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                      SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington DC 20549



                                   FORM 6-K

                           REPORT OF FOREIGN ISSUER
                   PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16 OF THE
                       SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

                 For the quarterly period ended June 30, 1998




                             GENTIA SOFTWARE PLC

                                Tuition House
                               St George's Road
                                  Wimbledon
                               London SW19 4EU
                                United Kingdom
                   (Address of principal executive offices)





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                -----                   -----

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          -----                         -----

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                              Page 1 of 16 Pages

                       Exhibit Index Appears on Page 12
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                             GENTIA SOFTWARE PLC
                                   Form 6-K


                              TABLE OF CONTENTS

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Financial Information:

Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as of June 30, 1998 (Unaudited)
and December 31, 1997 (Audited)                                                  3

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations for the three and six months
ended June 30, 1998 and 1997 (Unaudited)                                         4

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the six months
ended June 30, 1998 and 1997 (Unaudited)                                         5

Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited)                 6

Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of
Operations.                                                                      8

Exhibit    Index                                                                12
Exhibit A. Second Quarter Press Release                                         13
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                             GENTIA SOFTWARE PLC
                    Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets

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<CAPTION>
                                                                           June 30   December 31
                                                                             1998        1997
                                                                          ---------- ------------
                                                                          (unaudited)  (audited)
                                                                               (in thousands)

                                                                              US$        US$
<S>                                                                        <C>         <C>     
Assets
   Current assets:
        Cash and cash equivalents ............................             $ 13,455    $ 20,332
        Accounts receivable, net of allowance $1,338
          ( Dec 31, 1997 - $1,819) ...........................               11,223       7,758
        Prepaid expenses and other current assets ............                2,358       1,921
        Deferred taxes .......................................                  247         285
                                                                           --------    --------
Total current assets .........................................             $ 27,283    $ 30,296


   Property and equipment, net ...............................                2,425       2,037
   Goodwill on acquisition, net of amortization of $724
     (Dec 31, 1997 - $494) ...................................                5,404       3,602
   Deferred taxes ............................................                  459         459
                                                                           --------    --------
Total assets .................................................             $ 35,571    $ 36,394
                                                                           ========    ========


Liabilities and shareholders' equity

   Current liabilities:
        Current portion of lease obligations .................             $     89    $    105
        Accounts payable .....................................                2,989       1,743
        Accrued liabilities ..................................                1,402       1,337
        Deferred revenues ....................................                4,710       3,630
        Other accounts payable ...............................                1,319       1,337
                                                                           --------    --------
Total current liabilities                                                  $ 10,509    $  8,152

   Non current liabilities:
        Deferred taxation ....................................                  274         274
        Long-term portion of lease obligations ...............                   92         109
                                                                           --------    --------
Total liabilities ............................................             $ 10,875    $  8,535

   Shareholders' equity:
        Ordinary shares ......................................                2,416       2,300
        Additional paid-in capital ...........................               28,783      27,406

        Retained earnings ....................................               (5,789)     (1,236)
        Cumulative translation adjustment ....................                 (714)       (611)
                                                                           --------    --------
Total shareholders' equity ...................................             $ 24,696    $ 27,859
                                                                           --------    --------

Total liabilities and shareholders' equity ...................             $ 35,571    $ 36,394
                                                                           ========    ========
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                             GENTIA SOFTWARE PLC
                Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations
                                  (Unaudited)


<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                           Three months ended       Six months ended
                                         ----------------------  ----------------------
                                         June 30,     June 30,    June 30,     June 30,
                                           1998         1997        1998         1997
                                        ---------    ---------    ---------    ---------
                                            (in thousands, except per share amounts)

                                             US$         US$          US$         US$
<S>                                         <C>         <C>         <C>         <C>   
Revenues:
     License ..........................     $4,779      $5,018      $7,657      $8,974
     Services and other ...............      2,960       3,088       5,999       6,133
                                          --------    --------    --------    --------
                                             7,739       8,106      13,656      15,107

Cost of revenues:
     License ..........................        472         116         547         283
     Services and other ...............      2,045       1,662       3,827       3,177
                                          --------    --------    --------    --------
                                             2,517       1,778       4,374       3,460

