New World Wide Web Software from Simware Gives Any PC Web Browser Direct
Access to Enterprise Applications

Simware's "Salvo" is the first PC solution to transparently provide
familiar Web browser interface to enterprise applications

OTTAWA, CANADA--In a move designed to give corporate Intranet users better
access to company information residing in their enterprise applications,
Simware, Inc. (Nasdaq: SIMWF) announced today that is has developed a
"plug and play" application that can be used transparently with any World
Wide Web browser. The new software, called "Salvo," simplifies enterprise
access for PC users by giving them the easy, familiar, point-and-click
interface of the Web browser, for any 3270 application. In dynamically
translating 3270 datastreams to HTML and vice versa, it requires no
changes to host applications and no programming by the user.

Simware will begin distributing free evaluation copies of the personal
edition of Salvo, on Wednesday, January 24, 1996. Users can download it
from the company's Web site (http://www.simware.com/salvo). A server
edition of Salvo will be available for evaluation within 60 days.

Salvo is especially useful to companies with their own Intranets, which
Forrester Research (Cambridge, Mass.) defines as "internal TCP/IP networks
that carry Internet-developed applications like the Web." According to
Zona Research (Redwood City, Calif.), Intranets today link some 15-million
corporate workers. More than half of the 250,000 computers supporting
World Wide Web services are posting data exclusively as Intranet sites.

Salvo Personal Edition for Individual PC Users

The Salvo Personal Edition is a plug-and-play software program that is
installed on an individual user's PC and works with their Windows-based
Web browser, running on Windows 95, Windows 3.1, Windows for Workgroups
3.11 or Windows NT. Salvo supports Web browsers compatible with the HTML
2.0 standard, including popular browsers such as NetScape Navigator,
Microsoft Internet Explorer and Mosaic. It requires no additional
hardware, software, programming or host changes. Installation is easy,
eliminating the need for support from corporate IS. Free evaluation copies
can be downloaded, and the production version can be purchased for
$49.00.

Salvo Server Edition Offers Added Functionality, Centralized Management

The Salvo Server Edition is also a plug-and-play software program that
works in conjunction with a corporation's existing Web server software, be
it NT or UNIX-based, including the popular NetScape Communications Server.
The initial release will run on Windows NT, and allow platform-independent
access to mainframe applications from Web browsers running on
Windows-based systems, such as Windows 3.x, Windows 95, and Windows NT,
plus Macintosh, OS/2 and UNIX implementations.

Further, the Salvo Server Edition provides additional functionality and
flexibility for Intranet administrators, allowing them to automatically
connect users to their applications, with no need to navigate through
complex logon processes.

Salvo Attacks Enterprise Cost-of-Ownership By providing web access to host
applications Salvo attacks the cost-of-ownership issue head-on.

* Cheaper to Buy:  Salvo's server-based architecture allows IS to provide
3270 access at a per-seat cost far less than equipping each user with his
own emulation product. Current web browser software can serve as the
"universal client" as no additional software needs to be installed on the
client to gain access to mainframes.

* Cheaper to Support:  Salvo allows users to work with standard, simple web
browsers that are much easier to install, configure and use than complex
3270 emulation products. Further, software distribution and support to the
desktop, currently an onerous and expensive task, is virtually
eliminated.

* Faster to Implement:  For many organizations whose users already have web
browsers, just installing the plug-and-play Salvo solution gives instant
access to the Intranet user community.

* Faster to Enhance:  Salvo provides IS with an easy way to customize the
3270-to-HTML translation to provide enhanced output or automated
processing of input. Salvo's customization procedures can even integrate
data from other sources with that of the 3270 applications completely
transparent to both the applications and the users. Salvo allows IS to
override automatically generated HTML pages to create their own pages,
with drop-down boxes, buttons etc. They can also integrate multimedia
elements into the presentation, such as sound, images and video. Because
this application development is centrally administered, these front ends
can be made available to users immediately upon completion, without costly
software distribution efforts. Examples of front-end applications include
sales force automation, inventory tracking, and electronic commerce
applications.

Importance of the Intranet Growing Rapidly

Construction of Intranet sites is rapidly gaining momentum: According to a
recent survey by Zona Research, sales of Intranet software will rise from
$142-million in 1995, to $488-million in 1996, and $1.2-billion in 1997.

Gartner Group predicts that more than 50% of large enterprises will have
deployed Intranets by 1998. According to John Girard, research director
for networking technologies and strategies at Gartner Group, "The new
capability being unleashed by HTML-to-3270 translators allows IS to do
more with less. Having easy access to enterprise information over the Web
means that companies can concentrate their energy on substantive issues
like providing appropriate content, not on how they will distribute the
information once it is compiled."

Simware's vice president of marketing, Christopher Fedorko, said "Salvo
saves companies time and money by using a proven, open presentation method
to access enterprise information. Training costs are substantially
reduced, there is no cost for the purchase of additional software,
companies can effortlessly extend their presentation standard to all
enterprise applications, and customization and control are greatly
simplified. Salvo opens fire on the high cost of ownership."

John Dunkle, president of WorkGroup Strategic (Portsmouth, N.H.), added
that, "Salvo makes Web browsers the key to the enterprise because
approximately 73% of all real-time transactions in the world still run on
mainframe-based networks. Salvo gives Internet builders seamless,
intuitive access to that wealth of enterprise information for their
corporate users, and for their strategic business partners."

How Salvo Works

Salvo's features make it particularly valuable for users. It translates
3270 datastreams to HTML and vice versa, and automatically presents the
mainframe information in a familiar, web-like fashion. When a Web browser
accesses a mainframe, Salvo translates the web browser's HTML screen to
3270 data and sends it to the mainframe application via standard
protocols. When the mainframe applications need to send something to the
client, Salvo receives the 3270 data and translates it to HTML for viewing
in the web browser in the usual web style.

Virtual Tour and More Information Available On-line More information on
Salvo is available on-line at Simware's Web site:

* Downloadable Salvo software for evaluation
* A VRML "virtual reality tour" of how the product works
* Complete specifications for Salvo
* Electronic brochure, presentation and white paper
* Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Point your Web browser to http://www.simware.com/salvo.

About Simware

Simware Inc. is a leading provider of connectivity and LAN automation
software. The company focuses on the automation capabilities of its
products to provide solutions that make it easier for users to get to the
information they need and to provide IS with tools that directly address
their cost of ownership challenges. Customers include Chevron, Citibank,
Levi Strauss and the U.S. *Departments of Commerce and Justice. Founded in
1982, Simware is a publicly traded company (Nasdaq: SIMWF) headquartered
in Ottawa, with offices in North America and Europe.

Contacts Available for Comment (Quotes in News Release)

John Dunkle, president
WorkGroup Strategic Services, Inc.
Voice: 603-431-4409

Christopher Fedorko, v.p. marketing
Simware, Inc.
Voice: 613-228-5116

John Girard, research director
Networking Technologies and Strategies
Gartner Group
Voice: 203-316-1111
 
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