Informix Software and Trillium Software Partner

Informix Corporation, a technology leader in software infrastructure for the i.Economy, announced a strategic product integration partnership with Trillium Software, a division of Harte-Hanks Inc, a leading provider of customer data quality management software solutions, to address the need for accurate, reliable data for businesses in the i.Economy. Under terms of the agreement, Trillium and Informix have developed an integrated link between the industryleading Trillium Software System and Informix's Ardent DataStage Suite. Informix customers will be able to directly invoke the Trillium Software System via a fully integrated DataStage plug-in later this month.

"We believe that data cleansing and data movement and transformation go handin -hand. We view the Informix/Trillium partnership that links Informix's Ardent DataStage with Trillium's advanced data cleansing capabilities as highly complementary," said Mike Schiff, director of Data Warehouse Strategies for Current Analysis, Inc. "Combining technologies from Informix and Trillium provides customers with the ability to move clean business and operational data across the enterprise and accurately track transactions from their customers, suppliers and distributors."

Together, Trillium and Informix are providing an unprecedented data quality and cleansing solution for data warehouse, customer relationship management (CRM), and Internet data customers. The partnership empowers joint customers of the two industry leaders to take advantage of Trillium's customer data management software inside Informix's Ardent DataStage Suite, the most comprehensive Business Intelligence Infrastructure (BII) solution available. The agreement offers customers a timesaving, streamlined approach to accessing Trillium's data cleansing solutions.

"The combined technology offering will provide organizations with the means to successfully manage the migration of complex data streams and aid in the analysis and integration of data into enterprise-wide data warehouse architectures. By providing a seamless coupling between the two products, joint customers are saving valuable resources both in time and personnel," said Dale Kukla, IT manager for Oakland County whose department supports over 80 county divisions, 61 local units of government, and a host of law enforcement agencies. "Our experience shows that decision support systems need to assimilate vast amounts of data both operationally and historically, and must provide accurate and timely input to management decision-making processes."

"The ability to manage the integration of high quality customer information at the velocity of the Internet is crucial for companies to be successful in this rapidly changing environment," said Len Dubois, director of marketing, Trillium Software. "Combining the capabilities of Trillium with Informix's Ardent DataStage ensures that organizations can rapidly identify customers at the desktop, across the Internet and around the world."

"Companies implementing complex data-rich programs with e-business strategies will welcome the integration of Trillium's customer identification capabilities with Informix's extensive information infrastructure platform," said Mikael Wipperfeld, vice president, business intelligence marketing, Informix Software. "The convergence of these complementary business intelligence solutions specifically addresses the growing demand for coupling data migrations and transformation software with data quality management solutions."

Ardent DataStage provides the enterprise business intelligence infrastructure for more than 1,200 of the world's leading companies - enabling them to turn corporate data into competitive advantage. Companies rely on Ardent DataStage's powerful data integration capabilities to extract, transform and integrate enterprise data into their data warehouses, analytical applications, and eBusiness solutions. Ardent DataStage uniquely addresses enterprise-level business intelligence requirements, including: native support for Web-based, mainframe, relational and ERP data; enterprise-wide business intelligence meta data management; integrated data quality assessment and cleansing; and enterprise-class performance and scalability.

About Trillium

Trillium Software is a leading provider of customer data quality management and relationship matching software solutions for organizations implementing ebusiness, CRM and data warehouse initiatives. Trillium's enabling technology allows global and multinational organizations to gain a unified view of their customers, distributors, and partners through real-time connectivity with their e-commerce pipeline. Trillium is deployed in hundreds of the most mission critical applications for customer identification around the world. Additional information is available at www.trilliumsoft.com

About Informix

Informix Software is a technology leader in software infrastructure solutions for the Internet--providing a fast, simple and complete way to bring businesses to the Web. Based in Menlo Park, Calif., Informix is the first and only company to integrate e-commerce and business intelligence on a true Internet infrastructure. The company's highly scalable Web engines, together with its personalized content management, real-time analytics and media asset management capabilities, offer customers a unique competitive advantage. For more information, contact the nearest sales office or visit the Web site at www.informix.com.

Contact Informix Corporation, Melora Foley 650-926-6443 melora.foley@informix.com or Trillium Software, Pattie Mercier 978-436-3332 pmercier@trilliumsoft.com