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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): June 4, 1998
CENTURA SOFTWARE CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
0-21010
(Commission File Number)
California 94-2874178
(State or other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
incorporation)
975 Island Drive, Redwood Shores, California 94065
(Address of principal executive offices, with zip code)
(650) 596-3400
(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)
Formerly Gupta Corporation, 1060 Marsh Road, Menlo Park, California 94025
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
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ITEM 5. OTHER EVENTS.
On June 4, 1998, Centura Software Corporation (the "Company")
issued a press release announcing that it had signed a multi-year $2.5
million software contract with a major payroll services firm. On July 13,
1998, the Company issued a press release announcing the availability of
Centura Team Developer (CTD) version 1.5. On July 21, 1998, the Company
issued a press release announcing the availability of its SQL Smart Card.
On July 23, 1998, the Company issued a press release announcing its Second
Quarter financial results. On August 6, 1998, the Company issued a press
release announcing the appearance of its Chief Executive Officer, Scott
Broomfield, on WORLD BUSINESS REVIEW, a weekly television show hosted by
Caspar Weinberger, to discuss the topic of Advanced Internet Solutions. On
August 10, 1998, the Company announced the release of SQLBase Exchange, a
new automated data moving tool. On August 21, 1998, the Company issued a
press release announcing "develop and deploy" packaging for its SQLBase
product line. On September 9, 1998, the Company issued a press release
announcing its membership in the Smart Card Forum. On September 14, 1998,
the Company issued a press release announcing a partnership with Novell,
Inc. involving SQLBase 7.0 database for Novell's NetWare 5. On October 5,
1998, the Company issued a press release announcing its release of SQLBase
Quasar 7.0, designed to accommodate large volume deployment in non-PC
devices. On October 9, 1998, the Company issued a press release announcing
its 1998 Customer Conference to be held in Orlando, Florida from November
1-4, 1998. On October 12, 1998, the Company issued a press release
announcing a new partnership agreement with emWare, Inc. in which the
Company and emWare will co-market and sell a bundled software package that
enables devices with 8- and 16-bit microcontrollers to access corporate
networks, directory services and business logic. On October 29, 1998, the
Company issued a press release announcing the appointment of Joseph Falcone
as its new Chief Technology Officer. On November 2, 1998, the Company
issued a press release announcing the launch of its new Web site.
A copy of the foregoing press releases are attached as Exhibits
99.11-99.24 hereto and incorporated by reference herein.
ITEM 7. EXHIBITS.
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Exhibit Number Description
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99.11 Press Release dated June 4, 1998
99.12 Press Release dated July 13, 1998
99.13 Press Release dated July 21, 1998
99.14 Press Release dated July 23, 1998
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99.15 Press Release dated August 6, 1998
99.16 Press Release dated August 10, 1998
99.17 Press Release dated August 21, 1998
99.18 Press Release dated September 9, 1998
99.19 Press Release dated September 14, 1998
99.20 Press Release dated October 5, 1998
99.21 Press Release dated October 9, 1998
99.22 Press Release dated October 12, 1998
99.23 Press Release dated October 29, 1998
99.24 Press Release dated November 2, 1998
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
CENTURA SOFTWARE CORPORATION
Date: December 16, 1998 By: /s/ John Bowman
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John Bowman
Vice President of Finance and Administration
and Chief Financial Officer
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INDEX TO EXHIBITS
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Number No.
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99.11 Press Release dated June 4, 1998 6
99.12 Press Release dated July 13, 1998 8
99.13 Press Release dated July 21, 1998 10
99.14 Press Release dated July 23, 1998 12
99.15 Press Release dated August 6, 1998 14
99.16 Press Release dated August 10, 1998 16
99.17 Press Release dated August 21, 1998 18
99.18 Press Release dated September 9, 1998 20
99.19 Press Release dated September 14, 1998 22
99.20 Press Release dated October 5, 1998 24
99.21 Press Release dated October 9, 1998 26
99.22 Press Release dated October 12, 1998 29
99.23 Press Release dated October 29, 1998 32
99.24 Press Release dated November 2, 1998 34
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EXHIBIT 99.11
CENTURA SOFTWARE CORPORATION
PRESS RELEASE
"CENTURA/GUPTA SOFTWARE SIGNS A $2.5 MILLION EMBEDDED DATABASE CONTRACT WITH A
MAJOR PROVIDER OF PAYROLL SOFTWARE/SERVICES"
REDWOOD SHORES, CA. (BUSINESS WIRE) JUNE 4, 1998 --- Centura Software
Corporation (NASDAQ: CNTR / formerly Gupta Corporation) today announced a
multi-year $2.5 million software contract with a major payroll services firm.
SQLBase is currently inside more than 90,000 copies of their PC based
payroll application package.
Scott Broomfield, Centura's CEO commented, "This is a serious continued
commitment to Centura's software. I am also pleased that they have agreed to
join our newly formed customer advisory council. The contract with this
company, as well as with dozens of other Centura customers, shows Centura
products add significant value to both application developers and to their
customers. These relationships demonstrate the restoration of confidence our
customers have in our products and management of the company."
The SQLBase 7.0 embedded database was released to the market in December, 1997.
It offers an unparalleled combination of features that translate into tangible
benefits for application developers and end users. With its small footprint,
self-recovery and no DBA (data base administrator) features, SQLBase is the
perfect embedded database for applications sold to small businesses, who have
only a limited IT infrastructure. It provides a full set of RDBMS features as
well as application scalability from smart devices to the Web.
Dataquest ranks SQLBase as having the second largest market share in the
embedded database segment.
Kathy Lane, Senior Vice President, also said that "The market dynamics of the
database product category is shifting, and Centura is in the middle of these
paradigm shifts. Industry analysts are forecasting a slowdown in the purchase
of stand-alone enterprise database products, but analysts see considerable
growth for embedded database products like SQLBase. The Fortune 1000 database
market opportunity is saturated. Future growth in the database product category
will come from small and mid size companies. Small and mid size firms, however,
typically do not purchase standalone enterprise database systems. They buy
applications, like this payroll product, which already include the database.
We expect the market opportunity for embedded databases will continue to grow.
Not only in traditional Windows applications, but also in new platforms like the
web and smart devices."
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ABOUT CENTURA SOFTWARE CORPORATION
Since its inception in 1984, Centura has enjoyed a rich history of innovation,
creating the first client/server RDBMS for PCs. Its current product lineup
includes embedded databases, SQLBASE AND SQLBASE EXCHANGE, application
development tools, SQLWINDOWS, CENTURA TEAM DEVELOPER, and Internet and
connectivity products, CENTURA WEB DEVELOPER, CENTURA NET.DB and SQLHOST.
