Centura Team Developer 2000 Selected by Leading UK VAR; Centura's scalable Internet Development Environment allows for fast and cost-efficient Web-Enabled Business Applications.

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 6, 2000

Centura Software Corp. (Nasdaq:CNTR), leader in e-Business and Information Appliance business-to-business software solutions, and iDEA Engineering, a UK-based Value-Added Reseller (VAR) and leading supplier of financial software solutions, united for the UK launch of Centura Team Developer (CTD) 2000, the premier development environment for building strategic, e-Business and mobile computing systems.

The key to success in today's competitive business environment is fast, accurate and cost-effective access to information. CTD 2000 enables iDEA Engineering with a powerful solution for advancing application development. This powerful e-Business development solution provides developers with the ideal environment for creating business-logic intelligence behind thin clients, such as Web applications and Information Appliances, as well as rich clients, such as traditional Windows applications.

iDEA Engineering has long been a user of CTD, taking advantage of its robust and flexible features to deliver a leading edge risk-management solution to a large pension investment house in London, with over 100 users. The solution is used for the administration and management of (pound)107 billion of investment capital for corporate pension schemes, as well as in monitoring and regulating front office activity. CTD is used to interact with Microsoft Word and external data feeds for the creation of complex reports and consumer documentation and dynamic distribution of transaction information via e-mail and fax.

"Centura's technology provides a highly robust development environment that is ideal for creating high-performance applications for the financial sector," said Ian Lyall, managing director of iDEA Engineering. "CTD's rapid development capability and object-oriented extensions have allowed us to deliver effective business-critical solutions in an environment that is growing almost as fast as it is changing. It is particularly important that solutions developed for the financial sector can handle high-end sophisticated exchanges involving business-critical information, and CTD 2000's powerful capabilities were a key factor in our decision to use Centura's technology."

Jim Bush, UK managing director of Centura Software, added: "We are pleased to offer industry leaders such as iDEA Engineering the capability to extend existing enterprise systems to support Web and post-PC devices. CTD 2000 has been designed to leverage existing back-end applications and create strategic enterprise applications for e-Business."

      CTD 2000 Features New e-Business Development Standards

--  CTD enables the creation of smart Web clients: visual,
    object-oriented, server-side applications that automatically
    render Web content, such as HTML, XML, style sheets, JavaScript
    and cookies.

--  As COM components, the business intelligence created in CTD can
    power e-Business Web applications by plugging in to smart Web
    clients built with CTD, or templates built with popular Web
    application servers like Active Server Pages.

--  Developers worldwide working with CTD can now take advantage of
    technologies like OLE DB and Microsoft Transaction Server to
    create e-Business solutions that will work with development
    technologies in the future.

Pricing and Availability

Centura Team Developer 2000 will be available in May 2000 through the Centura distribution channels to customers worldwide. Pricing varies according to applications deployed.

About The Companies

iDEA ENGINEERING

iDEA ENGINEERING brings together London's best consultants, analysts and developers to form a team dedicated to delivering innovative, cost-effective IT solutions of the highest caliber.

Since its inception in 1994, iDEA ENGINEERING has extended its vision of ensuring quality and reliability in application development. With a team of motivated and qualified IT professionals, iDEA ENGINEERING has quickly developed a reputation for excellence with Blue Chip City institutions.

Specializing in the development of Windows based Object Oriented and Relational Financial Applications, the company's offerings span technical, theoretical and practical consulting across most aspects of today's IT. The provisioning of premium consultancy services at a reasonable cost underscores commitment to quality and value. For more information about iDEA ENGINEERING visit http://www.idea-engineering.co.uk.

Centura Software

Headquartered in Redwood Shores, CA, Centura is a leading provider of secure embedded database, connectivity and development solutions for the Internet Appliance and intelligent devices marketplace. Centura's product offerings address the growing demand for complete and secure integration capabilities, which enable successful mobile computing. Developers and IT decision makers worldwide have relied on Centura's rich and innovative technology offerings and its world-class professional services since 1984. The company integrates its solutions in various business systems worldwide including the healthcare, manufacturing, telecommunications and financial industries. Centura has 19 offices worldwide, including locations in North America, Latin America, Asia/Pacific, Europe, the Middle East and Africa. For more information about Centura, visit http://www.centurasoft.com.

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