-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, CmIjJPDLDmQ2DaRaVw9QrAYBwn5vmf1lh5LjgCS6s4FtwINgLx+DxqNOnGhbdydM AyznpWAXoNdTeUhY13uuTg== 0001047469-98-044174.txt : 19981217 0001047469-98-044174.hdr.sgml : 19981217 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001047469-98-044174 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 15 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 19980604 ITEM INFORMATION: ITEM INFORMATION: FILED AS OF DATE: 19981216 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: CENTURA SOFTWARE CORP CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000895021 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: SERVICES-PREPACKAGED SOFTWARE [7372] IRS NUMBER: 942874178 STATE OF INCORPORATION: CA FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: SEC FILE NUMBER: 000-21010 FILM NUMBER: 98770540 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 975 ISLAND DR CITY: REDWOOD SHORES STATE: CA ZIP: 94025 BUSINESS PHONE: 6505963400 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1060 MARSH ROAD CITY: MENLO PARK STATE: CA ZIP: 94025 8-K 1 FORM 8-K SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 FORM 8-K CURRENT REPORT Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): June 4, 1998 CENTURA SOFTWARE CORPORATION (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) 0-21010 (Commission File Number) California 94-2874178 (State or other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) incorporation) 975 Island Drive, Redwood Shores, California 94065 (Address of principal executive offices, with zip code) (650) 596-3400 (Registrant's telephone number, including area code) Formerly Gupta Corporation, 1060 Marsh Road, Menlo Park, California 94025 (Former name or former address, if changed since last report) ITEM 5. OTHER EVENTS. On June 4, 1998, Centura Software Corporation (the "Company") issued a press release announcing that it had signed a multi-year $2.5 million software contract with a major payroll services firm. On July 13, 1998, the Company issued a press release announcing the availability of Centura Team Developer (CTD) version 1.5. On July 21, 1998, the Company issued a press release announcing the availability of its SQL Smart Card. On July 23, 1998, the Company issued a press release announcing its Second Quarter financial results. On August 6, 1998, the Company issued a press release announcing the appearance of its Chief Executive Officer, Scott Broomfield, on WORLD BUSINESS REVIEW, a weekly television show hosted by Caspar Weinberger, to discuss the topic of Advanced Internet Solutions. On August 10, 1998, the Company announced the release of SQLBase Exchange, a new automated data moving tool. On August 21, 1998, the Company issued a press release announcing "develop and deploy" packaging for its SQLBase product line. On September 9, 1998, the Company issued a press release announcing its membership in the Smart Card Forum. On September 14, 1998, the Company issued a press release announcing a partnership with Novell, Inc. involving SQLBase 7.0 database for Novell's NetWare 5. On October 5, 1998, the Company issued a press release announcing its release of SQLBase Quasar 7.0, designed to accommodate large volume deployment in non-PC devices. On October 9, 1998, the Company issued a press release announcing its 1998 Customer Conference to be held in Orlando, Florida from November 1-4, 1998. On October 12, 1998, the Company issued a press release announcing a new partnership agreement with emWare, Inc. in which the Company and emWare will co-market and sell a bundled software package that enables devices with 8- and 16-bit microcontrollers to access corporate networks, directory services and business logic. On October 29, 1998, the Company issued a press release announcing the appointment of Joseph Falcone as its new Chief Technology Officer. On November 2, 1998, the Company issued a press release announcing the launch of its new Web site. A copy of the foregoing press releases are attached as Exhibits 99.11-99.24 hereto and incorporated by reference herein. ITEM 7. EXHIBITS.
Exhibit Number Description 99.11 Press Release dated June 4, 1998 99.12 Press Release dated July 13, 1998 99.13 Press Release dated July 21, 1998 99.14 Press Release dated July 23, 1998 -2- 99.15 Press Release dated August 6, 1998 99.16 Press Release dated August 10, 1998 99.17 Press Release dated August 21, 1998 99.18 Press Release dated September 9, 1998 99.19 Press Release dated September 14, 1998 99.20 Press Release dated October 5, 1998 99.21 Press Release dated October 9, 1998 99.22 Press Release dated October 12, 1998 99.23 Press Release dated October 29, 1998 99.24 Press Release dated November 2, 1998
-3- SIGNATURES Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized. CENTURA SOFTWARE CORPORATION Date: December 16, 1998 By: /s/ John Bowman ----------------------------------- John Bowman Vice President of Finance and Administration and Chief Financial Officer -4- INDEX TO EXHIBITS
Exhibit Page Number No. - ------- ---- 99.11 Press Release dated June 4, 1998 6 99.12 Press Release dated July 13, 1998 8 99.13 Press Release dated July 21, 1998 10 99.14 Press Release dated July 23, 1998 12 99.15 Press Release dated August 6, 1998 14 99.16 Press Release dated August 10, 1998 16 99.17 Press Release dated August 21, 1998 18 99.18 Press Release dated September 9, 1998 20 99.19 Press Release dated September 14, 1998 22 99.20 Press Release dated October 5, 1998 24 99.21 Press Release dated October 9, 1998 26 99.22 Press Release dated October 12, 1998 29 99.23 Press Release dated October 29, 1998 32 99.24 Press Release dated November 2, 1998 34
-5- EX-99.11 2 EXH. 99.11 EXHIBIT 99.11 CENTURA SOFTWARE CORPORATION PRESS RELEASE "CENTURA/GUPTA SOFTWARE SIGNS A $2.5 MILLION EMBEDDED DATABASE CONTRACT WITH A MAJOR PROVIDER OF PAYROLL SOFTWARE/SERVICES" REDWOOD SHORES, CA. (BUSINESS WIRE) JUNE 4, 1998 --- Centura Software Corporation (NASDAQ: CNTR / formerly Gupta Corporation) today announced a multi-year $2.5 million software contract with a major payroll services firm. SQLBase is currently inside more than 90,000 copies of their PC based payroll application package. Scott Broomfield, Centura's CEO commented, "This is a serious continued commitment to Centura's software. I am also pleased that they have agreed to join our newly formed customer advisory council. The contract with this company, as well as with dozens of other Centura customers, shows Centura products add significant value to both application developers and to their customers. These relationships demonstrate the restoration of confidence our customers have in our products and management of the company." The SQLBase 7.0 embedded database was released to the market in December, 1997. It offers an unparalleled combination of features that translate into tangible benefits for application developers and end users. With its small footprint, self-recovery and no DBA (data base administrator) features, SQLBase is the perfect embedded database for applications sold to small businesses, who have only a limited IT infrastructure. It provides a full set of RDBMS features as well as application scalability from smart devices to the Web. Dataquest ranks SQLBase as having the second largest market share in the embedded database segment. Kathy Lane, Senior Vice President, also said that "The market dynamics of the database product category is shifting, and Centura is in the middle of these paradigm shifts. Industry analysts are forecasting a slowdown in the purchase of stand-alone enterprise database products, but analysts see considerable growth for embedded database products like SQLBase. The Fortune 1000 database market opportunity is saturated. Future growth in the database product category will come from small and mid size