Today, Centura has 26 offices around the world and supports hundreds of
thousands of developers who embed our tools in applications used by more than 1
million end users. Centura is positioning its client/server products to be Web
capable and Mobile ready. Current Centura products are all Year 2000 compliant.
For more information:
Centura Software Corporation Laurie Chase & Company
Kathy Lane Laurie Regan Chase, President
Senior Vice President Heidi K. Zuhl, Account Supervisor
(650) 596-3400 (415) 781-1545
http://www.centurasoft.com/ mailto:[email protected]
Imagio Public Relations
Bridgitt Arnold
Account Supervisor
(206)625-0252
mailto:[email protected]
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EXHIBIT 99.12
CENTURA SOFTWARE CORPORATION
PRESS RELEASE
CENTURA STRENGTHENS CTD 1.5 DEVELOPMENT ENVIRONMENT
WITH POWERFUL CDK APPLETS
REDWOOD SHORES, CA., JULY 13, 1998 --- Centura Software Corporation (NASDAQ:
CNTR / formerly Gupta Corporation) today announced the availability of Centura
Team Developer (CTD) version 1.5. Included in CTD 1.5 is the Centura Developer
Extensions Kit (CDK), a powerful application library that allows application
development teams to significantly extend the functionality of their programming
environment by writing executable plug-ins, or applets, built with CDK.
CTD 1.5 is Centura's integrated development environment for developing 32-bit
Windows-based business applications. CTD evolved from SQLWindows, the
application development tool-set for 16-bit environments. CTD 1.5 gives
application development teams the tools they need to deliver scaleable and
robust business applications for enterprise, workgroup, mobile or Web-based
deployment. CTD 1.5 contains a rich fourth generation language (SAL), a
full-featured source code and a component management system (Team Object
Manager), the newly integrated CDK and a variety of other valuable tools.
CTD 1.5 also provides support for both ActiveX and Java bean objects.
"This is a major customer-driven extension to our popular integrated development
environment, CTD," stated Lionel Carrasco, Centura's vice president of business
development. "The CDK application library, shipped as a component of CTD 1.5,
provides a robust collection of software subroutines that developers can use to
customize and greatly enhance their SQLWindows/32 development environment. The
CDK applet library is so powerful that you can write an entire application with
just the CDK subroutines."
CTD 1.5 can be used to create dozens of useful design-time applets including
wizards, help tools, code profiling tools, class browsers, Year 2000 compliance
tools and any SAL or C++ application. CDK applets are bundled with CTD 1.5 as
a result of an overwhelming demand from developers.
Pivotpoint, an industry leader in the mid-range Enterprise Resource Planning
software market, has been using CTD and SQLWindows since 1993. They currently
have more than 600 source code files that build 300 plus Windows executables.
CDK is used extensively to automate functions like code profiling and code
updating.
"SQLWindows is our product of choice for real business applications on PC, LAN
or Web-based systems," explains Sue Barruw, systems architect at Pivotpoint.
"When it comes to massive code
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updates and modifications, CDK is the best tool for the job, allowing us to
produce higher quality code in a shorter amount of time."
ABOUT CENTURA SOFTWARE CORPORATION
Since its inception as Gupta Technologies Corporation in 1984, Centura has
enjoyed a rich history of innovation, creating the first client/server RDBMS for
PCs. Its current product lineup includes embedded databases, SQLBASE AND
SQLBASE EXCHANGE, application development tools, SQLWINDOWS, CENTURA TEAM
DEVELOPER, and Internet and connectivity products, CENTURA NET.DB and SQLHOST.
Today, Centura has 26 offices around the world and supports thousands of
developers who embed our tools in applications used by millions of end users.
Centura is positioning its client/server products to be Web capable and Mobile
ready. Current Centura products are all Year 2000 compliant.
For more information:
Centura Software Corporation Imagio Public Relations
Kathy Lane Bridgitt Arnold
Senior Vice President Account Supervisor
(650) 596-3400 (206)625-0252
http://www.centurasoft.com/ mailto:[email protected]
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EXHIBIT 99.13
CENTURA SOFTWARE CORPORATION
PRESS RELEASE
CENTURA SOFTWARE INTRODUCES THE FIRST RELATIONAL DATABASE
FOR SMART CARDS
REDWOOD SHORES, CA. JULY 21, 1998 --- Centura Software Corporation (NASDAQ:
CNTR/ formerly Gupta Corporation) today announced the availability of SQL Smart
Card--the first embedded relational database available for smart cards. SQL
Smart Card is part of the Centura MicroServer strategy which allows applications
embedded with SQL databases to scale down to new hardware platforms including
Windows CE, Palm Pilot and Psion, and other information appliances that require
small database engines.
SQL Smart Card is currently being used in a pilot project by the Department of
Commerce in Mexico to process import permits for the North American Free Trade
Agreement (NAFTA). The Pilot has substantially reduced paperwork at the border
and increased security at the crossing.
"Like many government agencies, our policies for controlling the importation of
goods require coordinating paperwork processed in multiple locations," states
Eduardo Honey, project leader for the pilot development. Honey continues, "Using
a paper-based system, it was impossible to track and control the importing of
products into Mexico, as there are multiple entrant points. With our new smart
card system, we have not only eliminated the problems related to the paperwork
process, we have immediate, up to date information about the status of imports
and we have a more secure process at the border."
Currently, all companies authorized to import goods into Mexico are issued a
smart card. The smart card embedded database is initialized with the quantity
and types of goods authorized for import. Customs agents along the border are
equipped with PCs and smart card readers, which can read and display which
products are authorized for import. The import customs officer updates the
database to reflect imports that day, and the updated information is written
back to the SQL database stored on the smart card. This local information is
updated each night to the department's main server, providing a consolidated
status of all imports. Using smart card technology, the Mexican government can
now effectively control and report the importing of all goods into the country
in a secure manner.
"SQL Smart Card facilitates a new generation of smart card applications and
extends the smart card industry beyond the flat file data structure," stated
Lionel Carrasco, Centura's vice president of business development. "Using
Centura technology, developers avoid low level, complex programming to access
smart card technology. Instead, developers can read and write to SQL databases
on smart cards using the same read, write and insert commands used to manage SQL
databases on disk-based storage systems via a simple ODBC driver."
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Because developers have the ability to store and update relational database
information on smart cards using common SQL commands, they can work with a
multitude of smart card vendors. Centura expects other new, innovative
solutions to be developed where smart card technology provides a combination of
individual security and immediate access to information. Centura is currently
looking to forge new strategic alliances and partnerships so that it can further
apply its technology in the smart card industry.
