FacetCorp Press Release: November 10, 1997

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Sequent Selects FacetCorp for Supplier Excellence Award

25 May 1999
BEAVERTON, Oregon and PLANO, Texas -- FacetCorp has been selected to receive Sequent Computer Systems, Inc.'s 1998 Supplier Excellence Award. Sequent's executive management team officially recognized FacetCorp as a top supplier and partner for their remarkable service, outstanding technical support, "best-of-breed" software solution, and overall corporate commitment to customer satisfaction. FacetCorp is also the first software firm selected by Sequent to receive this important award.

In late 1997, Sequent began using FacetWin for their in-house NT/UNIX integration needs. In 1998 Sequent fully deployed FacetWin at their Beaverton, Oregon headquarters; and, selected FacetWin to supply to its customers as its key NT/UNIX software integration technology. FacetWin is now part of every Sequent NUMACenter system, as well as being available for NUMA-Q 2000 servers.

"Literally everyone at our company is involved with this relationship," said Jim Bryant, FacetCorp's President, "and, it is very nice to see them recognized for the outstanding work they do everyday. Of course, it takes two to make a partnership and Sequent has consistently been an outstanding partner for us."

"FacetCorp has been a pleasure to work with and has been willing to go the extra mile from the beginning of our partnership," said Jeff Pancottine, vice president of global marketing of Sequent. "We want to work with companies that know how to operate as a team, and are committed to helping the customer with solving their business challenges."

FacetCorp is a privately held company located in Plano, Texas, USA. FacetCorp develops productivity and connectivity software solutions that enable users of personal computers and low-cost character terminals to take full advantage of powerful UNIX-based host/server systems. FacetWin has enjoyed substantial success since the product was first released and the FacetWin customer list includes many Fortune 500 organizations. FacetCorp offers free 30-day evaluation copies of FacetWin from their World Wide Web site: www.facetcorp.com.

About Sequent:
Sequent was the world's fastest-growing server vendor with systems priced between $100K and $1M in 1997 on the strength of NUMA-Q 2000, and has been the number one vendor of high-end UNIX servers in the UK for the past seven years, according to IDC. Sequent supports more than 10,000 installations worldwide, including many of the world's largest and most sophisticated OLTP, DSS and RDBMS applications. For further information, phone Sequent at (503) 626-5700 or (800) 257-9044, or visit their Web site at www.sequent.com.

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Sequent is a registered trademark and NUMA-Q and NUMACenter are trademarks of Sequent Computer Systems, Inc. FacetWinŽ and FacetTermŽ are registered trademarks of FacetCorp and Simple Sign-On is a trademark of FacetCorp. All other trademarks and registered trademarks are property of their respective owners.

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