Siemens Nixdorf extends its partnership with Unicomp through a major agreement worth over $2.6 million.

MARIETTA, Ga.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 3, 1995--UniComp Inc. (NASDAQ:UCMP), the computer software developer and marketer of Unix-based workstations, Tuesday announced that Siemens Nixdorf and UniComp's subsidiary, Unibol, have signed a major contract in excess of $2.6 million.

The contract between the two companies extends their current partnership on the Unibol36 solution to now include the recently released Unibol400 -- a Unix and Windows NT-based environment for IBM AS/400 users looking to migrate to open systems.

Unibol400 is a comprehensive open systems environment running under Unix and Windows-NT, providing migration and accessibility to open systems for AS/400 users. As a native solution, Unibol400 offers significant performance gains while maintaining the look and feel of the original AS/400 applications. This reduces to a minimum the amount of re-training required.

As a result of the partnership, Siemens Nixdorf and Unibol will focus jointly on software companies worldwide and will offer these companies the opportunity to extend their market into the open systems arena through the Siemens Nixdorf range of 64 bit MIPS RISC processors.

Commenting on the signed agreement, Wolfgang Wichmann, manager of Siemens Nixdorf's Competence Center (a division in SNI totally dedicated to Unibol36 and now Unibol400) said, "This is a very exciting time for both companies; my experience so far would indicate that Unibol400 is the solution AS/400 software houses have been waiting for, for a long time. Interest for the new product solution has been overwhelming, and as a result, we have already signed contracts with five AS/400 application providers and are in negotiation with a further 25."

Robert Shaver, vice president, corporate communications, said: "We believe the success of Unibol400 lies in building partnerships with hardware vendors. Our announcement today is one of such partnerships and we look forward to a long and productive working relationship with Siemens Nixdorf."

Siemens Nixdorf Informationssysteme AG, Paderbom, Germany, is a systems partner with universal expertise in the field of information technology. It is one of the world's largest companies in this area and is the largest supplier of information technology of European origin. In the past year (1 Oct. 1992 - 30 Sept. 1993) Siemens Nixdorf had incoming orders worth $7.6 billion and revenues of $7.56 billion. Siemens Nixdorf has a workforce of about 39,000 and is represented in 45 countries.

Siemens Nixdorf is a separate legal unit within the Siemens organization. In fiscal 1992/93 Siemens AG had worldwide sales of $50.1 billion. Founded in 1847, the company numbers among the world's largest electrical and electronics companies.

Based in Marietta, UniComp Inc. develops, markets and supports computer software and Unix-based computer systems worldwide, and provides installation, training and maintenance services. For further information contact Robert Shaver, UniComp Inc., 404/424-3684.

CONTACT: UniComp Inc., Marietta

Robert Shaver, 404/424-3684