Unify Joins OASIS and BPMI.org to Help Drive Standards for Process-Centric Computing.

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

SACRAMENTO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 30, 2004

Unify Corporation (OTCBB:UNFY) today announced it has joined the Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards (OASIS) and the Business Process Management Initiative organizations (BPMI.org). As a member of these international standards-setting groups, Unify will be working with other industry leaders to define standards and drive industry consensus for the protocols critical for process-centric computing.

"As a member of the OASIS and BPMI organizations, we will bring our unique knowledge and experience to work with these organizations to help drive the standards that will be key for the new wave of process-centric computing that's emerging," said Dave Glende, CTO of Unify. "As businesses are driven by the need to become more agile, on-demand organizations, they are requiring a new computing paradigm based on evolving standards in the areas of business process management and Web services. The emergence of these standards to solve the business automation challenges facing businesses today is core to Unify's strategy."

"OASIS provides an international forum where all sectors of the standards community -- vendors, users, governments, trade associations, academia -- come together to collaborate and build consensus," explained Patrick Gannon, president and CEO of OASIS. "We welcome Unify to OASIS and look forward to their contributions to WSBPEL and to our other standards work."

Unify will participate on the OASIS Web Services Business Process Execution Language (WSBPEL) Technical Committee, bringing its expertise to the group to specify the common concepts for a business process execution language. Unify will also be an active participant in BPMI.org to provide a common language for the modeling, notation and query of business processes.

OASIS is a not-for-profit, international consortium that drives the development, convergence and adoption of e-business standards including security, Web services, conformance, business transactions, supply chain, public sector, and XML. The member organizations of OASIS set the technical agenda, using a lightweight, open process expressly designed to promote industry consensus and unite disparate efforts.

The mission of BPMI.org is to promote and develop the use of Business Process Management (BPM) through the establishment of standards for process design, deployment, execution, maintenance, and optimization. BPMI develops open specifications, such as Business Process Modeling Language (BPML) and the Business Process Query Language (BPQL), and assists IT vendors for marketing their implementations, and supports businesses for using Business Process Management technologies.

About Unify

Unify Corporation is a global enterprise software company. Leveraging 24 years of software innovation to more than 2,000 customers and 300 ISV partners worldwide, Unify delivers the market's only comprehensive, vendor-independent application platform that is easy, powerful and open. Customers include bioMerieux, Inc., Credit Lyonnais, Citigroup Inc., G.E. Medical Systems Information Technologies, GlaxoSmithKline, Heineken, PCN, and Travel Centers of America. Founded in 1980, Unify is headquartered in Sacramento, Calif., and has offices in the UK and France, in addition to a worldwide network of distributors. Visit Unify at www.unify.com.