Client-server Solutions for Microsoft Windows NT Shown at Windows World

Applications From Major Vendors Demonstrate Power, Reliability, Openness

ATLANTA--May 24, 1993--Microsoft Corporation and independent software
vendors (ISVs) together are demonstrating tremendous application support
for the Microsoft Windows NT operating system this week at Windows World.
Of the more than 1,000 32-bit applications listed in the Win32
Applications Catalog from Microsoft, more than 100 are being shown by ISVs
in all of the major categories essential for deploying business-critical
client-server computing. These categories include enterprise business
solutions, database and application servers, enterprise-wide connectivity
products, system management software, development tools and technical
applications.

The demonstrations are taking place in the Microsoft Partners in Innovation
booth (#W8214), an area at Windows World designed to showcase
client-server solutions for the Windows NT operating system. The Win32
Applications Catalog is also being distributed to attendees from this
booth.

"Customers buy solutions, not operating systems, so the critical factor for
the success of an operating system is the availability of applications,"
said Paul Maritz, senior vice president of the systems division at
Microsoft. "We are thrilled with the breadth and depth of applications for
Windows NT being shown in our Partners in Innovation booth. With the
availability of all these products from so many leading ISVs, corporations
have everything they need to build and manage robust client-server
solutions on Windows NT."

Enterprise Business Solutions

Businesses are using client-server technology to bring mainframe-capacity
bu applications to PC platforms. Such applications require the power and
reliability of while also benefiting from its ease of use and great price
performance. Vendors of enterprise solutions demonstrating versions of
their applications for Windows NT at Windows World include Executive
Software; Great Plains Software; Ideas; Lawson Software; Lifesoft;
Platinum Software Corporation; Timeline, Inc.; VMark Software; and
Wonderware.

"Our strategy with enterprise-wide business applications is identical to
Microsoft's strategy for Windows NT--providing a truly open, portable and
scalable solution," said Dan Metzger, vice president of marketing at
Lawson Software. "What Lawson has done with business applications is what
Microsoft is offering the client-server market with Windows NT: the
promise of a common environment that makes support of the enterprise-wide
system painless, less complicated, more efficient and better controlled."

Database and Application Servers

Database servers allow businesses to manage large databases across
heterogeneous networks. When combined with the power and reliability of
Windows NT, database servers allow corporations to manage
business-critical applications. Windows NT provides the power and
reliability required for such high-end, transaction-oriented database
servers. Application and database server vendors demonstrating Windows
NT-based versions of their applications at Windows World include Automated
Network Technologies; Calera Recognition Systems; Cincom Systems, Inc.;
Desktop Data, Inc.; Gupta Corporation; Informix Software Inc.; Ingres;
Lucas Management Systems; Microsoft Corporation; Objectivity; Oracle
Corporation; Poet Software Corporation; and ViewStar Corporation.

Enterprise Connectivity Products

EnterPrise Connectivity Products allow Windows NT to fit into and enhance
current enterprise network. Whether being used as a high-end desktop, an
application server on another network or as a corporate network, Windows
NT has open, industry-standard that allow it to fit into an existing
corporate enterprise. Consequently, customers can adopt Windows NT-based
solutions to meet their particular needs while maintaining their existing
networks. All of the key connectivity vendors are showcasing their
products for Windows NT at Windows World: Attachmate Corporation; Banyan
Systems, Inc.; Beame & Whiteside; DCA; Eicon Technology Corporation;
Frontier Technologies Corporation; KEA Systems Ltd.; Microsoft
Corporation; NetSoft; Novell, Inc.; and SunSelect, a Sun Microsystems,
Inc. business.

"Support for Windows NT is part of Banyan's commitment to providing our
customers with the widest possible choice of desktop environments. Acting
as a VINES client, Windows NT is an advanced platform for supporting both
users and client-server applications such as Microsoft SQL Server
throughout the enterprise," said Jim D'Arezzo, vice president, marketing,
Banyan Systems, Inc.

System Management Software

Systems management software is essential to effective enterprise computing,
and Windows NT is an enabling platform. Developers are providing solid
management solutions across the enterprise that take advantage of the
robust platform Windows NT offers. Vendors of systems management software
demonstrating versions of their applications for Windows NT at Windows
World include Fourth Wave Technology; Legent Corporation; Microsoft
Corporation; Saber Software Corporation; ProTools, Inc.; and Tivoli
Systems.

