Leading Hospitality Software Developer Selects Unify VISION to Build New Restaurant Management System.

SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 21, 1998--

Unify VISION Was Selected for Its Combination of Fast Development

Time, High Performance and Full-featured Gui Tools

Unify Corporation (NASDAQ:UNFY), a leading provider of application server solutions, and Remanco International, a leading supplier of restaurant management computer systems, have announced the selection of Unify VISION AppServer/AppBuilder as the development platform for Remanco's new leading-edge product, Prism Advantage.

Remanco, a subsidiary of Geac Computers, Inc., of Toronto, Canada, is developing Prism to provide restaurant chains worldwide with flexible, adaptive and user-friendly operations software, which gives them a competitive advantage in management information and strategic decision-making, according to Remanco product manager Amy Mason.

"Prism and its predecessors are mission-critical systems for well-managed restaurants," Mason explained. "Not only is their dependability essential to day-to-day operations, but they must produce crucial management data in a user-friendly way, then be able to adapt operations to the strategic decisions based on that data." Mason added "that easy connectivity to third party databases such as accounting and credit card authorization software is also an important consideration in selecting a platform."

"Selection of VISION by a market leader to develop its next-generation platform on an accelerated schedule is a testament to its utility and advanced features," added Unify president and CEO Reza Mikailli. "We are deeply committed to providing Remanco and all of our VAR partners with the products and support they need to continue their leadership in their respective industries."

Remanco's roster of worldwide customers includes Dave & Busters in the US and UK, California Pizza Kitchen, Hampshire House, and specialty sites such as La Costa Resort, Yankee Stadium and 3Com Park. Parent company Geac provides similar systems for fast food enterprises such as Burger King, Taco Bell, McDonalds, Kentucky Fried Chicken, and Arbies. It also develops systems and software for major hotels worldwide, including The Four Seasons, Trump International, Nikko, Ritz Carlton, and Savoy.

Prism Advantage features faster performance, an enhanced user interface and advanced reporting and analysis compared to its predecessor, Spectrum Advantage, according to Mason. The system also introduces a wireless RF keypad for serving staff, which transmits food and beverage orders to kitchen displays in real time for faster customer service, inventory and stocking control. "Spectrum was also developed with Unify tools," notes Mason, "and staying with the same development family will shorten the transition time to Prism for both our developers and customers." About VISION AppServer and AppBuilder

Unify VISION AppServer is an open, standards-based application integration server that enables IT organizations to bridge legacy, custom-built and packaged applications with the Internet. Its universal client architecture enables users to access any application, anywhere, anytime.

Unify VISION AppServer's Parallel Dynamic Scaleable Architecture delivers a high level of performance, availability and scalability by offering server replication, load balancing, fail-over and recovery, and publish-and-subscribe capabilities, all based on a high performance, fully asynchronous messaging architecture. Integrated application management services lower total cost of ownership by allowing organizations to effectively manage their applications from a single point of control.

Unify VISION AppServer's companion product, VISION AppBuilder, is an object oriented repository-based component framework that enables developers to rapidly create and easily modify application components. Its powerful, pre-built components shield developers from the complexities of the underlying technology, enabling them to focus on the business components and processes that make up the heart of their applications.

Unify VISION AppServer and AppBuilder support Microsoft Windows NT and Windows 95 and all leading UNIX server platforms. Client support includes leading Web browsers running HTML or Java, and standard desktop applications. Unify VISION AppServer supports native database connectivity to all major RDBMS products. About Geac Computers and Remanco International

Geac Computers, Inc. is based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and is a public company listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange. The company is 25 years old, with about $700 million in sales for the previous year. Several years ago, Geac acquired Dunn & Bradstreet Software, Inc. In addition to developing point-of-sale systems for the fast food restaurant segment, it has also developed enterprise operations software and property management services for major hotels worldwide.

Remanco International was founded in 1976, and provides point-of-sale and operations software for the table service segment of the worldwide restaurant industry. Geac acquired Remanco in January 1998. About Unify Corporation

Unify Corporation is a leading provider of application server solutions that enable corporations to deliver enterprise networked applications by integrating legacy, custom-built, and packaged applications with the Internet.

Unify's professional services organization provides a full range of services to help customers successfully deliver their application initiatives. Unify's product line includes Unify VISION AppServer, Unify VISION AppBuilder, ACCELL/SQL and the Unify DataServer product family.

Headquartered in San Jose, California, Unify has direct sales offices throughout North America, Europe and Japan, with a network of distributors, VARs, OEMs, and systems integrators worldwide. Unify has over 375,000 users worldwide, including leaders in telecommunications, financial services, commercial industries and government. Unify product and service information is located on the World Wide Web http://www.unify.com.