companies. Small and mid size firms, however, typically do not purchase standalone enterprise database systems. They buy applications, like this payroll product, which already include the database. We expect the market opportunity for embedded databases will continue to grow. Not only in traditional Windows applications, but also in new platforms like the web and smart devices." -6- ABOUT CENTURA SOFTWARE CORPORATION Since its inception in 1984, Centura has enjoyed a rich history of innovation, creating the first client/server RDBMS for PCs. Its current product lineup includes embedded databases, SQLBASE AND SQLBASE EXCHANGE, application development tools, SQLWINDOWS, CENTURA TEAM DEVELOPER, and Internet and connectivity products, CENTURA WEB DEVELOPER, CENTURA NET.DB and SQLHOST. Today, Centura has 26 offices around the world and supports hundreds of thousands of developers who embed our tools in applications used by more than 1 million end users. Centura is positioning its client/server products to be Web capable and Mobile ready. Current Centura products are all Year 2000 compliant. For more information: Centura Software Corporation Laurie Chase & Company Kathy Lane Laurie Regan Chase, President Senior Vice President Heidi K. Zuhl, Account Supervisor (650) 596-3400 (415) 781-1545 http://www.centurasoft.com/ mailto:laurie@lauriechase.com Imagio Public Relations Bridgitt Arnold Account Supervisor (206)625-0252 mailto:bridgitt@imagio.com -7- EX-99.12 3 EXH. 99.12 EXHIBIT 99.12 CENTURA SOFTWARE CORPORATION PRESS RELEASE CENTURA STRENGTHENS CTD 1.5 DEVELOPMENT ENVIRONMENT WITH POWERFUL CDK APPLETS REDWOOD SHORES, CA., JULY 13, 1998 --- Centura Software Corporation (NASDAQ: CNTR / formerly Gupta Corporation) today announced the availability of Centura Team Developer (CTD) version 1.5. Included in CTD 1.5 is the Centura Developer Extensions Kit (CDK), a powerful application library that allows application development teams to significantly extend the functionality of their programming environment by writing executable plug-ins, or applets, built with CDK. CTD 1.5 is Centura's integrated development environment for developing 32-bit Windows-based business applications. CTD evolved from SQLWindows, the application development tool-set for 16-bit environments. CTD 1.5 gives application development teams the tools they need to deliver scaleable and robust business applications for enterprise, workgroup, mobile or Web-based deployment. CTD 1.5 contains a rich fourth generation language (SAL), a full-featured source code and a component management system (Team Object Manager), the newly integrated CDK and a variety of other valuable tools. CTD 1.5 also provides support for both ActiveX and Java bean objects. "This is a major customer-driven extension to our popular integrated development environment, CTD," stated Lionel Carrasco, Centura's vice president of business development. "The CDK application library, shipped as a component of CTD 1.5, provides a robust collection of software subroutines that developers can use to customize and greatly enhance their SQLWindows/32 development environment. The CDK applet library is so powerful that you can write an entire application with just the CDK subroutines." CTD 1.5 can be used to create dozens of useful design-time applets including wizards, help tools, code profiling tools, class browsers, Year 2000 compliance tools and any SAL or C++ application. CDK applets are bundled with CTD 1.5 as a result of an overwhelming demand from developers. Pivotpoint, an industry leader in the mid-range Enterprise Resource Planning software market, has been using CTD and SQLWindows since 1993. They currently have more than 600 source code files that build 300 plus Windows executables. CDK is used extensively to automate functions like code profiling and code updating. "SQLWindows is our product of choice for real business applications on PC, LAN or Web-based systems," explains Sue Barruw, systems architect at Pivotpoint. "When it comes to massive code -8- updates and modifications, CDK is the best tool for the job, allowing us to produce higher quality code in a shorter amount of time." ABOUT CENTURA SOFTWARE CORPORATION Since its inception as Gupta Technologies Corporation in 1984, Centura has enjoyed a rich history of innovation, creating the first client/server RDBMS for PCs. Its current product lineup includes embedded databases, SQLBASE AND SQLBASE EXCHANGE, application development tools, SQLWINDOWS, CENTURA TEAM DEVELOPER, and Internet and connectivity products, CENTURA NET.DB and SQLHOST. Today, Centura has 26 offices around the world and supports thousands of developers who embed our tools in applications used by millions of end users. Centura is positioning its client/server products to be Web capable and Mobile ready. Current Centura products are all Year 2000 compliant. For more information: Centura Software Corporation Imagio Public Relations Kathy Lane Bridgitt Arnold Senior Vice President Account Supervisor (650) 596-3400 (206)625-0252 http://www.centurasoft.com/ mailto:bridgitt@imagio.com -9- EX-99.13 4 EXH. 99.13 EXHIBIT 99.13 CENTURA SOFTWARE CORPORATION PRESS RELEASE CENTURA SOFTWARE INTRODUCES THE FIRST RELATIONAL DATABASE FOR SMART CARDS REDWOOD SHORES, CA. JULY 21, 1998 --- Centura Software Corporation (NASDAQ: CNTR/ formerly Gupta Corporation) today announced the availability of SQL Smart Card--the first embedded relational database available for smart cards. SQL Smart Card is part of the Centura MicroServer strategy which allows applications embedded with SQL databases to scale down to new hardware platforms including Windows CE, Palm Pilot and Psion, and other information appliances that require small database engines. SQL Smart Card is currently being used in a pilot project by the Department of Commerce in Mexico to process import permits for the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). The Pilot has substantially reduced paperwork at the border and increased security at the crossing. "Like many government agencies, our policies for controlling the importation of goods require coordinating paperwork processed in multiple locations," states Eduardo Honey, project leader for the pilot development. Honey continues, "Using a paper-based system, it was impossible to track and control the importing of products into Mexico, as there are multiple entrant points. With our new smart card system, we have not only eliminated the problems related to the paperwork process, we have immediate, up to date information about the status of imports and we have a more secure process at the border." Currently, all companies authorized to import goods into Mexico are issued a smart card. The smart card embedded database is initialized with the quantity and types of goods authorized for import. Customs agents along the border are equipped with PCs and smart card readers, which can read and display which products are authorized for import. The import customs officer updates the database to reflect imports that day, and the updated information is written back to the SQL database stored on the smart card. This local information is updated each night to the department's main server, providing a consolidated status of all imports. Using smart card technology, the Mexican government can now effectively control and report the importing of all goods into the country in a secure manner. "SQL Smart Card facilitates a new generation of smart card applications and extends the smart card industry beyond the flat file data structure," stated Lionel Carrasco, Centura's vice president of business development. "Using Centura technology, developers avoid low level, complex programming to access smart card technology. Instead, developers can read and write to SQL databases on smart cards using the same read, write and insert