Sterling Software introduces KEY:Webview.

ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 26, 1997--

KEY:Webview extends the reach of your business

models to every desktop

The Applications Development Division of Sterling Software Inc. (NYSE:SSW) today announces the immediate availability of KEY:Webview, a new offering designed to provide view access with a feedback mechanism for either KEY:Workgroup or KEY:Enterprise models over the Internet or a company's intranet.

With KEY:Webview, users can level the barriers that have heretofore limited access to modeling information to a select few within an organization; customers can share their models between departments, organizations, or even across companies. "The key to involving end users in the model development process is to bring the information to them with user-friendly, state-of-the-art technology" explains one customer currently using KEY:Webview. "KEY:Webview uses the Internet to give easy view capability to the models we've developed, while raising the awareness and involvement of our end users".

Business modeling is the key to understanding and managing complex information. Communication is the key to fully utilizing this information. With KEY:Webview, users automatically publish current versions of their KEY:Workgroup or KEY:Enterprise models, diagrams and content, throughout their organization utilizing the World Wide Web or the company's own intranet. KEY:Webview broadens the modeling audience because it disburses key information to the people who need it most, when they need it, where they need it. KEY:Webview communicates business models to the people in an organization who can act on it and use it.

Not only will KEY:Webview help distribute models, it will also improve the quality of the models. KEY:Webview provides the mechanism needed to allow anyone with web browser software to take an active role in a business process improvement, business area analysis, or a data modeling effort. Users can view the models and use the imbedded e-mail feature to give feedback. Experience has shown that the greater the team involvement, the better the models will be.

KEY:Webview requires no special client software, hardware, or training. Only a standard frame-based web-browser and Internet connection is required. It's as easy as "Surfing" the World Wide Web. Since it is connected to either the KEY:Workgroup or KEY:Enterprise repository, KEY:Webview allows model changes to be made immediately available for review. KEY:Webview further reduces costs by limiting the need to publish and distribute costly and cumbersome paper documents.

KEY:Webview increases competitive edge. It lets companies communicate their "best practices" throughout the organization, and gain feedback that facilitates improvement of the process. The organization can eliminate costly, time-consuming knowledge gaps and improve its effectiveness as well as its efficiency.

For pricing information call 1.800.3338.4130 (in North America) or 33.1.53.93.22.00 (outside the U.S. and Canada).

Sterling Software is a leading worldwide provider of software products and services for applications management and systems management, as well as highly technical professional services for the federal government. The company is also an international distributor for certain Sterling Commerce, Inc. (NYSE:SE) products. Sterling Software, with its headquarters in Dallas, has a worldwide installed base of more than 20,000 customer sites and has 2,600 employees in 70 offices worldwide.

CONTACT: Sterling Software, Inc.

Carol Comstock

Applications Development Division

[phone], extension 2337

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