ATTACHMATE TO OFFER INDUSTRIAL STRENGTH WEB-TO-HOST ACCESS SOLUTIONS USING
MICROSOFT'S INTERNET INFORMATION SERVER

BELLEVUE, WASH. -- Attachmate - The Intranet Company - announced today that
it has committed to provide World Wide Web-to-host access solutions for
its enterprise customers on Microsoft's Internet Information Server. These
solutions combine the Internet Information Server and Windows NT Server
technologies with Attachmate's Emissary Host Publishing System software
products and consulting services.

The new server applications from the two companies allow users running any
Web browser to interact with applications and information resident on
mainframe systems without the need for special software at their
workstations. All SNA host communications and data conversion takes place
at the server.

Attachmate furthers its lead in providing software offerings in the
Intranet market by rolling out Emissary Host Publishing System and
WWW-to-host access component of Emissary Office both before the end of Q2.
"Attachmate is committed to easing the burden on IS managers," said Matt
Highsmith, vice president of Corporate Marketing and Strategy at
Attachmate. "We feel that our Intranet products and services combined with
the strength of Microsoft's Internet Information Server will enable IS
managers to establish an Intranet without worrying about compatibility and
support issues."

The Attachmate Emissary Host Publishing System software interacts with the
Microsoft Internet Information Server through the Internet Server API
(ISAPI). ISAPI is a standard programming interface specially designed for
Internet server applications. It is similar to CGI (Common Gateway
Interface) used with many current World Wide Web server systems, but
provides higher performance and scaleability by taking advantage of the
advanced functionality of the Windows NT operating system.

Gregory Sokoloff, vice president of Product Management, Attachmate
Enterprise Networking Products, explained, "ISAPI provides the foundation
for making our Web-to-host access solutions truly scaleable. By using
ISAPI, we can deliver more host data faster to more users with the same
hardware and network investment."

In addition to providing a Windows NT-based host gateway for Web users, the
Attachmate Emissary Host Publishing System will offer a rich set of
development tools based on Microsoft OLE controls. These tools allow both
casual and advanced programmers to quickly construct interactive Web pages
by "dragging and dropping" predefined objects onto visual forms. The
initial release of the Emissary Host Publishing Tools are compatible with
Microsoft Visual Basic and Visual C++ environments.

Morris Beton , group manager, Developer Relations Group, Microsoft,
emphasized the importance of the announcement by Attachmate. "Many large
enterprises have significant investments in legacy applications and data
on their mainframe systems. They now want to make this available in a cost
efficient way to wider audiences over both the Internet and corporate
Intranets using the technology of the World Wide Web. Microsoft and
Attachmate have committed to delivering robust Web- to-host access
solutions using the Windows NT server platform and ISAPI open standard."

Attachmate has also created a new consulting and services group to assist
customers with creating and deploying the new Web server applications.
Attachmate executive vice president, Larry Zito commented: "Building
client-server applications which integrate the World Wide Web with
mainframe DB2 databases, CICS programs or 3270 applications present unique
challenges. Microsoft and Attachmate have provided a rich foundation of
server tools and platforms, but with the added ingredient of consulting
services, companies can now reduce the time and risk in delivering these
Internet/Intranet applications to their users."

For users of Microsoft Internet Information Server, the Attachmate Emissary
Host Publishing System is a complete "out of the box" solution featuring
an integrated SNA engine and 3270 emulation services. It will also be
compatible with Microsoft SNA Server through its support of the WOSA
(Windows Open Service Architecture) application programming interfaces.

The ISAPI-compatible Attachmate Emissary Host Publishing System products
will ship within 90 days of general availability of the Microsoft Internet
Information Server. Attachmate Internet Consulting Services are available
now. Microsoft plans to ship its Internet Information Server in Q1 '96.
Microsoft Internet Information Server is available as a free add-on to
Windows NT Server 3.51. Attachmate Emissary Publishing System pricing will
be announced when the products ship.

ABOUT ATTACHMATE - THE INTRANET COMPANY

Attachmate is a leading provider of high quality universal information
access software and services that help organizations build secure
Intranets. The company's object-oriented client, server, authoring tool
and management software safely link together enterprise systems, Internet
systems and people. These solutions allow desktop and mobile users to
transparently access, manage and share any business information inside or
outside the organization. The Company leverages its 14 years of corporate
expertise in enterprise and Internet technologies by providing
comprehensive and knowledgeable customer consulting and support services
in more than 30 countries to help organizations build high-performance and
secure Intranet client/server systems. The sixth largest PC software
company in the world, Attachmate employs over 2,000 people.

For more information about Attachmate's products, contact Attachmate's
headquarters in Bellevue, Wash. at (206) 644-4010 or toll free (800)
426-6283. Attachmate's World Wide Web address is
http://www.attachmate.com.

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