"Windows NT is the platform many customers have been waiting for to build
advanced client-server applications that span their enterprises," said
Frank Moss, president of Tivoli Systems, Inc. "The cost of managing large
numbers of widely distributed Windows NT systems will be one of the
primary roadblocks to the rapid adoption of Windows NT in the enterprise.
Tivoli's industry-endorsed software framework and management applications,
along number of applications being built by our third-party partners, will
give customers the complete solution they need for managing Windows NT in
these environments."

Development Tools

Traditional development tools previously used by many developers that can
now be used on Windows NT for business-critical applications development
and for mainframe applications migration to the Windows NT-based
client-server platform will be demonstrated at Windows World. Also
included will be new tools that help build complete client-server
solutions leveraging the Windows NT architecture. Vendors demonstrating
development tools include Bachman Information Systems, Inc.; Computer
Associates; Congruent Corporation; Cooperative Solutions; Digital
Equipment Corporation; Intelligent Environments; Intersolv, Inc.; Kenan
Technologies; Kofax Image Products; KnowledgeWare, Inc.; LBMS, Inc.; Logic
Works; Neuron Data, Inc.; Microsoft Corporation; Mozart Systems
Corporation; PharLap Software, Inc.; Softbridge, Inc.; Texas Instruments;
and WinClient Technologies.

"As we continue to expand on our market leadership in client-server
application development tools, we are actively evaluating and supporting
operating systems that provide our customers with highly productive
development environments," said Donald P. Addington, president and chief
operating officer of KnowledgeWare. "Windows NT promises to provide such
an environment for our customers."

Technical Applications

Technical applications are compute-intensive applications requiring
powerful hardware platforms. Many are graphically intensive engineering
applications. The Windows NT operating system has all of the power and
features necessary to host technical/engineering applications in a 32-bit
environment plus the capability to use these along with popular desktop
productivity applications. The Windows NT powerful 32-bit platform
benefits technical users by offering one PC platform to run both their
engineering and desktop productivity applications. The Windows NT powerful
32-bit platform benefits technical users by offering one PC platform to
run both their engineering and desktop productivity applications.

Vendors of technical applications demonstrating versions of their products
for Windows NT at Windows World include Adobe Systems, Inc.; AGE Logic,
Inc.; Aldus Corporation; Altsys Corporation; Autodesk, Inc.; Autologic;
Digital Matrix Services, Inc.; Frame Technology; Intergraph Corporation;
Interleaf, Inc.; Massteck Ltd.; Mercury Interactive; Metaphor, Inc.;
National Instruments Corporation; PanData; SL Corporation; and Visual
Numerics, Inc. Vendors that are demonstrating their powerful 32-bit
desktop products include Altamira Software Corporation; Ex Machina, Inc.;
IMRS; Information Resources, Inc.; Object Productivity, Inc.; and Welcom
Software Technology.

"Previously, we had to use UNIX to host our world-class technical and
engineering applications," said Tom Steele, executive vice president,
software systems at Intergaph.  "However, Windows NT has all of UNIX's
capabilities; is easy to network, configure and use; works with thousands
of existing business and personal productivity applications for the
Microsoft Windows operating system; and provides a completely consistent
applications programming interface to developers across Intel- and
RISC-based workstations."

Hardware Support

As an advanced operating system, Windows NT requires advanced hardware
support. A number of hardware vendors will demonstrate hardware
peripherals, such as printers/plotters, video boards, RAID/optical storage
subsystems and tape backup hardware along with RISC platforms. The
participating vendors include 3COM Corporation; AST Research Inc.; Conner
Software; DeskStation Technologies Inc.; DigiBoard; Digital Equipment
Corporation; Hewlett-Packard Company; Lexmark; Maxtor Corporation; Media
Vision; NCR Corporation; NeTPower, Inc.; Olivetti; S3 Incorporated; SONY
Corporation; SuperMac Technology; Video Logic; and WYSE Technology.

"Hewlett-Packard and Microsoft have shared technology and information tc
capabilities in the Windows NT environment. This cooperation has resulted
in solutions that address customer needs for excellent support of HP's
broad range of peripherals, in printers, plotters, scanners and optical
storage systems. Integrated in Windows NT is HP software that provides
bidirectional communication with HP network-connected peripherals. Users
receive status messages, such as paper out, off-line, etc., to increase
their productivity. In addition, network administrators have access to
advanced capabilities for managing these HP products," said Bill McGlynn,
marketing manager for the printing systems group at Hewlett-Packard.

Japanese Applications

The Microsoft Partners in Innovation booth will also offer demonstrations
of several popular Japanese (Kanji) language versions of applications for
Windows NT. These Japanese versions, which demonstrate the global reach of
Windows NT, will be shown by Bitstream, Inc.; Computervision, Inc.; Eicon
Technology Corporation; and NetManage.

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