Gross profit ..........................      5,222       6,328       9,282      11,647

Operating expenses:
     Sales and marketing ..............      4,175       3,591       8,290       6,705
     Research and development .........      2,034       1,005       3,673       2,220
     General and administrative .......      1,021       1,163       2,103       2,280
     Goodwill amortization ............        128          91         230         179
                                          --------    --------    --------    --------
         Total operating expenses .....      7,358       5,850      14,296      11,384

Income (loss) from operations .........     (2,136)        478      (5,014)        263

Other income ..........................       (215)       (295)       (461)       (598)
                                          --------    --------    --------    --------
Income (loss) before
provision for taxes ...................     (1,921)        773      (4,553)        861
     Provision for income taxes .......         --        (229)         --        (258)
                                          --------    --------    --------    --------
Net income (loss) .....................    ($1,921)       $544     ($4,553)       $603
                                          ========    ========    ========    ========


     Basic income (loss) per share ....     ($0.19)      $0.06      ($0.47)      $0.07
     Diluted income (loss) per share ..     ($0.19)      $0.05      ($0.47)      $0.05

     Shares used to compute basic EPS .      9,869       9,015       9,753       9,010
     Shares used to compute diluted EPS      9,869      10,900       9,753      11,043
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                            See accompanying notes

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                             GENTIA SOFTWARE PLC
               Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
                                 (Unaudited)


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<CAPTION>
                                                                    Six months ended
                                                           ---------------------------------
                                                                   June 30,     June 30,
                                                                     1998         1997
                                                           ---------------    --------------
                                                                     (in thousands)

                                                                     US$          US$
<S>                                                                <C>         <C> 
Cash flows from operating activities

    Net income (loss) .........................................    $(4,553)       $603

    Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by
    operating activities:
        Depreciation ..........................................        483         388
        Goodwill ..............................................        230         179
        Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
          Accounts receivable .................................     (2,984)     (1,611)
          Provision for bad debts .............................       (481)        (57)
          Prepaid expenses and other receivables ..............       (437)     (1,036)
          Accounts payable ....................................      1,246        (414)
          Accrued liabilities and other expenses ..............         85        (703)
          Deferred revenues ...................................      1,080          12
                                                                  --------    --------
Net cash used in operating activities .........................     (5,331)     (2,639)
                                                                  --------    --------

Cash flows from investing activities:

        Costs of acquisition ..................................     (1,032)        (52)
        Purchases of assets ...................................       (871)       (644)
                                                                  --------    --------
Net cash used in investing activities .........................     (1,903)       (696)
                                                                  --------    --------

Cash flows from financing activities:

        Net proceeds on shares issued .........................        493         124
        Repayment of capital lease obligations ................        (33)        (94)
                                                                  --------    --------
Net cash provided by financing activities .....................        460          30

    Effect of exchange rate changes on cash ...................       (103)       (179)
                                                                  --------    --------

    Net decrease in cash ......................................     (6,877)     (3,484)

    Cash at beginning of period ...............................     20,332      25,228
                                                                  --------    --------

    Cash at end of period .....................................    $13,455     $21,744
                                                                  ========    ========
</TABLE>



                            See accompanying notes

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                             GENTIA SOFTWARE PLC

             NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
                                 (Unaudited)

1 SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Business

The Company develops, markets and supports high performance networked business
intelligence software for business planning and decision making. The Company's
software products employ a multidimensional database and a highly flexible end
user environment which empowers business managers throughout a networked
enterprise to perform, report and share complex analyses of business data.
Gentia enables the enterprise-wide integration of structured and unstructured
data contained in operational databases, data warehouses and external data
sources and allows users to perform on-line analytical processing through a
highly integrated, scalable, networked system. Gentia users can also employ
automated agents to analyze, update and monitor key business performance
indicators, rapidly perform scenario analyses and distribute information to
users throughout the enterprise.