commands used to manage SQL databases on disk-based storage systems via a simple ODBC driver." -10- Because developers have the ability to store and update relational database information on smart cards using common SQL commands, they can work with a multitude of smart card vendors. Centura expects other new, innovative solutions to be developed where smart card technology provides a combination of individual security and immediate access to information. Centura is currently looking to forge new strategic alliances and partnerships so that it can further apply its technology in the smart card industry. ABOUT CENTURA SOFTWARE CORPORATION Centura Software (NASDAQ:CNTR), founded as Gupta in 1984, was the first company to create fully relational client/server embedded DBMS for the personal computer. Today its products help developers build and deploy component based business applications requiring embedded databases. Applications developed and deployed with Centura's Integrated Development Environment products, SQLBase, Centura Team Developer and Centura net.db can scale from the Web down to smart appliances. Current Centura products are all year 2000 compliant. Centura has 26 offices located throughout the world in North America, Latin America, Asia/Pacific, Europe, Middle East and Africa. More information about the company and its products is located on Centura's Web site at http://www.centurasoft.com/. For more information: Centura Software Corporation Kathy Lane Senior Vice President (650) 596-3400 http://www.centurasoft.com/ Imagio Public Relations Ingrid Ougland Account Executive (206)625-0252 mailto:bridgitt@imagio.com -11- EX-99.14 5 EXH. 99.14 EXHIBIT 99.14 CENTURA/GUPTA ANNOUNCES SECOND QUARTER FINANCIAL RESULTS Redwood Shores, CA. (Business Wire) July 23, 1998 - Centura Software Corporation (NASDAQ: CNTR / formerly Gupta Corporation) today announced operating income for the second quarter of 1998 of $1.0 million, or 8% of net revenue. This compares with an operating income of $0.4 million in the second quarter of last year. Net revenue was $13.0 million in the second quarter of 1998 compared with $16.1 million in the second quarter of 1997. International revenues accounted for 49% and 60% of the Company's net revenues in the second quarter of 1998 and 1997, respectively. Net income in the second quarter of 1998 was $0.2 million, or $0.01 per diluted share, compared with net income of $0.3 million or $0.02 per diluted share in the second quarter of 1997. Scott Broomfield, Centura's CEO commented, "We are pleased with our continued performance as indicated by our operating income of $1.0 million for the quarter, an increase of 150% over second quarter of 1997 levels despite lower revenue. We are particularly encouraged by growth in the North American market where invoicing levels were 10% higher than they were for the second quarter of 1997. Our challenge now is to continue building momentum in North America and to transfer that energy into growth in the European market as well." Net income for the first six months of 1998 was $0.7 million, or $0.03 per diluted share, compared with a net loss of ($1.8) million, or ($0.12) per diluted share for the first six months of 1997. Excluding charges for the imputed value of warrants, net income was $1.7 million, or $0.07 per diluted share for the first six months of 1998, representing a $3.5 million increase over the same period last year. John Bowman, Centura's CFO commented, "The second quarter operating income is encouraging considering that we have increased the level of investment in marketing and sales by 15% over the average expenditures from the last three quarters." Bowman continued, "Net income, excluding the charge associated with the imputed value of warrants issued in connection with the re-capitalization, would have been $0.7 million, or $0.02 per diluted share in the second quarter of 1998. We also continue to be pleased with the strength of our Balance Sheet. Cash balances grew by $0.5 million during the second quarter, even after paying down $1.1 million from our line of credit. We believe that Centura continues to be well positioned to execute its strategy of profitable growth in the embedded database market." About Centura Since its inception in 1984, Centura has enjoyed a rich history of innovation, creating the first client/server RDBMS for PCs. Its current product lineup includes embedded databases, SQLBase -12- and SQLExchange, application development tools, SQLWindows, Centura Team Developer, and Internet and connectivity products, Centura Web Developer, Centura net.db and SQLHost. Today, Centura has 23 offices around the world and supports hundreds of thousands of developers who embed our tools in applications used by more than 1 million end users. Centura is positioning its client/server products to be Web capable and Mobile ready. Current Centura products are all Year 2000 compliant. More information about the company and its products is located on Centura's Web site at www.centurasoft.com. Except for the historical information contained herein, the matters discussed in this news release are forward looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties, including the timely shipment of products, the effect of competitive pressures and other risks detailed from time to time in the Company's SEC reports, including the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1997. For more information: Centura Software Corporation Imagio Public Relations John Bowman Bridgitt Arnold Chief Financial Officer Associate Director 650-596-3400 206-625-0252 www.centurasoft.com mailto:bridgitt@imagio.com -13- EX-99.15 6 EXH. 99.15 EXHIBIT 99.15 NEWS RELEASE CONTACT: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Bridgitt Arnold Imagio PR (206) 625-0252 bridgitt@imagio.com Kathy Lane Senior Vice President Marketing and Strategic Alliances Centura Software Corp. (650) 596-4886 Centura Software Corporation Featured On CASPAR WEINBERGER'S WORLD BUSINESS REVIEW TV SERIES REDWOOD SHORES, CA, AUGUST 6, 1998 -- Centura Software Corp. (NASDAQ:CNTR/formerly Gupta) announces today the appearance of the company's CEO, Scott Broomfield, on the WORLD BUSINESS REVIEW to discuss the topic of ADVANCED INTERNET SOLUTIONS. This weekly television series, hosted by Caspar Weinberger, chairman of FORBES magazine and former Secretary of Defense during the Reagan administration, is a new forum for examining the leading-edge technologies and innovative business solutions shaping the future. The show featuring Broomfield will air on Sunday, August 23 at 3:00 PM Eastern on CNBC. The show blends interviews and panel discussions with field reports and technical reviews designed to enable leaders from a variety of industries to offer insight into the challenges and opportunities businesses face as the 21st century nears. "Centura Software was selected to appear on the show because its technology, which is built to run in any browser and on any platform, is enabling people with absolutely no programming knowledge to get their company's information on the Internet quickly and cost-effectively," said Donald Pratt, the show's coordinating producer. "Centura's new database query and update product, CENTURA NET.DB, unlocks data inside your database and puts it on the Web without the need for programming. Although this sounds relatively simple, Centura net.db appears to be a major breakthrough in Internet-related technology." Broomfield explains that Centura net.db's engine examines the database and determines the connections within the database itself. Once net.db has automatically generated HTML views of the database tables, it is simply a matter of using a browser to make the information available via the World Wide Web. Broomfield adds, "This means there is no program code to write, which is why we