Omniscience Object Technology, Inc. introduces first ORDBMS for Windows.

SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 2, 1995--Omniscience Object Technology, Inc. today announced Omniscience Object-Relational Database Management System (ORDBMS), a production quality object and relational database that is robust in functionality, light weight, supports native SQL, and complies to standards for todays Windows applications.

In delivering Omniscience ORDBMS 2.0, Omniscience becomes the first vendor in the industry to offer the ability to handle interoperability across different language interfaces, notably seamless interoperability of data between SQL and object databases in a single Windows program.

Omniscience ORDBMS allows application developers to leverage the robust features and reliability of the relational model with the productivity and performance enhancements of the object database model.

Omniscience ORDBMS 2.0 - Product Features:

     --Robust ORDBMS - A developer will find it easy to make C/C++
       objects persistent with the database functionality that
       supports: sophisticated caching, robust rollback and crash
       recovery, powerful query capability, intelligent database
       compaction, b-tree and hash indexes, and enhanced
       performance.

     --Light Weight - Omniscience ORDBMS is based on an efficient
       and compact object kernel that is a light weight DBMS with a
       very small footprint.  In general, Omniscience ORDBMS operates
       comfortably on machines with small configurations, such as
       notebook computers running Microsoft Windows.

     --Standards - An important aspect of the Omniscience ORDBMS is
       the conformance to standards.  Omniscience is the first to
       support both the object-oriented C++ language bindings
       defined in the ODMG-93 standard, and SQL standards including
       ANSI SQL-92 and ODBC 2.0.

     --Interoperability -  The Omniscience ORDBMS supports both
       relational and object database models.  So the user's
       existing applications can be readily ported without a
       paradigm shift, while their new applications can be built
       with a paradigm best suited for the complexity and access
       pattern of the data to be managed.
           Omniscience's interoperability feature supports objects
       across data models and languages.  It is a natural but
       significant extension to multi-lingual support.  For example,
       a row in an SQL table can be directly accessed and manipulated
       by a C++ program.  Conversely, instances of a C++ class can
       be queried by an SQL select statement as though they were rows
       in an SQL table.
           Omniscience's interoperability of objects across languages
       provides a powerful and efficient mechanism for applications
       to share objects directly, regardless of their implementation
       languages and paradigms.  This capability enables the
       Omniscience ORDBMS to serve as a common repository for
       virtually all applications.Availability and Pricing

Omniscience ORDBMS Standard Edition 2.0 is available immediately on Windows 3.1 (16 bit). Windows NT (32-bit), and Solaris. A special promotional price has been set for the Windows 3.1 version for $99.00 until August 1, 1995. A Macintosh version of Omniscience ORDBMS Standard Edition will be available within 90 days. A Power Mac version will be available later in 1995.

Founding

Omniscience Object Technology, Inc. was founded in 1992. Omniscience is a privately held company with its headquarters located in Santa Clara, California. Omniscience's founding engineering team consists of experienced people who have built previous database products in the software industry from Sybase, Ingres, and Versant, as well as leading research projects in both relational and object-oriented databases.

Omniscience develops and markets Omniscience Object-Relational Database Management System (ORDBMS), a production quality object and relational database that is robust in functionality, light weight, supports native SQL, and complies to standards for todays Windows applications. Omniscience is the first vendor in the industry to offer the ability to handle interoperability across different language interfaces, notably seamless interoperability of data between SQL and object databases in a single Windows program. Omniscience ORDBMS is currently shipping on Windows 3.1 (16-bit), Windows NT (32-bit), and Solaris.

For more information about Omniscience, contact Carol Garnett, director of corporate marketing at 408/562-0752. -0-

Note to Editors: Omniscience, and Omniscience ORDBMS are registered trademarks of Omniscience Object Technology, Inc. All other products or company names mentioned are used for identification purposes only, and may be trademarks of their respective owners.

CONTACT: Omniscience, Inc

Carol Garnett, 408/562-0752