On December 19, 1997, the Company signed a joint development and marketing
agreement with Renaissance Solutions, Inc., the originators and leading
practitioners of "Balanced Scorecard" to jointly develop and market a software
product called "Renaissance Balanced Scorecard powered by Gentia". This
application enables the automatic deployment of balanced scorecards throughout
an organization, leveraging the distributed and scalable nature of the
underlying Gentia technology. Because corporate Balanced Scorecards are likely
to be deployed across company Intranets, the Company has produced a web enabled
version of the application which runs on Internet browsers, making extensive use
of emerging HTML and Java based technologies. The Renaissance Agreement
represents an initial step in the Company's shift to `solutions based' product
offerings.


Basis of Presentation

The consolidated financial statements are stated in United States dollars and
are prepared under United States generally accepted accounting principles.


Interim Financial Information

The financial information at June 30, 1998 and for the three and six months
ended June 30, 1998 and 1997 is unaudited but includes all adjustments which the
Company considers necessary for a fair presentation of the financial position at
such date and the operating results and cash flows for those periods. Results
for the three and six months period ended June 30, 1998 are not necessarily
indicative of results that may be expected for the entire year. The condensed
consolidated balance sheet at December 31, 1997 has been derived from the
audited consolidated financial statements at that date. Certain information and
footnote disclosures normally included in financial statements prepared in
accordance with United States generally accepted accounting principles have been
condensed or omitted pursuant to the Securities and Exchange Commission Rules
and Regulations. These condensed consolidated financial statements should be
read in conjunction with the audited consolidated financial statements and notes
for the year ended December 31, 1997.


Principles of Consolidation

The accompanying financial statements consolidate the accounts of the Company
and its wholly and majority owned subsidiaries. All significant inter company
accounts and transactions have been eliminated.

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                             GENTIA SOFTWARE PLC

      NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - (Continued)
                                 (Unaudited)


Foreign Exchange

Transactions in foreign currencies are translated into U.S. dollars at the rate
ruling at the date of the transaction. Monetary assets and liabilities
denominated in foreign currencies are retranslated at the rate of exchange
ruling at the balance sheet date. All differences are taken to the consolidated
statement of operations.

Results of operations of subsidiaries which have their local currencies as the
functional currency are translated into U.S. dollars at the average rates for
the relevant period, while assets and liabilities are translated using current
rates at each balance sheet date. The resulting exchange gains or losses are
accumulated in the cumulative translation adjustment account included as a
component of shareholders' equity.


Per Share Information

Net income per share information is computed based on the weighted average
number of shares outstanding as prescribed in SFAS128.


2 LITIGATION

The Company is involved in one legal action arising in relation to patents in
the United States. While the outcome of this matter is currently not
determinable, the Company is vigorously pursuing its defense and is confident
that it will prevail in the litigation.


3 ACQUISITION

In May 1998, the Company acquired the issued share capital of Technical and
Computer Management Services Ltd, a U.K. Company, and its U.S. subsidiary
Technical and Computer Management Services LLC in consideration of $1.0 million
cash and 166,667 Ordinary Shares valued at approximately $1.0 million. TCMS is a
technical consulting firm with extensive experience in the implementation of
enterprise-wide, web-based analytical applications using Gentia technology. The
acquisition was accounted for under the purchase method and resulted in the
recording of approximately $2.0 million in identified intangibles and goodwill.
It is Company policy to amortize intangible assets and goodwill on a
straight-line basis over their useful lives. The goodwill and intangible assets
acquired in this transaction is being amortized over its useful life of 10
years.

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                               GENTIA SOFTWARE PLC

   Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of
                                   Operations
            for the three and six months ended June 30, 1998 and 1997


Three months ended June 30, 1998 and 1997.

Revenues

Revenues were $7.7 million in the three months ended June 30, 1998, a decrease
of 4.5% compared to revenues of $8.1 million for the three months ended June 30,
1997. License revenues were $4.8 million in the three months ended June 30,
1998, a decrease of 4.8% over license revenues of $5.0 million for the three
months ended June 30, 1997. Services and other revenues were $3.0 million in the
three months ended June 30, 1998, a decrease of 4.1% when compared to $3.1
million for the three months ended June 30, 1997. The year over year decrease in
revenues reflected the Company's continuing transition from being a "purely
technology" led to a "solutions led" software provider. Compared to the three
months ended March 31, 1998, revenues for the three months ended June 30, 1998
increased 30.8% and license revenues increased 66.1%.