ABOUT CENTURA SOFTWARE CORPORATION
Centura Software (NASDAQ:CNTR), founded as Gupta in 1984, was the first company
to create fully relational client/server embedded DBMS for the personal
computer. Today its products help developers build and deploy component based
business applications requiring embedded databases. Applications developed and
deployed with Centura's Integrated Development Environment products, SQLBase,
Centura Team Developer and Centura net.db can scale from the Web down to smart
appliances. Current Centura products are all year 2000 compliant. Centura has 26
offices located throughout the world in North America, Latin America,
Asia/Pacific, Europe, Middle East and Africa. More information about the company
and its products is located on Centura's Web site at
http://www.centurasoft.com/.
For more information:
Centura Software Corporation
Kathy Lane
Senior Vice President
(650) 596-3400
http://www.centurasoft.com/
Imagio Public Relations
Ingrid Ougland
Account Executive
(206)625-0252
mailto:[email protected]
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EXHIBIT 99.14
CENTURA/GUPTA ANNOUNCES SECOND QUARTER FINANCIAL RESULTS
Redwood Shores, CA. (Business Wire) July 23, 1998 - Centura Software Corporation
(NASDAQ: CNTR / formerly Gupta Corporation) today announced operating income for
the second quarter of 1998 of $1.0 million, or 8% of net revenue. This compares
with an operating income of $0.4 million in the second quarter of last year. Net
revenue was $13.0 million in the second quarter of 1998 compared with $16.1
million in the second quarter of 1997.
International revenues accounted for 49% and 60% of the Company's net revenues
in the second quarter of 1998 and 1997, respectively. Net income in the second
quarter of 1998 was $0.2 million, or $0.01 per diluted share, compared with net
income of $0.3 million or $0.02 per diluted share in the second quarter of 1997.
Scott Broomfield, Centura's CEO commented, "We are pleased with our continued
performance as indicated by our operating income of $1.0 million for the
quarter, an increase of 150% over second quarter of 1997 levels despite lower
revenue. We are particularly encouraged by growth in the North American market
where invoicing levels were 10% higher than they were for the second quarter of
1997. Our challenge now is to continue building momentum in North America and
to transfer that energy into growth in the European market as well."
Net income for the first six months of 1998 was $0.7 million, or $0.03 per
diluted share, compared with a net loss of ($1.8) million, or ($0.12) per
diluted share for the first six months of 1997. Excluding charges for the
imputed value of warrants, net income was $1.7 million, or $0.07 per diluted
share for the first six months of 1998, representing a $3.5 million increase
over the same period last year.
John Bowman, Centura's CFO commented, "The second quarter operating income is
encouraging considering that we have increased the level of investment in
marketing and sales by 15% over the average expenditures from the last three
quarters." Bowman continued, "Net income, excluding the charge associated with
the imputed value of warrants issued in connection with the re-capitalization,
would have been $0.7 million, or $0.02 per diluted share in the second quarter
of 1998. We also continue to be pleased with the strength of our Balance Sheet.
Cash balances grew by $0.5 million during the second quarter, even after paying
down $1.1 million from our line of credit. We believe that Centura continues to
be well positioned to execute its strategy of profitable growth in the embedded
database market."
About Centura
Since its inception in 1984, Centura has enjoyed a rich history of innovation,
creating the first client/server RDBMS for PCs. Its current product lineup
includes embedded databases, SQLBase
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and SQLExchange, application development tools, SQLWindows, Centura Team
Developer, and Internet and connectivity products, Centura Web Developer,
Centura net.db and SQLHost. Today, Centura has 23 offices around the world
and supports hundreds of thousands of developers who embed our tools in
applications used by more than 1 million end users. Centura is positioning
its client/server products to be Web capable and Mobile ready. Current
Centura products are all Year 2000 compliant. More information about the
company and its products is located on Centura's Web site at
www.centurasoft.com.
Except for the historical information contained herein, the matters discussed in
this news release are forward looking statements that involve risks and
uncertainties, including the timely shipment of products, the effect of
competitive pressures and other risks detailed from time to time in the
Company's SEC reports, including the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal
year ended December 31, 1997.
For more information:
Centura Software Corporation Imagio Public Relations
John Bowman Bridgitt Arnold
Chief Financial Officer Associate Director
650-596-3400 206-625-0252
www.centurasoft.com mailto:[email protected]
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EXHIBIT 99.15
NEWS RELEASE CONTACT:
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Bridgitt Arnold
Imagio PR
(206) 625-0252
[email protected]
Kathy Lane
Senior Vice President
Marketing and Strategic Alliances
Centura Software Corp.
(650) 596-4886
Centura Software Corporation Featured On
CASPAR WEINBERGER'S WORLD BUSINESS REVIEW TV SERIES
REDWOOD SHORES, CA, AUGUST 6, 1998 -- Centura Software Corp.
(NASDAQ:CNTR/formerly Gupta) announces today the appearance of the company's
CEO, Scott Broomfield, on the WORLD BUSINESS REVIEW to discuss the topic of
ADVANCED INTERNET SOLUTIONS. This weekly television series, hosted by Caspar
Weinberger, chairman of FORBES magazine and former Secretary of Defense during
the Reagan administration, is a new forum for examining the leading-edge
technologies and innovative business solutions shaping the future. The show
featuring Broomfield will air on Sunday, August 23 at 3:00 PM Eastern on CNBC.
The show blends interviews and panel discussions with field reports and
technical reviews designed to enable leaders from a variety of industries to
offer insight into the challenges and opportunities businesses face as the 21st
century nears.
"Centura Software was selected to appear on the show because its technology,
which is built to run in any browser and on any platform, is enabling people
with absolutely no programming knowledge to get their company's information on
the Internet quickly and cost-effectively," said Donald Pratt, the show's
coordinating producer. "Centura's new database query and update product, CENTURA
NET.DB, unlocks data inside your database and puts it on the Web without the
need for programming. Although this sounds relatively simple, Centura net.db
appears to be a major breakthrough in Internet-related technology."
Broomfield explains that Centura net.db's engine examines the database and
determines the connections within the database itself. Once net.db has
automatically generated HTML views of the database tables, it is simply a matter
of using a browser to make the information available via the World Wide Web.
Broomfield adds, "This means there is no program code to write, which is why we
call it code-free; once you have designed your application, you go into runtime
mode and the data can then be accessed right in the browser." Broomfield says
this can be done from anywhere in the world, as both the design and deployment
are done using a Web browser.
Broomfield adds, "This ability to change and update database information is one
of the product's most advanced features. To do this, the user simply logs on to
the Internet and brings up live data via the Web
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browser. Changes are made instantaneously and, as an added benefit, you are
not required to use the memory in your own computer."
