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| Eclipse Foundation and Versant Announce Approval of <br> | |
| Eclipse JSR220-ORM Project </b></span></b></h1> | |
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| <div align="left"><em>Project to Deliver Object-Relational Mapping | |
| Tooling Framework in Eclipse</em></div> | |
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| <P><b>Ottawa and Fremont, California, July 22, 2005</b> - The Eclipse Foundation, | |
| an open source community committed to the development of a universal development | |
| platform, and Versant Corporation (NASDAQ: VSNT), an industry leader in | |
| specialized data management and data persistence software, today announced | |
| that the JSR220-ORM Project proposed by Versant in March of this year | |
| has been approved by Eclipse. The Eclipse JSR220-ORM Project will produce | |
| standards-based, object-relational mapping design-time tooling in Eclipse. | |
| JSR220 is the specification defining the standard for object-relational | |
| mapping (ORM) in Java. Object-relational mapping has emerged in the last | |
| year as a critical missing piece of software architecture in the drive | |
| to make the Java 2 Enterprise Edition (J2EE) platform more powerful and | |
| easier to program. The Eclipse JSR220-ORM Project is designed to bring | |
| common tooling to the Java and Eclipse community to expand programming | |
| productivity and the value of Eclipse.</p> | |
| <P>"The creation of the JSR220-ORM project is an important milestone | |
| for the Eclipse community", said Mike Milinkovich, executive director | |
| of the Eclipse Foundation, Inc. "This project will provide a common | |
| framework for delivering productivity and consistency in the important | |
| area of object-relational mapping."</p> | |
| <p>The goal of the JSR220-ORM Project is to provide visual development tools | |
| that facilitate round-trip engineering when using the JSR 220 (EJB 3.0 | |
| persistence) and JSR 243 (Java Data Objects) approaches to persistence. | |
| It will provide an implementation that is extensible to accommodate other | |
| persistence standards and can be extended to generate artifacts for alternative | |
| object-relational mapping runtimes. This project internally uses the Eclipse | |
| Modeling Framework and the Eclipse Data Tools Project Schema Model for | |
| consistency with the Eclipse framework, which eases integration and adoption | |
| in other projects. </p> | |
| <p>"I am pleased the JSR220-ORM Project is transitioning to this new | |
| phase in the Eclipse development process," said Robert Greene, vice | |
| president of product strategy at Versant. "It solidifies Versant's | |
| commitment to the Eclipse community and moves the Eclipse Platform one | |
| step closer to providing important ORM tooling for this critical technology | |
| segment," Greene added. "The members of the JSR220-ORM Project | |
| are looking forward to the first milestone release in early August when | |
| the Eclipse community will be in a position to take advantage of this | |
| new technology approach. The first milestone will deliver Forward, and | |
| Meet-in-the-Middle mapping for JSR220 runtimes. Eclipse developers of | |
| Java applications using relational database technology will finally begin | |
| to enjoy the ease of development long promised in the emerging JSR220 | |
| specification."</p> | |
| <p>Robert Greene is the project lead for the Eclipse JSR220-ORM Project. | |
| Scott Ambler, a leading authority on object-relational mapping has joined | |
| the project as a developer and architectural advisor. Dirk Le Roux, a | |
| committer on this project, was also approved as a committer to the Eclipse | |
| Web Tools Platform Project acknowledging this project's code and architectural | |
| contributions to the shared frameworks.</p> | |
| <p>"The JSR220-ORM Project is an important new addition to the Eclipse | |
| Technology Project," said John Graham, of Sybase, who is the Project | |
| Management Committee lead for the Eclipse Data Tools Platform Project. | |
| "JSR220-ORM will help insure that we meet the needs of the community | |
| by providing important tools in the area of object-relational mapping. | |
| To aid in this task, Xiao Wang, from Sybase, has joined the project as | |
| an architect."</p> | |
| <p>For additional information on the Eclipse JSR220-ORM Project, please | |
| visit the project at <a href="http://www.eclipse.org/proposals/eclipse-jsr220-orm/" target="_top">http://www.eclipse.org/proposals/eclipse-jsr220-orm/</a></p> | |
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| <td align="left" valign="top" bgcolor="#0080C0"><b><font color="#FFFFFF" face="Arial,Helvetica">About the Eclipse Foundation</font></b></td> | |
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| <P> Eclipse is an open source community whose projects are focused | |
| on providing an extensible development platform and application | |
| frameworks for building software. Eclipse provides extensible tools | |
| and frameworks that span the software development lifecycle, including | |
| support for modeling, language development environments for Java, | |
