Baltimore Gas and Electric Selects Unify VISION Application to Increase Electrical Output.

SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 11, 1999--

The Web-Based Application Developed With Unify VISION Will Enable the

Company to Analyze and Improve Operational Throughput At Calvert

Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant

Today Unify Corporation (Nasdaq:UNFY), a leading provider of Internet application server solutions, and TFP Systems, one of the industrial management sector's pioneering system integrators, announced the selection of Unify VISION(R) for developing a custom web-based solution for Baltimore Gas and Electric's Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant.

As much as 30% of plant staff time can be consumed in finding information in logbooks, personnel interviews, and analysis of data. TFP Systems' Operational Data Access and Communication (OD-A-C) system, which is based on Unify VISION, will reduce search times in identifying and reporting potential and certain events to critical staff needing to know this information. The outcome is that the Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant will be able to increase its productivity and output by producing additional electricity for its customers.

"Wireless mobile units and standard desktops will access our server via a web browser. On a very practical level, this will lessen the need for upgrades to ever more powerful end-user PC's, a spiral we would definitely like to put to an end, or at least draw out," said Rex Kraft, Functional Business Analyst, Information Technology Services Unit for Baltimore Gas and Electric Company. "The ability to react rapidly to user requests for application changes and enhancements equates directly to productivity gains for all parties and puts IT squarely in the business mix where it belongs. The desired result from using the Unify VISION-based application is increased plant availability. Making more electricity, that's what we are about," added Kraft.

OD-A-C is a multi-tiered application that enables Calvert Cliffs operators, engineers, and managers to have real time access to information via desktop and wireless hand-held devices. This solution effectively delivers mission critical data that is automatically customized for each user. OD-A-C provides features such as automatic monitoring of position specific plant events, automatic alerts via pager or on-screen, automatic data interrogation, statistical analysis methods, access to multiple data sources, and 24/7 awareness of plant status.

"The power of this solution is in the functionality that Unify VISION offers. Unify VISION provides scalability, performance, universal client architecture, and high-end Internet functionality that we need to build mission critical applications like OD-A-C," stated Bill Fredricks, Principal Architect at TFP Systems. "Communications improvements can not be overvalued. With Unify VISION's foundation, OD-A-C is able to turn the power plant data infrastructure into the keystone of a `learning enterprise.' This will significantly improve overall awareness of plant problems without the requirement of additional staff," added Fredricks.

About Unify VISION(R) AppServer and AppBuilder

Unify VISION AppServer is an open, standards-based Internet application server that enables IT organizations to bridge legacy, custom-built and packaged applications with the Internet. Its universal client architecture enables users to access any application, anywhere, anytime. Unify VISION AppServer's Parallel Dynamic Scaleable Architecture delivers a high level of performance, availability and scalability by offering server replication, load balancing, fail-over and recovery, and publish-and-subscribe capabilities, all based on a high performance, fully asynchronous messaging architecture. Integrated application management services lower total cost of ownership by allowing organizations to effectively manage their applications from a single point of control.

Unify VISION AppServer's companion product, VISION AppBuilder, is an object oriented, repository-based component framework that enables developers to rapidly create and easily modify application components. Its powerful, pre-built components shield developers from the complexities of the underlying technology, enabling them to focus on the business components and processes that make up the heart of their applications.

Unify VISION AppServer and AppBuilder support Microsoft Windows NT, Windows 95, Windows 98, and all leading UNIX server platforms. Client support includes leading Web browsers running HTML or Java, and standard desktop applications. Unify VISION AppServer supports native database connectivity to all major RDBMS products.

About Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant

Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant has 1,800 employees, and it is owned and operated by Baltimore Gas and Electric Company located in Baltimore, Maryland. Calvert Cliffs was constructed in the early 1970s, providing its first electrical customer with service in 1975. In excess of 400,000 residential customers rely on the electricity generated from Calvert Cliff's two 850-megawatt units.

BGE is a publicly held, investor-owned utility that combines core utility business with diversified non-utility operations. Founded in 1816, BGE is the nation's first gas utility and one of the earliest electric utilities. With assets of more than $8.8 billion and nearly 8,000 employees, BGE serves more than one million business and residential electric customers and 565,000 gas customers in an economically diverse, 2,300-square-mile area encompassing Baltimore City and all or part of 10 Central Maryland counties.

About TFP Systems

TFP Systems is a company that is focused on making technology work for the enterprise. Its experience with the industrial sector coupled with a strong technical background in plant operations ideally suits TFP for solutions such as the OD-A-C system.

Currently, TFP Systems provides an active consulting practice as well as a host of industry vertical software products. Among the offerings are plant performance monitoring, integrated leakage rate testing, and operations line-of-business solutions. For more information, visit TFP Systems at www.tfpsystems.com.

About Unify Corporation

Unify Corporation provides Internet application server solutions that enable corporations to deliver enterprise networked applications by integrating legacy, custom-built, and packaged applications with the Internet.

Unify's professional services organization provides a full range of services to help customers successfully deliver their application initiatives. Unify's product line includes Unify VISION AppServer, Unify VISION AppBuilder, ACCELL/SQL and the Unify DataServer product family.

Headquartered in San Jose, Unify has direct sales offices throughout North America, Europe and Japan, with a network of distributors, VARs, OEMs, and systems integrators worldwide. Unify has over 375,000 users worldwide, including leaders in telecommunications, financial services, commercial industries and government. Unify product and service information is located on the World Wide Web at http://www.unify.com.

Note to Editors: Unify VISION, Unify VISION AppServer, Unify VISION AppBuilder, Unify ACCELL, ACCELL/SQL, Unify DataServer, and the Unify logo are trademarks of the Unify Corporation. Other brands or product names shown are trademarks of their respective owners.