Vantive Announces Informix Reseller Agreement And New Platform Support; Expands Customer Options For Deployment of Client/Server Customer Interaction Applications.SANTA CLARA Santa Clara, city, Cuba Santa Clara (sän`tä klä`rä), city (1994 est. pop. 217,000), capital of Villa Clara prov., central Cuba. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 12, 1996--The Vantive Corporation (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on : VNTV VNTV Vantive Corporation (former stock symbol; now delisted) ) today announced a value-added reseller A value-added reseller (VAR) is a company that adds some feature(s) to an existing product(s), then resells it (usually to end-users) as an integrated product or complete "turn-key" solution. (VAR) agreement with Informix Software, Inc. (NASDAQ: IFMX IFMX Informix Corporation ) to market and sell their products as part of a joint marketing agreement. Additionally, Vantive's suite of client/server customer interaction applications, Vantive Enterprise, are now supporting the INFORMIX-OnLine Dynamic Server from Informix. "Providing state-of-the-art customer service is a growing area of concern for global organizations and this partnership underscores the importance of the customer service enterprise," said Phil White, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. and Chairman, Informix Software, Inc. "Vantive's workflow functionality and scalable client/server architecture An environment in which the application processing is divided between client workstations and servers. It implies the use of desktop computers interacting with servers in a network in contrast to processing everything in a large centralized mainframe. See client/server. leverages the power of Informix's robust databases to provide customers the functionality and high performance they need to effectively manage customer relationships." Already, Vantive and Informix have several new joint customers. For example, Tucson-based Artisoft, a networking and communications software (communications, software) communications software - Application programs, operating system components, and probably firmware, forming part of a communication system. These different software components might be classified according to the functions within the Open Systems company that develops and markets LANTastic, recently purchased Vantive's full enterprise suite of customer interaction software that includes help desk, support, sales, quality and World Wide Web applications to run on Informix's OnLine Dynamic Server. "We look at Vantive and Informix as an enterprise wide solution for our company that can support our existing and growing needs," said Ron Thompson Ron Thompson (born 20 November 1966) is an American politician from the state of West Virginia. A Democrat, he served as a member of the West Virginia House of Delegates from 1994 to 2007, representing the state's 27th District in Raleigh County. , Manager of Systems Development, Artisoft, Inc. "Additionally, Vantive's customer-focused corporate culture was appealing as well as their data model, which required minimal out-of-the-box customization." According to John Luongo, President and CEO, Vantive, "We recognize the strong demand for Informix in the UNIX UNIX Operating system for digital computers, developed by Ken Thompson of Bell Laboratories in 1969. It was initially designed for a single user (the name was a pun on the earlier operating system Multics). environment both in the United States and overseas, and we see an opportunity to provide our enterprise wide customers with one of the most effective parallel processing databases available today. This partnership with Informix supports Vantive's commitment to offer our customers open client/server solutions on the broadest range of industry standard computing platforms." About Informix Informix Software is the leading supplier of high performance, parallel database technology for open systems. The company's database servers are the number one choice of computer hardware manufacturers for publishing Transaction Processing Council (TPC (Transaction Processing Performance Council, San Francisco, CA, www.tpc.org) An organization devoted to benchmarking transaction processing systems. In order to derive the number of transactions that can be processed in a given time frame, TPC benchmarks measure the total performance of ) benchmarks for UNIX-based systems. Informix products also include application development tools for creating client/server production applications, decision support systems and ad-hoc query interfaces, and connectivity software that allows information to be shared transparently from PCs to mainframes within the corporate computing environment. The company's corporate headquarters are in Menlo Park, Calif. About The Vantive Corporation The Vantive Corporation (NASDAQ: VNTV) is the fastest growing company in the emerging customer interaction market. The company develops, markets and supports the Vantive Enterprise, a suite of software applications that enable businesses to enhance customer satisfaction by automating sales, marketing, customer support, defect tracking, field service, and internal help desk functions. It delivers the enterprise scalability, rich functionality, flexibility, security and rapid implementation required in today's competitive market. Vantive applications are used by world-class, customer-centric companies across all industries to achieve total customer service. Vantive can be reached by calling 800/582-6848 or on the World Wide Web at http://www.vantive.com. -0- Note to Editors: Vantive, Vantive Enterprise, Vantive Sales, Vantive Support, Vantive Quality, Vantive HelpDesk, and Vantive Tools are trademarks of The Vantive Corporation. CONTACT: Vantive Corporation Bob Tate, 408/982-5700 btate@vantive.com or Informix Jaye Prosser, 415/926-6316 or The Horn Group Elizabeth Orgel, 415/579-6400 elizabeth@horngroup.com |
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