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Equipment Selects Raining Data’s Pick Data Provider IRVINE, CA. – June 19, 2003 Pick
Data Provider to Allow Development of .NET Applications For
Use with Brooks Equipment, the nation’s largest business to business wholesale distributor of fire and safety products, has selected Raining Data’s Pick Data Provider for .Net for the development of their internal applications. Brooks intends to re-write their existing in-house applications in C# using Microsoft’s .Net development environment and will utilize the Pick Data Provider to provide access to the company’s existing IBM UniData database. The Brooks applications support business-critical areas such as order fulfillment and back office processes, including accounts receivable, accounts payable and warehouse management. "The Pick Data Provider for .Net product will allow us to quickly extend the existing functionality of our in-house UniData application to a more modern GUI Client/Server and Web interface, utilizing Visual Studio .Net,” said Richard Goff, Chief Information Officer at Brooks Equipment. “In addition to the highly functional visual components provided in the product, the Pick Data Provider offers an extensive class library that allows us to control the most critical aspects of transactional data, directly from Visual C#,” added Goff. “Visual Studio .Net and Raining Data’s Pick Data Provider for .Net are an enterprise class technology combination for building and deploying mission-critical applications for client/server, the web, mobile devices and web services. The Pick Data Provider allows IBM UniData, IBM UniVerse and our D3 database platform users to take advantage of the .Net Framework by utilizing Microsoft Visual Studio .Net,” said Mario Barrenechea, SVP of Sales and Marketing for Raining Data. About Pick Data Provider for .Net The Pick Data Provider component for Visual Studio .Net is tightly integrated with the .Net Framework. It allows software developers to build Client/Server applications, Web applications or Web services using any of the programming languages supported in Microsoft Visual Studio .Net. These include, but are not limited to, ASP.NET, VB.NET, C#, C++.NET and J#. Features of the Pick Data Provider:
About Brooks Equipment Founded in 1941, Brooks Equipment is the nation’s leading business-to-business wholesale distributor of fire equipment and related parts headquartered in Charlotte, NC, with 20 locations across the United States. Brooks’ customers have access to an inventory of over 26,000 items, and that number is growing weekly. Brooks is dedicated to bringing value to the fire industry with quality products and a high level of customer service. Brooks’ storied past and rich history reflect, not only its commitment to stocking the widest selection and the best products in the industry, but also its promise to be the very best in service. This is evident by a long list of loyal and satisfied customers. Brooks' products include Fire Extinguishers, Cabinets, Accessories and Covers, Fire Hose, Nozzles, Brass & Fire Department Connections, Emergency Response Products, Sprinkler Accessories & Standpipe Equipment, Smoke & Carbon Monoxide Detectors, Safety Products, First Aid Products, Exit & Emergency Lighting, Signs, Labels & Tags, Service Equipment, and Fire Extinguisher Parts. More information about Brooks Equipment and its products can be found at www.brooksequipment.com. About Raining Data Raining Data Corporation (Nasdaq: RDTA), headquartered in Irvine, California, has been providing reliable data management and rapid application deployment solutions for developers of database applications for more than two decades. Raining Data's flagship products include: 1) high-performance TigerLogic™ XML Data Management Server (XDMS), which provides flexible, scalable and extensible storage and retrieval of critical business data across a variety of structured and unstructured information sources, delivering mid-tier scalability and transactional integrity of enterprise databases as well as dynamic extensibility and ease of use, mostly found in repositories and file systems; 2) D3®, mvEnterprise® and mvBase® family of powerful Pick® based hierarchical multi-dimensional database management systems that are the choice of more than a thousand application developers worldwide; 3) the Pick Data Provider for .Net™ which allows D3, UniData® and UniVerse® database platform users to take advantage of the .Net Framework by utilizing Microsoft Visual Studio® .Net by serving as a bridge between an application and the data source; and 4) Omnis Studio®, a powerful, cross-platform, object-oriented RAD tool for developing sophisticated thick-client, Web-client or ultra thin-client database applications. The
Raining Data customer installed base includes more than 500,000
active users, representing over 20,000 customer sites worldwide
with a significant base of diverse vertical applications. With
over 150 employees in four countries, the company has an extensive
distribution channel, 24x7 customer support and a strong international
presence. More information about Raining Data Corporation and
its products can be found at www.rainingdata.com # # # Except for the historical facts contained herein, the foregoing release contains forward-looking statements regarding the ability for the Pick Data Provider to perform certain functions and meet certain needs. Actual results could differ materially from those expressed in any such forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties, including but not limited to the market acceptance of the Pick Data Provider for .Net and other products and updates, the success of the Company’s research and development efforts to develop new products, technical risks related to the Company’s products and updates and other risks and uncertainties. Please consult the various reports and documents filed by Raining Data Corporation with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, including but not limited to the Company’s most recent report on Form 10-KSB. All forward-looking statements are made as of the date hereof and the Company disclaims any responsibility to update or revise any forward-looking statement provided in this release. Raining Data, Pick, D3, mvEnterprise, mvDesigner, mvBase and Omnis Studio are registered trademarks and TigerLogic is a trademark of Raining Data Corporation. Microsoft and Visual Studio are registered trademarks and .Net is a trademark of the Microsoft Corporation. IBM, UniData and UniVerse are registered trademarks of International Business Machines Corporation. All other trademarks and registered trademarks are properties of their respective owners.
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