Attachmate Announces e-Vantage as Complement to Unisys e-@ction Solutions, Participates in Unisys Launch Event.

CINCINNATI--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 27, 1999--

Attachmate announced e-Vantage products and services that complement today's major launch of Unisys e-@ction Solutions for e-business. Attachmate fully endorses the Unisys e-@ction Solutions and notes that the e-Vantage products work together with Unisys technologies to provide e-business solutions. Specifically, Attachmate's e-Vantage family of software and services has been designed to enable fast and cost effective e-business application development for users of Unisys mainframe computers. e-Vantage provides Java applets, browser based host access management, security servers and Web publishing capabilities enabling mainframe users to leverage their legacy business rules and data when developing e-business applications.

Attachmate joined a select group of Unisys partners, including Microsoft, Intel, BEA, and Cisco, in participating in today's Unisys launch event in New York City. Attachmate demonstrated an e-banking application that combined the power of Attachmate e-Vantage with Unisys technologies to provide a superior customer solution for Harbor Federal Savings Bank of Fort Pierce, Florida. According to Mike Brown, president of Harbor Federal, "the entire project took less time than expected and came in under budget because e-Vantage effectively used the tried and true business rules on the Unisys mainframe."

"Attachmate's long standing partnership with Unisys in selling traditional thick clients connected to Unisys mainframes is entering a new era with these e-business introductions," said Chris Buckingham, vice president and general manager of the Attachmate Unisys Group. "We expect that 60% of the Unisys mainframe users will release at least one e-business application in 2000. Since 80% of Unisys users currently use Attachmate's thick client connectivity products, the move to Web access using the e-Vantage and Unisys e-@ction Solutions offers significant opportunities for both companies."

e-Vantage and Unisys e-@ction Solutions constitute just another example of Attachmate and Unisys providing synergistic solutions for their customers. By combining Attachmate applications and Unisys mainframes, Unisys mainframe customers are enabled to pursue e-business to achieve competitive advantage.

Brian Hadfield, vice president of marketing for Unisys, remarked, "the e-business environment requires close partnerships with many companies. e-Vantage from Attachmate provides our mainframe customers with a toolset for leveraging legacy resources on Unisys mainframes as well as IBM, DEC, and UNIX hosts. We are pleased to have Attachmate as a partner, along with Microsoft, Intel, BEA, and Cisco."

Attachmate Corporation

For over seventeen years, Attachmate connectivity software has enabled mission-critical information located on Unisys and IBM mainframes and midrange systems, UNIX(R) systems and DEC(R)/VAX(R) systems to be safely and securely extended to users' desktops. One of the world's largest software companies, with more than 10 million users, Attachmate also offers e-business solutions, management software, application development tools, and hardware to help people access and use corporate data. A team of technical support and consulting experts backs all of Attachmate's products. With offices in more than thirty countries, Attachmate's products and services are available worldwide. For information about Attachmate Corporation, contact Attachmate's headquarters in Bellevue, Washington at Tel: [phone]; Fax: [phone] or toll free at Tel: [phone]. Attachmate's World Wide Web address is http://www.attachmate.com.

Attachmate's Unisys(R) Group provides a wide range of access solutions to users of Unisys and other hosts. Attachmate is the premier provider of desktop connectivity for the Unisys community. For information about Attachmate products and services for Unisys Environments, contact Attachmate Unisys Group in Cincinnati, Ohio at Tel: [phone] or 513/745-0500; Fax: [phone]; Web: www.attachmate.com/unisys.