PRESS: INFORMIX, HP and EMC DELIVER LEGACY WAREHOUSE MIGRATION

INFORMIX, HP AND EMC DELIVER A COMPREHENSIVE LEGACY WAREHOUSE MIGRATION PROGRAM Joint Solution Offers Safe, Cost-Effective Alternative to Legacy Warehouses MENLO PARK, Calif., (December 20, 1995) -- Informix Software, Inc. (NASDAQ:IFMX), Hewlett-Packard Company and EMC Corporation, leaders in open systems computing, today announced a comprehensive Legacy Warehouse Migration Program. This program is designed to enable customers with proprietary, large-scale legacy data warehouse systems, such as IBM DB2/MVS, AT&T Teradata and others, to easily and cost-effectively migrate to an open environment. The program combines the leading database technology of Informix, high-performance computing systems from HP and large capacity storage systems from EMC. HPs Professional Services Organization and Sage Communications, a consulting firm specializing in legacy data warehouse migration, will provide consulting and implementation services. The migration program, which benefits from Informix's and HPs long-term alliance to optimize advanced parallel computing solutions, provides a step-by-step methodology to maximize data warehouse performance and minimize migration risk through the combined technology and expertise of each program member. By providing an open, scalable and flexible solution, this program enables the integration of a broad range of data analysis tools to access information within data warehouses and ease administration. The proven technologies of Informix, HP and EMC ensure long-term investment protection. "HP high-end systems provide better price/performance, lower cost of ownership in terms of greatly reduced maintenance and support costs, and the increased flexibility of open systems and scalable architectures," said Steve Sommer, vice president of marketing at Informix Software, Inc. "The combination of HP's leading scalable systems, EMC's storage and Informix's mature, highly-scalable, parallel processing database server provides production-proven performance, expertise and long-range reliability to migration customers. Informix's commitment to partnering with best-in-class providers for open systems solutions is an added value to users as they move into a client/server environment, and this commitment is reaffirmed through our alliance with leading vendors Hewlett-Packard and EMC." "Informix's leading high-performance database technology, combined with its data warehouse experience, provides the perfect database fit to this alliance," said Carol G. Mills, general manager, HP General Systems Division. "Customers can count on the tried, true technology leadership and stability of HP, Informix, and EMC. This solution is a safe, cost effective alternative to legacy warehouse systems." "Storage is the largest component of a data warehouse. The capacity, performance and reliability that EMC's Symmetrix Integrated Cached Disk Arrays bring to data warehousing environments is unmatched. Together, these four companies have combined their expertise to deliver a solution that brings real business value to customers," said Neal Waddington, senior vice president and general manager of EMC's Open Storage Group. "We are providing a scalable and cost-effective solution, using the latest open technology, that is capable of handling the data warehousing needs of our customers now and in the future." Legacy Warehouse Migration Program The alliance provides a comprehensive implementation program and integrated solution, tuned specifically for large-scale data warehousing. The program includes a joint team of data warehouse experts specifically trained in the migration of legacy systems; a documented methodology for legacy warehouse migration; and use of Informix's Advanced Solution Centers in which customers, together with Informix, HP and EMC engineers, can test their real-world migrated data warehouse applications. As a part of HPs proven experience in transitioning customers from proprietary mainframe environments, HPs Professional Services Organizations Open Warehouse Practice will provide consulting,training, and integration services to support the migration to the new data warehouse environment. In addition, key systems integrators will provide business process re-engineering consulting services. Bob Spalding, research analyst with the Meta Group's Open Computing and Server Strategies said, "The VLDB data warehousing marketplace is in need of an integrated solution that combines best of breed technology with knowledgeable and experienced systems integration consulting. The teaming of Informix, HP, EMC and Sage is exciting because it combines a proven, scalable database server with high performance warehouse database software and, just as critical, high performance disk storage subsystems. Add to that mix an integration team with strong experience in VLDB migration and data warehouse design, and you have a winning combination." "Price Waterhouse believes that the alliance will be well received in the data warehouse market place as clients are looking for standard, open systems that are both flexible and scalable," said Mike Schroeck, national data warehouse initiative leader with Price Waterhouse. "As a leader in client/server data warehouse integration, Price Waterhouse will complement this group by assisting clients in determining the overall scope and approach for large data warehousing projects including business process re-engineering." "Many companies are looking for an acceptable alternative that can move their existing legacy data warehouse to a more efficient and cost-effective technology platform," said Chris Horrocks, National Data Warehouse Practice partner with CSC Consulting & Systems Integration. "This alliance provides a best-of-breed solution for those clients wishing to migrate to open systems. With a broad range of experience in the design and implementation of data warehouses, CSC Consulting will be able to provide integration services to assure the success of this type of project." Solution Availability Informix and HP will be jointly marketing and selling the solution, but each will separately distribute and support their own products. Through its reseller agreement with EMC Corp., HP will be responsible for marketing and selling the EMC Symmetrix storage systems which are components of this program. About Informix Informix Software is the leading supplier of high performance, parallel processing database technology for open systems. The Company's database servers are the number one choice of computer hardware manufacturers for publishing the Transactions Processing Council (TPC) 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 headquarters are in Menlo Park, California. About HP HP is the world's leading supplier of open, client/server systems and is the second-largest computer supplier in the United