PLEXUS XDP SOFTWARE TO RUN ON SUN'S SPARC PLATFORM
 
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.-- June 7, 1989-- Sun Microsystems and Plexus
Software, Inc., today announced that Plexus' Extended Data Processing
(XDP) information management software will run on Sun's SPARC(TM)
servers.  The two companies have also agreed to participate in joint
marketing activities that will support the sales efforts of each
company's products.  Plexus joins Sun's third-party Catalyst program,
which includes more than 2,500 products from 1,450 vendors.

Plexus, a leading supplier of document image processing software,
employs a unique method of handling compound (text, data and images)
data by storing myriad data formats in a single relational database.
The Sun/Plexus solution allows users to quickly access, organize and
disseminate information from one fully-integrated database, eliminating
the need to invest and maintain different systems for different kinds
of information.

Plexus will offer Sun SPARC servers as a computing platform for its XDP
software, answering users needs for a Plexus-based solution running on
non-proprietary hardware.  The Sun/Plexus document image processsing
systems will be sold by system integrators to customers in a wide
variety of markets.  These markets include federal and state
governments, health care and pharmaceutical companies, insurance
companies, banks, financial service organizations and other major
industries such as transportation and telecommunications.

For example, Grumman Data Systems chose the Sun/Plexus solution in its
bid for the multimillion-dollar Image Processing System contract from
the Environmental Protection Agency.

Document image processing systems represent a new generation of
information management products that enable users to capture, store,
manipulate and retrieve many different kinds of information --
including images, graphics, text, alphanumeric data and voice.
According to International Data Corporation (Framingham, MA), the
market for image processing systems reached $93 million in 1987 and is
expected to grow to $2.3 billion by 1992.

Founded in 1980, Plexus is a leading supplier of image processing
software for compound document management applications.  International
Data Corporation ranked Plexus as one of the top three suppliers of
image processing systems in 1988, with more than 75 systems installed
in a variety of commercial and government sites.

Sun Microsystems, Inc., headquartered in Mountain View, Calif., is a
leading worldwide supplier of network-based distributed computing
systems, including professional workstations, servers and UNIX(R)
operating system and productivity software.


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