PRESS - INFORMIX AND NETSCAPE BRING PRODUCTION-STRENGTH RELATIONAL DATA MANAGEMENT TO WORLD WIDE WEB

INFORMIX AND NETSCAPE BRING PRODUCTION-STRENGTH RELATIONAL DATA MANAGEMENT TO WORLD WIDE WEB Partnership Offers Businesses Full-Scale Electronic Commerce On The Leading Parallel Database Platform SAN JOSE, Calif. (July 18, 1995) -- Informix Software, Inc. (NASDAQ:IFMX), the leader in parallel database technology, and Netscape Communications Corporation, the leader in open software for electronic commerce on the Internet, announced today at Informix's Worldwide User Conference, that Informix database servers will be available in the Netscape Internet Applications(TM) family of turnkey software solutions. These products include Netscape Merchant System(TM) for high-volume on-line product display and sales, Netscape Publishing System(TM) for on-line publishing, Netscape Community Systemfor on-line chat, bulletin boards and newsgroups, and Netscape IStore(TM) for single-merchant on-line merchandising. Netscape Merchant System, Netscape Publishing System, and Netscape Community System will ship with INFORMIX(R)-OnLine Dynamic Server(TM), offering Netscape'scommercial users high-volume transaction processing, real-time data management, easy-to-use interfaces, and secure communications on a scalable, flexible, high-performance, parallel processing database platform. Netscape IStore, an entry-level software for individual merchants who want to sell their products on the Internet, will ship on INFORMIX-SE - an easy to use, load-and-go database server - offering full-featured electronic commerce with easy installation, modification and database administration. Like all Netscape products, the Netscape Internet Applications family is based on industry standards and protocols that can connect with optional data sources. "As the leader in web access and commercial functionality, Netscape is a key Internet partner for Informix," said Phil White, Informix president and CEO. "Through this agreement, we can bring the parallel processing power of OnLine Dynamic Server and the simplicity of INFORMIX-SE to that essential group of users who are laying the foundations for electronic commerce on the Internet." "Informix's strength in core database technology makes them an ideal partner in helping Netscape users establish an online commercial presence and take immediate advantage of business opportunities on the net," added Jim Sha, vice president and general manager of Internet Applications at Netscape. "Informix's server strategy provides Netscape Internet Applications customers with the strong combination of performance and ease-of-use at the low end, sophisticated parallel processing at the high end, and a seamless migration path between the two." Netscape Internet Applications Netscape Internet Applications, introduced in March 1995, is a family of turnkeysoftware applications that enables companies to conduct full-scale electronic commerce on the Internet. Netscape Merchant System, Netscape Community System, and Netscape Publishing System are the first applications to integrate high-volume transaction processing, real-time data management, easy-to-use interfaces, and secure communications for creating sophisticated on-line services and large-scale businesses on the net. The fourth application in the family, Netscape IStore, is the first Netscape Internet Application aimed at the individual business owner. Netscape IStore provides the integrated data management, on-line credit card authorization, billing and order processing capabilities required to build and manage a virtual storefront. Netscape Internet Applications incorporate relational database technology and advanced functionality. All of Netscape's products are based on industry standards and protocols, and are compatible with other World Wide Web browsers and servers. Informix Database Servers INFORMIX-OnLine Dynamic Server is a powerful, multithreaded database server designed to exploit the capabilities of massively parallel, symmetric multiprocessor and uniprocessor architectures to deliver breakthrough database scalability, manageability and performance. OnLine Dynamic Server offers full parallel data query functionality with parallel scans, parallel sorts and parallel joins. INFORMIX-SE is an easy-to-use, low maintenance, "load-and-go" database server. INFORMIX-SE provides excellent performance, data consistency, client/server capabilities, and ANSI SQL compliance with minimal database administration. About Netscape Netscape Communications Corporation is a premier provider of open software to enable people and companies to exchange information and conduct commerce over the Internet and other global networks. The company was founded in April 1994 by Dr. James H. Clark, founder of Silicon Graphics, Inc., a Fortune 500 computersystems company; and Marc Andreessen, creator of the NCSA Mosaic* research prototype for the Internet. Privately held, Netscape Communications Corporationis based in Mountain View, California. 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 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 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 corporate headquarters is in Menlo Park, California. ### INFORMIX and OnLine Dynamic Server, are trademarks of Informix Software, Inc. Netscape Community System, Netscape Publishing System, Netscape Commerce Server,and Netscape IStore are trademarks of Netscape Communications Corporation. All other names indicated by R or TM are trademarks their respective owners. -- %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% 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