computer systems, as well as the software tools needed to extract the business rules from the specific source code at risk that it can be corrected."

ALC has developed an information systems re-engineering technology that helps its clients build a virtual model of their enterprise in its system description database. This capability is the framework of ALC's Year2000Plus tool suite. It allows clients to establish an enterprise level understanding of the impact of the Year 2000 on their company's IT environment.

ALC's Year2000Plus tool suite significantly enhances a company's ability to understand and manage the complexities and risk of the millennium date change process. It provides support to identify how non-compliant hardware and software affect the business processes and ultimately the products and services upon which the company depends. "While ALC provides clients with a macro view of the potential Year 2000 impact, we complement this process by providing clients with diagnostic software that offers a micro view by extracting business rules or logic from the source code," said Martin Buchanan, president of ReGenisys Corporation. "Our Rule Finder Server products also allow customers to extract specific program slices from what can be millions of lines of code. In addition, our products offer Year 2000 date finder capabilities that identify problem dates that must be fixed."

Rule Finder transforms legacy applications into mathematical models using predicate logic and allows companies to identify and extract the underlying logic, or business rules, from legacy systems. Utilizing this model and Rule Finder's powerful capabilities, an analyst can accurately identify, isolate, and document the logic associated with specific business rules. Release 2.1 of the Rule Finder Server product supports IBM COBOL, COBOL II, DCL, CICS, IMS and DB2 languages and operates on a UNIX platform (AIX, HP/UX, Solaris or NT-Server).

ReGenisys Corporation is the leading developer of software solutions that facilitate the management of applications through business rules. Recognizing that systems are constantly evolving, ReGenisys is dedicated to providing organizations control over their information assets. ReGenisys products help customers build inventories of reusable assets, enabling rapid and smooth implementation of new technologies, such as client/server. The company's flagship product, Rule Finder Server, is built on advanced technology that allows companies to extract and document the underlying business rules in legacy applications. ReGenisys is headquartered in Scottsdale, Arizona and can be reached at 800-401-7853, by facsimile on 602-970-1132, or via the World Wide Web at http://www.regenisys.com.

Ascent Logic Corporation, founded in 1987, is the premier supplier of Systems Engineering and Information Systems Re-engineering (ISR) software products and related consulting and training services. ALC develops, markets, and supports the RDD-100 product family for requirements' analysis, traceability, and modeling of complex systems. The ISR methodology, process and tool-suite has been tailored to address the special problems associated with large legacy systems and the year 2000. Headquartered in San Jose, California, ALC is a privately held, venture-capital funded company with sales and support offices and affiliates in the United States, Europe, and Asia. More information about ALC can be obtained on the Internet, by accessing: http//www.alc.com.

CONTACT: Ascent Logic Corporation

Sigrid Roemer, 408/325-8178

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ReGenisys Corporation

Simon Gers, 602/970-1131

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