call it code-free; once you have designed your application, you go into runtime mode and the data can then be accessed right in the browser." Broomfield says this can be done from anywhere in the world, as both the design and deployment are done using a Web browser. Broomfield adds, "This ability to change and update database information is one of the product's most advanced features. To do this, the user simply logs on to the Internet and brings up live data via the Web -14- browser. Changes are made instantaneously and, as an added benefit, you are not required to use the memory in your own computer." Centura is targeting small businesses with Centura net.db, those who don't have hundreds of thousands of dollars to invest in Web servers and technology to get their information onto the Web. According to Vinton Cerf, co-founder of a company called Internet Protocols and another featured guest on the show, "Centura's net.db is a major breakthrough. What Centura has been able to do is make it possible to provide information on the Internet that could have never been accessed without writing high-cost, high-maintenance special-purpose programs, which this has eliminated." ABOUT CENTURA SOFTWARE CORPORATION Centura Software (NASDAQ:CNTR), founded as Gupta in 1984, was the first company to create fully relational client/server embedded DBMS for the personal computer. Today its products help developers build and deploy component based business applications requiring embedded databases. Applications developed and deployed with Centura's Integrated Development Environment products, SQLBase, Centura Team Developer and Centura net.db, can scale from the Web down to smart devices. Current Centura products are all year 2000 compliant. Centura has 26 offices located throughout the world in North America, Latin America, Asia/Pacific, Europe, Middle East and Africa. More information about the company and its products is located on Centura's Web site at http://www.centurasoft.com/. ABOUT WORLD BUSINESS REVIEW Taped in Washington, D.C., WORLD BUSINESS REVIEW premiered on U.S. public television stations in September of 1996 and is independently produced in Boca Raton, Florida by Multi Media Productions (USA), Inc. The program currently reaches more than 70 million potential TV households in the U.S., and over 100 million internationally. Distribution channels include Knowledge TV, Technology Education Network, AENTV, America's Voice, CAMA, Media One, and independent and public TV stations around the globe. The program is also featured on United Airlines international flights. More information is available on the show's Web site at http://www.wbrtv.com/. Viewers can access on demand any episode of the WORLD BUSINESS REVIEW series. ### -15- EX-99.16 7 EXH. 99.16 EXHIBIT 99.16 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Simon Hamlin Imagio Public Relations (206) 625-0252 mailto:bridgitt@imagio.com Kathy Lane Centura Software Corporation Senior Vice President of Marketing and Strategic Alliances (650) 596-3400 mailto:kathy.lane@centurasoft.com CENTURA SOFTWARE CORP. INTRODUCES NEW DATA REPLICATION TOOL SQLBASE EXCHANGE OFFERS DEVELOPERS UNPARALLELED FLEXIBILITY AND OPENNESS REDWOOD SHORES, CA AUGUST 10, 1998 --- Centura Software Corporation (NASDAQ: CNTR / formerly Gupta Corporation) today extends its RDBMS product family, SQLBase, with the release of SQLBase Exchange, an automated data moving tool. As an add-on to Centura's SQLBase database, SQLBase Exchange provides an effective solution for developers who are creating applications with data replication requirements. Centura's SQLBase Exchange is the first in a series of upcoming SQLBase product offerings, designed to address the embedded database needs of MIS departments and application developers. "As the arena of distributed business becomes more automated, the access and movement of data and functions in remote locations is critical to global network success," explains Kathy Lane, senior vice president of marketing and strategic alliances for Centura. "SQLBase Exchange's technology allows developers to move data between SQLBase databases and between SQLBase and a wide variety of databases." SQLBase Exchange is a data-oriented technology as opposed to a transaction-oriented one. This new product effectively accommodates all basic types of data movement, including data consolidation, data dissemination and one-to-one data transfer. SQLBase Exchange optimizes data movement by giving developers unrivaled freedom to shift data between SQLBase and a wide variety of databases, increasing the appeal of SQLBase to developers creating applications for distributed deployment. -16- "SQLBase Exchange provides a level of flexibility and openness that simply does not exist in competing solutions," states Max Stayner, Centura's Director of SQLBase products. "Unlike Sybase's SQL Anywhere, which can only replicate with Sybase's databases, SQLBase Exchange allows developers to choose from virtually any data format. As a result, developers are not restricted to one vendor's technology." SQLBase Exchange eliminates large amounts of low-level coding without sacrificing developers' control and flexibility. With SQLBase Exchange, developers have the freedom to move data according to their business rules while enjoying the benefits of less coding. PRICING AND AVAILABILITY Pricing for SQLBase Exchange starts at $249 per client desktop, with other packages available for deployment and server support. SQLBase Exchange is available direct from Centura. For more information regarding sales, please call 800-444-8782 or email Centura at mailto:info_usa@centurasoft.com ABOUT SQLBASE 7.0 SQLBase 7.0 is Centura's robust, non-DBA, small footprint embedded database, designed for integration with business application code for invisible deployment to end users. SQLBase 7.0 provides developers an optimum solution to create, deploy and support single and multi-user applications requiring an embedded database, for use on the desktop, on a web server, in a distributed/mobile application, or as data storage in a smart card. ABOUT CENTURA SOFTWARE CORPORATION Centura Software (NASDAQ:CNTR), founded as Gupta in 1984, was the first company to create fully relational client/server embedded DBMS for the personal computer. Today its products help developers build and deploy component based business applications requiring embedded databases. Applications developed and deployed with Centura's Integrated Development Environment products, SQLBase, Centura Team Developer and Centura net.db, can scale from the Web down to smart devices. Current Centura products are all year 2000 compliant. Centura has 26 offices located throughout the world in North America, Latin America, Asia/Pacific, Europe, Middle East and Africa. More information about the company and its products is located on Centura's Web site at http://www.centurasoft.com/. ### -17- EX-99.17 8 EXH. 99.17 EXHIBIT 99.17 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Centura Software Corp. Offers Alternative to Pervasive With "Develop and Deploy" Packaging for SQLBase Product Line PACKAGING AND PRICING MAKES IT EASIER TO DEVELOP AND DEPLOY SQLBASE REDWOOD SHORES, CA, (AUGUST 21, 1998) -- Centura Software Corporation (NASDAQ:CNTR), formerly Gupta, announces develop and deploy packaging for the company's SQLBase product line -- a robust, non-DBA, small footprint embedded database designed for integration with business application code and invisible to the end user. The packaging includes a new pricing model that allows developers to try SQLBase at a very low cost. In addition, the packaging lets developers hide the database installation process from end users by allowing developers to create a one step installation process. For development, Centura offers the SQLBase Individual Development