FrontBase and Sendai Systems announce licensing of FrontBase database for first Mac OS X Server web-based groupware. Denmark/Switzerland, July 19, 2000. FrontBase of Denmark (http://www.frontbase.com/) and Sendai Systems, based in Bern, Switzerland (http://www.studiosendai.com/) today announced that Sendai Systems will license and bundle FrontBase's database product FrontBase with its upcoming groupware product GroupVille. A fully functional release candidate of GroupVille is now available for evaluation and can be downloaded for free at http://www.groupville.com/. GroupVille will also be shown at the Macworld New York, booth 1631. FrontBase is a SQL 92 compliant database with a number of outstanding features, such as stringent transaction control, Unicode 2.0 support, tera-byte size databases, and row-level privilege facilities. Additionally, FrontBase can be administrated from any web browser. GroupVille is a new groupware and scheduling tool allowing easy publishing and sharing of data and work processes with pre-built components. GroupVille servers (based on Mac OS X Server with WebObjects application server) can be accessed by any web browser in an intranet or over the Internet. "We have worked with FrontBase since the early development stages of our groupware project and are very pleased with the speed and reliability of FrontBase and the valuable support from the FrontBase people", says Marc Oesch of Sendai Systems. "We wanted to offer our customers a powerful relational database at an attractive price - FrontBase was the perfect match." "Working with professional database application developers like Sendai Systems is always a pleasure", comments Geert B. Clemmensen, Founder of FrontBase, and he continues: "We see GroupVille as an exciting product with a solid future and Sendai Systems's decision to bundle FrontBase with their product is an important milestone for us". Introductory pricing for GroupVille bundled with FrontBase starts at below $1,000 for a complete client/server groupware solution. GroupVille will available in summer 2000 in localized versions for Mac OS X Server with WebObjects, and later Windows NT/2000 with WebObjects. Press Contacts Mr. Marc Oesch Sendai Systems ++ 41 31 398 51 00 oesch@studiosendai.com Mr. Geert B. Clemmensen FrontBase ++45 45 82 62 62 gclem@frontline-software.dk Sendai Systems of Bern, Switzerland, develops software and new media with Apple and Internet technologies. Sendai Systems’s groupware product "GroupVille" is the first web-based groupware based on Apple’s advanced WebObjects application server environment. For more information, please visit http://www.studiosendai.com/. FrontBase of Copenhagen, Denmark, is the developer of FrontBase, the only SQL92 compliant database server for Mac OS X Server and a number of other platforms. FrontBase also specializes in database driven Internet solutions based on FrontBase and WebObjects. http://www.frontbase.com/ Apple, Mac OS X Server and WebObjects are registered trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc.

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