Cambar and IBM Team to Speed Customers' Supply Chains.

CHARLESTON, S.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 7, 1999--Cambar Software, Inc., a developer of applications for managing distribution and warehouse operations, announced a significant leap in application performance following tests on the new IBM RS/6000 H70 server. The results give Cambar customers the engine power to address the e-business needs emerging in organizations along the supply chain.

As a member of IBM's Solution Developer Program, Cambar tested its software at IBM's Solution Partnership Center in San Mateo, Calif. Cambar exceeded its target rates for CONTROL II by more than 150 percent. For example, on the H70, running AIX version 4.3, IBM DB2 Universal Database version 5.2, and CONTROL II Order Management system version 2.2, a test group of 100,000 order lines was processed in less than 75 percent of the elapsed time expected.

"The performance of IBM's RS/6000 H70 exceeded our most optimistic expectations," said Carl W. Cole, vice president, technical services, Cambar Software. "The H70 clearly demonstrates that the RS/6000 product line offers a high performance solution for companies conducting business on the Internet."

Cambar's CONTROL II is scalable for implementation on a PC through a mid-sized environment, and up to the more data-intensive, high-volume mainframe environments. The application itself runs on IBM RS/6000, as well as IBM Netfinity and S/390 servers, making it a scalable solution for e-businesses of any size.

CONTROL II allows customers and salespeople to order, and check the status of existing orders, over the Internet, 24 hours-a-day. This meets the flexibility required in high-volume, order management and customer service environments.

"With the introduction of the RS/6000 H70, IBM demonstrates its commitment to delivering powerful servers for e-business at an affordable price," said Mike Maas, manager, enterprise server product marketing, IBM RS/6000. "Together, Cambar and IBM are helping businesses large and small use the Internet to get the right products to the right customers, faster and cheaper than ever before."

Cambar customers' supply chain processing capabilities will give them a serious advantage over their competition.

The H70 was equipped with a 7133 Advanced SSA Disk Subsystem attached to the H70 in order to maximize the ability to exploit the processor's capability.

"Any user planning to run a commercial relational database application on a high-performance multiprocessor, such as the H70, should give serious consideration to an SSA disk subsystem," said Cole. "This minimizes I/O wait in the application, database, operating system and hardware. It would be money very well spent."

Cambar Software, Inc., is an employee-owned firm headquartered in Charleston, SC, with regional offices across the U.S. The company develops and markets distribution and warehouse management software products for mid- to large-sized distributors, manufacturers and third-party logistics providers throughout North America.

Additional information about Cambar is available at http://www.cambarsoftware.com

Additional information about IBM RS/6000 is available at http://www.ibm.com/servers