ProData Announces ProTools Utility Suite

Omaha, NE, May 8, 2002 – ProData Computer Services, Inc., makers of the flagship product, DBU, and a long-time IBM eServer iSeries software vendor, today announced ProTools, a utility suite for technologists on the iSeries. The ProTools package offers a multitude of much needed utilities for the midrange professional, most of which will be used on a daily basis in iSeries shops. ProTools features eighteen system utilities which every development shop can use. However, the most significant inclusion in this package is the source code for each individual tool. Small development shops can use this entire suite not only to perform the functionality included in the package, but to learn how to create the functionality for integration into other processes.

The most notable of the eighteen tools in the product suite include the File Based Menu System, the E-mail Message System, the Zip/Unzip File Utility, and the Program File Cross Reference Tool. The File-Based Menu System stores all menu options in a physical file, which means there is nothing to create or compile. It consistently executes the functions in the same manner for each menu system required. With the Email Message System, users can send internet mail messages from the traditional green screen command line, submit to batch or execute from a batch or interactive program. Users can also compress/uncompress stream files and send as attachments to their email. And finally, the Program File Cross Reference provides programmers with the ability to easily discover which programs are accessing which files. This is extremely useful in system analysis research.

With the addition of ProTools to its line of software, ProData continues to offer a feature-rich suite of products that loyal followers have come to expect. "With ProTools, we are ‘sharing the magic’ of the technology behind some of the tools we have developed over the years," said Marion Wamsat, one of the owners at ProData. ProTools is designed to complement other ProData productivity utilities for the iSeries 400 and can be packaged with DBU, SQL/PRO, RDR (Retrieve Deleted Records) or additional programmer tools offered by ProData.

About ProData

ProData Computer Services, Inc. is a leading provider of iSeries 400 utilities. Founded in July 1981, ProData has been at the forefront in the creation and evolution of software for the AS/400 and was one of the first companies to work with the IBM relational database architecture. As a leader in the development of AS/400 utilities, ProData utility installations number over 15,000 with distributors located worldwide.

For more information, contact Shelli Peck at speck@prodatacomputer.com. ProData is located at 2809 S 160th St , Omaha , Nebraska , 68130 , USA. Telephone: 402.697.7575; Fax: 402.697.7576 and on the web at www.DoDBU.com

iSeries 400 is a registered trademark of International Business Machines Corporation. ProData and DBU are trademarks of ProData Computer Services, Inc. in the USA and/or other countries. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.