ARTISOFT, INC. ACQUIRES STYLUS INNOVATION, INC. 

(TUCSON, AZ-February 13, 1996)-Artisoft, Inc. (Nasdaq: ASFT) today
announced that it has acquired substantially all of the assets of Stylus
Innovation, Inc., a leading developer of computer telephony software
applications and tools based in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Stylus is the
developer of Visual Voice, Visual Fax, and Otto, a LAN-based
autoattendant, call control and voice messaging system. The assets were
acquired in a cash transaction valued at approximately $12.8 million. 

William C. Keiper, Artisoft Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, said,
"The convergence of computer and telephone communications technologies
creates a new paradigm for business communications and offers exciting new
opportunities for providers of integrated solutions. The acquisition of
Stylus Innovation immediately positions Artisoft as a leader in the
growing computer telephony market. Coupled with our current and future
product offerings in the networking and remote communications markets, we
have a unique opportunity to deliver integrated workgroup solutions." 

Mr. Keiper further stated, "Artisoft has accomplished a comprehensive
transformation of its business and strategic focus over the past year. The
acquisition of computer telephony technologies and products is another
step in our strategy of broadening our technology portfolio, expanding our
product offerings and leveraging our distribution channels." 

Michael Cassidy, President of Stylus Innovation, added, "Stylus is one of
the pioneers of component-based telephony application development tools.
Visual Voice was the first Windows-based software component for computer
telephony solutions. Accessing Artisoft's wholesale distribution and VAR
channels, as well as retail shelf space, provides opportunities for
expanding Stylus Innovation's product reach into new markets." 

The Stylus Innovation transaction will be accounted for as a purchase. A
substantial portion of the $12.8 million purchase price (principally
attributable to in-process technology and acquisition-related costs), will
be charged to operations in the current fiscal quarter. 

Artisoft leads the industry in providing easy-to-use, affordable
networking, remote communications and computer telephony solutions for
businesses. Chosen by over 4 million users worldwide to connect and share
computer resources, Artisoft solutions include the award-winning LANtastic
family of networking products, Modem Assist Plus modem and phone line
sharing products, and CoSession remote access software. The company
maintains nine offices outside the United States, and distributes its
products in more than 100 countries. 

For more information about Artisoft or its product line, contact Artisoft,
Inc. at 2202 N. Forbes Blvd., Tucson, AZ 85745. Sales 800/233-5564.
Corporate 602/670-7100. Fax 602/670-7101
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Stylus Innovation, Inc. Backgrounder

Stylus Innovation, Inc., headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, was
founded in 1990, and is dedicated to the development of easy-to-use
applications and toolkits for computer telephony. Stylus markets software
and outsourced hardware products used in a variety of telephony
applications including Interactive Voice Response (IVR), fax-on-demand,
and voice mail. 

Stylus pioneered the concept of component-based software in the telephony
industry. Stylus introduced Windows-based development, an industry
standard language (Visual Basic), and a no-runtime fee policy to the
telephony world. Stylus Innovation's award-winning products provide host,
database, and network connectivity to telephony application developers by
leveraging the strengths of Visual Basic and the Visual Basic third-party
developer community. 

Late in 1993, Stylus launched Visual Voice which rapidly became the leading
Windows telephony development tool in the industry. Visual Voice is a
software toolkit that allows developers to easily build sophisticated
PC-based telephony applications such as interactive voice response, voice
mail, fax-on-demand, and automated outbound dialing. Visual Voice has won
numerous industry awards including Computer Telephony Product of the Year,
Byte Magazine Award of Excellence, Windows Magazine Win 100, and Visual
Basic Programmer's Magazine Readers' Choice. Dataquest ranked Stylus at #2
in market share (9.6%) of IVR systems shipped in North America in 1994,
just behind AT&T (11.3%). 

In 1995, Stylus released Otto`, a sophisticated network-based voice mail,
auto-attendant, and call control product. Otto provides many powerful
features including call screening, unified messaging, and graphical system
administration. 

Stylus products enable advanced telephony solutions for workgroups in
businesses of all sizes. Stylus' customers include Fortune 500 companies
such as Boeing, Cigna, DEC, Merck, NBC, Sony, US Air, Xerox and more than
25% of the Fortune 1000. 
 
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