NEURON DATA
CORPORATE FACT SHEET

Founded

1985

Employees

150

Ownership

Private

Company Mission

To provide a comprehensive development environment for assembling component-based, business-critical software applications.

Principal Investors

Burr, Egan, Deleage & Co.; Sofinnova, Inc.

Company Profile

Neuron Data is a market leader in application development tools for building dynamically scalable enterprise business solutions. The company's award-winning graphical user interface builder, proven business rules processor, open data access capabilities, distributed messaging and Web integration solutions are currently in use by more than 25,000 developers and 1.2 million end users at Fortune 1000 corporations, commercial software companies and government agencies worldwide.

Elements Environment 2.0

Neuron Data's Elements Environment 2.0 (Elements 2.0) is the premier application development environment for building dynamically scalable, extended enterprise business solutions. Elements 2.0 contains all the capabilities necessary to develop completely portable, dynamic and distributed applications. It enables application scalability by combining object-oriented development techniques using a robust, visual OO4GL with the openness and reliability of industry standard 3GLs. Further, Elements 2.0 allows developers to incorporate objects that correspond to different object standards and Internet resources into business applications, resulting in truly interoperable solutions that scale beyond the enterprise. With Version 2.0, Neuron Data's Elements supports and offers the critical technologies required to build and enhance the reactive information systems that map the custom business processes of the modern organization.

Products

Elements 2.0 is a component-based, completely object-oriented architecture that enables the development of flexible applications that respond rapidly to business changes. Elements 2.0 consists of:


• InterOperable Objects Element
• Web Element
• Distributed Messaging Element
• Data Access Element
• Open Interface Element
• Intelligent Rules Element

Customers

Neuron Data's ongoing success and growth is proven through its large installed base of worldwide customers that have made Elements Environment a standard for business-critical application development. Neuron Data customers include: Addison Wesley, AirTouch Cellular, American Express, AT&T, Banque de France, Banque Paribas, Barclays Bank, BellSouth, Blue Cross, Boeing, BMW, CERN, Computron, Fidelity Investments, Ford Motor, Foster Wheeler, France Telecom, General Electric, General Motors, Goodyear, Honda, Matra Marconi Space, Kodak, L'Oreal, Merrill Lynch, Michelin, NASDAQ Inc., Pacific Bell, PacTel Cellular, Renault, Reuters AG, Sony, Stanford University, Start Informatik, TCI, TRW, Volvo and many others.

Distribution

Neuron Data provides products, sales, customer support, training and consulting services directly through its headquarters in Mountain View, Calif. and its 11 offices worldwide including Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, New York, Philadelphia, Washington, D.C., Frankfurt, London, Paris and Tokyo. The company complements its direct sales with a large global network of distributors, VARs and systems integrators.

Management

Patrick Perez, Chairman and CEO (co-founder)
Alain Rappaport, President and Chief Scientist (co-founder)
Jean-Marie Chauvet, Vice President of Technology (co-founder)
Bill Sudlow, Vice President of Engineering
Julie Doyle, Vice President of International Sales and Marketing
Hoshi Printer, Chief Financial Officer