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CUNA Mutual Group Launches New Credit Union Customer Information Database Built on Objectivity.


MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 4, 1999--

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Cross-Selling Initiatives

Objectivity, Inc., the leading provider of distributed, scalable object databases, today announced that CUNA Mutual Group is deploying Objectivity/DB. CUNA Mutual, located in Madison, Wis adv. 1. Certainly; really; indeed.
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 and insurance to credit unions and their members. The Objectivity-based service will allow CUNA Mutual to improve its ability to track customer records and help its sales staff cross-sell financial services products.

Objectivity/DB has enabled CUNA Mutual to build a new application that generates a unified, consolidated view for each individual credit union member. With Objectivity/DB, CUNA Mutual can provide an integrated set of product offerings tailored for each individual. The new system will allow CUNA Mutual to access comprehensive credit union member histories as well as provide members with products and services customized for their individual circumstances CIRCUMSTANCES, evidence. The particulars which accompany a fact.
     2. The facts proved are either possible or impossible, ordinary and probable, or extraordinary and improbable, recent or ancient; they may have happened near us, or afar off; they are public or
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The Objectivity/DB-based application extracts detailed member information from more than 40 disparate systems. These systems run on a variety of platforms, in a variety of environments. The CUNA Mutual application extracts, scrubs scrubs See Surgical scrubs.  and consolidates information and then stores it in Objectivity in a common format. CUNA Mutual's Objectivity/DB is more than a terabyte One trillion bytes. Also TB, Tbyte and T-byte. See tera and space/time.

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 and contains more than 100 million records and six billion objects.

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. Caplan, president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board.  of Objectivity, Inc. "Objectivity/DB provides CUNA Mutual with the technology not just to compete, but to win in today's highly competitive marketplace."

"Today, customers have a multitude of choices when it comes to financial services products and we needed a system that allowed us to effectively communicate with members to articulate the clear benefits of choosing Credit Unions, " said Bob Ferderer, vice president of information and technology, CUNA Mutual. "With technology and financial services both undergoing rapid, enormous change on a global scale, working with Objectivity ensures that we have the systems needed to make better business decisions faster and to strengthen relationships with our members."

More About CUNA Mutual

CUNA Mutual Group is the leading financial services provider to credit unions and their members worldwide, offering insurance, investment and technological solutions through strategic relationships and modern service channels. Credit unions are not-for-profit cooperatives providing affordable financial services to more than 77 million people from all walks of life. Information about CUNA Mutual may be found on the World Wide Web at www.cunamutual.com.

More About Objectivity, Inc.

Objectivity, Inc. is the leading provider of distributed, scalable object databases with unrivaled support for mixed-language development and mixed-hardware environments. Objectivity boosts developer productivity, shortens time to market, and provides the ideal platform for mission-critical applications requiring continuous performance and adaptability a·dapt·a·ble  
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 to future technologies.

Objectivity, Inc. is headquartered in Mountain View, California For the census-designated place, see Mountain View, Contra Costa County, California. For other places called "Mountain View", see .
Mountain View is a city in Santa Clara County, in the U.S. state of California. The city gets its name from the views of the Santa Cruz Mountains.
, USA. For more information, contact Objectivity by e-mail at info@objectivity.com, on the World Wide Web at http://www.objectivity.com or by calling 650/254-7100.

Note to editors: Objectivity/DB is a registered trademark of Objectivity, Inc. All other company or product names mentioned herein remain the property of their respective owners.
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