Kit and the SQLBase Team Development Kit. Both options allow developers to begin building applications that embed SQLBase, regardless of the development tool they are using, and the Team Development Kit also includes the support necessary to ensure the developer's success. In addition, individuals or teams can develop and test using both NT and NetWare and on 16- and 32-bit Windows platforms. For deployment, developers can use the SQLBase Embedded Deployment Pack. This provides developers flexible and seamless deployment licensing options along with the components and information necessary to build an integrated installer. "By providing a database solution that is invisible to the end user, we are making it easier for ISVs to develop and deploy embedded databases installed at multiple sites. Developers can now get started with SQLBase, embed it, and realize the TCO that SQLBase can offer them and their customers," explains Max Stayner, Director of SQLBase products for Centura. "This new packaging demonstrates our -18- continued commitment to be the embedded database vendor of choice, providing solutions that make sense for the way developers work." According to Kathy Lane, senior vice president of marketing and strategic partnerships for Centura, "Many ISVs aren't aware that SQLBase works not only with CTD but with other client application development tools including Visual Basic, C++ and Java. Developers have traditionally thought of Centura as an application tools vendor, but the reality is that two-thirds of Centura's revenues come from SQLBase and our volume of business in this market has grown more than 40% since this time last year. In essence, this develop and deploy packaging is our invitation to developers all over the world to discover what thousands of ISVs and millions of end users already know -- that SQLBase has features and functionality competitive, and even superior to, alternatives such as Pervasive and SQL Anywhere." PRICE AND AVAILABILITY Centura's develop and deploy packaging products are currently available and can be purchased through Centura's normal distribution channels. For specific pricing information, please call 1-800-308-1408. Additional information is also available on Centura's Web site at www.centurasoft.com. ABOUT CENTURA SOFTWARE CORPORATION Centura Software (NASDAQ:CNTR), founded as Gupta in 1984, was the first company to create fully relational client/server embedded DBMS for the personal computer. Today Centura's products help developers build and deploy component based business applications requiring embedded databases. Centura's D3 Framework (Develop, Deploy and Distribute) consists of world-class products including SQLBase, Centura Team Developer and Centura net.db, all of which can scale from the Web down to smart devices. Current Centura products are all year 2000 compliant. Centura has 26 offices located throughout the world in North America, Latin America, Asia/Pacific, Europe, Middle East and Africa. More information about the company and its products is located on Centura's Web site at http://www.centurasoft.com/. ### -19- EX-99.18 9 EXH. 99.18 EXHIBIT 99.18 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Ingrid Ougland Imagio Public Relations (206)625-0252 mailto:ingrid@imagio.com Kathy Lane Centura Software Corporation Senior Vice President of Marketing and Strategic Alliances (650) 596-3400 mailto:kathy.lane@centurasoft.com VETERAN EMBEDDED DATABASE TECHNOLOGY COMPANY JOINS SMART CARD FORUM CENTURA SOFTWARE CORPORATION TEAMS WITH OTHER INDUSTRY LEADERS TO HEIGHTEN AWARENESS OF SMART CARD TECHNOLOGY IN THE MARKETPLACE REDWOOD SHORES, CA, (SEPTEMBER 9, 1998) -- Centura Software Corporation (NASDAQ: CNTR/formerly Gupta), today announces its membership in the Smart Card Forum. Centura joins a select group of industry leaders to promote interoperability and compatibility between cards, card-reading devices and applications. The Smart Card Forum is a non-profit, multi-industry organization designed to promote the widespread acceptance of multiple application smart card technology through education, the development of business propositions and position on public policy issues. Established in 1993, the Forum has nearly 200 corporate members, including companies in banking, financial services, telecommunications, computer, technology, health care, retail, entertainment industries and several government agencies. "We believe smart cards represent a new software platform for application development tools and -20- embedded databases," says Kathy Lane, senior vice president of marketing and strategic alliances for Centura. "Our new Smart Card products enable developers to share common databases on a smart card and to partition application logic between the Smart Card and the server. As a member of the Smart Card Forum, we are able to create a technology vision for multiple application smart cards meeting the needs of industry participants developing smart card applications." Centura is currently working on several smart card projects, including SQL Smart Card--the first embedded relational database available for smart cards. SQL Smart Card is part of the Centura MicroServer strategy which allows applications embedded with SQL databases to scale down to new hardware platforms including Microsoft's Windows CE (NASDAQ: MSFT), 3Com's Palm Pilot (NASDAQ: COMS) and Psion, as well as other information appliances that require small database engines. SQL Smart Card is currently being used in a pilot project by the Department of Commerce in Mexico to process import permits for the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). The Pilot has substantially reduced paperwork at the border and increased security at the crossing. Centura expects other new, innovative solutions to be developed where smart card technology provides a combination of individual security and immediate access to information. In addition to joining the Smart Card Forum, Centura is currently looking to forge new strategic alliances and partnerships so that it can further apply its technology in the smart card industry. ABOUT CENTURA SOFTWARE CORPORATION Centura Software (NASDAQ:CNTR), founded as Gupta in 1984, was the first company to create fully relational client/server embedded DBMS for the personal computer. Today Centura's products help developers build and deploy component based business applications requiring embedded databases. Centura's D3 Framework (Develop, Deploy and Distribute) consists of world-class products including SQLBase, Centura Team Developer and Centura net.db, all of which can scale from the Web down to smart devices. Current Centura products are all year 2000 compliant. Centura has 26 offices located throughout the world in North America, Latin America, Asia/Pacific, Europe, Middle East and Africa. More information about the company and its products is located on Centura's Web site at http://www.centurasoft.com/. ### -21- EX-99.19 10 EXH. 99.19 EXHIBIT 99.19 For more information: Imagio Public Relations [CENTURA/GUPTA LOGO] Ingrid Ougland Account Executive (206)625-0252 ingrid@imagio.com Centura Software Corporation Kathy Lane Senior Vice President (650) 596-3400 www.centurasoft.com CENTURA SOFTWARE CORPORATION PRESS RELEASE CENTURA ANNOUNCES PARTNERSHIP WITH NOVELL REDWOOD SHORES, CA. (SEPTEMBER 14, 1998) -- Centura Software Corporation (NASDAQ: CNTR / formerly Gupta Corporation) today announces a partnership with Novell, Inc. (NASDAQ:NOVL) involving SQLBase 7.0 database for Novell's NetWare 5, formalizing a long term commitment between Novell and Centura. The two companies will jointly participate in worldwide electronic and event marketing efforts. Centura's SQLBase 7.0 for NetWare is a leading network application optimized for NetWare 5 and one of the first database applications to apply for