Intrinsa Corporation Announces Newest Prefix Version For Unix Platform; Improved usability and functionality added to productivity solution.

PALO ALTO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 24, 1997--Intrinsa(TM) Corporation today announced the availability of PREfix(TM) version 1.1 for the UNIX platform.

Updated from the company's initial PREfix product launched in October 1996, version 1.1 provides users with enhanced warning messages, increased ease-of-use features and integration with the popular emacs editor.

PREfix helps software development teams identify defects early in the development cycle, at or before compile time, without changing the way a developer works. As a result, PREfix shortens product time-to-market without sacrificing quality. The product is designed to detect defects that cause system crashes and interface defects between software components prior to integration.

The PREfix family of products is based on Intrinsa's patent-pending Software Component Simulation(TM) (SCS), a revolutionary new technology that simulates the execution of source code without actually having to run the code. SCS enables PREfix to identify and report defects in both newly-developed code as well as extremely mature, well-tested code.

Improved usability and functionality ------------------------------------

PREfix version 1.1 for the UNIX platform incorporates three new features. First, it provides enhanced warning messages which allow developers to identify coding defects faster and more accurately. Next, it includes warning message reporting tools which allow developers to summarize and prioritize reported defects, facilitating the scheduling of bug fixes.

Finally, it offers optional integration with two implementations of the popular emacs editor -- gnu emacs and Xemacs, -- in addition to the traditional UNIX command-line interface. By adding this feature, developers can smoothly integrate PREfix into their preferred environment to find and fix defects early in the development cycle.

"Since its launch last year, PREfix has been used to simulate millions of lines of code in leading software organizations such as Informix," said Monica Nester, vice president of marketing, Intrinsa Corporation. "Our customers have given us valuable feedback that not only provides us with key input on product enhancements, but also validates our SCS technology."

"Informix is actively involved in developing complex software and we are pleased to be working with Intrinsa," said Mike Ubell, chief scientist at Informix Software.

"We are impressed by PREfix's strength in identifying potential problems in the interfaces between code modules. Because it models the behavior of source code at compile time, PREfix for UNIX shows great promise for allowing programmers to find defects very early in the development cycle."

Pricing and availability ------------------------

Intrinsa's version 1.1 of PREfix for the UNIX platform and the C programming language is available now and is offered as a package for development teams. The initial purchase price is $40,000 for ten PREfix user licenses. Additional licenses are available on a per-user basis.

About Intrinsa Corporation --------------------------

Intrinsa Corporation (www.intrinsa.com) provides software development solutions that significantly increase the velocity of software development based on the company's patent-pending technology, Software Component Simulation (SCS). Intrinsa's initial product offering, PREfix, is a family of defect detection solutions that analyze source code and simulate its execution.

PREfix provides rapid feedback directly to the developer, enabling software development organizations to increase developer productivity, shorten time-to-market and improve the quality of their software. The initial implementation in the PREfix family, PREfix for the UNIX platform, finds errors in the C language source code, and is available on the HP-UX and Solaris platforms.

Additional products for other platforms and languages are planned for availability in 1997. Headquartered in Palo Alto, Intrinsa Corporation was founded in 1994 and sells its products through a direct sales force. -0-

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Intrinsa, Software Component Simulation and PREfix are trademarks of Intrinsa Corporation. All other names are the trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders.

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