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Mark Allen Joins Raining Data as
Vice President of Worldwide Customer Service and Training

IRVINE, CA., September 5, 2001 - Raining Data Corporation (NASDAQ: RDTA) today announced the appointment of Mark H. Allen as Vice President of Worldwide Customer Service and Training.

"Our main objective is to develop a world class customer support organization. By leveraging Mark's thirty years of experience in customer service with top tier technology organizations where timely response is paramount, we plan to significantly improve our customer service and training offerings" said Carlton H. Baab, President & CEO of Raining Data. Baab continued, "His leadership and professional knowledge will contribute to the improvement of our internal processes and customer responsiveness."

Allen brings to Raining Data a very strong support-oriented background. In his most recent position as Vice President, Services & Support at Bay Logics, Inc., Allen was responsible for the restructuring of the Technical Support organization, which resulted in improving first contact response for problem resolution to over 90+ percent. Prior to joining Bay Logics, Inc., Allen held senior management positions in customer service, professional service and engineering with companies that include AT&T, Peregrine Systems and Silicon Graphics. His broad experience encompasses both domestic and international 7x24 customer service operations. Allen stated, "Raining Data is a remarkable company; filled with exciting opportunities for growth and increased customer satisfaction. I am pleased to accept the challenge of building a world-class customer service and training organization in my new role with the company."

The company also announced that Rick Davies will assume the role of Vice President, Customer Service - Major Accounts. In his new capacity, Davies will be working directly with Allen to coordinate technical and customer satisfaction issues with our largest customers. "I look forward to working closely with Rick as we work together to build the Raining Data Customer Service organization into a world class team", Allen stated. "Rick's knowledge of our products and his long standing relationship with our customers will enhance Raining Data's ability to provide a responsive customer focused support organization".

About Raining Data

Raining Data Corporation, headquartered in Irvine, California, offers a suite of software infrastructure products that enable developers to create innovative applications. Raining Data's flagship products are: 1) a family of powerful multidimensional database management systems that are the choice of thousands of application developers worldwide. Theses include D³®, mvEnterprise® and mvBase®. 2) mvDesigner, an object-oriented rapid application development (RAD) tool developed for use with multidimensional database applications; and 3) Omnis Studio® -- a powerful, cross-platform, object-oriented RAD tool that is well suited for developing sophisticated thick-client, Web-client or ultra thin-client database applications.

The statements in this press release that are not historical facts are forward-looking statements, including but not limited to discussions relating to the integration of PickAX and its technologies, ability to operate at positive cash flow and market acceptance of mvDesigner. These forward-looking statements are inherently subject to numerous risks and uncertainties and the Company's actual results could differ materially from those in such forward-looking statements. In particular, among the factors that could cause actual results to differ materially are difficulties related to the integration of the newly acquired business, increased competition, and the timing and market acceptance of new products and services. Please consult the various reports and documents filed by Raining Data Corporation, formerly known as Omnis Technology Corporation, with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, including but not limited to the Annual Report of the Company on Form 10-KSB for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2001. All forward-looking statements are made as of the date hereof and the Company disclaims any responsibility to update or revise any forward-looking statement provided in this news release.

mvDesigner, D³, mvEnterprise, mvBase, Omnis, Omnis Studio, Power95, R91, AP, Mentor, and Pick Systems are registered trademarks of Raining Data Corporation.