Centura is targeting small businesses with Centura net.db, those who don't have
hundreds of thousands of dollars to invest in Web servers and technology to get
their information onto the Web. According to Vinton Cerf, co-founder of a
company called Internet Protocols and another featured guest on the show,
"Centura's net.db is a major breakthrough. What Centura has been able to do is
make it possible to provide information on the Internet that could have never
been accessed without writing high-cost, high-maintenance special-purpose
programs, which this has eliminated."
ABOUT CENTURA SOFTWARE CORPORATION
Centura Software (NASDAQ:CNTR), founded as Gupta in 1984, was the first company
to create fully relational client/server embedded DBMS for the personal
computer. Today its products help developers build and deploy component based
business applications requiring embedded databases. Applications developed and
deployed with Centura's Integrated Development Environment products, SQLBase,
Centura Team Developer and Centura net.db, can scale from the Web down to smart
devices. Current Centura products are all year 2000 compliant. Centura has 26
offices located throughout the world in North America, Latin America,
Asia/Pacific, Europe, Middle East and Africa. More information about the company
and its products is located on Centura's Web site at
http://www.centurasoft.com/.
ABOUT WORLD BUSINESS REVIEW
Taped in Washington, D.C., WORLD BUSINESS REVIEW premiered on U.S. public
television stations in September of 1996 and is independently produced in Boca
Raton, Florida by Multi Media Productions (USA), Inc. The program currently
reaches more than 70 million potential TV households in the U.S., and over 100
million internationally. Distribution channels include Knowledge TV, Technology
Education Network, AENTV, America's Voice, CAMA, Media One, and independent and
public TV stations around the globe. The program is also featured on United
Airlines international flights. More information is available on the show's
Web site at http://www.wbrtv.com/. Viewers can access on demand any episode of
the WORLD BUSINESS REVIEW series.
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EXHIBIT 99.16
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Simon Hamlin
Imagio Public Relations
(206) 625-0252
mailto:[email protected]
Kathy Lane
Centura Software Corporation
Senior Vice President of Marketing and Strategic Alliances
(650) 596-3400
mailto:[email protected]
CENTURA SOFTWARE CORP. INTRODUCES NEW DATA REPLICATION TOOL
SQLBASE EXCHANGE OFFERS DEVELOPERS UNPARALLELED
FLEXIBILITY AND OPENNESS
REDWOOD SHORES, CA AUGUST 10, 1998 --- Centura Software Corporation (NASDAQ:
CNTR / formerly Gupta Corporation) today extends its RDBMS product family,
SQLBase, with the release of SQLBase Exchange, an automated data moving tool.
As an add-on to Centura's SQLBase database, SQLBase Exchange provides an
effective solution for developers who are creating applications with data
replication requirements. Centura's SQLBase Exchange is the first in a
series of upcoming SQLBase product offerings, designed to address the
embedded database needs of MIS departments and application developers.
"As the arena of distributed business becomes more automated, the access and
movement of data and functions in remote locations is critical to global network
success," explains Kathy Lane, senior vice president of marketing and strategic
alliances for Centura. "SQLBase Exchange's technology allows developers to move
data between SQLBase databases and between SQLBase and a wide variety of
databases."
SQLBase Exchange is a data-oriented technology as opposed to a
transaction-oriented one. This new product effectively accommodates all basic
types of data movement, including data consolidation, data dissemination and
one-to-one data transfer. SQLBase Exchange optimizes data movement by giving
developers unrivaled freedom to shift data between SQLBase and a wide variety
of databases, increasing the appeal of SQLBase to developers creating
applications for distributed deployment.
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"SQLBase Exchange provides a level of flexibility and openness that simply does
not exist in competing solutions," states Max Stayner, Centura's Director of
SQLBase products. "Unlike Sybase's SQL Anywhere, which can only replicate with
Sybase's databases, SQLBase Exchange allows developers to choose from virtually
any data format. As a result, developers are not restricted to one vendor's
technology."
SQLBase Exchange eliminates large amounts of low-level coding without
sacrificing developers' control and flexibility. With SQLBase Exchange,
developers have the freedom to move data according to their business rules while
enjoying the benefits of less coding.
PRICING AND AVAILABILITY
Pricing for SQLBase Exchange starts at $249 per client desktop, with other
packages available for deployment and server support. SQLBase Exchange is
available direct from Centura. For more information regarding sales, please
call 800-444-8782 or email Centura at mailto:[email protected]
ABOUT SQLBASE 7.0
SQLBase 7.0 is Centura's robust, non-DBA, small footprint embedded database,
designed for integration with business application code for invisible deployment
to end users. SQLBase 7.0 provides developers an optimum solution to create,
deploy and support single and multi-user applications requiring an embedded
database, for use on the desktop, on a web server, in a distributed/mobile
application, or as data storage in a smart card.
ABOUT CENTURA SOFTWARE CORPORATION
Centura Software (NASDAQ:CNTR), founded as Gupta in 1984, was the first company
to create fully relational client/server embedded DBMS for the personal
computer. Today its products help developers build and deploy component based
business applications requiring embedded databases. Applications developed and
deployed with Centura's Integrated Development Environment products, SQLBase,
Centura Team Developer and Centura net.db, can scale from the Web down to smart
devices. Current Centura products are all year 2000 compliant. Centura has 26
offices located throughout the world in North America, Latin America,
Asia/Pacific, Europe, Middle East and Africa. More information about the company
and its products is located on Centura's Web site at
http://www.centurasoft.com/.
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EXHIBIT 99.17
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Centura Software Corp. Offers Alternative to Pervasive With
"Develop and Deploy" Packaging for SQLBase Product Line
PACKAGING AND PRICING MAKES IT EASIER TO DEVELOP AND DEPLOY SQLBASE
REDWOOD SHORES, CA, (AUGUST 21, 1998) -- Centura Software Corporation
(NASDAQ:CNTR), formerly Gupta, announces develop and deploy packaging for the
company's SQLBase product line -- a robust, non-DBA, small footprint embedded
database designed for integration with business application code and invisible
to the end user. The packaging includes a new pricing model that allows
developers to try SQLBase at a very low cost. In addition, the packaging lets
developers hide the database installation process from end users by allowing
developers to create a one step installation process.
For development, Centura offers the SQLBase Individual Development Kit and the
SQLBase Team Development Kit. Both options allow developers to begin building
applications that embed SQLBase, regardless of the development tool they are
using, and the Team Development Kit also includes the support necessary to
ensure the developer's success. In addition, individuals or teams can develop
and test using both NT and NetWare and on 16- and 32-bit Windows platforms.
