Centura Software Introduces Web-enabled Database Querying and Publishing Tool.

REDWOOD SHORES, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 2, 1998--

Centura net.DB Lets Companies Create Interactive Web Pages End

Users Can Use to Navigate, Query and

Publish Database Information and Graphics

Centura Software Corporation -- formerly Gupta -- today announced the release of Centura net.DB, an automated database querying and publishing tool that provides quick, easy access to data via a Web browser.

Centura net.DB is an affordable solution that enables an organization to transform its existing Web infrastructure into a collection of interactive Web pages that its customers can use to navigate, query and publish database data, including graphs, charts and images.

Centura net.DB can deploy data from databases to different audiences allowing them to dynamically perform queries to access live data online. Database queries can be created and deployed as HTML pages. Using a simple point and click method, end-users can then employ these pages to search and display real-time data in the database through any JavaScript-enabled Web browser.

"Centura net.DB is an ideal user-friendly tool for any organization with data-querying needs," said Scott Broomfield, Centura's Chief Executive Officer. "We recognized the need for customers to allow end-users direct access to corporate information in a cost-effective manner. With Centura net.DB, non-programmers can take advantage of interactive content either via the Internet, an extranet or an intranet environment. This provides quick satisfaction for the end user and significant cost savings for the business."

Using a Web browser, the user can access Centura net.DB to publish information stored in any major Relational Database Management System (RDBMS), such as a company phone directory, as well as perform other tasks such as sales order and inventory tracking, help-desk management, customer support and account management. It is designed for non-programmers, yet is versatile enough to allow advanced users to create their own ad hoc querying. Other features of Centura net.DB include: -0-

--   Easy to use browser-based interface, requiring no programming
     experience

--   Transparent and multiple database support, allowing connectivity
     to Centura's SQLBase or any database that supports ODBC

--   Support for Windows NT

--   Requires no knowledge of SQL, HTML, CGI, Perl, or C/C++, but
     still provides the freedom to customize the format of the
     database results displayed

--   Immediate, easy installation on any server running Windows NT or
     Windows 95

--   High performance architecture that can handle hundreds of
     concurrent users with minimum resources

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Centura net.DB is available to test drive today and is expected to ship in early April.

About Centura Software

Centura Software, founded as Gupta in 1984, was the first software developer to create a client/server fully relational DBMS for the personal computer. Its product lineup includes the award-winning SQLBase embedded database, application development tools and an array of Internet and connectivity products. Centura has 26 offices around the world, supporting hundreds of thousands of developers who embed its tools in applications used by more than 1 million end users.

The company's client/server products are Web capable and mobile ready. New Centura products are all Year 2000 compliant. Current worldwide customers include Deutsche Bank, Pemex, UPS, Mitsubishi, ADP, Ford Motor Company, Softbank, Hong Kong Telecom and Siemens-Nixdorf. Further information on Centura Software can be obtained by accessing its Web site http://www.centurasoft.com. Headquartered in Redwood City, Calif., Centura Software is traded on the NASDAQ exchange under the symbol CNTRC.

CONTACT: Centura Software

Kathy Lane, 650/596-4886

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Kelley MacMaster, 650/962-9550

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