certification to use the NetWare 5 YES Tested and Approved Logo. Thousands of applications built using Centura's products, including applications for payroll services, banking and sales automation can be immediately deployed on the NetWare 5 platform. NetWare 5 is Novell's pure IP server operating system that provides the speed, scalability and reliability customers require to manage and deploy network applications and resources. The SQLBase 7.0 embedded database offers features such as a DBA-less environment, small footprint, and automatic self-recovery. SQLBase is built into applications that scale from the web to smart cards and devices. Centura database products and tools have been available for the NetWare environment since the release of NetWare 3. With Novell's beta release of NetWare 5, Centura expanded efforts to create a Novell Products Group within Centura to engineer and test NetWare, ensuring compatibility with the NetWare 5 PureIP environment. Enhancements have been made specifically for NetWare 5, including support for NetWare Directory Services (NDS). SQLBase 7.0 is currently undergoing Netware 5 certification testing. -22- -MORE- Centura's SQLBase 7.0 is the first database to offer Java developers JDBC level 4 support. Centura's commitment to NetWare, to Java cross-platform computing, and to the support of networked devices has resulted in the company's introduction of a highly intelligent integration server called Centura Blazer. With this server installed in a NetWare Web environment, developers can now integrate and add server-side processing logic to events or transactions coming from multiple data sources. Devices on the network can then interact with database servers, SQLBase 7.0 or others, and take advantage of services such as Novell's NDS. "Novell has always been an important platform for Centura and we are extremely pleased to be selected as a software partner by Novell," states Scott Broomfield, president and CEO of Centura. "We are excited about working with Novell to offer solutions in the emerging market for embedded software and smart devices that connect to networks." "We are very pleased to see Centura's continued commitment to the NetWare platform," says Rich Running, director of product marketing, Novell. "Centura products can add significant value to application developers and customers. Centura's decision to certify SQLBase 7.0 with NetWare 5 gives developers an optimum solution to create, deploy and support applications requiring an embedded database, whether it's being used on the NetWare server, the desktop client or in a distributed/mobile application." ABOUT CENTURA SOFTWARE CORPORATION Centura Software (NASDAQ:CNTR), founded as Gupta in 1984, was the first company to create fully relational client/server embedded DBMS for the personal computer. Today Centura's products help developers build and deploy component based business applications requiring embedded databases. Centura's D3 Framework (Develop, Deploy and Distribute) consists of world-class products including SQLBase, Centura Team Developer and Centura net.db, all of which can scale from the Web down to smart devices. Current Centura products are all year 2000 compliant. Centura has 26 offices located throughout the world in North America, Latin America, Asia/Pacific, Europe, Middle East and Africa. More information about the company and its products is located on Centura's Web site at www.centurasoft.com. ABOUT NOVELL Novell (NASDAQ: NOVL) is the world's leading provider of network software. The company offers a wide range of network solutions for distributed network, Internet/intranet and small-business markets, as well as the network computing industry's most comprehensive education and technical support programs. Information about Novell and its complete range of products and services can be accessed on the World Wide Web at http://www.novell.com. Novell, NetWare and ManageWise are registered trademarks and NDS and Z.E.N.works are trademark of Novell, Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective holders. ### -23- EX-99.20 11 EXH. 99.20 EXHIBIT 99.20 CONTACT INFORMATION: Simon Hamlin Imagio Public Relations Account Executive (206) 625-0252 mailto:ray@imagio.com Kathy Lane Centura Software Corporation Senior Vice President, Strategic Alliances (650) 596-3400 mailto:kathy.lane@centurasoft.com CENTURA ANNOUNCES SQLBASE QUASAR FOR NON-PC DEVICES SQLBASE QUASAR 7.0 OFFERS MANUFACTURERS A COST-EFFECTIVE WAY TO EMBED A ROBUST SQL DBMS INSIDE NON-PC DEVICES REDWOOD SHORES, CA, (OCTOBER 5, 1998) -- Centura Software Corporation (NASDAQ:CNTR), formerly Gupta, announces the release of SQLBase Quasar 7.0, designed for manufacturers of devices like printers and copiers who want the power of a relational database embedded within each device to record device events for various types of monitoring and reporting purposes. SQLBase Quasar is a special purpose version of SQLBase, with pricing and functionality specifically for large volume deployment in non-PC devices. "With continually improving microprocessor price performance, manufacturers are adding intelligence to their devices to differentiate their products. This requires an embedded database to be shipped with each device," explains Lionel Carrasco, senior vice president of business development for Centura. "The new pricing and functionality of SQLBase Quasar is ideal for OEM situations. As a perfect example, Xerox's (NYSE:XRX) high volume DocuTech Production Printers are shipped with an embedded software running on Quasar. By incorporating Centura's technology, these printers can perform high-volume production print on demand and integrate large print job submissions with production printing systems, binding and finishing operations." "There will continue to be a strong demand for embedded databases in everything from printers to ovens," says Scott Broomfield, CEO of Centura. "Our microserver strategy and this launch of Quasar demonstrate our commitment to provide superior products for these platforms. The recent reorganization of Sybase to focus on this space confirms our belief that new platforms such as smart appliances and smart cards offer tremendous opportunity for Centura." -24- The core features of SQLBase Quasar 7.0 are optimal for smart devices, providing a robust SQL RDBMS that occupies a very small footprint. SQLBase Quasar is available for both 16- and 32-bit Windows platforms. The SQL/API gives the application complete control of the database, and the Quasar Embedded Deployment Kit gives developers total control of the deployment configuration. PRICING AND AVAILABILITY Quasar is available only through direct license agreement with Centura Software Corporation. For more information, please contact Centura directly at 1-800-444-8782. ABOUT CENTURA SOFTWARE CORPORATION Centura Software (NASDAQ:CNTR), founded as Gupta in 1984, was the first company to create fully relational client/server embedded DBMS for the personal computer. Today Centura's products help developers build and deploy component based business applications requiring embedded databases. Centura's D3 Framework (Develop, Deploy and Distributed) consists of world-class products including SQLBase, Centura Team Developer and Centura net.db, all of which can scale from the Web down to smart devices. Current Centura products are all year 2000 compliant. Centura has 26 offices located throughout the world in North America, Latin America, Asia/Pacific, Europe, Middle East and Africa. More information about the company and its products is located on Centura's Web site at http://www.centurasoft.com/. ### -25- EX-99.21 12 EXH. 99.21 EXHIBIT 99.21 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Bridgitt Arnold Associate Director Imagio Public Relations (206) 625-0252 mailto:bridgitt@imagio.com Kathy Lane Centura