For deployment, developers can use the SQLBase Embedded Deployment Pack. This
provides developers flexible and seamless deployment licensing options along
with the components and information necessary to build an integrated installer.
"By providing a database solution that is invisible to the end user, we are
making it easier for ISVs to develop and deploy embedded databases installed at
multiple sites. Developers can now get started with SQLBase, embed it, and
realize the TCO that SQLBase can offer them and their customers," explains Max
Stayner, Director of SQLBase products for Centura. "This new packaging
demonstrates our
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continued commitment to be the embedded database vendor of choice, providing
solutions that make sense for the way developers work."
According to Kathy Lane, senior vice president of marketing and strategic
partnerships for Centura, "Many ISVs aren't aware that SQLBase works not only
with CTD but with other client application development tools including Visual
Basic, C++ and Java. Developers have traditionally thought of Centura as an
application tools vendor, but the reality is that two-thirds of Centura's
revenues come from SQLBase and our volume of business in this market has grown
more than 40% since this time last year. In essence, this develop and deploy
packaging is our invitation to developers all over the world to discover what
thousands of ISVs and millions of end users already know -- that SQLBase has
features and functionality competitive, and even superior to, alternatives such
as Pervasive and SQL Anywhere."
PRICE AND AVAILABILITY
Centura's develop and deploy packaging products are currently available and can
be purchased through Centura's normal distribution channels.
For specific pricing information, please call 1-800-308-1408. Additional
information is also available on Centura's Web site at www.centurasoft.com.
ABOUT CENTURA SOFTWARE CORPORATION
Centura Software (NASDAQ:CNTR), founded as Gupta in 1984, was the first company
to create fully relational client/server embedded DBMS for the personal
computer. Today Centura's products help developers build and deploy component
based business applications requiring embedded databases. Centura's D3 Framework
(Develop, Deploy and Distribute) consists of world-class products including
SQLBase, Centura Team Developer and Centura net.db, all of which can scale from
the Web down to smart devices. Current Centura products are all year 2000
compliant. Centura has 26 offices located throughout the world in North America,
Latin America, Asia/Pacific, Europe, Middle East and Africa. More information
about the company and its products is located on Centura's Web site at
http://www.centurasoft.com/.
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EXHIBIT 99.18
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Ingrid Ougland
Imagio Public Relations
(206)625-0252
mailto:[email protected]
Kathy Lane
Centura Software Corporation
Senior Vice President of Marketing and Strategic Alliances
(650) 596-3400
mailto:[email protected]
VETERAN EMBEDDED DATABASE TECHNOLOGY COMPANY
JOINS
SMART CARD FORUM
CENTURA SOFTWARE CORPORATION TEAMS WITH OTHER INDUSTRY LEADERS TO
HEIGHTEN AWARENESS OF SMART CARD TECHNOLOGY IN THE MARKETPLACE
REDWOOD SHORES, CA, (SEPTEMBER 9, 1998) -- Centura Software Corporation (NASDAQ:
CNTR/formerly Gupta), today announces its membership in the Smart Card Forum.
Centura joins a select group of industry leaders to promote interoperability and
compatibility between cards, card-reading devices and applications.
The Smart Card Forum is a non-profit, multi-industry organization designed to
promote the widespread acceptance of multiple application smart card technology
through education, the development of business propositions and position on
public policy issues. Established in 1993, the Forum has nearly 200 corporate
members, including companies in banking, financial services, telecommunications,
computer, technology, health care, retail, entertainment industries and several
government agencies.
"We believe smart cards represent a new software platform for application
development tools and
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embedded databases," says Kathy Lane, senior vice president of marketing and
strategic alliances for Centura. "Our new Smart Card products enable
developers to share common databases on a smart card and to partition
application logic between the Smart Card and the server. As a member of the
Smart Card Forum, we are able to create a technology vision for multiple
application smart cards meeting the needs of industry participants developing
smart card applications."
Centura is currently working on several smart card projects, including SQL Smart
Card--the first embedded relational database available for smart cards. SQL
Smart Card is part of the Centura MicroServer strategy which allows applications
embedded with SQL databases to scale down to new hardware platforms including
Microsoft's Windows CE (NASDAQ: MSFT), 3Com's Palm Pilot (NASDAQ: COMS) and
Psion, as well as other information appliances that require small database
engines.
SQL Smart Card is currently being used in a pilot project by the Department of
Commerce in Mexico to process import permits for the North American Free Trade
Agreement (NAFTA). The Pilot has substantially reduced paperwork at the border
and increased security at the crossing. Centura expects other new, innovative
solutions to be developed where smart card technology provides a combination of
individual security and immediate access to information. In addition to joining
the Smart Card Forum, Centura is currently looking to forge new strategic
alliances and partnerships so that it can further apply its technology in the
smart card industry.
ABOUT CENTURA SOFTWARE CORPORATION
Centura Software (NASDAQ:CNTR), founded as Gupta in 1984, was the first company
to create fully relational client/server embedded DBMS for the personal
computer. Today Centura's products help developers build and deploy component
based business applications requiring embedded databases. Centura's D3
Framework (Develop, Deploy and Distribute) consists of world-class products
including SQLBase, Centura Team Developer and Centura net.db, all of which can
scale from the Web down to smart devices. Current Centura products are all year
2000 compliant. Centura has 26 offices located throughout the world in North
America, Latin America, Asia/Pacific, Europe, Middle East and Africa. More
information about the company and its products is located on Centura's Web site
at http://www.centurasoft.com/.
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EXHIBIT 99.19
For more information:
Imagio Public Relations [CENTURA/GUPTA LOGO]
Ingrid Ougland
Account Executive
(206)625-0252
[email protected]
Centura Software Corporation
Kathy Lane
Senior Vice President
(650) 596-3400
www.centurasoft.com
CENTURA SOFTWARE CORPORATION
PRESS RELEASE
CENTURA ANNOUNCES PARTNERSHIP WITH NOVELL
REDWOOD SHORES, CA. (SEPTEMBER 14, 1998) -- Centura Software Corporation
(NASDAQ: CNTR / formerly Gupta Corporation) today announces a partnership
with Novell, Inc. (NASDAQ:NOVL) involving SQLBase 7.0 database for Novell's
NetWare 5, formalizing a long term commitment between Novell and Centura.
The two companies will jointly participate in worldwide electronic and
event marketing efforts.
Centura's SQLBase 7.0 for NetWare is a leading network application
optimized for NetWare 5 and one of the first database applications to apply
for certification to use the NetWare 5 YES Tested and Approved Logo.
Thousands of applications built using Centura's products, including
applications for payroll services, banking and sales automation can be
immediately deployed on the NetWare 5 platform. NetWare 5 is Novell's pure
IP server operating system that provides the speed, scalability and
reliability customers require to manage and deploy network applications and
resources.
