PRESS WELLS FARGO SIGNS SITE LICENSE WITH INFORMIX

WELLS FARGO SIGNS SITE LICENSE WITH INFORMIX MENLO PARK, Calif., (April 24, 1995) -- Informix Software, Inc. (NASDAQ:IFMX), the leading provider of parallel processing database technology, today announced that Wells Fargo Bank, California's second-largest bank, has signed a site license agreement. Wells Fargo is looking to Informix database technology to: 1) gain more knowledge of its customer base through easier access to consolidated relationship information, 2) identify and deliver new and targeted products to market, more easily and more quickly, and 3) continue to extend cost-effective solutions to its customers. Amos Barzilay, director of industry marketing at Informix Software explained, "Getting closer to your customers is being increasingly recognized as a key tactic in widening the competitive gap among financial institutions. Wells Fargo has demonstrated its leadership by leveraging technology to build stronger customer service and improve bottomline profitability." The site license is for INFORMIX(R)-OnLine Dynamic Server(TM), the company's parallel processing database server, and INFORMIX-NewEra(TM), the company's graphical application development tool. The Informix system will support various UNIX(R)-based, open systems platforms in operation at Wells Fargo. The bank will also have access to Informix services including consulting, training, and technical support. "To maintain a key strategic advantage in the marketplace, we need unbridled information flow," stated Lenny Gucciardi, senior vice president of the Information Services Group at Wells Fargo. "Our open systems framework will be optimized by the performance, scalability, and interoperability of the Informix database architecture. This will help us better integrate all of our systems, so we can maximize the quality of service to our customers, while keeping our costs in line." Reducing time to market of products and services is a key objective at Wells Fargo. "Informix has become an important supplier of technology that enables Wells Fargo to respond to the demands of the marketplace, while the window of opportunity exists," Gucciardi further explained. Informix in Banking Informix Software is committed to the unique needs of the banking industry by providing data warehousing and parallel processing solutions for open systems platforms. The company serves many of the largest financial institutions in the world. Customers use Informix database products for numerous applications, including asset/liability management, branch automation, credit card processing, customer service delivery, fraud detection, executive information systems (EIS), global trading and settlements, money and portfolio management, mortgage loan processing, mutual fund processing, and sales and marketing. Product Background OnLine Dynamic Server is a high-performance, database server, incorporating the company's parallel processing database technology -- Dynamic Scalable Architecture(TM) (DSA). DSA represents a technological breakthrough in client/server databases. It is designed to enable organizations to manage increasingly larger, more complex databases on open systems platforms, while also substantially improving overall system performance and scalability. NewEra is a next-generation client/server development tool for creating mission- critical, enterprisewide database applications. Combining the best of object-oriented and traditional development approaches, NewEra enables customers to develop graphical, client/server applications, quickly and easily. For more information on Informix data warehousing and parallel processing solutions for the banking industry, financial institutions should contact the Informix Financial Services Group at (415) 926-6792. About Informix Informix Software, Inc. 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 hardware manufacturers for publishing Transaction Processing Council (TPC) benchmarks for UNIX- based systems. Informix products also include application development tools for creating client/server production applications, decision support systems, 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 is in Menlo Park, California. ### INFORMIX is a registered trademark, and Dynamic Scalable Architecture, OnLine Dynamic Server, and NewEra are trademarks of Informix Software, Inc. All other companies mentioned or other names indicated by (R) or (TM) are registered trademarks of their respective manufacturer. -- %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% William Daul Advanced Support INFORMIX SOFTWARE INC. 4100 Bohannon Dr. (415) 926-6488 - wk Menlo Park, CA. 94025 uunet!infmx!billd or billd@informix.com