Gross Profit

Gross profit was $5.2 million or 67.5% for the three months ended June 30, 1998,
compared to $6.3 million or 78.1% for the three months ended June 30, 1997. The
decrease in gross margin was primarily due to higher commissions paid to third
parties and increased consultancy costs due to the acquisition of TCMS.

Sales and Marketing

Sales and marketing costs were $4.2 million in the three months ended June 30,
1998, an increase of 16.3% compared to $3.6 million in the three months ended
June 30, 1997. The increase in dollar expenditure reflects the Company's
increased investment in its sales and marketing organization. The Company
expects these expenses will continue to increase as a result of its continued
investment in its sales and marketing organization.

Research and Development

Research and development costs were $2.0 million in the three months ended June
30, 1998; an increase of 102.4% compared to $1.0 million in the three months
ended June 30, 1997. The increase is primarily due to further resources being
utilized in the Company's development program, especially the continued
development of the Balanced Scorecard application as well as legal and
investigative costs relating to patents. It is the Company's intention to
accelerate its expenditure on research and development of new products when it
considers it appropriate to do so.

General and Administrative

General and administrative costs were $1.0 million in the three months ended
June 30, 1998; a decrease of 12.2% compared to $1.2 million in the three months
ended June 30, 1997.

Other Income (Expenses)

Other income was $215,000 in the three months ended June 30, 1998 compared to
$295,000 in the three months ended June 30, 1997. Other income arose primarily
due to interest income on funds received from the Company's Initial Public
Offering completed on April 30, 1996.

                                       8
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                               GENTIA SOFTWARE PLC

   Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of
                             Operations (Continued)



Six months ended June 30, 1998 and 1997

Revenue

Revenues were $13.7 million in the six months ended June 30, 1998, a decrease of
9.6% compared to revenues of $15.1 million for the six months ended June 30,
1997. License revenues were $7.7 million in the six months ended June 30, 1998,
a decrease of 14.7% over license revenues of $9.0 million for the six months
ended June 30, 1997. Services and other revenues were $6.0 million in the six
months ended June 30, 1998, a decrease of 2.2% compared to $6.1 million for the
six months ended June 30, 1997. The decrease in revenues reflected the Company's
transition from being a "purely technology" led to a "solutions" led software
provider.

Gross Profit

Gross profit was $9.3 million or 68.0% for the six months ended June 30, 1998,
compared to $11.6 million or 77.1% for the six months ended June 30, 1997. The
decrease in gross profit was primarily due to increased sales commission to
third parties and increased consultancy costs.

Sales and Marketing

Sales and marketing costs were $8.3 million in the six months ended June 30,
1998, an increase of 23.6% compared to $6.7 million in the six months ended June
30, 1997. The Company expects these expenses will continue to increase as a
result of its continued investment in its sales and marketing organization.

Research and Development

Research and development costs were $3.7 million the six months ended June 30,
1998, an increase of 65.4% compared to $2.2 million in the six months ended June
30, 1997. The increase is primarily due to further resources being utilized in
the Company's development program, especially the continued development of the
Balanced Scorecard application as well as legal and investigative costs relating
to patents. It is the Company's intention to accelerate its expenditure on
research and development of new products when it considers it appropriate to do
so.

General and Administrative

General and administrative costs were $2.1 million in the six months ended June
30, 1998, a decrease of 7.8% compared to $2.3 million in the six months ended
June 30, 1997.

Other Income

Other income was $461,000 in the six months ended June 30, 1998 compared to
$598,000 in the six months ended June 30, 1997. Other income arose primarily due
to interest income in funds received from the Company's Initial Public Offering
completed on April 30, 1996.

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                               GENTIA SOFTWARE PLC

   Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of
                             Operations (Continued)


Liquidity and Capital Resources

As of June 30, 1998, the Company had cash and cash equivalents of $13.5 million.