The SQLBase 7.0 embedded database offers features such as a DBA-less
environment, small footprint, and automatic self-recovery. SQLBase is built
into applications that scale from the web to smart cards and devices.
Centura database products and tools have been available for the NetWare
environment since the release of NetWare 3. With Novell's beta release of
NetWare 5, Centura expanded efforts to create a Novell Products Group
within Centura to engineer and test NetWare, ensuring compatibility with
the NetWare 5 PureIP environment. Enhancements have been made specifically
for NetWare 5, including support for NetWare Directory Services (NDS).
SQLBase 7.0 is currently undergoing Netware 5 certification testing.
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Centura's SQLBase 7.0 is the first database to offer Java developers JDBC
level 4 support. Centura's commitment to NetWare, to Java cross-platform
computing, and to the support of networked devices has resulted in the
company's introduction of a highly intelligent integration server called
Centura Blazer. With this server installed in a NetWare Web environment,
developers can now integrate and add server-side processing logic to events
or transactions coming from multiple data sources. Devices on the network
can then interact with database servers, SQLBase 7.0 or others, and take
advantage of services such as Novell's NDS.
"Novell has always been an important platform for Centura and we are
extremely pleased to be selected as a software partner by Novell," states
Scott Broomfield, president and CEO of Centura. "We are excited about
working with Novell to offer solutions in the emerging market for embedded
software and smart devices that connect to networks."
"We are very pleased to see Centura's continued commitment to the NetWare
platform," says Rich Running, director of product marketing, Novell.
"Centura products can add significant value to application developers and
customers. Centura's decision to certify SQLBase 7.0 with NetWare 5 gives
developers an optimum solution to create, deploy and support applications
requiring an embedded database, whether it's being used on the NetWare
server, the desktop client or in a distributed/mobile application."
ABOUT CENTURA SOFTWARE CORPORATION
Centura Software (NASDAQ:CNTR), founded as Gupta in 1984, was the first
company to create fully relational client/server embedded DBMS for the
personal computer. Today Centura's products help developers build and
deploy component based business applications requiring embedded
databases. Centura's D3 Framework (Develop, Deploy and Distribute)
consists of world-class products including SQLBase, Centura Team
Developer and Centura net.db, all of which can scale from the Web down
to smart devices. Current Centura products are all year 2000 compliant.
Centura has 26 offices located throughout the world in North America,
Latin America, Asia/Pacific, Europe, Middle East and Africa. More
information about the company and its products is located on Centura's
Web site at www.centurasoft.com.
ABOUT NOVELL
Novell (NASDAQ: NOVL) is the world's leading provider of network software.
The company offers a wide range of network solutions for distributed
network, Internet/intranet and small-business markets, as well as the
network computing industry's most comprehensive education and technical
support programs. Information about Novell and its complete range of
products and services can be accessed on the World Wide Web at
http://www.novell.com.
Novell, NetWare and ManageWise are registered trademarks and NDS and
Z.E.N.works are trademark of Novell, Inc. All other trademarks are the
property of their respective holders.
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EXHIBIT 99.20
CONTACT INFORMATION:
Simon Hamlin
Imagio Public Relations
Account Executive
(206) 625-0252
mailto:[email protected]
Kathy Lane
Centura Software Corporation
Senior Vice President, Strategic Alliances
(650) 596-3400
mailto:[email protected]
CENTURA ANNOUNCES SQLBASE QUASAR FOR NON-PC DEVICES
SQLBASE QUASAR 7.0 OFFERS MANUFACTURERS A COST-EFFECTIVE WAY
TO EMBED A ROBUST SQL DBMS INSIDE NON-PC DEVICES
REDWOOD SHORES, CA, (OCTOBER 5, 1998) -- Centura Software Corporation
(NASDAQ:CNTR), formerly Gupta, announces the release of SQLBase Quasar 7.0,
designed for manufacturers of devices like printers and copiers who want the
power of a relational database embedded within each device to record device
events for various types of monitoring and reporting purposes. SQLBase Quasar
is a special purpose version of SQLBase, with pricing and functionality
specifically for large volume deployment in non-PC devices.
"With continually improving microprocessor price performance, manufacturers are
adding intelligence to their devices to differentiate their products. This
requires an embedded database to be shipped with each device," explains Lionel
Carrasco, senior vice president of business development for Centura. "The new
pricing and functionality of SQLBase Quasar is ideal for OEM situations. As a
perfect example, Xerox's (NYSE:XRX) high volume DocuTech Production Printers are
shipped with an embedded software running on Quasar. By incorporating Centura's
technology, these printers can perform high-volume production print on demand
and integrate large print job submissions with production printing systems,
binding and finishing operations."
"There will continue to be a strong demand for embedded databases in everything
from printers to ovens," says Scott Broomfield, CEO of Centura. "Our
microserver strategy and this launch of Quasar demonstrate our commitment to
provide superior products for these platforms. The recent reorganization of
Sybase to focus on this space confirms our belief that new platforms such as
smart appliances and smart cards offer tremendous opportunity for Centura."
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The core features of SQLBase Quasar 7.0 are optimal for smart devices, providing
a robust SQL RDBMS that occupies a very small footprint. SQLBase Quasar is
available for both 16- and 32-bit Windows platforms. The SQL/API gives the
application complete control of the database, and the Quasar Embedded Deployment
Kit gives developers total control of the deployment configuration.
PRICING AND AVAILABILITY
Quasar is available only through direct license agreement with Centura
Software Corporation. For more information, please contact Centura directly
at 1-800-444-8782.
ABOUT CENTURA SOFTWARE CORPORATION
Centura Software (NASDAQ:CNTR), founded as Gupta in 1984, was the first company
to create fully relational client/server embedded DBMS for the personal
computer. Today Centura's products help developers build and deploy component
based business applications requiring embedded databases. Centura's D3
Framework (Develop, Deploy and Distributed) consists of world-class products
including SQLBase, Centura Team Developer and Centura net.db, all of which can
scale from the Web down to smart devices. Current Centura products are all year
2000 compliant. Centura has 26 offices located throughout the world in North
America, Latin America, Asia/Pacific, Europe, Middle East and Africa. More
information about the company and its products is located on Centura's Web site
at http://www.centurasoft.com/.
