Coherent Networks and Objectivity Sign Co-Marketing Letter of Understanding.

HOFFMAN ESTATES, Ill. and MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 19, 1999--Objectivity, Inc., the leading provider of distributed, scalable object databases, and Coherent Networks International, a leading provider of business solutions to energy and communications service providers, today announced the signing of a co-marketing Letter of Understanding (LOU). The LOU calls for Objectivity and Coherent Networks to engage in a wide range of joint sales and marketing activities worldwide.

The combined sales and marketing activities will involve Coherent Networks' SmartMaps Solutions Framework(TM) and Objectivity's object database, Objectivity/DB(TM). The SmartMaps Solutions Framework enables energy and communications service providers to quickly identify and resolve service interruptions, reduce outage time, and improve customer satisfaction. Objectivity/DB, the database engine for the SmartMaps Solutions Framework, is used extensively in the telecommunications market for applications such as network management, advanced intelligent networks and operation support systems.

"We will initially target the telecommunications and electric utilities industries with our sales organizations," according to John Myser, vice president of sales at Objectivity.

"In both these markets there is an overwhelming need to rapidly deploy and provision new network based service offerings."

"These new services must be integrated with legacy support systems, while reducing the complexity for internal users to provision these new services," said Jim Brule, vice president of strategic alliances for Coherent Networks. "Solving complex inter-relationships between many service components is ideally suited for Coherent Networks' Objectivity-based products."

More About Coherent Networks International

Coherent Networks provides business solutions to energy and communications service providers. The company's solutions enable organizations to achieve operational excellence and gain an edge in today's increasingly competitive global marketplace by linking its most important assets - its customers, network, and workforce.

Through the SmartMaps Solutions Framework and its advanced data integration and display technology, client organizations can rapidly access, migrate, integrate, and reconcile geospatial data with other data stored in a variety of formats to create a seamless graphic view. For more information visit www.coherentnetworks.com or call 847-645-1500.

More About Objectivity, Inc.

Objectivity, Inc. is the leading provider of distributed, scalable object databases with unrivaled support for mixed-language development and mixed-hardware environments. Objectivity boosts developer productivity, shortens time to market, and provides the ideal platform for mission-critical applications requiring continuous performance and adaptability to future technologies.

Objectivity, Inc. is headquartered in Mountain View, California, USA. For more information, contact Objectivity by e-mail at [e-mail], on the World Wide Web at www.objectivity.com or by calling [phone].

Note to editors: Objectivity/DB is a trademark of Objectivity, Inc. All other company or product names mentioned herein remain the property of their respective owners.