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To: MJ who wrote (13198)	4/19/1999 9:49:00 PM
From: SemiBull	Respond to of 14631

Informix Announces Latest Update of Data Director With Support of Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 Data Director for Visual Basic 3.6 Includes Internationalization MENLO PARK, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 19, 1999--Informix® Corporation (NASDAQ:IFMX - news), the leading provider of innovative database technology, today announced that it is shipping Version 3.6 of INFORMIX -Data Director(TM) for Visual Basic. This powerful model-driven data access and data management platform delivers substantial gains in productivity by enabling application developers to rapidly prototype and build efficient, database-aware enterprise applications using a ''drag-and-drop'' approach. Version 3.6 provides integration, to enable Data Director developers to take advantage of gains in performance, productivity and Web and Windows deployment. The upgrade also includes support for international formats. The updated product provides developers with another opportunity to take advantage of the multi-tiered development strategies possible with the tight integration of Informix Dynamic Server(TM) with Microsoft's Component Object Model (COM) and the Microsoft Transaction Server (MTS). ''Informix continues to pioneer easy, powerful and more flexible approaches to empower developers,'' said Bill Hostmann, director of marketing at Informix. ''Leveraging Data Director and Visual Basic 6.0 allows developers to speed up development of database-aware Visual Basic applications.'' By providing developers with a model-driven data access platform, Data Director for Visual Basic eliminates the time-consuming task of writing data access code to add sophisticated database functionality to Visual Basic applications. This product also makes it easier to maintain these applications by automating all the data access and data management operations of the client application. Data Director for Visual Basic is part of the Data Director family of data access and management platforms that enable companies to maintain their investments in mainstream development environments. Pricing and Availability Informix Data Director for Visual Basic has a suggested retail price (SRP) of $1,500 per developer license, and is available today directly from Informix. About Informix Informix Corporation, based in Menlo Park, California, 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.