Accounts receivable at June 30, 1998 were $11.2 million, an increase of 44.7%
compared to December 31, 1997 reflecting the renewed growth in sales. In the six
months ended June 30, 1998, the Company's operating activities consumed cash of
$5.3 million compared to a utilization of cash of $2.6 million in the six months
ended June 30, 1997. This was primarily due to the loss for the six months ended
June 30, 1998 and the increase in accounts receivable as described above.

Investing activities consumed cash of $1.9 million in the six months ended June
30, 1998 compared to $696,000 in the six months ended June 30, 1997. In May
1998, the Company acquired the issued share capital of Technical and Computer
Management Services Ltd and its subsidiary Technical and Computer Management
Services LLC in consideration of $1.0 million cash and 166,667 Ordinary Shares
valued at approximately $1.0 million. In the six months ending June 30, 1998 the
company had invested $871,000 in the purchase of assets, predominantly computer
equipment.

Financing activities generated $460,000 in the six months ended June 30, 1998
compared to $30,000 in the six months ended June 30, 1997. During the six months
ended June 30, 1998 the company received $493,000 on the exercise of share
options.

The Company believes that existing cash, cash equivalents and cash generated by
operations will be sufficient to meet the Company's working capital needs and
currently planned capital expenditure requirements for the next twelve months.

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The information contained in Exhibit 1 hereto, consisting of the registrant's
unaudited financial statements for the six months ended June 30, 1998, has been
distributed to its security holders and is furnished to the Commission pursuant
to Rule 13a-16 under the Securities Act of 1934, as amended (the "Act"). This
report and the information furnished herewith shall not be deemed to be "filed"
for the purposes of Section 18 of the Act or otherwise subject to the
liabilities of that section.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
registrant has duly caused the Report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.


                                         GENTIA SOFTWARE plc





                                      By:

                                         George F Sprenkle
                                         Chief Financial Officer


Date: 31 July 1998

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EXHIBIT INDEX


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Exhibit 99   Second Quarter Press Release - (1998)   12-16
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Second Quarter Press Release
                                 GENTIA SOFTWARE
                                 Tuition House, St. George's Road
                                 Wimbledon
                                 London SW19 4EU
                                 (Nasdaq: GNTIY)





AT THE COMPANY:               AT THE FINANCIAL RELATIONS BOARD:
George Sprenkle               For Analyst Info:  Julie Creed (312) 640-6724
Chief Financial Officer       For General Info:  Kelly Lofts (212) 661-8030
44 181 971 4000               For Media Info:  Alicia Nieva-Woodgate (212)
                              661-8030


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
July 23, 1998


                    GENTIA REPORTS SECOND QUARTER RESULTS


LONDON, July 23, 1998 -- Gentia Software (Nasdaq: GNTIY), developer of
analytical applications for enterprise-wide deployment, today reported second
quarter results. Revenues for the second quarter of 1998 totaled $7.7 million,
compared with revenues of $5.9 million for the first quarter ended March 31,
1998 and $8.1 million for the second quarter ended June 30, 1997. Comparing the
second quarter ended June 30, 1998 with the first quarter ended March 31, 1998;
revenues increased a substantial 31%. The revenue growth was primarily
attributable to a 66% increase in license sales over 1998 first quarter levels.

      The Company reported a net loss of $1.9 million for the most recent
quarter, or $0.19 cents per share, compared with a net loss of $2.6 million, or
$0.27 per share, in the first quarter of 1998 and a profit of $0.5 million, or
$0.05 per share, in the second quarter of 1997. The most recent quarter results
include approximately $0.7 million in software development expenditures, made
during the quarter to further enhance the Balanced Scorecard application. As was
reported last quarter, this expense is eligible for capitalization under the FAS
86 guidelines. However, the Company elects to expense these costs in the most
recent period rather than amortize them over the product's life.

      Paul Rolph, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Gentia, said "We made
a great deal of progress during the second quarter in transitioning Gentia to an
analytical applications company. Our recently completed acquisition of Technical
and Computer Management Services has enabled us to significantly strengthen our
management team and support our customers with the addition of 24 consultants
experienced with Gentia's technology. This strategic acquisition enhances our
ability to deliver complete solutions and positions us with the necessary
resources to support the growing number of Balanced Scorecard rollouts. The
integration is complete and we expect to realize increased benefits from the
acquisition beginning in the third quarter.