Software Corporation Senior Vice President of Marketing and Strategic Alliances (650) 596-3400 mailto:kathy.lane@centurasoft.com CENTURA SOFTWARE CORPORATION HOSTS ANNUAL CUSTOMER CONFERENCE INDUSTRY EXPERTS TO OFFER CUTTING-EDGE BUSINESS AND TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS FOR DISTRIBUTED (OBJECT) COMPONENT COMPUTING REDWOOD SHORES, CA, (OCTOBER 9, 1998) -- Centura Software Corporation (NASDAQ:CNTR), formerly Gupta, announces the 1998 Centura Customer Conference to be held at the Hyatt Regency Grand Cypress Resort in Orlando, Florida from November 1st through November 4th, 1998. Centura's annual business and technology conference is a valuable forum for current Centura customers who include IT directors, senior managers, ISVs, VARs, ISPs, and System Integrators. The 1998 keynote speakers will include Guy Kawasaki and Elizabeth Barnett. Kawasaki, author of the soon-to-be-released RULES FOR REVOLUTIONARIES, is also the CEO of garage.com, a Silicon Valley based firm that assists high-tech start-ups. In addition, Kawasaki was a columnist for Forbes and an Apple Fellow at Apple Computer, Inc. where he was instrumental in successfully launching and establishing the -26- Macintosh computer. Barnett is a vice president of Giga Information Group and specializes in IT architecture, application development, data management, and distributed computing. According to Barnett, "Companies today face two application development imperatives: improve productivity and time to market, while at the same time improving the overall quality of the systems they deliver. Component-based development (CBD) techniques that can incorporate custom developed, purchased, and legacy applications will best achieve these goals. IT managers must be prepared to make investments in three critical areas: technologies for development and deployment; development processes to ensure productivity and quality; and organizational changes to institute new positions and new responsibilities within existing roles." The conference will offer both technical and business sessions to showcase Centura's current product features as well as upcoming enhancements and additional offerings. This year's conference will focus on techniques and tools for building applications from components, new Web Applications, and microservers. Centura is also providing bonus master classes to offer attendees the opportunity to expand their skills and strategic implementation of distributed component computing. "We are very excited about this year's event because it is the perfect forum to demonstrate our commitment to our customers," explains Scott Broomfield, CEO of Centura. "In addition to showcasing forecasts from some of the industry's leading influencers, we will have the opportunity to give our customers and prospects a preview of what should prove to be an incredibly exciting year." The Technology & Solutions Fair, held in conjunction with the customer conference, will feature exhibiting partners who are using Centura products to gain a competitive advantage in their industry including Fecher Ralgan, Minolta and Metex Systems. FOR MORE INFORMATION Registration is available by calling +1-877-878-3784 or via the Internet at http://www.centurasoft.com/. For exhibition information, call 408-763-0623. Special airline discounts offered through United Airlines, call 800-241-6522 for more information. -27- ABOUT CENTURA SOFTWARE CORPORATION Centura Software (NASDAQ:CNTR), founded as Gupta in 1984, was the first company to create fully relational client/server embedded DBMS for the personal computer. Centura's D3 Framework (Develop, Deploy and Distributed) consists of world-class products including SQLBase, Centura Team Developer and Centura net.db, all of which can scale from the Web down to smart devices. Current Centura products are all year 2000 compliant. Centura has 19 offices located throughout the world in North America, Latin America, Asia/Pacific, Europe, Middle East and Africa. More information about the company and its products is located on Centura's Web site at http://www.centurasoft.com/. ### FOR MORE INFORMATION: Ingrid Ougland Account Executive Imagio Public Relations +1(206) 625-0252 mailto:ingrid@imagio.com Kathy Lane Senior Vice President of Strategic Alliances Centura Software Corporation +1(650) 596-3400 mailto:kathy.lane@centurasoft.com -28- EX-99.22 13 EXH. 99.22 EXHIBIT 99.22 Mark Carpenter Marketing Communications Manager emWare, Inc. +1(801) 256-3883 ext. 112 mailto:mcarpenter@emware.com CENTURA SOFTWARE CORPORATION PRESS RELEASE CENTURA AND EMWARE PARTNER TO PROVIDE FRAMEWORK FOR ADDING BUSINESS LOGIC TO EMBEDDED DEVICE NETWORKS. CENTURA JOINS EMBED THE INTERNET CONSORTIUM AS A FOUNDING MEMBER REDWOOD SHORES, CA. (OCTOBER 12, 1998) -- Centura Software Corporation (NASDAQ: CNTR / formerly Gupta Corporation) today announces a partnership with emWare, Inc., the leading provider of distributed device networking software. Centura and emWare will co-market and sell a software package comprised of emWare's EMIT-Registered Trademark- (Embedded Micro Internetworking Technology-TM-) and Centura's new Thin Application Server, code-name Blazer. The combined product bundle will be the first commercially available software solution that enables devices with 8- and 16-bit microcontrollers to access corporate networks, directory services and business logic. Centura has also joined 11 other industry leaders as a founding member of emWare's Embed The Internet Consortium (ETI) to deliver low-cost solutions for home, business and industrial equipment products. "It's only natural that Centura extend our client/server expertise in the Windows platform to new non-PC, server-centric platforms such as PDAs and smart appliances," explains Kathy Lane, senior vice president of strategic alliances for Centura. "With a combination of Blazer and EMIT software, a remote embedded device becomes another node in a distributed computing network. Using the unique application partitioning features in Blazer, developers can extend and execute the same business logic and network services to non-PC devices as they can to any PC." Using Centura's Thin Application Server, EMIT-enabled devices like electric utility meters and vending machines will be fully integrated with the information and processes transacted on Microsoft Transaction Servers (MTS), Oracle's Application Servers and BEA's Tuxedo as well as other leading application and transaction platforms. Centura and emWare's solution is the first economical solution to allow home electric meters to report usage online to a database server or generate statistics on customer behavior, trends, and problem alerts. "EMIT brings flexible device networking solutions to intelligent devices," states Christopher Sontag, chief technology officer and co-founder of emWare, Inc. "Centura's Thin -29- Application Server provides new opportunities by extending business logic to transactions. Thanks to the combination of Centura and emWare's technology, these devices can now communicate with a number of different network databases, directory services and other enterprise applications." Blazer offers an easy, open development and integration environment. A single Blazer server can handle and support thousands of EMIT-enabled devices and dozens of applications. Management is easy because Blazer uses small execution components called Scriplets to handle and control application logic, integration and behavior. Written in Visual Basic or Java Script, these scriptlets call COM- and Java-based objects as well as ODBC data sources. The execution occurs in Blazer to allow integration and access to unlimited backend services. This method of programming goes beyond traditional distributed computing by creating a true "virtual computer" where one device can use any resource available