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Raining
Data Corporation
Promotes Mario I. Barrenechea to SVP, Sales & Marketing
IRVINE,
Calif., Jan. 23, 2001--Raining Data Corporation formerly known
as Omnis Technology Corporation, announced today that Mario
I. Barrenechea has been promoted to Senior Vice President, Sales
& Marketing. Barrenechea has been serving as Raining Data's
Vice President, Marketing & eCommerce.
``I
am very pleased to announce today's well-deserved promotion,''
said Rich Lauer, President of Raining Data. Lauer continued,
``Mario will be leveraging his 16 years of senior management
experience in technology companies to continue building and
strengthening our worldwide sales and marketing effort. Mario's
extensive background in both multidimensional databases and
RAD development tools make him uniquely suited for this extremely
important and demanding role. In the near term, he will lead
the cross-selling efforts of our flagship products, Omnis Studio®
and D3® to Raining Data's combined customer base.''
Mario
Barrenechea joined Pick Systems in April 2000 as Vice President,
Marketing & eCommerce. Mr. Barrenechea has over 16 years
of senior management experience primarily with technology companies.
He has held executive positions at Ardent Software, Inc., Unidata,
Inc., System Builder Technologies and InSync International,
Inc. From 1998 until he joined Pick Systems, Mr. Barrenechea
served as Ardent Software's Director of Product Marketing for
their Database & Tools products.
About
Raining Data
Raining
Data Corporation, headquartered in Irvine, California, was created
as a result of the December 1, 2000 merger of Omnis Technology
Corporation and Pick Systems. With over 175 employees in five
countries, Raining Data's pro forma combined revenue for the
fiscal year ended March 31, 2000 exceeded $23 million.
The
combined Company now offers a comprehensive suite of high-performance,
cost-effective software infrastructure solutions that enable
developers to create highly scalable, enterprise-level Web-enabled
applications. With a powerful range of low-cost, quick-to-market
alternatives, the new product platform is designed to meet the
needs of Raining Data's large combined base of existing customers
as well as new eCommerce software developers. Raining Data's
flagship products are: 1) Omnis Studio® -- a powerful, cross-platform,
object-oriented rapid application development (RAD) tool that
is ideally suited for developing sophisticated thick, thin,
or ultra-thin client-based applications, and 2) D3®
-- a multidimensional database management system that is the
choice of thousands of application developers worldwide.
The
statements in this press release that are not historical facts
are forward-looking statements, including but not limited to
discussions of expense reductions, emerging trends, operating
performance and market opportunities. These forward-looking
statements are inherently subject to numerous risks and uncertainties
and the Company's actual results could differ materially from
those in such forward-looking statements. You should consult
the various reports and documents filed by Raining Data Corporation,
formerly known as Omnis Technology Corporation, with the U.S.
Securities and Exchange Commission, including but not limited
to the Annual Report of the Company on Form 10-KSB/A for the
last fiscal year of the Company. 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 news release.
©2001
Raining Data Corporation. All Rights Reserved. PICK Systems
and D3 are registered trademarks of PICK Systems,
Inc. Omnis is a registered trademark of Omnis Software Limited,
a subsidiary of Raining Data Corporation. Omnis Studio and Omnis
7 are trademarks of Raining Data Corporation. All other products
or service names mentioned herein are trademarks of their respective
owners.
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