Contacts		Letty Ledbetter PR Manager Unify Corporation (408) 467-4552 letty@unify.com										Al Campa Actuate Software Corp. 415/638-2131 acampa@actuate.com

SAN JOSE, Calif., -- January 13, 1997 -- Unify Corporation (NASDAQ: UNFY), a leading provider of client/server software solutions for the development, deployment, and management of high-end, business critical applications for intranets and the Internet, today announced a strategic partnership and resale agreement with Actuate Software Corp., a leading provider of enterprise reporting solutions. Under the terms of the agreement, Unify will resell the Actuate Reporting System to customers building distributed applications with Unify VISION. VISION is widely regarded by industry analysts as being one of the leading object-oriented, enterprise wide client/server development tools.

   "Customers building distributed mission critical applications with Unify VISION want a secure, server-based reporting environment for efficiently delivering business information throughout the corporation," said Reza Mikailli, president and CEO of Unify Corporation. "Actuate provides corporations with an efficient and powerful enterprise reporting product. They are redefining reporting with a refreshing new architectural approach that takes advantage of enterprise and Internet environments."

The Unify/Actuate agreement offers customers the choice of an enterprise reporting solution for wide-scale information access and distribution. While many companies may also employ an OLAP tool for complex analysis, or an ad hoc query product for workgroups, the majority of users throughout the corporation need a reporting environment that distributes reports on a regular basis and is tightly integrated with their Unify business applications. Together, Unify VISION and Actuate deliver an integrated enterprise development and reporting solution.

   "Unify is a leader in the high-end client/server tools market with one of the largest installed bases of production applications worldwide," said Nico Nierenberg, Actuate Software's president and CEO. "Both products are object-oriented, three-tier environments that together provide a comprehensive solution for professional developers."

About Unify VISION
Unify VISION, is designed to enable organizations to develop, deploy and manage business critical applications with increased return on investment by providing the benefits of low cost of entry, rapid time-to-market and low cost of ownership. VISION and VISION/Web are the first advanced client/server development environments to generate Java code, without the need for Java programming, and enable developers to build high-end transactional applications that run on both Web and non-Web clients and servers.

VISION includes the industry's leading application management capabilities for high-end applications, allowing administrators to centrally manage distributed applications without any effort on he part of developers. VISION automatically generates hundreds of key events and performance metrics and includes VISION/AppMan to automatically connect to systems management products from BMC, HP, Microsoft, and Tivoli. As a member of the HP/Tivoli Application Response Measurement (ARM) initiative, Unify VISION applications are management ready and allow end users to measure and control the total performance of their business-critical distributed applications.

About Actuate
Founded in 1993 and headquartered in San Mateo, Calif., Actuate Software Corp. is the developer of the industry's first reporting system designed specifically to meet the needs of the enterprise. The company markets its products to the Fortune 1000 through multiple sales, distribution and support channels, including a global network of certified Value Added Resellers (VARs) and consultants. Actuate Software itself is a privately held corporation with equity financing from Accel Partners, Sequoia Capital and Mohr, Davidow Ventures. For more information on Actuate visit the company's Web site at http://www.actuate.com

About Unify Corporation
Unify Corporation develops, markets and supports advanced application development environments for the development, deployment and management of high-end, business-critical client/server applications for intranets and the Internet.. The Company's flagship product, Unify VISION, combines a powerful and scalable client/server architecture with a flexible and easy-to-use rapid application development technology. Additional Unify products include VISION AppMan, ACCELL/SQL and the DataServer product family.

Headquartered in San Jose, California, Unify has direct sales offices throughout North America, Europe and Japan, with a network of distributors, VARs, OEMs, and systems integrators worldwide. Unify has over 350,000 users worldwide, including leaders in telecommunications, financial services, commercial industries and government. Unify product and service information is located on the World Wide Web at http://www.unify.com.