| C/C++ and others, testing and performance, business intelligence, | |
| rich client applications and embedded development. A large, vibrant | |
| ecosystem of major technology vendors, innovative start-ups, universities | |
| and research institutions and individuals extend, complement and | |
| support the Eclipse Platform.</p> | |
| <P> The Eclipse Foundation is a not-for-profit, member supported corporation that hosts the Eclipse projects. Full details of Eclipse and the Eclipse Foundation are available at <a href="http://www.eclipse.org/" target="_top">www.eclipse.org</a> </p></td> | |
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| <td align="left" valign="top" bgcolor="#0080C0"><b><font color="#FFFFFF" face="Arial,Helvetica">About | |
| Versant Corporation</font></b></td> | |
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| <P> Versant Corporation (NASDAQ: VSNT) is an industry leader in specialized | |
| data management and open data access software. Using Versant's solutions, | |
| customers cut hardware costs, speed and simplify development, significantly | |
| reduce administration costs, and deliver products with a strong | |
| competitive edge. Versant's solutions are deployed in a wide array | |
| of industries including telecommunications, financial services, | |
| transportation, manufacturing, and defense. With over 50,000 installations, | |
| Versant has been a highly reliable partner for over 15 years for | |
| Global 2000 companies such as British Airways, US Government, Financial | |
| Times, IBM, and MCI. For more information, call 510-789-1500 or | |
| visit <a href="http://www.versant.com" target="_blank">www.versant.com</a>.</p> | |
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| <div align="center">Versant PR Contact:<br> | |
| Julie O'Grady<br> | |
| O'Grady Communications, LLC<br> | |
| 650-269-9989<br> | |
| <a href="mailto:julie@ogradycommunications.com">julie@ogradycommunications.com</a></div> | |
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| <p>Chantal Yang for Eclipse<br> | |
| Schwartz Communications<br> | |
| 781-684-0770<br> | |
| <a href="mailto:eclipse@schwartz-pr.com">eclipse@schwartz-pr.com</a><br> | |
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| <P>Brand or product names are registered trademarks or trademarks of their | |
| respective holders. Eclipse is a trademark of Eclipse Foundation Inc. Java and all Java-based trademarks are trademarks | |
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| <p>Forward Looking Statements Involve Risks and Uncertainties </p> | |
| <p>This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning | |
| of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities | |
| Exchange Act of 1934, and is subject to the safe harbor created by those | |
| sections. These forward-looking statements include, but are not limited | |
| to, statements about Versant's involvement in the Eclipse community, its | |
| open source initiatives, and the potential outcomes of these activities. | |
| Investors are cautioned that any such forward-looking statements are not | |
| guarantees of future performance, these forward-looking statements involve | |
| risks and uncertainties, and there are important factors that could cause | |
| our actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking | |
| statements. These factors include, without limitation: that Versant may | |
| not achieve or maintain the leadership role of this Eclipse project; that | |
| any such position obtained may not remain intact in the future; that object-relational | |
| mapping may not be a critical missing architectural component; the possibility | |
| that there may be shift with Java programmers away from object-relational | |
| mapping; the possibility that Eclipse and open source software may lose | |
| its growing popularity in the Java community; that adoption rates for | |
| this technology may not continue into the future; the possibility of delays | |
| in release of the product; that product refinements may be necessary, | |
| including the possibilities of inherent bugs and errors; that users may | |
| not realize the anticipated results and experience unforeseen problems; | |
| along with the possibility that there may not be a dramatic expansion | |
| of Versant's visibility into the Java community and a corresponding increase | |
| in direct interaction with Java community developers. The forward-looking | |
| statements included in this press release are made only as of the date | |
| of this press release; the Company assumes no obligation to publicly update | |
| any forward-looking statement. Investors are cautioned not to place undue | |
| reliance on forward-looking statements. Additional information concerning | |
| factors that could cause results to differ can be found in the Company's | |
| filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including the Company's | |
| most recent Reports on Form 10-K and Form 10-Q made with the Securities | |
| and Exchange Commission.</p> | |
| <p>Versant is a registered trademark or trademark of Versant Corporation | |
| in the United States and/or other countries. All other products are a | |
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