Application Development Software is Unicode compatible.

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Featuring Omnis Mobile Client, Omnis Studio 5 allows developers to create applications for Windows Mobile-based devices. Localization features and Unicode compatibility provide support for thousands of languages and wealth of scientific notation. Other features include interactive UI components, context menus for web and mobile forms, method performance monitoring, and extensions to Omnis component interface that allow animation and transparency in 3rd-party components.



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TigerLogic Announces the General Availability of Omnis Studio 5



Extending Omnis to New Platforms and New Markets

IRVINE, Calif., Sept. 21 / --

Support for Microsoft(R) Windows Mobile(R) based devices and full Unicode compatibility extend the power and flexibility of the Omnis Studio application development environment and opens up entirely new markets for application developers.

TigerLogic Corporation (NASDAQ:TIGR) is pleased to announce the general availability of Omnis Studio 5, which introduces the groundbreaking new Omnis Mobile Client allowing developers to create applications for the growing range of Windows Mobile-based devices including Smartphones, PDAs, tablet PCs and other mobile devices. Enhanced Localization features and full Unicode compatibility provides support for thousands of languages and a wealth of scientific notation, and enables existing Omnis developers, and a whole generation of new developers, to reach new customers in SMEs, corporations, public and technical institutions, and emerging markets throughout the world. Other features in Omnis Studio 5 include brand new interactive UI components, extensions to the Omnis component interface to allow animation and transparency in third-party components, important updates in the Omnis VCS for developer teams, context menus for web and mobile forms, method performance monitoring, and much more.

TigerLogic is also pleased to introduce new product configurations and a new pricing structure for Omnis Studio 5 to encourage developers to adopt Omnis as their preferred tool for enterprise, web and mobile application development, while making Omnis Studio a more attractive proposition for all application developers, including independent developers, system houses, and vertical market application developers. One new configuration comprises a free Standard Edition SDK that allows direct access to the MySQL or PostgreSQL database, both of which are popular choices for web developers and business application developers alike. The new Professional Edition SDK provides a complete set of tools for all enterprise, web and mobile application developers, including data connecters for direct access to all leading databases, a versatile and robust Version Control System, easy to use reporting tools, a powerful 4GL and scripting language, and a world-class debugger.

"This latest release adds Mobile application development, full Unicode compatibility, and improved Localization support to the already powerful arsenal of tools available to application developers in Omnis Studio. Together with the new product and pricing configurations introduced today, we believe Omnis Studio 5 will become the essential tool for all independent developers, consultants, system houses and software vendors wishing to create the next-generation of enterprise, web and mobile applications," commented Bob Whiting, Omnis Product Manager and General Manager of Raining Data UK Limited, a subsidiary of TigerLogic Corporation.

Availability

Omnis Studio 5 is available for download from the Omnis Website at: www.omnis.net/. DVD media including SDKs for Windows, Mac OS X and Linux, will be available soon. To learn more about Omnis Studio, go to http://www.omnis.net/products/studio.

A free trial version of Omnis Studio 5.0 Professional Edition is available. To download a copy, please register at http://www.omnis.net/download.

About Omnis Studio

Omnis Studio is a high-performance visual RAD tool that provides a component-based environment for building enterprise, web, and mobile applications - all from one code base. Omnis Studio's Web and Mobile Client plug-in technology allows server-based applications to be accessed over the Internet using a web browser or many types of mobile devices, providing fast, secure, and scalable solutions with minimal development time. With complete scalability from individual to enterprise level solutions, Omnis applications can be developed on any one supported platform and deployed on any other platform without modification. Supported platforms include Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux, all with full Unicode compatibility for your data and application interface. Omnis directly supports traditional SQL databases such as MySQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle, Sybase, and DB2, as well as TigerLogic's advanced multidimensional database, D3 via the mvDesigner product. Most other databases may be accessed via JDBC or ODBC. Omnis Studio dramatically cuts application development time compared to 3GL environments (C++, Java), while allowing the developer to use objects developed in 3GL environments as components in Omnis applications.

About TigerLogic Corporation

TigerLogic Corporation (NASDAQ:TIGR), has been providing reliable data management and rapid application deployment solutions for ISVs and developers of database applications for more than three decades. TigerLogic's product offerings include: 1) TigerLogic yolink, an internet browser-based application that enhances the search experience of any popular search engine or Web page; 2) TigerLogic XML Data Management Server (XDMS), provides flexible, scalable and extensible XML data storage as well as query and retrieval of critical business data across a variety of structured and unstructured information sources; 3) Pick Universal Data Model (Pick UDM) based database management systems and components, including D3 , mvEnterprise and mvBase that are the choice of more than a thousand application developers worldwide; and 4) Omnis Studio , a cross-platform, object-oriented RAD tool for developing sophisticated thick-client, Web-client or ultra thin-client database applications. TigerLogic's installed customer base includes more than 500,000 active users representing more than 20,000 customer sites worldwide, with a significant base of diverse vertical applications. With employees and contractors worldwide, TigerLogic offers 24x7 customer support services and maintains an international presence. More information about TigerLogic and its products can be found at www.tigerlogic.com/. Product details about yolink can be found at http://www.yolink.com/.

TigerLogic, yolink, Raining Data, Pick, mvDesigner, D3, mvEnterprise, mvBase, Omnis, and Omnis Studio are trademarks of TigerLogic Corporation. All other trademarks and registered trademarks are properties of their respective owners.

CONTACT: Janet Cioffi, VP Sales of TigerLogic Corporation, +1-949-442-4400, fax, +1-949-250-8187

Web Site: http://www.tigerlogic.com/

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