on the network. Blazer supports an architecture using a high performance server that can load as many Scriplets as needed to achieve high scalability. The server side components have a small footprint of less than 150k in size, with total component size less than 3mb of hard disk space. Blazer is currently available for beta testing and will be on the market in Q1 1999. At the core of EMIT software's distributed device networking architecture is the industry's smallest micro Web server that uses as little as 1Kb of memory at the device. Standard Internet technologies, such as Java, HTTP and a Web browser interface are used to access, control and monitor devices through emGateway, the communication link between IP networks and lightweight networks, such as I(2)C-TM-, RS485, CAN, and RF. ABOUT CENTURA SOFTWARE CORPORATION Centura Software (NASDAQ:CNTR), founded as Gupta in 1984, was the first company to create fully relational client/server embedded DBMS for the personal computer. Centura's D3 Framework (Develop, Deploy and Distributed) consists of world-class products including SQLBase, Centura Team Developer and Centura net.db, all of which can scale from the Web down to smart devices. Current Centura products are all year 2000 compliant. Centura has 26 offices located throughout the world in North America, Latin America, Asia/Pacific, Europe, Middle East and Africa. More information about the company and its products is located on Centura's Web site at www.centurasoft.com. About emWare emWare is the sole provider of distributed embedded networking software that delivers Internet connectivity to virtually any device, including those using 8- and 16-bit microcontrollers, without requiring an RTOS or a TCP/IP stack at the device. The company develops products based on open Internet standards that allow embedded device manufacturers to simplify the use, management and commerce of their products. emWare partners with microcontroller manufacturers, enterprise solution providers, and other technology companies to deliver networking solutions to -30- virtually any device across any network. The company is based in Salt Lake City. For more information, see www.emware.com. -31- EX-99.23 14 EXH. 99.23 EXHIBIT 99.23 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Winona Watkins Centura Software Corporation Director of Human Resources (650) 596-3400 www.centurasoft.com CENTURA SOFTWARE ANNOUNCES NEW CTO Centura Software Corporation Hires Joseph Falcone as New Senior Vice President and Chief Technical Officer REDWOOD SHORES, CA, (OCTOBER 29, 1998) -- Centura Software Corporation (NASDAQ: CNTR), a leading supplier of embedded databases and application development tools, announced today that it has hired Joseph Falcone as its new Senior Vice President and Chief Technical Officer. Mr. Falcone comes to Centura from Inprise Corporation (formerly Borland) where he most recently held the position of Director of Engineering for Inprise's windows product group. "This is a great time for Joe to be joining us," said Scott Broomfield, CEO for Centura. "We have been searching a long time to find the right person to join our team. Joe brings skills that will enhance our senior management team and help us accomplish our goals." "I am delighted to have the opportunity to work with Scott and his team at Centura," said Falcone. "Centura's technical excellence is well established in the embedded database and application development tools markets and I look forward to building an additional competitive presence in the Web, mobile and device computing markets." Falcone comes to Centura from Inprise Corporation, where he was responsible for the Borland Delphi and C++ builder application development tools. He is a veteran of Hewlett-Packard, Digital Equipment Corporation and Data General and has nearly 20 years experience in the computer industry. Falcone holds a B.A. degree in Computer Science from the University of California, Berkeley and a M.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University. ABOUT CENTURA SOFTWARE CORPORATION Centura Software (NASDAQ:CNTR), founded as Gupta in 1984, was the first company to create fully relational client/server embedded DBMS for the personal computer. Centura's D3 Framework (Develop, Deploy and Distributed) consists of world-class products including SQLBase, Centura Team Developer and Centura net.db, all of which can scale from the Web -32- down to smart devices. Current Centura products are all year 2000 compliant. More information about the company and its products is located on Centura's Web site at www.centurasoft.com. -33- EX-99.24 15 EXH. 99.24 EXHIBIT 99.24 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Bridgitt Arnold Imagio Public Relations (206)625-0252 mailto:ingrid@imagio.com Kathy Lane Centura Software Corporation Senior Vice President of Strategic Marketing Alliances (650) 596-3400 mailto:kathy.lane@centurasoft.com CENTURA SOFTWARE LAUNCHES NEW ONLINE COMMUNITY WEB SITE SERVES AS DYNAMIC RESOURCE FOR EXCHANGE OF CRITICAL INFORMATION AND FREE CODE REDWOOD SHORES, CA, (NOVEMBER 2, 1998) - Centura Software Corporation (NASDAQ: CNTR), today announces the launch of its new Web site (http://www.centurasoftware.com)/, demonstrating the company's commitment to building a community for developers to congregate on-line, solve problems and exchange information. Centura's new site provides a robust and efficient forum for developers to communicate with other developers and Centura employees around the world who are implementing solutions using embedded databases, application development tools and the Web. The site is divided into specific communities and registration is free, providing access to extensive code and development information. According to Kathy Lane, senior vice president of strategic marketing alliances for Centura, "With this complete re-design of the Web site, our developers and partners now have an invaluable network of brainpower and insight through peer-to-peer communication and access to the latest product enhancement and upgrade information. Our new Web site offers this support and centralized technical information to maximize the efficiency for developers who use the Internet as their primary vehicle for gathering information to overcome the ongoing challenges associated with development." The new site places critical information two clicks away from the user at all times, by employing a clear and concise navigation structure. The site has been completely re-engineered with respect to graphics, branding, content, technical and conceptual elements. For example, the Developer's Library portion of the site includes code for CTD (Centura Team Developer) which is Centura's 4GL, object-oriented development tool, designed to maximize a developer's investment in developing business logic code. -34- On November 10th, from 3:30-4:30 PM (PST), Centura CEO Scott Broomfield will be on-line in the new site's community chat area, http://www.centurasoftware.com/community/, to demonstrate the power of the site's interactivity. Scott will welcome discussion surrounding our recent Q3 financial results, near-term product futures, and our increased customer focus. ABOUT CENTURA SOFTWARE CORPORATION Centura Software (NASDAQ:CNTR), founded as Gupta in 1984, was the first company to create fully relational client/server embedded DBMS for the personal computer. Centura's D3 Framework (Develop, Deploy and Distributed) consists of world-class products including SQLBase, Centura Team Developer and Centura net.db, all of which can scale from the Web down to smart devices. Current Centura products are all year 2000 compliant. More information about the company and its products is located on Centura's Web site at www.centurasoft.com. ### -35- -----END PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE-----