PRESS RELEASE: INFORMIX SOFTWARE EXPANDS OPERATIONS IN MEXICO

INFORMIX SOFTWARE EXPANDS OPERATIONS IN MEXICO Company To Support Four Authorized Distributors MENLO PARK, Calif. (August 12, 1992) Continuing its expanding sales and support in the Mexican marketplace, Informix Software Inc. (NASDAQ:INFX) has announced the recent opening of its newest office in Mexico City, Mexico. The new office will enhance InformixUs sales and technical services to its customers in Mexico and to its four authorized distributors: MPS Mayorista S.A.; Triple I Sistemas del Informacion, S.A.; Genesistemas, S.A.; and Multisistemas S.A. "With the upsurge of Informix business in Mexico and Latin America, it is essential we provide better support to our customers and distributors," said Phil White, CEO and president of Informix. "By providing a direct local presence, we will ensure continued success to our end-user customer base. This will ultimately help us deliver the right products and customer services to the Latin American marketplace." Currently Informix is providing leading information management solutions to a variety of industries in Mexico and to such customers as Comision Federal de Electricidad (CFE), Ferrocarriles Nacionalies de Mexico, Instituto de Seguridad y Servicios Socales de los Trobajadores del Estado (ISSSTE), Nacional Monte de Piedad, Petroleos Mexicanos (PEMEX), Seguridad Nacional, Technologico de Monterrey and Telefonos de Mexico (TELMEX). In addition to the office in Mexico, an office in Brazil is also planned to open in late 1992. About Informix Informix Software, Inc. is a leading supplier of information management software providing solutions from the database through the desktop. Informix products include powerful distributed database management systems, robust application development tools, and graphical- and character-based productivity software for delivering information to every significant desktop platform. Headquartered in Menlo Park, Calif., Informix also has European headquarters in London, and Asia/Pacific headquarters in Singapore. ### -- -- %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% 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