Wonderware Licenses Software from ASAP, Inc. For Integration in Upcoming
Wonderware Control Product

IRVINE, CALIF., MAY 7, 1996 -- Wonderware Corporation (NASDAQ Trading
Symbol: WNDR) announced today it has signed an agreement with ASAP, Inc.
of Chagrin Falls, Ohio, to license certain software code for inclusion as
part of a future PC-based control software product.

Wonderware will incorporate patented technology from ASAP's ASIC-100
product to provide additional operating features of a "soft PLC"
(Programmable Logic Controller) control package to be announced later this
year as part of the Wonderware Factory Suite of industrial automation
software programs. The intent of the license agreement is to accelerate
development of the PC-based control product, according to David Emery,
Wonderware marketing manager for control products.

"Unlike other control software packages that tend to be specific to a
single type of application, our upcoming control product ultimately is
intended to support a broad range of applications, including discrete
manufacturing control, motion control and process control," Emery said.
"We have been developing just such a high performance product during the
past two years at our Johnson City, Tenn., development center. We have
decided to license code from ASAP and other key third-party suppliers so
that we can respond more quickly to growing market demand for 'soft PLC'
products and bring it to market much sooner."

The new product is expected to be announced early in the fourth quarter of
1996, Emery noted. It will be a real-time, PC-based control system that
runs on the Windows NT operating system and supports Microsoft OLE
Automation and OCX technologies. It will support industry standards such
as the IEC 1131 and RS 274D G-code programming languages as well as make
use of standard PLC I/O systems and data networks.

"This control package will also be tightly integrated with the Wonderware
InTouch supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) system so that it
will have the same look and feel as the other members of the Factory Suite
- which includes our Wonderware InTrack manufacturing execution system
(MES) and our Wonderware InBatch flexible batch management system," Emery
added.

Wonderware Corporation is the leading independent supplier of Windows-based
software for the industrial automation marketplace, providing the
Wonderware Factory Suite of integrated application generation tools.
Founded in 1987, the company is headquartered in Irvine, Calif., and has
regional offices in the U.S., Europe and Asia to provide support to its
worldwide distributor channel. The company reported revenues of $16
million for the first quarter of 1996.
 
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