SEATTLE, Wash. - (May 8, 1995) -- Attachmate Corp. today showed new
products that allow users of Microsoft Mail, Schedule and Exchange Server
to share information and schedule meetings with IBM PROFS, OfficeVision/VM
and SNADS users. ZIP! Office Gateway for Microsoft Exchange to PROFS, ZIP!
Office Gateway for Microsoft Exchange to SNADS, and ZIP! Office Client
Connection for Microsoft Mail to PROFS are being demonstrated for the
first time in the Microsoft Corp. booth (#201) at the annual conference
and exposition of the Electronic Messaging Association (EMA) in New
Orleans, LA (May 8-11).

ZIP! Office Gateway for Microsoft Exchange to PROFS, ZIP! Office Gateway
for Microsoft Exchange to SNADS, and ZIP! Office Client Connection for
Microsoft Mail to PROFS are the result of a technology sharing and
licensing agreement signed in January between Microsoft and Attachmate.
Attachmate agreed to develop, sell and support the products for its
enterprise customers worldwide.

The ZIP! Office connectivity products give Microsoft desktop software users
a choice of "back-end" messaging platforms. ZIP! Office Client Connection
for Microsoft Mail to PROFS permits PROFS or OfficeVision/VM users to
continue using their existing mainframe system as a mail server, while
migrating to Microsoft Mail as a mail client. ZIP! Office Gateway for
Microsoft Exchange to PROFS, on the other hand, allows users to take
advantage of Microsoft Exchange Server as a messaging server instead of
the mainframe. ZIP! Office Gateway for Microsoft Exchange to PROFS allows
Exchange clients to send/receive information and schedule meetings in
real-time with PROFS and OfficeVision/VM users. ZIP! Office Gateway
Microsoft Exchange to SNADS facilitates enterprise-wide messaging by
allowing Microsoft Exchange clients to share information with SNADS-based
systems including OfficeVision/MVS (via DISOSS or OfficePath),
OfficeVision/400, IBM Mail Exchange and Verimation Memo users.

ZIP! Office Gateway for Microsoft Exchange to PROFS and ZIP! Office Gateway
for Microsoft Exchange to SNADS products are tightly integrated with
Microsoft Windows NT Server, Microsoft Exchange Server administration and
directory services, Microsoft SNA Server and other Microsoft Exchange
Server gateways. This tight integration makes possible high performance
and reduced system administration.

"The ZIP! Office products for Microsoft provide PROFS, OfficeVision/VM, or
SNADS users with a strategic messaging client that dramatically enhances
productivity via a graphical user interface and brings host users into the
world of integrated Microsoft Windows based-desktops, information at their
fingertips and file sharing," said Larry Zito, executive vice president of
Client/Server Products for Attachmate.

The ZIP! Office connectivity products for Microsoft use the MAPI
architecture. MAPI (Messaging Application Programming Interface) provides
an open, robust and full-featured interface for both client and server
applications that includes directory, transport, and mailbox services.

"MAPI has become a de facto standard for messaging. It allows a wide
variety of desktop and server applications to access scalable platforms
such as Microsoft Exchange Server. MAPI is a much needed component to
enable information sharing across large enterprise networks," commented
Chris Pottinger, director of product management, Enterprise Networking
Products.

ZIP! Office Client Connection for Microsoft Mail to PROFS v1.0 for users of
Windows 3.1 is available for immediate shipments. ZIP! Office Client
Connection for Microsoft Mail to PROFS v2.0 for users of Windows 95, ZIP!
Office Gateway for Microsoft Exchange to PROFS, and ZIP! Office Gateway
for Microsoft Exchange to SNADS will be available within 60 days of
general availability of the required Microsoft software platforms.

ABOUT ATTACHMATE

Attachmate, headquartered in Bellevue, Washington, is the worldwide leading
market provider of enterprise connectivity software products that enable
businesses to access, manipulate and exchange information and applications
residing on host computers. The company's leading product lines allow
users to connect to virtually any host, across any network, from any
desktop, regardless of operating system. Attachmate also manufactures
information access and productivity-enhancing software ranging from remote
access and host communication products to client/server, groupware,
host-server, and software distribution applications. You can reach
Attachmate at (206) 644-4010 or toll free (800) 426-6283.

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