GemStone Systems Joins BEA Star Program To Provide BEA-Ready GemStone Facets version 1.1

Beaverton, OR, November 14, 2001 - GemStone Systems today announced that it has joined the growing list of companies in the Star Partner Program of BEA Systems, Inc., one of the world's leading e-business infrastructure software. GemStone plans to integrate its GemStone Facets™ version 1.1 with BEA WebLogic Server™ to provide e-businesses with a BEA-Ready™ solution that dramatically enhances the performance of complex, distributed e-business applications.

GemStone Facets is the industry's first shared transactional Java workspace, software that dramatically enhances the performance of complex, distributed e-business applications. Applications built with Web servers, J2EE application servers, and Java messaging systems use GemStone Facets to achieve real-time performance by separating transaction control from the delay of communication with backend systems. GemStone's patented technology provides thousands of users and multiple distributed applications with a logically consistent, recoverable real-time view of critical business data across islands of information.

"BEA is clearly a market leader and one of the top Java 2 Enterprise Edition (J2EE) application server vendors of choice," said Raj Kulkarni, senior vice president of business development, GemStone Systems. "Together, GemStone and BEA will enable our mutual customers to deploy high-performing, complex e-business applications in a secure environment."

As a member of the BEA Star Partner program, GemStone will receive an array of benefits in marketing, sales, training, education, and technical development. BEA Star members are systems integrators, independent software vendors and application service providers building e-business solutions on the BEA WebLogic E-Business Platform™ to help make their customers Internet-ready and future-proof.

About GemStone Systems

GemStone Systems, Inc., creates essential software infrastructure for managing real-time business activities across applications and systems. GemStone pioneered shared transactional workspace technology that enables developers to present a consistent view of distributed business information to multiple users, applications, and organizations. GemStone's technology and people are driving e-business today through strategic applications including Internet stock and derivatives trading, telecommunications services and logistics, banking, worldwide transport and real-time inventory management. Our customers include InterContinental Exchange, Federal Express, Orient Overseas Container Line (OOCL), COSCO Container Lines Co., Ltd., Visa International, Bell South Telecommunications, Chrysler Corporation, Washington Mutual, Sony Interactive, Texas Instruments, and Florida Power and Light.

Headquartered in Beaverton, Oregon, GemStone sells and supports its solutions through its US sales force and a worldwide network of distributors. For detailed product and company information, please visit www.gemstone.com.

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