GemStone(R) Systems Inc. today announced that it has expanded its activities with Sun(R) Microsystems Inc. to drive adoption of Java(TM) and JavaBeans(TM) application development for large-scale enterprise applications.

Activities include:

-- Implementing the industry's first distributed JavaBeans architecture for partitioning JavaBeans components between Java clients and GemStone/J(TM) object application servers. Developers use Sun's Java(TM) Studio(TM) visual JavaBeans authoring tool and GemBuilder/J for Beans for application partitioning.

-- A 15-city educational seminar series jointly sponsored by Sun and GemStone to demonstrate the capabilities of JavaBeans and GemStone/J technology for developing large-scale, mission-critical, transactional applications.

GemStone and Sun's combined efforts on the products and the seminar series are aimed at easing the task of developing production enterprise applications. Developers no longer need to deal with low-level infrastructure issues in order to build distributed Java applications.

"Building sophisticated, multi-user applications is now virtually as simple as building standalone applications in terms of the steps needed to prepare the application for deployment," said Bill Hostmann, GemStone director of product marketing. "We are seeing tremendous interest in this capability from the development community, and it makes the Java Studio authoring tool and GemStone/J the obvious choice for most business applications."

Joe Keller, director of marketing, software business unit, Sun Microsystems Inc., added, "With Java(TM) WorkShop(TM) and Java Studio, Sun provides users with powerful JavaBeans creation -- and application-authoring environments to easily and visually create Java solutions. Seminar attendees will get detailed first-hand information on Java development and deployment."

To help educate users about JavaBeans application development for enterprise applications, GemStone and Sun are launching a 15-city, North American seminar series beginning June 3, in San Francisco. More than 2,000 users are expected to attend the series of free half-day seminars. Users may register via the companies' web sites at http://www.gemstone.com or http://www.sun.com/workshop; via e-mail at seminar@gemstone.com; or by phone at 1-888-276-6187.

Schedule

San Francisco, CA June 3

Minneapolis, MN June 3

Parsippany, NJ June 4

Sunnyvale, CA June 4

Boston, MA June 5

Troy, MI June 10

Denver, CO June 10

New York, NY June 11

Chicago, IL June 11

Washington, D.C. June 12

Atlanta, GA June 17

Toronto, ON June 17

Dallas, TX June 18

Portland, OR June 18

Raleigh, NC June 19

A version of GemBuilder/J for JavaBeans that is fully compatible with Sun's Java Studio is scheduled for availability in Q3 1997.

GemStone Background

GemStone Systems Inc. is a major provider of object application server software, enabling corporations to create information systems for competitive advantage. Its products and services help facilitate the development of enterprise-class information systems incorporating open technologies such as Java, the Web and CORBA. GemStone customers in the Global 2000 are using the company's products to implement business applications deployed in mission-critical environments using multi-tier architectures that integrate with corporate data in relational and legacy systems. GemStone provides technical services directly as well as through its GemSmith partners.

Headquartered in Beaverton, Oregon, GemStone sells and supports its solutions worldwide, maintaining offices in the United States, internationally, with subsidiaries in the UK, Germany and France, and through a network of distributors. GemStone Systems Inc. is located at 20575 NW von Neumann Dr., Beaverton, OR 97006. Tel: 503/533-3000; Fax: 503/629-8556; E-mail: info@gemstone.com