ATTACHMATE PROVIDES ENTERPRISE-WIDE LAN-TO-HOST MESSAGING SOLUTIONS FOR
MICROSOFT EXCHANGE SERVER

Microsoft Exchange Server and Attachmate EXTRA! Connectors help customers
seamlessly integrate PROFS, OfficeVision, and SNADS with Microsoft
Exchange.

LAS VEGAS, NEV. - Attachmate - The Intranet Company - announced today that
it will provide comprehensive LAN-to-host messaging and scheduling
connectivity solutions to IBM host-based office systems users.
Attachmate's EXTRA! Connector product suite offers the only products
available to help large organizations migrate from host-based office
systems to Microsoft Exchange Server. The products, EXTRA! Connector for
PROFS/OV and EXTRA! Connector for SNADS, provide messaging and scheduling
connectivity between LAN-based systems and IBM host-based office systems
including PROFS, OfficeVision, SNADS and Verimation Memo. By combining
Microsoft Exchange Server and the Attachmate EXTRA! Connectors, companies
get all the tools necessary to seamlessly move from traditional host-based
messaging servers to Microsoft Windows NT operating system-based Microsoft
Exchange servers.

"Attachmate is a leading vendor for Microsoft desktop messaging and
scheduling connectivity requirements to and from IBM host applications,"
said Rob Shurtleff, general manager, Microsoft Exchange Server
Connectivity at Microsoft Corp. "Attachmate's EXTRA! Connectors are
important products for Exchange Server and for large enterprise accounts
that need to link host messaging systems to Microsoft Exchange."

"The EXTRA! Connectors for PROFS/OV and SNADS add yet another important
component to our complete package of Intranet communications solutions,"
said Larry Zito, executive vice president of products at Attachmate
Corporation. "Our goal is to give companies access to information across
virtually any collection of enterprise and Internet systems, including
LAN-to-host messaging and scheduling connectivity. The Attachmate EXTRA!
Connectors preserve enterprise host data access, allowing corporations
currently running systems such as PROFS to confidently embrace the
Exchange platform."

"It is impossible to completely eliminate our host-based PROFS messaging
systems as we deploy Microsoft Exchange Server," said Tom Webb, manager,
electronic messaging for Shell Services Corporation. "Shell needed a
strong integration facility to ease the transition. The
Microsoft/Attachmate integrated solution, EXTRA! Connector for PROFS/OV,
allowed us to start deploying our next-generation LAN-based messaging
system while maintaining mission critical access to IBM host resources."

The EXTRA! Connector products are gateways that run on Windows NT-based
servers. Both products encapsulate Microsoft Exchange messages across the
host messaging backbone without loss of data integrity. They provide
confirmation of delivery and read status, and support OfficeVision notes,
attachments, and documents. The EXTRA! Connector products can reside on
the same machine as Microsoft Exchange Server, and require no host code.

The EXTRA! Connector for PROFS/OV allows Microsoft Exchange Server clients
to transparently share information, and schedule meetings in real-time
with PROFS and OfficeVision/VM users. The EXTRA! Connector for PROFS/OV is
the only solution that provides real-time, bi-directional scheduling
between PROFS/OfficeVision and Microsoft Exchange Server and Microsoft
Schedule+. The EXTRA! Connector for SNADS allows users of Microsoft
Exchange Server to transparently send and receive electronic mail
information to and from users on IBM MVS and AS/400 messaging systems such
as OfficeVision/MVS, OfficeVision/400, and Verimation MEMO.

Microsoft recommends Attachmate's EXTRA! Connectors for PROFS/OV and SNADS
to all IBM host office systems users planning on implementing Microsoft
Exchange Server. In addition, Microsoft and Attachmate are combining field
efforts to help corporate customers understand and evaluate the EXTRA!
Connector solutions. Attachmate has trained systems engineers to provide
technical support to sales forces at both Microsoft and Attachmate. In
return, Microsoft's Enterprise Customer Unit is building an Intranet home
page to provide EXTRA! Connector products marketing and technical
information to its entire sales force. Consulting Services at both
companies will help enterprise customers architect seamless transitions
from PROFS to Microsoft Exchange Server. In addition, Attachmate and
Microsoft are working together to present the combined solution to
enterprise customers at their respective Executive Briefing Centers.

Attachmate and Microsoft also selected key Solution Providers that provide
professional consulting services to enterprise customers needing help
implementing migration paths from PROFS to Microsoft Exchange Server.
These Solution Providers are: New Technology Partners, Compucom, and 3S
Software. Each company is certified on the Microsoft BackOffice family,
Microsoft Exchange Server, and Attachmate EXTRA! Connectors and has
in-depth experience servicing large client organizations with critical
host connectivity needs.

PRICING AND AVAILABILITY

The EXTRA! Connector for PROFS list at a US$ price of $12,500, which
consists of single server license and 250 client access licenses.
Additional client licenses are available in 250 client access user packs
at a US$ price list of $12,500. The product will be generally available on
April 4, 1996.

The EXTRA! Connector for SNADS list at a US price of $12,000, and is based
on a per server license. Additional licenses are required for each
downstream Exchange Server at a list price of $2,000 per additional
server. The product is expected to ship within 30 days of general
availability of Microsoft Exchange Server.

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 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. Attachmate is ranked as the sixth
largest PC software company in the world according to Softletter. The
company employs over 2,000 people worldwide.

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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