JES, Inc. - Just Educational Services http://www.jes.com Digital Quarterly Update 11.3 July, 2000 [This document looks best in a Courier 10-point font.] This newsletter is also available on the Web at: http://www.jes.com/dqu/dqu_00_03.html Stop the Presses! We have big news... ************************************* 1. JES Acquired by PICK Systems 2. An Interview With Jon Sisk 3. About This Publication 4. How to reach us 5. To Unsubscribe from the DQU mailing list ************************************* 1. JES Acquired by PICK Systems It is now official: JES is a wholly owned operating unit of PICK Systems, who now has a vibrant and growing training division. All of the names and courses you have come to know through JES will still be available, plus a whole lot more. The full Press Release is published below and is also on the JES site at: http://www.jes.com/jesacq.html PRESS RELEASE Company Contact: Agency Contacts: Michele Rinehart Kirsten Brundahl or Erika Price PICK Systems Shafer PR 949-261-7425 949-553-1177 mrinehart@picksys.com kirsten@shafer.net or erika@shafer.net FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE PICK SYSTEMS EXPANDS CAPABILITIES BY ACQUIRING SOFTWARE EDUCATIONAL COMPANY, JUST EDUCATION SERVICES (JES) Transaction Puts Company in Position to Provide Training on International Level IRVINE, Calif. (July 20, 2000) - PICK Systems®, a leading developer of multi-user, multidimensional database management system (DBMS) software, announced today that it has acquired Just Educational Services (JES), a software training company which provides a diverse array of training options for the PICK community and beyond. The agreement, which transferred ownership as of July 1, 2000, reiterates the commitment of PICK Systems’ new management team to provide its customers with a more complete, comprehensive, and cost-effective solution for today’s economy. “We are very excited about offering our customers a premier training initiative that follows PICK’s dedication to offer its clients the best resources available,” said Gil Figueroa, president and CEO of PICK Systems. “JES has a proven methodology and an impressive product line which provides complete training for PICK’s D3 software as well as courses for a multitude of other systems. We are able to offer these educational products immediately for on-site and regional delivery throughout the United States, and soon throughout Europe, Asia and South Africa.” PICK has assumed responsibility for the management of JES as well as its entire current line of courses. JES established itself in the 1980s as a pioneer in PICK education, offering the first recognized international training organization dedicated exclusively to the PICK market. Following the needs of the industry, JES soon added curriculum for alternative systems, including UniVerse and UniData for Unix, Windows NT and Visual BASIC, wIntegrate and SB+, and its newest courses in jBASE, mv.BASE. Most notably, the company spun off a subsidiary company, LinuxLearning.com, where they succeeded in becoming a certified Linuxcare University training center. Along with the acquisition, PICK retained JES founder and CEO, Jonathan Sisk, as the company’s new vice president of education and training who brings the knowledge and ability to continue his vision to bring unsurpassed educational resources to companies worldwide. “In the 20 years of JES’ existence, we have remained an independent, unbiased, consistent source of knowledge. We are pleased that this merger will help us maintain that same level of service and commitment to both JES clients as well as PICK’s,” said Sisk. “We look forward to expanding this new education arena at PICK by aggressively looking at opportunities to bring PICK training into universities across the United States which will create a new generation of talent, ready for the PICK job market.” Founded in 1972, PICK Systems was acquired last March by an investment group led by Figueroa. Since the reorganization, Figueroa and the current executive management have made significant strides in re-establishing the company as the leader in multidimensional database management. In addition to the JES transaction, PICK also announced an agreement in May to purchase the database business component from PICK licensee, GA eXpress (formerly General Automation). That agreement is expected to be final by the end of July. Including hardware, software and services, the overall PICK marketplace has sales that are estimated to be more than $3 billion, with an installed base approaching four million users, according to Delran N.J.-based market researcher Datapro Information Services Group. More than 4,000 commercial PICK-based applications have been developed, comparable to the number of applications written for Microsoft Corp’s Windows or DOS environments. About PICK Systems PICK Systems is the developer of D3®, the firm's latest- generation multi-user, multidimensional database management system. D3 is an open system that supports ODBC, SQL and OSFI standards. D3 runs on a wide spectrum of hardware, including personal computers, midrange systems, and massively-parallel computing systems, and is available for the major varieties of UNIX, including IBM® AIX®, Hewlett-Packard® UX, SCO OpenServer™ and UnixWare® 7, Sun Solaris, and Red Hat Linux and Linux-Mandrake™. The Microsoft® Windows NT® and Windows 95/98 operating environments are fully supported as well. PICK markets its products worldwide through a network of over 800 VARs who offer more than 4,000 Year 2000-compliant, commercially-available applications. The Professional Services division provides PICK’s customers with assistance in all aspects of technology upgrade and project management. ### © 2000 PICK Systems. PICK Systems, D3 are trademarks or registered trademarks of PICK Systems. All other trademarks or registered trademarks are property of their respective owners. ************************************* 2. An Interview With Jon Sisk For more information on the future plans of JES, read the interview with Jon Sisk conducted while he was in England recently. It discusses many of the exciting educational initiatives taking place in PICK Systems' new training division, which Jon now heads up. http://www.jes.com/siskiv.html ************************************* 3. About This Publication The JES Digital Quarterly Update comes to you free of charge as a service of JES, Inc. On its companion Web site, JES includes full details on the stories you see above, plus many other useful resources. ************************************* 4. How to reach us: URL: http://www.jes.com Mail: P.O. Box 19274, Irvine, CA 92623 ************************************* 5. To Subscribe or Unsubscribe from the DQU mailing list, please visit: http://www.jes.com/subscribe.html