      "Our relationship with Renaissance Worldwide continues to enhance Gentia's
visibility in the market and reinforces our leadership in the Balanced Scorecard
and associated analytical applications space. Recent additions to our growing
customer base for Renaissance Balanced Scorecard include `blue chip' companies
such as Volvo, Heineken, The Principal Financial Group and the Fortis Group.

      "We are also very encouraged by our new partnerships with Price Waterhouse
and VantageSource to participate in joint sales opportunities in the analytical
applications market. Gentia's association with these premier organizations will
significantly increase our access to companies that need analytical applications
to manage their business. Our goals are to leverage our market position and
strategic alliances to expand our distribution capacity and strengthen our
ability to deliver additional applications that complement the Scorecard,"
concluded Mr. Rolph.


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Second Quarter Highlights

o    Acquired Technical and Computer Management Services (TCMS) in a cash and
     stock transaction. Based in Mountain View, California and Slough, England,
     TCMS is a consulting firm with extensive experience in the implementation
     of enterprise-wide, web-based analytical applications using Gentia's
     technology.

o    Signed reseller agreements with Price Waterhouse and VantageSource LLP, a
     member firm of Andersen Worldwide SC, for Gentia's Business Intelligence
     (BI) environment and associated analytical applications.

o    Formed, with founding supporter Renaissance Worldwide, the Balanced
     Scorecard Technology Council, a venue for organizations seeking `best
     practices' information on automating the Balanced Scorecard. Over 350
     members signed on as participants in the first two weeks of the program.

o    Closed major deals during the second quarter with Barclays plc, The
     Principal Financial Group, Fortis, Volvo, Popular Club, Heineken,
     Australian Wool Test Authority, Swedish Post Office and Stena Line the
     majority of which were Balanced Scorecard deals.

o    Achieved 100% Pure Java(TM) certification from Sun Microsystems for the
     latest version of its Gentia WebSuite tool, Gentia WebSuite 4.0, enabling
     thousands of users to interactively access business information, regardless
     of where they are located, via a standard, Java(TM) technology-enabled Web
     browser.

o    Experienced steadily increasing market interest in automated Balanced
     Scorecard solutions, as evidenced by our second quarter Balanced Scorecard
     workshops. The events drew an average of 50 attendees per location on an
     eighteen city tour in the US, Europe, Australia and New Zealand.






About the Company

      Gentia Software (NASDAQ: GNTIY) is the leading supplier of analytical
applications that enable clients to maximize their competitive position through
enterprise-wide deployment of strategic management and predictive decision
making solutions. By leveraging the only networked Business Intelligence
environment designed for enterprise-wide deployment, Gentia enables a new class
of analytical applications, such as the Balanced Scorecard, which ensure
information delivery to key decision makers' desktops and browsers throughout an
enterprise. Gentia Software's worldwide client list of more than 480 customers
includes JP Morgan and Company, Volvo, McDonald's Restaurants, Heineken, Fortis,
Swiss Reinsurance and Sun Microsystems. The Company has dual headquarters in
Boston and London and operates in more than 20 countries worldwide.

      For additional information about Gentia, visit the Company's Web site at
www.gentia.com or call 1-888-4GENTIA or 1-781-224-0750. To receive additional
information via fax at no charge, dial 1-800-PRO-INFO and enter code GNTIY.

      This news release contains statements of a forward-looking nature relating
to the financial performance of Gentia Software. Such statements are based upon
the information available to management at this time, and they necessarily
involve risk because actual results could differ materially from current
expectations. Among the many factors that could cause actual results to differ
from those set forth in the Company's forward-looking statements are changes in
general economic conditions, actions taken by customers or competitors, and the
receipt of more or fewer orders than expected.

