POWERSOFT AND DIGITAL ANNOUNCE AVAILABILITY OF POWERBUILDER 4.0 FOR ALPHA NT; Companies Will Jointly Market and Promote Product Through Bundle, Seminars.

CONCORD, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 25, 1995--Powersoft Corporation and Digital Equipment Corporation today announced the immediate availability of PowerBuilder 4.0 for Alpha NT. This announcement is a continuation of the strategic relationship the two companies have had for several years. As part of the joint sales and marketing efforts, Powersoft and Digital will deliver a nationwide series of joint solutions seminars this spring and offer a promotional bundle of PowerBuilder for Alpha NT and Digital's AlphaStation 200 4/166 workstation.

"PowerBuilder for Alpha NT delivers the performance, functionality, and extensibility customers need to scale applications to all levels-from the desktop to the enterprise," said Tom Herring, vice president of marketing for Powersoft Corporation. "Customers who choose Digital's Alpha system as their computing platform and PowerBuilder as their development environment will benefit from faster application development, compilations and application performance. Powersoft and Digital share a common vision for open client/server computing and we are investing in products and programs to make this vision a reality for our customers."

"Digital is pleased to have PowerBuilder, a leading client/server application development tool, available on Digital's Alpha platform for Windows NT," said Lucia Quinn, vice president for Digital's Windows NT Business Segment. "Because both Digital and Powersoft are focused on providing customers with the next generation of enterprise client-server solutions, the availability of PowerBuilder will allow customers to develop and deploy a single solution across their enterprise, taking advantage of the unique combination of Windows NT and Digital's powerful Alpha and Intel systems."

Joint Seminars and Promotions

As a key element of the PowerBuilder and Windows Alpha system co-marketing efforts, Powersoft and Digital are delivering a series of joint solutions seminars this spring in major cities across the United States. These free seminars will demonstrate the capabilities and benefits of the combined Digital/Powersoft solution. Digital is also a premier co-sponsor of Powersoft's annual International User Meeting and Training Conference being held in Orlando, Fla., June 4 - 8, 1995.

Pricing and Availability(a)

PowerBuilder 4.0 for Alpha NT is currently priced at $3,295. This product is shipping immediately and is available directly from Powersoft and its worldwide network of resellers and distributors.

Powersoft and Digital are offering a PowerBuilder and AlphaStation 200 4/166 workstation bundle for an introductory price of $10,895.00 (SRP $13,789.00). An additional bundle of Digital's Celebris 590 Intel Pentium system and PowerBuilder Enterprise for Windows NT is being offered for $8,862.00 (SRP $9,992.00). These offers are available until July 31, 1995 and can be purchased through Avnet, a Digital reseller.

Headquartered in Concord, Mass., Powersoft, an independent subsidiary of Sybase, Inc., develops and markets the Powersoft Enterprise Series, the leading scalable family of client/server tools that encompasses the application and information access needs of professional developers and end users across the enterprise. Based in Waterloo, Ontario, Powersoft's wholly owned subsidiary, Watcom, is a leading provider of high-performance compiler, database and other application development technologies.

Digital Equipment Corporation is the world's leader in open client/server solutions from personal computing to integrated worldwide information systems. Digital's scalable Alpha platforms, storage, networking, software and services, together with industry-focused solutions from business partners, help organizations compete and win in today's global marketplace. -0-

PowerBuilder, Powersoft and the Powersoft logo are registered trademarks of Powersoft Corporation. InfoMaker is a trademark of Powersoft Corporation. Watcom is a trademark of Watcom International Corporation. Digital, the Digital logo, Alpha, OpenVMS and VAX are trademarks of Digital Equipment Corporation. All other products mentioned are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies or organizations.

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