Hummingbird Signs Agreement With Digital Equipment Corporation To Market
Hummingbird Software Worldwide

NORTH YORK, ONTARIO, CANADA, MAY 27, 1996 - Hummingbird Communications
Ltd., (Nasdaq: "HUMCF" and TSE: "HUM"), the technology and market leader
in the worldwide PC to UNIX integration software industry, and Digital
Equipment Corporation (Digital), have signed an agreement for Digital to
market Hummingbird's software products worldwide.

Hummingbird and Digital have expanded their marketing relationship and have
signed an agreement to ship evaluation copies of Hummingbird's Exceed and
NFS Maestro software products for Windows NT (Alpha and Intel versions)
with Digital's new XL Personal Workstation product line, targeting the CAD
and high end graphics markets. "This agreement allows Hummingbird to gain
exposure with Digital's customer base worldwide while providing Digital
customers with a wider range of internetworking solutions," said Jan
Adamek, Hummingbird's Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing. "By
adding evaluation copies of our PC X Windows and NFS connectivity software
to the distribution of Digital's new XL Personal Workstations, Hummingbird
will undoubtedly strengthen the position of its products by penetrating
additional markets worldwide."

"With Hummingbird's Exceed and NFS Maestro software, we can provide our
customers with UNIX and Windows NT interoperability - a key requirement in
today's mixed computing environments," said Bill Glazier, director of
marketing for Digital's Workstation Business Segment. "Because Hummingbird
is the world's leader in the PC X server market, this agreement, this
agreement will enable our customers to evaluate and have access to the
leading X Windows and NFS connectivity solutions on the market today."

Hummingbird's products include the award-winning Exceed PC X server
software, which comprises internetworking solutions for Windows, OS/2,
Windows NT, and Windows 95. The Exceed line has long been regarded as the
most robust and feature rich PC X server line available. Hummingbird's NFS
Maestro family included high performance Network File System client and
server packages for all popular PC platforms, and the Company's new
intranet desktop software, Columbus for Windows, is the first intranet
solution to integrate portable electronic document technology, and other
powerful facilities that enable collaborative computing.

Digital Equipment Corporation is the world's leader in open client/server
solutions from personal computing to integrated worldwide information
systems. Digital's scaleable Alpha platforms, storage, networking,
software and services, together with industry-focused solutions from
business partners, help organizations compete and win in today's global
marketplace.

Hummingbird Communications Ltd. specializes in the development of PC to
enterprise internetworking software products that provide seamless
integration within corporate networks. The Company offers its award-
winning Exceed line of PC X servers, the high performance NFS Maestro
line, and Columbus, the Intranet desktop software product that integrates
portable electronic document technology. Hummingbird products are sold and
supported internationally by authorized resellers in more than 40
countries. The Company is headquartered in North York, Ontario, Canada,
with offices in Mountain View, C.A., Washington, D.C., and Raleigh, N.C.
in the United States; and Geneva, Switzerland; Munich, Germany; Paris,
France; and Maidenhead in the United Kingdom in Europe.
 
 =========================================================
 From the 'New Product News' Electronic News Service on...
 AOL (Keyword = New Products) and Delphi (GO COMP PROD)
 =========================================================
 This information was processed from data provided by the
 company/author mentioned. For additional details, please
 contact them directly at the address/phone# indicated.
 Trademarks are the property of their respective owners!
 =========================================================
 All submissions for this service should be addressed to:
 BAKER ENTERPRISES,  20 Ferro Dr,  Sewell, NJ  08080  USA
 Email:   rbakerpc@aol.com   --or--   rbakerpc@delphi.com
 =========================================================