                              (Tables to Follow)

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                             GENTIA SOFTWARE PLC
                Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations
                                  (Unaudited)





<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                            Three months ended       Six months ended
                                          ----------------------  ----------------------
                                           June 30,    June 30,    June 30,    June 30,
                                             1998        1997        1998        1997
                                          ---------   ---------   ---------    ---------
                                             (in thousands, except per share amounts)

                                              US$          US$         US$         US$
<S>                                          <C>         <C>         <C>         <C>   
Revenues:
     License ...........................     $4,779      $5,018      $7,657      $8,974
     Services and other ................      2,960       3,088       5,999       6,133
                                           --------    --------    --------    --------
                                              7,739       8,106      13,656      15,107

Cost of revenues:
     License ...........................        472         116         547         283
     Services and other ................      2,045       1,662       3,827       3,177
                                           --------    --------    --------    --------
                                              2,517       1,778       4,374       3,460

Gross profit ...........................      5,222       6,328       9,282      11,647

Operating expenses:
     Sales and marketing ...............      4,175       3,591       8,290       6,705
     Research and development ..........      2,034       1,005       3,673       2,220
     General and administrative ........      1,021       1,163       2,103       2,280
     Goodwill amortization .............        128          91         230         179
                                           --------    --------    --------    --------
        Total operating expenses .......      7,358       5,850      14,296      11,384

Income (loss) from operations ..........     (2,136)        478      (5,014)        263

Other income ...........................       (215)       (295)       (461)       (598)
                                           --------    --------    --------    --------
Income (loss) before provision for taxes     (1,921)        773      (4,553)        861
     Provision for income taxes ........         --        (229)         --        (258)
                                           --------    --------    --------    --------
Net income (loss) ......................    ($1,921)       $544     ($4,553)       $603
                                           ========    ========    ========    ========


     Basic income (loss) per share .....     ($0.19)      $0.06      ($0.47)      $0.07
     Diluted income (loss) per share ...     ($0.19)      $0.05      ($0.47)      $0.05

     Shares used to compute basic EPS ..      9,869       9,015       9,753       9,010
     Shares used to compute diluted EPS.      9,869      10,900       9,753      11,043
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                               GENTIA SOFTWARE PLC
                      Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                           June 30   December 31
                                                            1998        1997
                                                         ---------- ------------
                                                         (unaudited)  (audited)
                                                              (in thousands)

                                                              US$         US$
<S>                                                         <C>         <C>    
Assets
   Current assets:
        Cash and cash equivalents ......................    $13,455     $20,332
        Accounts receivable, net of allowance $ 1,338
          (Dec 31, 1997 - $1,819) ......................     11,223       7,758
        Prepaid expenses and other current assets ......      2,358       1,921
        Deferred taxes .................................        247         285
                                                           --------    --------
Total current assets ...................................    $27,283     $30,296


   Property and equipment, net .........................      2,425       2,037
   Goodwill on acquisition, net of amortization of $ 724
     (Dec 31, 1997 - $494) .............................      5,404       3,602
   Deferred taxes ......................................        459         459
                                                           ========    ========
Total assets ...........................................    $35,571     $36,394
                                                           ========    ========


Liabilities and shareholders' equity

   Current liabilities:
        Current portion of lease obligations ...........        $89        $105
        Accounts payable ...............................      2,989       1,743
        Accrued liabilities ............................      1,402       1,337
        Deferred revenues ..............................      4,710       3,630
        Other accounts payable .........................      1,319       1,337
                                                           --------    --------
Total current liabilities ..............................    $10,509      $8,152

   Non current liabilities:
        Deferred taxation ..............................        274         274
        Long-term portion of lease obligations .........         92         109
                                                           --------    --------
Total liabilities ......................................    $10,875      $8,535

   Shareholders' equity:
        Ordinary shares ................................      2,416       2,300
        Additional paid-in capital .....................     28,783      27,406

        Retained earnings ..............................     (5,789)     (1,236)
        Cumulative translation adjustment ..............       (714)       (611)
                                                           --------    --------
Total shareholders' equity .............................    $24,696     $27,859
                                                           --------    --------

Total liabilities and shareholders' equity .............    $35,571     $36,394
                                                           ========    ========
</TABLE>


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