Objectivity Expands Sales Channels to Support International Customer Base.

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MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 3, 2003

Database Leader Adds New Presence in France, Belgium, Sweden,

Finland, Denmark, Norway, South Korea and Canada

Objectivity, Inc., the leading provider of high-performance database engines for the management of complex data, real-time applications and very large volumes of data, today announced the addition of several new sales channels to support the company's customer base. Objectivity has added a new sales agent to serve the markets in France and Belgium, and new sales agents to address the sales demands in Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Norway, South Korea, and Canada.

The addition of the new sales channels allows Objectivity to expand its local presence to support global demand at a time when many companies are containing their growth. This underscores the proliferation of Objectivity/DB in the company's targeted markets including government, process control, telecommunications plus medical research and science.

Objectivity has signed Patrick Declairieux, who is serving as an independent Sales Director responsible for all sales, support and training for Objectivity/DB in France and Belgium. Mr. Declairieux was chosen to represent Objectivity because of his strong connections into the technical community within the scientific and academic markets. For more information, Mr. Declairieux may be contacted at 33-617-627-866 or [e-mail].

Objectivity also added Kjell Hegerin of Norsys, a Swedish distributor, to serve as an independent Sales Director responsible for all sales of Objectivity/DB in Sweden, Finland, Denmark and Norway. Mr. Hegerin is representing Objectivity due to his business relationships within the process control, telecommunications and other key commercial and government target market sectors for Objectivity. For more information, Mr. Hegerin may be contacted at 46-8-718-05-80 or [e-mail].

In addition, Objectivity recruited Modacom, a South Korean distributor that recently signed the DCCF (Defense of Command Control Forces) of MND (Ministry of National Defense) as a customer for Objectivity. Modacom is responsible for the sales and support of Objectivity/DB in the republic of Korea. Modacom has been selected by Objectivity because of their strength within South Korea's Ministry of Defense and telecom market. More information is available by contacting Mrs. Jeeyoung Park at 82-2-523-7677 (extension 202) or [e-mail].

Objectivity inked an agreement with Northern Micro, a Canadian distributor that recently signed Nav Canada for Objectivity. Northern Micro is responsible for selling and supporting Objectivity/DB to the Canadian market. Objectivity chose Northern Micro due to its close ties into the Canadian Government. For more information, contact Mr. Herman Yeh at 613-226-1117 (extension 228) or [e-mail].

Objectivity maintains a strong relationship with Mitsui/OGIS (Osaka Gas Information Systems). Mitsui/OGIS is a developer and distributor partner of Objectivity's, handling product development in addition to pre and post-sales support and training for Objectivity/DB. Mitsui/OGIS is responsible for selling Objectivity/DB to NEC's semi conductor operations for their worldwide process control system. For more information, contact Mr. Nobuhiro Yamaguchi at 81-3-3285-4172 or [e-mail].

"Objectivity has been experiencing growing global demand from our customer base for our mission-critical database component," according to Jay Jarrell president and CEO of Objectivity. "We look forward to providing our customers in these strategic markets with access to a local presence for their sales and support requirements."

More about Objectvity/DB

Objectivity delivers a Fault Tolerant Option that ensures data availability in the event of system failure and a Data Replication Option that provides sophisticated data replication across geographically dispersed servers. Additionally, Objectivity's Active Schema allows users to change applications on the fly. Objectivity has also delivered new features and options for enhanced reliability, scalability and performance including transparent interoperability for C++, .Net, Java, Smalltalk and SQL++/ODBC applications running on AIX, HP-UX, IRIX, LynxOS, Red Hat Linux, Solaris, Tru-64 UNIX and Windows. Objectivity is now BEA Ready adding Container Managed Persistence to its existing Weblogic Ready facilities. These features plus many more have made Objectivity/DB the de facto standard for distributed, scalable, mission-critical applications.

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 http://www.objectivity.com or by calling [phone].

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