MERANT AND INDELIBLE BLUE BRING DATABASE CONNECTIVITY TO LINUX.

Indelible Blue, Raleigh, N.C., a leading reseller of multi- platform software and hardware solutions, has teamed up with MERANT, the industry-leading maker of data access and integration tools, to bring world-class database connectivity to Linux users everywhere.

"The Linux platform deserves top-notch database connectivity, and DataDirect SequeLink delivers," said Buck Bohac, president of Indelible Blue. "DataDirect SequeLink is data connectivity done right, by recognizing the need to support all data standards for the Internet era."

"We are pleased to be working with Indelible Blue to bring data connectivity solutions to the fast-growing Linux business market," said Brian Reed, MERANT vice president of DataDirect Product Management. "DataDirect SequeLink enhances Indelible Blue's logical, solutions-based approach to Linux, helping to ensure that customers can maximize their success through rapid and reliable integration of business data with the Linux platform."

DataDirect SequeLink is the market's leading enterprise data connectivity middleware solution, delivering robust data access and integration for all major platforms and data stores across client/server, Internet and distributed systems including e-business and customer information extranets. SequeLink is the only connectivity middleware to support all key data access standards, including ODBC, JDBC and ADO/OLE DB. With SequeLink, organizations get universal, direct access to all enterprise data, eliminating the need for multiple middleware and gateway technologies. SequeLink is one product of DataDirect's broad range of data connectivity middleware technology.

About Indelible Blue

Indelible Blue offers a wide range of quality preloaded hardware, commercial software applications, technical support, and custom application development for businesses and individuals implementing Linux. Long known to OS/2 users for great service, Indelible Blue is dedicated to supporting computing alternatives. For more information, visit http://www.indelible-blue.com.

About MERANT

Founded in 1976, MERANT is a leader in Enterprise Application Development, providing the products, people and processes to accelerate the customer's business through the application of innovative information technology. MERANT empowers organizations to transform their enterprise applications for the changing technology and business requirements of the e-business environment, manage the application development process, and provide integrated data connectivity across the enterprise, from the mainframe to the Internet. A global organization with nearly $400 million in annual revenues and more than 2,000 employees, MERANT has 500 technology partners and more than 5 million licenses at over 35,000 customer sites - including the entire Fortune 100 and the majority of the Global 500.

For more information, call 919-878-9700.