MERIDIAN DATA ANNOUNCES ENHANCEMENTS TO ITS INDUSTRY-LEADING CLIENT/SERVER
CD NETWORKING SOFTWARE

Includes New CD ROM Administrative Management Tools, Advanced Capabilities
for Enterprise Networking Environments

SCOTTS VALLEY, Calif. (April 23, 1996) -- Meridian Data, Inc. (NASDAQ/NMS:
MDCD) today announced CD NET PLUS V6.1 SOFTWARE, the first CD networking
solution to incorporate CD NET TOOLS for monitoring CD application usage,
server activity and system performance. The new software vastly simplifies
the use, administration and management of enterprise CD ROM drives and
applications in Novell" NetWare" network environments.

CD Net Plus centralizes CD ROM resources on a dedicated server without
impacting the load on existing file servers, thereby optimizing network
performance. A virtually-unlimited number of CDs can be shared
simultaneously across multiple servers throughout the organization,
enabling novice and expert clients to use compact disc a standard network
peripheral device.

Easily installed on a network-ready PC server, the new software is also
bundled with Meridian's line of CD Net Servers and CD NetLink Miniservers.
This means that a high percentage of installed CD Net users--over 2
million network seats in workgroups, departments and enterprises,
worldwide--can take advantage of significant CD networking enhancements.

Advanced CD Networking Capabilities

Meridian's award-winning suite of administrative and user applications,
coupled with its advanced CD client/server architecture, has been further
enhanced with these CD Net Plus v6.1 innovations, including:

 A single control point across multiple servers for managing entire
 CD collections, granting/denying user access based on enterprise
 security and enabling corporate compliance with title licensing
 agreements;

 Real-time multiuser sharing of dozens of CDs under one or more
 desktop drive letters, eliminating the drive letter barrier existing
 in Windows and NetWare applications;

 Unprecedented scalability in the number of CD Net servers that
 can be configured and accessed throughout the enterprise--now
 supporting up to 29,000 servers per network;

 Incorporation of CD Net Tools, the first performance monitoring
 and usage statistics applications that allow an administrator
 to identify system throughput problems, quickly evaluate server
 status conditions and isolate troublesome CD ROM drives;

 Seamless integration with CD NET TOOLS PRO, new optional system
 utilities that provide detailed drill-down information on individual
 drive performance and save statistics as historical data files
 for subsequent CD ROM license justification reports;

 Refinement of CD Net's ability to service user requests simultaneously,
 including burst-mode network communications, new client-side
 caching and improved server-side caching and memory management;

 Fault-tolerant CD load balancing, in which the CD Net Plus server
 distributes client requests to replicate titles in least-busy
 CD ROM drives; and

 Remote-console Windows-native administration and configuration
 management, with logical CD ROM drive lock/unlock/eject controls
 for securing media resources.

Pricing and Availability

Available in May 1996, CD Net Plus v6.1 Software has a suggested list price
(U.S.) of $895 for a 10-concurrent-user license. Additional licenses are
configurable at the time of initial purchase or through subsequent license
expansion. CD Net Plus Software is compatible with Novell NetWare Lite,
2.x, 3.x and 4.x networks, or higher.

Organizations running previous versions of CD Net Plus can upgrade to the
new software for $195. The optional CD Net Tools Pro product is priced at
$495.

About Meridian Data

Founded in 1986, Meridian Data, is a leading provider of CD ROM networking
software and servers. Its high-productivity CD solutions are widely
employed throughout Fortune 500 and government businesses.

Meridian Data is headquartered in Scotts Valley, Calif., and maintains
offices in Lawrenceville, N.J., Herndon, Va., Atlanta, Ga., Naperville,
Ill., and London, England. Meridian's products are available through
leading distributors and value-added resellers.
 
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