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EXHIBIT 99.21
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Bridgitt Arnold
Associate Director
Imagio Public Relations
(206) 625-0252
mailto:[email protected]
Kathy Lane
Centura Software Corporation
Senior Vice President of Marketing and Strategic Alliances
(650) 596-3400
mailto:[email protected]
CENTURA SOFTWARE CORPORATION HOSTS ANNUAL CUSTOMER
CONFERENCE
INDUSTRY EXPERTS TO OFFER CUTTING-EDGE BUSINESS
AND TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS FOR DISTRIBUTED (OBJECT)
COMPONENT COMPUTING
REDWOOD SHORES, CA, (OCTOBER 9, 1998) -- Centura Software Corporation
(NASDAQ:CNTR), formerly Gupta, announces the 1998 Centura Customer Conference to
be held at the Hyatt Regency Grand Cypress Resort in Orlando, Florida from
November 1st through November 4th, 1998. Centura's annual business and
technology conference is a valuable forum for current Centura customers who
include IT directors, senior managers, ISVs, VARs, ISPs, and System Integrators.
The 1998 keynote speakers will include Guy Kawasaki and Elizabeth Barnett.
Kawasaki, author of the soon-to-be-released RULES FOR REVOLUTIONARIES, is
also the CEO of garage.com, a Silicon Valley based firm that assists
high-tech start-ups. In addition, Kawasaki was a columnist for Forbes and an
Apple Fellow at Apple Computer, Inc. where he was instrumental in
successfully launching and establishing the
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Macintosh computer. Barnett is a vice president of Giga Information Group
and specializes in IT architecture, application development, data management,
and distributed computing.
According to Barnett, "Companies today face two application development
imperatives: improve productivity and time to market, while at the same time
improving the overall quality of the systems they deliver. Component-based
development (CBD) techniques that can incorporate custom developed, purchased,
and legacy applications will best achieve these goals. IT managers must be
prepared to make investments in three critical areas: technologies for
development and deployment; development processes to ensure productivity and
quality; and organizational changes to institute new positions and new
responsibilities within existing roles."
The conference will offer both technical and business sessions to showcase
Centura's current product features as well as upcoming enhancements and
additional offerings. This year's conference will focus on techniques and tools
for building applications from components, new Web Applications, and
microservers. Centura is also providing bonus master classes to offer attendees
the opportunity to expand their skills and strategic implementation of
distributed component computing.
"We are very excited about this year's event because it is the perfect forum to
demonstrate our commitment to our customers," explains Scott Broomfield, CEO of
Centura. "In addition to showcasing forecasts from some of the industry's
leading influencers, we will have the opportunity to give our customers and
prospects a preview of what should prove to be an incredibly exciting year."
The Technology & Solutions Fair, held in conjunction with the customer
conference, will feature exhibiting partners who are using Centura products to
gain a competitive advantage in their industry including Fecher Ralgan, Minolta
and Metex Systems.
FOR MORE INFORMATION
Registration is available by calling +1-877-878-3784 or via the Internet at
http://www.centurasoft.com/. For exhibition information, call 408-763-0623.
Special airline discounts offered through United Airlines, call 800-241-6522 for
more information.
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ABOUT CENTURA SOFTWARE CORPORATION
Centura Software (NASDAQ:CNTR), founded as Gupta in 1984, was the first company
to create fully relational client/server embedded DBMS for the personal
computer. Centura's D3 Framework (Develop, Deploy and Distributed) consists of
world-class products including SQLBase, Centura Team Developer and Centura
net.db, all of which can scale from the Web down to smart devices. Current
Centura products are all year 2000 compliant. Centura has 19 offices located
throughout the world in North America, Latin America, Asia/Pacific, Europe,
Middle East and Africa. More information about the company and its products is
located on Centura's Web site at http://www.centurasoft.com/.
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FOR MORE INFORMATION:
Ingrid Ougland
Account Executive
Imagio Public Relations
+1(206) 625-0252
mailto:[email protected]
Kathy Lane
Senior Vice President of Strategic Alliances
Centura Software Corporation
+1(650) 596-3400
mailto:[email protected]
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EXHIBIT 99.22
Mark Carpenter
Marketing Communications Manager
emWare, Inc.
+1(801) 256-3883 ext. 112
mailto:[email protected]
CENTURA SOFTWARE CORPORATION
PRESS RELEASE
CENTURA AND EMWARE PARTNER TO PROVIDE FRAMEWORK FOR ADDING
BUSINESS LOGIC TO EMBEDDED DEVICE NETWORKS.
CENTURA JOINS EMBED THE INTERNET CONSORTIUM AS A FOUNDING MEMBER
REDWOOD SHORES, CA. (OCTOBER 12, 1998) -- Centura Software Corporation
(NASDAQ: CNTR / formerly Gupta Corporation) today announces a partnership
with emWare, Inc., the leading provider of distributed device networking
software. Centura and emWare will co-market and sell a software package
comprised of emWare's EMIT-Registered Trademark- (Embedded Micro
Internetworking Technology-TM-) and Centura's new Thin Application Server,
code-name Blazer. The combined product bundle will be the first
commercially available software solution that enables devices with 8- and
16-bit microcontrollers to access corporate networks, directory services
and business logic. Centura has also joined 11 other industry leaders as a
founding member of emWare's Embed The Internet Consortium (ETI) to deliver
low-cost solutions for home, business and industrial equipment products.
"It's only natural that Centura extend our client/server expertise in the
Windows platform to new non-PC, server-centric platforms such as PDAs and
smart appliances," explains Kathy Lane, senior vice president of strategic
alliances for Centura. "With a combination of Blazer and EMIT software, a
remote embedded device becomes another node in a distributed computing
network. Using the unique application partitioning features in Blazer,
developers can extend and execute the same business logic and network
services to non-PC devices as they can to any PC."
Using Centura's Thin Application Server, EMIT-enabled devices like
electric utility meters and vending machines will be fully integrated
with the information and processes transacted on Microsoft Transaction
Servers (MTS), Oracle's Application Servers and BEA's Tuxedo as well as
other leading application and transaction platforms. Centura and
emWare's solution is the first economical solution to allow home
electric meters to report usage online to a database server or generate
statistics on customer behavior, trends, and problem alerts.
"EMIT brings flexible device networking solutions to intelligent devices,"
states Christopher Sontag, chief technology officer and co-founder of
emWare, Inc. "Centura's Thin
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Application Server provides new opportunities by extending business
logic to transactions. Thanks to the combination of Centura and emWare's
technology, these devices can now communicate with a number of different
network databases, directory services and other enterprise applications."
Blazer offers an easy, open development and integration environment. A
single Blazer server can handle and support thousands of EMIT-enabled
devices and dozens of applications. Management is easy because Blazer uses
small execution components called Scriplets to handle and control
application logic, integration and behavior. Written in Visual Basic or
Java Script, these scriptlets call COM- and Java-based objects as well as
ODBC data sources. The execution occurs in Blazer to allow integration and
access to unlimited backend services. This method of programming goes
beyond traditional distributed computing by creating a true "virtual
computer" where one device can use any resource available on the network.
