Casahl Launches Replic-Action 3.0 Notes to Database Integration System; Parallel Database Replication, Real-time Connectivity, and Remote Server Administration.

DANVILLE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 16, 1996--Casahl Technology, a leading provider of software for integrating Lotus Notes with relational database and legacy systems, today announced the availability of Replic-Action 3.0.

Replic-Action 3.0 offers parallel database replication, a four-fold increase in performance, fine-tuned control of two-way incremental replication, real-time connectivity to DBMSs, greater flexibility in setting up workflow triggers and major server enhancements.

Replic-Action 3.0 is a client/server based replication and migration tool, which accesses, transforms, migrates and synchronizes data between Lotus Notes and multiple external databases, both relational and legacy. Replic-Action applications can link and control interactions between multiple databases, providing workflow triggers, notifications and automated actions.

"In today's global enterprise the end-user needs to have a tight integration with the corporate knowledge base," said Harry Wong, President and CEO of Casahl Technology, Inc.

"With Replic-Action 3.0 we are delivering on our promise to provide technical superiority, maximum performance and the greatest flexibility in bringing corporate data into and out of groupware in both connected and disconnected environments. The result is that corporations maximize their Notes investment by providing knowledge workers with information when and where they need it, as well as the ability to keep the work flowing to improve overall productivity."

"We're deploying Notes aggressively across AMD, and Replic-Action 3.0's replication, agents and real-time capability with its multiprocessing architecture gives us the flexibility and performance we need to tie Notes to multiple DBMSs with tremendous potential," said Doug Ritchie, vice president of Information Integration and Access at Advanced Micro Devices.

Replic-Action 3.0 features extensive replication technology enhancements. The new product extends the replication capabilities between dissimilar Notes databases and supports all Notes native data types, such as rich text, multi-value lists, reader names, author names and response hierarchy. Replic-Action 3.0 also features finer control of conflict resolution so that when a conflict occurs, users have the options of automatic resolution and e-mail notification.

Replic-Action 3.0 includes parallel database replication, which enables searches of multiple database sources in parallel through asynchronous operations and a multi-source distributed query optimizer. A single SQL query can reference, in parallel, multiple data sources and populate a Notes database at speeds equivalent to those achieved with localized data tables. In addition, the new version supports, but no longer requires, time stamping so that data can be replicated and synchronized without a timestamp field. Through these improvements, Replic-Action 3.0 offers a 400 percent performance increase over the previous version of the product.

In addition, Replic-Action 3.0 continues to exploit Notes workflow capabilities. The new product extends the creation of workflow applications based on external data sources. For example, Replic-Action workflow triggers can invoke stored procedures from an external DBMS and export the output to any external DBMS, including Notes. Replic-Action also supports dynamic SQL to create sophisticated workflow applications based on external databases.

Replic-Action 3.0's Server is a multi-tasking native application on both NT and OS/2. It supports load balancing among a collection of Replic-Action servers and prioritization of tasks within a server. Replic-Action 3.0 also provides many extensions to configuration options and logging of events and statistics. Other new features include user control of polling of external databases, sequencing of jobs for complex applications, executing requests for command lines, remote server administration and more event notification options.

Replic-Action 3.0 also enables real-time look-up and update capabilities from any Notes client machine to multiple DBMSs. The product's multiprocessing architecture provides scalability to accommodate a large number of real-time connections for Notes users without the need to store data in Notes. Replic-Action's real-time capability is bundled into the base product, along with over 35 database drivers, with no extra cost.

PRICING, PLATFORMS AND AVAILABILITY

Replic-Action 3.0 Servers are currently available in development and production versions running on Windows 3.1, Windows 95, Windows NT and OS/2. The product is priced at $1,500 for the Development Server and $10,000 for the Production Server. Replic-Action supports over 45 databases including ALLBASE/SQL, AS/400, Btrieve, DB2 (with MDI Gateway), FoxBASE, Informix, INGRES, InterBase, Oracle, Paradox, PROGRESS, MS SQL, Sybase SQL Server, and Teradata.

CASAHL TECHNOLOGY, INC.

With headquarters in Danville, California, Casahl is positioned to become the leading provider of software that allows corporations to maximize their Notes environment by easily integrating operational data from RDBMS and legacy systems in Notes. Major customers include Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), Ascend, Arthur Andersen, AT&T, Citicorp, Coopers and Lybrand, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), GSA, Hewlett-Packard, Hughes Research, Rockwell, IBM, Internal Revenue Service, International Paper, JPL, Lotus, State Farm Insurance, and Sybase. -0-

Note to Editors: Casahl, Replic-Action, Composer and Server are trademarks of Casahl Technology. All other company and product names may be trademarks of the respective companies with which they are associated.

CONTACT: Casahl Technology Inc.

Harry Wong or Eric Hutson, 510/736-7704

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