IBM and Development Partners Unveil New Software Technology in Music City,
USA

Three thousand software developers convene for IBM Technical Interchange

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, April 23, 1996. . .Three thousand software developers
from around the world today converged on the home of country music for the
IBM Technical Interchange '96 (April 23-26). An Annual conference,
Technical Interchange offers software developers the opportunity to
explore the latest in software technology and discuss the best way to
apply that technology to match the requirements of today's business
environment.

"Technical Interchange is a gathering of the best and the brightest
software developers from around the world," said Gian Carlo Bisone,
general manager of software marketing, Software Group, IBM. "Strong
independent software support is crucial to the success of our products and
we are delighted with the level of attendance. IBM has two priorities this
week: to share our new technology with developers and to listen and learn
so that we continue to make it easier for these companies to do business
with IBM."

Reflecting its importance, the Technical Interchange is a major forum for
new product announcements showcasing application development and systems
management as well as speech recognition and Internet access and support.

IBM hit the headlines today with a range of new products and programs all
designed with a common purpose: to make computing in a complex and
highly-networked world easier for developers, users and information
technology managers.

Tires of pecking at a computer keyboard? IBM brings relief with the
'tell-your-computer-what-to-do magic' unveiled in an early copy of the
next version of OS/2 Warp, code-named Merlin. With built in speech
navigation and dictation capabilities, the new operating system takes the
concept of ease-of-use to another level for personal computer users around
the world. Other improvements include a user interface incorporating an
enhanced version of Lotus SmartCenter and easier-than-ever Internet
access.

Demonstrating leadership in enabling the integration of heterogeneous
networks and applications, IBM continued its roll out of the Enterprise
Communications family of server and clients. The Communications Server for
OS/2 and AIX, part of the recently announced IBM Software Servers,
represent a leap forward in communications solutions.

To help small to mid-size System/390 users upgrade to new technology, IBM
announced new enterprise computing hardware and software offerings that
reflect an open, total solution approach to business problems. These
include a new server called R/390, which combines a RS/6000 computer with
an integrated S/390 processor card, providing customers with the
flexibility to exploit both S/390 and UNIX capabilities in the
heterogeneous world of network computing.

And a Year 2000-ready version of the VSE/ESA operating system which
provides companies with the tools they need to make the necessary systems
modifications so that date changes are not problematic on January 1,
2000.

Designed to help commercial solution developers grow their business and
benefit from teaming with IBM, the company announced the Solution
Developer Program. This new program streamlines and improves support for
companies, large and small, writing applications and programs that run on
IBM hardware and software platforms.

Contributing to the growth of component commerce, which makes it easier for
developers to build and maintain applications, IBM announced that software
developers can now download SOMobjects Version 2.1 from the Internet at no
charge. This enables developers to take advantage of standards-based
System Object Model (SOM) technology for creating and using component
software. In addition, IBM announced the early availability of the next
release of SOM, SOM 3.0 for OS/2, as well as a new World Wide Web site for
SOMobjects support and information -- SOMware on the WEB is at
http://www.software.ibm.com/objects/somobjects.

Making it easier for AIX users to access the Internet, IBM announced the
latest release of its AIX operating system (Version 4.2) which includes
new features that enhance portability, scalability and usability, while
adding significant new Internet capabilities and packaging options.

The following software development partners will also be making
announcements: Computer Data Strategies, Development Technologies, MGI,
Softouch Systems, Stardock Systems, Pinnacle Technology, Syntegration and
T4 Systems.

For more information on IBM Technical Interchange and the excitement in
Nashville this week, visit the show's web site at
http://www.austin.ibm.com/developer/conferences/ti_96.

For Internet users, IBM offers complete information about the company, its
products, services and technology on the World Wide Web. The IBM home page
is http://www.ibm.com. The fastest, easiest way to find any information
about IBM software is to go to the IBM Software home page at
http://www.software.ibm.com. The IBM Fax Information Service allows you to
receive facsimiles of prior IBM product press releases. Dial
1-800-IBM-4FAX and enter "99" at the voice menu.

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should be directed to your local IBM representative.
 
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