Blazer supports an architecture using a high performance server that can
load as many Scriplets as needed to achieve high scalability. The server
side components have a small footprint of less than 150k in size, with
total component size less than 3mb of hard disk space. Blazer is currently
available for beta testing and will be on the market in Q1 1999.
At the core of EMIT software's distributed device networking architecture
is the industry's smallest micro Web server that uses as little as 1Kb of
memory at the device. Standard Internet technologies, such as Java, HTTP
and a Web browser interface are used to access, control and monitor devices
through emGateway, the communication link between IP networks and
lightweight networks, such as I(2)C-TM-, RS485, CAN, and RF.
ABOUT CENTURA SOFTWARE CORPORATION
Centura Software (NASDAQ:CNTR), founded as Gupta in 1984, was the first
company to create fully relational client/server embedded DBMS for the
personal computer. Centura's D3 Framework (Develop, Deploy and
Distributed) consists of world-class products including SQLBase, Centura
Team Developer and Centura net.db, all of which can scale from the Web down
to smart devices. Current Centura products are all year 2000 compliant.
Centura has 26 offices located throughout the world in North America, Latin
America, Asia/Pacific, Europe, Middle East and Africa. More information
about the company and its products is located on Centura's Web site at
www.centurasoft.com.
About emWare
emWare is the sole provider of distributed embedded networking software
that delivers Internet connectivity to virtually any device, including
those using 8- and 16-bit microcontrollers, without requiring an RTOS or a
TCP/IP stack at the device. The company develops products based on open
Internet standards that allow embedded device manufacturers to simplify the
use, management and commerce of their products. emWare partners with
microcontroller manufacturers, enterprise solution providers, and other
technology companies to deliver networking solutions to
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virtually any device across any network. The company is based in Salt
Lake City. For more information, see www.emware.com.
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EXHIBIT 99.23
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Winona Watkins
Centura Software Corporation
Director of Human Resources
(650) 596-3400
www.centurasoft.com
CENTURA SOFTWARE ANNOUNCES NEW CTO
Centura Software Corporation Hires Joseph Falcone as New Senior Vice President
and Chief Technical Officer
REDWOOD SHORES, CA, (OCTOBER 29, 1998) -- Centura Software Corporation
(NASDAQ: CNTR), a leading supplier of embedded databases and application
development tools, announced today that it has hired Joseph Falcone as its new
Senior Vice President and Chief Technical Officer. Mr. Falcone comes to Centura
from Inprise Corporation (formerly Borland) where he most recently held the
position of Director of Engineering for Inprise's windows product group.
"This is a great time for Joe to be joining us," said Scott Broomfield, CEO for
Centura. "We have been searching a long time to find the right person to join
our team. Joe brings skills that will enhance our senior management team and
help us accomplish our goals."
"I am delighted to have the opportunity to work with Scott and his team at
Centura," said Falcone. "Centura's technical excellence is well established in
the embedded database and application development tools markets and I look
forward to building an additional competitive presence in the Web, mobile and
device computing markets."
Falcone comes to Centura from Inprise Corporation, where he was responsible for
the Borland Delphi and C++ builder application development tools. He is a
veteran of Hewlett-Packard, Digital Equipment Corporation and Data General and
has nearly 20 years experience in the computer industry. Falcone holds a B.A.
degree in Computer Science from the University of California, Berkeley and a
M.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University.
ABOUT CENTURA SOFTWARE CORPORATION
Centura Software (NASDAQ:CNTR), founded as Gupta in 1984, was the first company
to create fully relational client/server embedded DBMS for the personal
computer. Centura's D3 Framework (Develop, Deploy and Distributed) consists of
world-class products including SQLBase, Centura Team Developer and Centura
net.db, all of which can scale from the Web
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down to smart devices. Current Centura products are all year 2000 compliant.
More information about the company and its products is located on Centura's
Web site at www.centurasoft.com.
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EXHIBIT 99.24
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Bridgitt Arnold
Imagio Public Relations
(206)625-0252
mailto:[email protected]
Kathy Lane
Centura Software Corporation
Senior Vice President of Strategic Marketing Alliances
(650) 596-3400
mailto:[email protected]
CENTURA SOFTWARE LAUNCHES NEW ONLINE
COMMUNITY
WEB SITE SERVES AS DYNAMIC RESOURCE FOR EXCHANGE OF CRITICAL INFORMATION AND
FREE CODE
REDWOOD SHORES, CA, (NOVEMBER 2, 1998) - Centura Software Corporation (NASDAQ:
CNTR), today announces the launch of its new Web site
(http://www.centurasoftware.com)/, demonstrating the company's commitment to
building a community for developers to congregate on-line, solve problems and
exchange information. Centura's new site provides a robust and efficient forum
for developers to communicate with other developers and Centura employees around
the world who are implementing solutions using embedded databases, application
development tools and the Web. The site is divided into specific communities
and registration is free, providing access to extensive code and development
information.
According to Kathy Lane, senior vice president of strategic marketing
alliances for Centura, "With this complete re-design of the Web site, our
developers and partners now have an invaluable network of brainpower and
insight through peer-to-peer communication and access to the latest product
enhancement and upgrade information. Our new Web site offers this support and
centralized technical information to maximize the efficiency for developers
who use the Internet as their primary vehicle for gathering information to
overcome the ongoing challenges associated with development."
The new site places critical information two clicks away from the user at all
times, by employing a clear and concise navigation structure. The site has been
completely re-engineered with respect to graphics, branding, content, technical
and conceptual elements. For example, the Developer's Library portion of the
site includes code for CTD (Centura Team Developer) which is Centura's 4GL,
object-oriented development tool, designed to maximize a developer's investment
in developing business logic code.
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On November 10th, from 3:30-4:30 PM (PST), Centura CEO Scott Broomfield
will be on-line in the new site's community chat area,
http://www.centurasoftware.com/community/, to demonstrate the power of the
site's interactivity. Scott will welcome discussion surrounding our recent Q3
financial results, near-term product futures, and our increased customer focus.
ABOUT CENTURA SOFTWARE CORPORATION
Centura Software (NASDAQ:CNTR), founded as Gupta in 1984, was the first company
to create fully relational client/server embedded DBMS for the personal
computer. Centura's D3 Framework (Develop, Deploy and Distributed) consists of
world-class products including SQLBase, Centura Team Developer and Centura
net.db, all of which can scale from the Web down to smart devices. Current
Centura products are all year 2000 compliant. More information about the company
and its products is located on Centura's Web site at www.centurasoft.com.
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