Enterworks' Virtual DB Transforms Disparate Data From More Than 70 Different Data Sources Into Useful Business Information.

ASHBURN, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 22, 1998--

Users Can Now Have a Unified View of Enterprise Data in a Custom-Defined Model

Enterworks(TM), the leading provider of software for enabling the virtual enterprise, today announced the availability of Virtual DB(TM) 2.3, an information generation solution that provides a unified and complete view of enterprise data across multiple disparate storage platforms, databases and formats. With this latest version, users can transform disparate data from more than 70 different data sources, both relational and non-relational, into useful business information in real time -- and deliver it anywhere.

Virtual DB is a data transformation engine that accesses, integrates, cleanses and models enterprise data. Through familiar Web browsers, users can view transformed information in real time, store it in data marts or warehouses or deliver it to client/server applications. At the core of Virtual DB is a powerful metacatalog that acts as a comprehensive "roadmap" of all enterprise data sources. By consolidating data as "business views," Virtual DB's metacatalog gives companies complete freedom to change the relationships between sets of data without changing the underlying systems.

"Virtual DB offers a unique value proposition for organizations that need to integrate disparate data," said Robert Lewis, president of Enterworks. "Being able to access critical business information in real time, regardless of platform, database or format, allows organizations to enhance business intelligence and identify new growth opportunities for their business. Virtual DB leverages the data you already have to meet your business goals, whether increasing revenue opportunities, improving customer responsiveness or targeting potential customer segments."

Version 2.3 Highlights

-- Improved ODBC connectivity allowing users to access Virtual DB with a large number of popular tools, e.g., Microsoft(R) Excel.

-- Native support for Information Builder's EDA/SQL product for a wider range of connectivity choices.

-- Increased optimization of results handling and enhanced logging systems for better query performance.

-- Upgrade from OmniCONNECT 10.5 to 11.5.

"After implementing Virtual DB, we were able to provide our end users with a single business view of multiple disparate data sources including a legacy system," said Russ Lewis, CIO of Jefferies and Co., Inc. "As a complete investment firm that provides corporate finance and research, it is essential to have instant access to all our critical data. A report query that took three to four days to pull together before Virtual DB now takes less than an hour."

Virtual DB Components

Virtual DB includes an object server, a data access server and a collection of application program interfaces (APIs). The object server is the core of Virtual DB and stores the metacatalog as well as the processing logic for the business views. The metacatalog acts as a comprehensive roadmap for all enterprise data sources, mitigating the complexity of accessing each data source and providing a unified view of data without performance lapse. The data server contains the access modules that provide connectivity to industry leading data access servers such as Information Builders' EDA/SQL and Sybase's OmniCONNECT. Data may be accessed in a variety of formats, including relational, hierarchical, flat file, image and text file formats. The APIs are a collection of interfaces that allow front-end clients to access Virtual DB in Smalltalk, HTML, C, C++ or ODBC.

"Enterworks delivers a technology that enables the capability to integrate and transform data into unified business views without impacting existing systems," said Jeanine Fournier, Senior Analyst Middleware/RDBMS of the Aberdeen Group. "Virtual DB provides sophisticated data transformation capabilities effective in large organizations where users need added flexibility, ease of use, functional depth or broad enterprise reusability."

About Enterworks

Enterworks, Inc. creates simplicity and builds intelligence for the virtual enterprise through Web-enabled integration of disparate data and business process flows. Enterworks' customers include Boeing, MCI, Northrop Grumman and GTE. The company is a subsidiary of Telos Corporation, a $250 million, 30-year old network integration firm. For additional details about Enterworks and its solutions in data integration and automated business process flow, visit www.enterworks.com or call 1-888-242-8356.

Enterworks and Virtual DB are trademarks of Enterworks, Inc. Other product names are trademarks of their respective owners.

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