PRESS: SABA, DATA GENERAL AND INFORMIX PARTNER TO DELIVER

SABA, DATA GENERAL AND INFORMIX PARTNER TO DELIVER SCALABLE DICOM IMAGING SOLUTIONS CHICAGO, Ill, December 1, 1997 =97 Saba Medical Imaging Technology Corp., a developer of medical imaging applications, announced the formation of an alliance with Data General Corporation and Informix Software at today=92s annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA). The unique strengths of these three companies combine to create a digital environment which can support large scale object-oriented repositories for standard medical images within the client-server environment preferred by leading hospitals and care providers. Saba has developed a comprehensive suite of software based on the health care industry=92s DICOM medical imaging standard. This standard enables the CT, ECG, MRI, UltraSound, X-ray angiography, visible light and other various types of medical imaging equipment to exchange images via a standardized digital communication protocol. Saba=92s DICOM DataSword(R) builds a powerful application interface on this standard to give users direct and high-speed access to all the formatted information contained in the images. =20 The unique features and benefits of the INFORMIX Dynamic Server with Universal Data Option offers Saba a superior development and deployment environment for the DICOM DataSword. Writing applications entirely within the database also yields rapid deployment, simplified maintenance and greatly-improved performance. This scalable and manageable solution will significantly improve archiving, tracking and delivery of complex medical images. Medical information systems containing digital images require massive data storage capability. An ideal solution for this requirement is the flexibility and dependability of the Data General CLARiiON Fibre Channel FC500 Series disk array family. The unique fiber-optic technology employed in the FC500 is ideal for delivering multi-megabytes to terabytes of medical images in a timely fashion for physician analysis and review across the entire medical system. =20 "We are proud to be a part of the new generation of medical information solutions," said J. Craig Oxford, Chairman and C.E.O. of Saba. "With Informix and Data General, we will be able to offer to major health care information providers a cost-effective solution that provides native support for complex images and immediate access to these images on-line. Our DICOM software and the products of our partners represent an unbeatable combination." Michael Smith, Informix=92s Director of Worldwide health care Marketing,= also praised the alliance. "This brings together three leading players in health care information technology to create a cutting-edge solution for the entire industry. Open system design and ease of use have been the missing links in previous implementations of the DICOM standard. Saba=92s object-technology and the INFORMIX Dynamic Server=92s support of modern object-oriented development environments such as C++, SQL-3 and Java brings the value of the DICOM standard to the entire medical community. Data General storage systems and their NT-based servers are a perfect compliment to this software base." "DICOM has been a stumbling block for many health care organizations interested in creating a comprehensive patient record and studying outcomes," said Marc Luce, Director of Professional Services and Business Development at Data General. "Our high-performance AViiON servers and CLARiiON storage systems combined with the Saba DICOM DataSword software and the INFORMIX Dynamic Server database can be easily programmed to deliver multi-media patient data in clinical encounters. It will also support sophisticated outcome studies that include objective image information. Our AViiON NT servers will add fast and flawless access to the information in this system." About Saba Medical Imaging Technology Corp. Saba Medical Imaging Technology Corp. is a Nashville, Tenn.-based software application developer of medical imaging applications. The flagship product, the Saba DICOM DataSword, has a very powerful and easy-to-use application programming interface with which users can create open applications to meet their medical informatics needs. Enterprise-wide applications can be created and deployed in a heterogeneous environment in a minimum amount of time because of the ease of programming of the DataSword product. For further information, please visit our Website at http://www.sabamit.com.=20 About Data General=20 Data General Corporation (NYSE: DGN) is an open systems company that specializes is providing servers, storage systems and services to information technology users worldwide. The company reported revenues of $1.5 billion during fiscal 1997. Additional information on the company, its products and services is available on the Internet at http://www.dg.com/health care. About Informix Informix Software, Inc. (NASDAQ: IFMX), the world=92s database technology leader based in Menlo Park, Calif., provides innovative database technology that enables the world's leading 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 servers, 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, OLTP, Web/content management and distributed enterprise solutions. For more information, visit our Web site at http://www.informix.com.