Cheyenne chooses ADAPT to prototype end-user workflow in preparation for implementing enterprise applications.

WESTBORO, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 30, 1997-- Data General Corporation and Adapt Technologies, Inc. today announced that ADAPT, its co-marketed application development tool, was chosen by Cheyenne, Inc. to rapidly build a fully functional prototype of the company's end-user workflow and user-interface requirements. Cheyenne, a subsidiary of Computer Associates, Inc., intends to use this prototype as the specification for implementing a new enterprise system -- integrating sales tracking, customer service and technical support.

ADAPT's core technology is simplifying the transition of legacy systems to newly designed GUI client/server solutions. This capability combines redesign of user workflow and user interface along with effective reuse of existing code and skill sets.

"Prior to selecting our future enterprise application, we realized the importance in accurately specifying our business needs. We did not realize the complexity of this task until actually trying to accomplish it using other tools. We also underestimated the difficulty in finding a solution that would satisfy three very different groups - business analysts, end-users and IS professionals," said Cheri Kaplan-Smith, director of North American sales, Cheyenne. "ADAPT's Business Process Map provides a very simple way to specify and present even the most complex workflow procedures. Key success factors are its abilities to integrate the user interface as part of the requirements model and automatically create, from this very same model, a fully running application prototype."

Data General's Value-Migration strategy focuses on providing solutions that maximize the business value when moving legacy systems to client/server environments.

"Our marketing strategy for ADAPT is focused primarily on its legacy-to-GUI client/server conversion capabilities," said Dan Sapir, vice president of strategic alliances, Data General. "The Cheyenne case, however, demonstrates ADAPT's equally powerful capability in the area of capturing workflow requirements and prototyping. This combination explains ADAPT's superiority over other application development solutions and why Data General selected it as its strategic migration solution."

"One of the best kept secrets in the industry is the complexity of capturing user requirements in a way that makes sense to both users and those responsible for system implementation," said Saul Simon, senior vice president of marketing, Adapt Technologies. "If there is one overriding breakthrough in ADAPT, it is how it automatically transforms a model of user workflow requirements into a fully fledged application prototype -- resulting in 60% completion of the final application and without having to write a single line of code."

About Adapt Technologies

Adapt Technologies, Inc., based in Burlington, Massachusetts, develops and markets legacy-to-GUI application development tools. The company's flagship product, ADAPT, enables enterprises to rapidly build user-centric, Microsoft-compliant GUI applications for client/server and I-Net environments while preserving what is valuable in their legacy systems.

About Data General

Data General Corporation (NYSE:DGN), headquartered in Westboro, Massachusetts, specializes in servers, storage systems, and related software and services for customers worldwide. The company reported revenues of $1.3 billion for fiscal 1996. Additional information on Data General Corp., its products, and its services is available on the Internet at http://www.dg.com . -0-

AViiON is a registered trademark of Data General Corporation. ADAPT is a registered trademark of Adapt Technologies Inc. All brands and product names appearing in the press release may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders.

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