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To: Ram Seetharaman who wrote (13043)	3/16/1999 9:18:00 AM
From: Mark Duper	Respond to of 14631

Former Oracle Executive to Focus on Furthering Top-Line Growth Business Editors/High-Tech Writers MENLO PARK, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 16, 1999--Informix(R) Corp., (Nasdaq:IFMX) the technology leader in enterprise database-powered solutions, today announced the appointment of Philip L. Rugani as vice president, North America sales. Rugani, leveraging his world-class knowledge of direct and indirect sales channels and strategies, will play an important role in Informix's ongoing efforts to further increase top-line revenue growth. He will report to Jean-Yves Dexmier, executive vice president, field operations. Before joining Informix, Rugani was group vice president of Oracle Corp.'s General Business and Alliances organization for the Americas. He successfully created and led the company's first organization that focused on the mid-range market. His success in creating a profitable partner-centric sales model, along with a motivated and driven organization, resulted in dramatic increases in sales of database technologies as well as ERP and financial applications. "With his broad sales experience and proven leadership skills, Phil will make an immediate contribution to our company-wide focus on achieving continued growth," said Bob Finocchio, chairman and CEO of Informix. "Phil is a welcome addition to our top-flight sales organization." Previous to his work with Oracle, Rugani held numerous positions in direct and indirect sales, marketing, and operations at Bay Networks, Digital Equipment and Motorola. His experience with distribution operations within a variety of technology companies strengthens his value to Informix. About Informix Informix Corp., based in Menlo Park, provides innovative database products that assist the world's major corporations to attain competitive advantage. Informix is widely recognized as the technology leader for corporate computing environments ranging from small workgroups to very large parallel processing applications. Informix's database server, application development tools, superior customer service, and strong partnerships enable the company to be at the forefront of major information technology solution areas including data warehousing, high performance OLTP, and Web/e-commerce. For more information, contact the sales office nearest you or visit our Web site at informix.com. Note to Editors: The following are trademarks of Informix Corp. or its affiliates, one or more of which may be registered in the U.S. or other jurisdictions: Informix(R) Informix news releases are available at no charge through Business Wire's NewsOnDemand fax service. To immediately receive an index of available releases, call 1-800-356-0851.