PointBase Release 4.6 Increases Flexibility and Enhances Mobile Security.

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 2, 2003

New Features Include Support for Connections to Multiple Databases

from a Single JVM and Improved Synchronization Security with

Optional Password Authentication

PointBase(R), Inc., the leader in Java embedded database products for managing and synchronizing enterprise data across all platforms, today announced the release of version 4.6 of their award-winning PointBase Embedded database. For PointBase products in production-level environments, PointBase Embedded 4.6 provides additional flexibility in data organizations and can now connect to multiple databases from within a single JVM. For mobile applications, PointBase UniSync 4.6 features increased security with optional password authentication.

The PointBase 4.6 product family, in response to the rapidly growing embedded database market, offers a number of technically sophisticated enhancements. Deferred referential integrity checking supports more complex integrity assertions with validity being checked at the end of the transaction. Significant performance gains have resulted from improved JOIN cardinality estimates, faster processing of complex queries and enhanced table scan performance. The PointBase Embedded Console now also supports index management through its GUI interface.

PointBase UniSync connects and synchronizes mobile databases, such as PointBase Micro, to backend databases, such as PointBase Embedded or other leading SQL databases. The UniSync Console has been enhanced so the full functionality of the API is now available through the graphical user interface. Significant enhancements to UniSync's security include access restriction by IP address and optional password authentication for connecting spokes, addressing the needs of security-conscious organizations such as healthcare, government and manufacturing.

"With PointBase 4.6, the company continues to lead in the rapidly growing embedded database market, bringing platform-independent data access and management to real-world enterprise applications, both mobile and embedded," said Bruce Scott, CEO of PointBase. "The PointBase 4.6 upgrade expands important technical, security and remote capabilities to meet the needs of real-world users in today's multiplatform and increasingly mobile database markets."

The PointBase Product Family

PointBase 4.6 products include:

-- PointBase Embedded -- A powerful, small-footprint, Java

Relational Database Management System (RDBMS), ideal for

embedding in Java applications that need a full-featured SQL

product. Noted for its transparency to end users, PointBase

Embedded offers true portability across all platforms,

streamlined application deployment and integration, and

automatic administration. It is a robust SQL product with a

rich set of features including views, triggers, outer joins,

security roles, referential integrity, Java stored procedures,

distributed XA transactions and more.

-- PointBase Micro -- A high-performance Java RDBMS that boasts

an ultra-small footprint of 45K on J2ME(TM) MIDP, perfect for

advanced Java-based mobile devices. Specifically designed for

the J2SE(TM) and J2ME platforms, PointBase Micro supports a

broad subset of the JDBC API. With its all-Java

implementation, PointBase Micro opens the door for a wide

variety of enterprise applications to run smoothly on today's

growing number of mobile devices, eliminating the need for a

constant wireless connection to enterprise database servers.

-- PointBase UniSync -- This database synchronization product

easily synchronizes and maintains subset copies of master

databases, utilizing newly supported JOIN filters, which allow

applications to synchronize sets of tables without

denormalization. PointBase UniSync provides bidirectional data

synchronization between PointBase database products and also

enterprise databases, such as Oracle(R) and Microsoft(R) SQL

Server(TM). Enterprises can now extend the reach of their

critical data through the PointBase solution, which includes

such comprehensive synchronization features for distributed

applications as filtering and conflict resolution.

For further information, visit PointBase at www.pointbase.com/pr46 or contact PointBase directly at 877-238-8798 (U.S. and Canada). Version 4.6 of all PointBase products can be downloaded for evaluation from the PointBase website at www.pointbase.com/46eval.

About PointBase Inc.

PointBase is the leading provider of Java data management and synchronization products for the embedded database and data mobility markets. PointBase products are used in Java server applications and are also embedded within Java applications. The company's products are the preferred solution for Java mobile data applications found on laptops, PDA's and other mobile devices. Bruce Scott, part of the Oracle Corporation founding team and co-founder of Gupta/Centura Software, founded PointBase in 1998 with a management team that includes industry veterans from IBM, Hyperion and Oracle.

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