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To: AK2004 who wrote (124465)	1/9/2001 4:08:55 PM
From: Paul Engel	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 186894

Mad Albert - Re: "would that apply only to amd products or we can say see ya to all merced derivatives? I am really sorry to see ia-64 to die like that......" Does this sound like Merced is dead? biz.yahoo.com Tuesday January 9, 9:06 am Eastern Time Press Release to Optimize its Egility Solutions Technology for Intel's Itanium Processor --MERANT accelerates application development across new 64-bit environments-- ROCKVILLE, Md.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 9, 2001-- WWW.MERANT.COM--MERANT (NASDAQ:MRNT; LSE:MRN), a global e-business software solutions company, today announced an agreement with Intel® Corporation to extend support to Intel's new Itanium(TM) processor family. DataDirect Connect ODBC and PVCS Dimensions - two key products enabling MERANT Egility Solutions - will be developed and optimized to run on IBM AIX 5L, 64-bit Linux and Microsoft Windows 64, platforms supporting the Itanium processor. ``MERANT is a leader in enterprise change management and enterprise information access, components that are crucial to building high-end, enterprise-class applications. By working with MERANT to extend their Egility solutions across leading computing platforms, we can help companies gain the benefits of the Itanium processor platform,'' said Will Swope, vice president, Intel Solution Enabling Group. ``Intel's work with MERANT underscores our commitment to provide organizations with the tools necessary to deliver flexible, next-generation applications to power their e-businesses.'' MERANT's enhanced, Itanium processor-supported solutions are intended to help companies cost-effectively leverage their existing applications as they rapidly deploy Intel's new generation of enterprise processors. ``Today's announcement continues MERANT's demonstrated leadership in supporting new, cutting-edge environments that help customers move quickly and efficiently in the changing world of e-business,'' said Andrew Weiss, chief technology officer of MERANT. ``The new Intel Itanium processor, coupled with MERANT's solutions, will have a tremendous business benefit for organizations wishing to rapidly deploy the latest in e-business applications to better serve their customers.'' MERANT's DataDirect Connect ODBC product is a comprehensive set of cross-platform ODBC drivers that deliver high-performance, reliable connectivity to all major databases. Connect ODBC will help companies connect their existing corporate databases to new 64-bit applications running on Itanium processor- platforms. PVCS Dimensions is a flexible, scalable, all-in-one suite for enterprise software configuration management (SCM). Companies looking to develop and deploy enterprise-wide business applications across Itanium processor platforms such as IBM's new AIX 5L platform will be able to streamline the development process and accelerate the application deployment cycle while exploiting the advanced capabilities of the new 64-bit environments. About MERANT MERANT is a leading global e-business software solutions company. More than 5 million professionals use MERANT technology at 35,000 customer sites, including the entire Fortune 100, the majority of the Global 500 and over 400 leading dotcoms. MERANT provides Egility solutions, which combine expertise, market-leading technology, best practices and an extensive network of partners, to help companies develop, transform, integrate and manage e-business applications. Building on Egility as a framework, MERANT also brings together creative talent, development technique and advanced technology to provide custom-tailored, Internet applications. Founded in 1976, MERANT has approximately $350 million in annual revenues, 1,800 employees and more than 500 technology partners. For additional information, visit www.merant.com. DataDirect and PVCS are registered trademarks, and MERANT, Egility, DataDirect Connect and PVCS Dimensions are trademarks of MERANT. All other trademarks contained in this announcement are the property of their respective owners. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Contact: MERANT Lori Baccanari, 919/461-4241 lori.baccanari@merant.com or FitzGerald Communications Leslie Tullio, 202/912-4415 ltullio@fitzgerald.com