FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                    2000-5

   Enforcement Action Brought Against Informix Corporation for
 Inflating Revenues by $295 Million and Earnings by $244 Million
                  by Fraudulent and Other Means

     Washington, DC, January 11, 2000 -- The Securities and
Exchange Commission today brought and settled an enforcement
proceeding against Informix Corporation for fraudulently and
otherwise improperly inflating revenues by $295 million and
earnings by $244 million between 1994 and the first quarter of
1997.  In its order, the Commission found that the company,
through former employees, violated the antifraud provisions of
the federal securities laws, as well as the reporting, books and
records, and internal control provisions of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934.  Informix consented to the issuance of the
order without admitting or denying the Commission's findings.
The Commission's investigation into this matter continues.

     The Commission also found that the company, through former
employees, made materially false and misleading filings with the
Commission during 1994 through 1996 and its first quarter of
1997.  The Commission also found that the company's books and
records during those periods were falsified and that the company
failed to devise and maintain a sufficient system of internal
accounting controls.

     In addition, the Commission found that as the fraud and
other violative conduct was coming to light, former members of
Informix management engaged in fraudulent conduct to avoid a
restatement of the company's financial statements.  After
replacing its former management, the company and its auditors
uncovered more than $100 million of accounting irregularities and
restated its financial statements.  Informix is a multinational
database software company located in Menlo Park, California.

     Based on its findings, the Commission ordered Informix to
cease and desist from committing or causing violations of various
sections of the securities laws.  The Commission also ordered the
company to cooperate with the Commission's continuing
investigation.

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