Novell, Voysys to Add Voice to Network Telephony

Novell and Voysys Announce New Partnership to Deliver the First Affordable
Voice Solutions for Network Telephony

SAN JOSE, Calif. -- (January 8, 1996) -- Novell, Inc. and Voysys
Corporation today announced a partnership and development agreement to
deliver value-priced voice solutions that unify network information,
telephone call control and voice processing through Novell's NetWare
Telephony Services and the Telephony Services API (TSAPI). Through this
relationship, Voysys and Novell will provide solutions that allow
businesses to efficiently format, present and retrieve information through
the telephone system and through any connected computing device.

The joint development work of Novell and Voysys will focus on bringing new
network telephony capabilities to customers in small and mid- size
businesses and corporate departments. In these environments, call control
and voice processing systems are emerging and network infrastructures are
largely in place, but there is no effective link between them. The two
companies will integrate networks, call control and voice processing
through NetWare Telephony Services, the market leading network telephony
solution. This integration allows network devices and services to be
unified in solutions that control calls and voice processing. Customers
will gain faster and more convenient access to network information,
locally or remotely, using either a PC or a telephone.

"Computer telephony is one of the fastest growing markets in the technology
industry," stated Barry Obrand, President and CEO of Voysys. "Yet to date,
the majority of solutions have focused on large corporate call centers.
Voysys and Novell have joined forces to change this by integrating
information management, telephony, and voice processing. This integration
has the potential to greatly improve corporate communications, streamline
processes, shorten business cycles, and enable the creation of entirely
new application areas for network users."

"Information delivered through networks drives business operations," said
Tom Steding, Vice President of Novell's Communication Infrastructure
Division. "Today, NetWare Telephony Services allows information to
accelerate business communications through network telephony call control.
Integrating voice technologies, businesses can improve their availability
by formatting, presenting and retrieving information through the telephone
system and through any connected computing device. Voysys is a leader in
the voice processing market, and will help Novell unify voice with network
information and call control."

Voice processing automates the exchange of information through a voice
medium. For example, voice solutions have historically been
cost-prohibitive, inadequately scaled to customer needs, or isolated from
integration with call control. Through this partnership, the NetWare
Telephony Services environment will deliver solutions that enhance
availability of businesses and information, resulting in accelerated
business communications.

As of September 1995, there were 57 million total nodes in PC LANs, with an
average of at least 16 nodes per network, according to International Data
Corporation--totaling approximately 3.6 million installed PC LAN operating
systems on servers in the world. By 1999, 83 million nodes will be
connected to LANs, with an average of 19 nodes per network, which is
equivalent to 4.5 million total LANs.

According to Dataquest, the link software and application software portion
of the computer telephony integration market was $154 million in 1994. By
1998, it is expected to grow to $2.8 billion, excluding existing or new
telephone infrastructures and computing resources. This partnership
uniquely positions Novell and Voysys to lead the market in the unification
of network information, call control and voice processing.

In October 1995, Novell unveiled a comprehensive roadmap to the future of
its NetWare Telephony Services and Telephony Services (TSAPI). A key tenet
of Novell's roadmap is to add voice capabilities to its call control
platforms. This partnership with Voysys will allow Novell to fulfill its
commitment to integrate voice capabilities with network telephony. The
other tenets of Novell's roadmap include a commitment to ensure
interoperability through standards and a Novell "tested and approved"
program, a commitment to simplify access and increase the power of call
control through API services, a commitment to deliver complete telephony
solutions through Novell's distribution channel including delivery of
Novell's application call control enablement tool (code-named CPS), and a
commitment to deliver a plan for pervasive access to corporate and public
telephone services. Novell will fulfill all of these commitments by the
end of the second quarter in 1996.

A leader in the global telephony market, Voysys Corporation designs,
manufactures and markets innovative voice communications systems for small
and mid-size businesses and corporate departments. In the United States
alone in 1994, Voysys earned over 26% market share of voice messaging
systems units sold. The company also provides computer telephony
integration (CTI) products that allow information in PC databases to be
accessed from a standard touch-tone telephone. The company sells its
products through the dealer and reseller channels, as well as through OEM
agreements with some of the world's largest telecommunications companies,
including AT&T, Northern Telecom, Mitel and Tadiran. Founded in 1986,
Voysys is a privately-held company based in Fremont, California.
 
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