IBM Brings Client/Server Transaction Processing Power to the Desktop

Delivering on CICS' any client-to-any server' strategy

Somers, N.Y., Jan. 24, 1995...IBM, the world's leading software vendor,
delivered on its 'any client-to-any server' strategy for transaction
processing by announcing today the first CICS transaction processing
software clients that will allow PC users to connect to any computer
server that runs CICS software. The power of this connectivity gives
customers new flexibility to build the client/server transaction
processing environments on which businesses depend for online commerce,
such as electronic funds transfer or sales information. New versions of
existing CICS software servers are also announced for OS/2 and AIX
operating systems.

CICS is IBM's industry-leading transaction processing software used by 90%
of the Fortune 500 companies. It provides a high performance software
environment in which to run business applications, and helps solve the
portability, interoperability and scalability issues customers face when
deploying applications across a multi-vendor network.

"Our customers have long valued and relied upon CICS to run their
day-to-day applications," said Don Haile, general manager of IBM's
Networking Software Division. "With today's announcements we are providing
our customers with an even easier way to run their key applications on
client/server systems and integrate them with their current desktop
tools."

                    - NEW ANNOUNCEMENTS -

> CICS clients:

The new CICS software clients will run on OS/2, Windows, DOS and Macintosh.
They can directly access all CICS software servers, which scale from PCs
to mainframe systems, and support a variety of Local Area Network (LAN)
environments including OS/2 and NetWare.

> CICS servers:

- CICS for AIX V1.2 enhancing CICS as the leading transaction processing
software for UNIX with significant performance gains, improved
installation and configuration, and client support.

- CICS for OS/2 V2.0.1 reinforcing OS/2 Warp for business-critical
computing, with enhanced application development capabilities and client
support.

IBM has also announced new client features for CICS for MVS/ESA that will
let customers connect CICS clients and UNIX systems to mainframe CICS
applications.

             - INDUSTRY SUPPORT FOR CLIENT/SERVER CICS -

The new CICS clients announced today give customers and software vendors
the opportunity to access and exploit business-critical information
directly from their standard desktop packages. Software vendors are
already recognizing the value of bringing the power of CICS to the
desktop:

"More and more companies are coming to depend on Lotus Notes to compress
the time and improve the results of everyday business processes. Many
companies also rely on CICS to manage their business critical applications
and data," said Jeff Papows, Vice President, Lotus Communications Products
Division. "The new CICS clients offer an opportunity to users of Lotus
Notes and other Lotus desktop products to easily integrate these two very
diverse environments in a seamless fashion."

Thousands of software vendors, application providers, systems integrators,
and software service organizations around the world are working with CICS
products. Vendors interested in more information on IBM's CICS, should
call 301-240-8143 in the U.S., and 44-962-816635 outside of the U.S.

                    - AVAILABILITY -

All products are available now.

This announcement is consistent with the IBM Open Blueprint, which is the
market-leading approach for open, distributed computing. Since it
incorporates  a range of standards, the Open Blueprint offers the best
assurance that businesses can build, run and manage distributed
applications in a diverse, multivendor world.

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