Attachmate outdistances competition with EXTRA! Personal Client 6.1; While the rest of the industry struggles to catch up, Attachmate comes to market with the next generation of its leading Windows 95 enterprise information access product.

NETWORKS EXPO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 12, 1996--Attachmate - The Intranet Company(tm) - today announced EXTRA!(r) Personal Client 6.1, an enhanced release of Attachmate's highly successful and widely accepted enterprise connectivity product.

EXTRA! Personal Client is the industry's only 16-bit and 32-bit enterprise information access solution for Windows(r) 95, Windows NT(tm), and Windows 3.x.

In addition to a 32-bit version of Attachmate's award winning NetWizard(r) software management program, EXTRA! Personal Client 6.1 enhancements include support for Cisco's Native Client Interface Architecture (NCIA) and IBM's CICS(tm) Server, as well as other additional host access options. Further, EXTRA! Personal Client 6.1 features integration of Wollongong's TCP/IP technology, including the stack and a high-performance NFS client.

"With the release of EXTRA! Personal Client 6.1, Attachmate(r) is clearly drawing upon the strength of its recent Wollongong acquisition," said Elisabeth Rainge, analyst, PC Connectivity at International Data Corp. "This release enriches the scope of EXTRA! Personal Client's information access solution. It enhances the product's position in today's Intranet and enterprise network environments."

"Attachmate is in the business of linking enterprise systems, Internet systems, and people together in a corporate Intranet," said Jim Lindner, president and CEO of Attachmate. "EXTRA! Personal Client allows customers to seamlessly access, manage, and share information across the Intranet while making full use of Web and Microsoft(r) paradigms, and controlling the rising cost of support and software management."

This release provides significant measurable gains in performance and ease of use. Additionally, EXTRA! Personal Client's 32-bit component has been certified 29 percent easier to use than its industry-leading 16-bit component (EXTRA! for Windows) as measured by the Tolly Group, an independent testing organization. Plus, it's backed by Attachmate's recently announced SUPPORTWARE!(tm) 96 Program which offers customers the industry's first 72-hour critical problem resolution guarantee.

Lockheed Martin is rolling out 1,000 copies of EXTRA! Personal Client for Maryland's Department of Labor, Licensing, and Regulation (DLLR). "From an acquisition standpoint, EXTRA! Personal Client has everything we need to make this project successful," said Bob Matthews, systems integrator with Lockheed Martin. "It is the one package that gives us the access we need, a solid client/server development platform, centralized workstation management, and the ability to move the project to the Internet in the future."

EXTRA! Personal Client is deployed in production environments worldwide. While other vendors in the market have yet to release even their first Windows 95 version, EXTRA! Personal Client 6.1 offers a complete set of mature product features and components along with other productivity enhancements for all Windows platforms.

-- New features include: an NFS(r) client, APPN enhancements, NCIA support, IRMALAN(tm) via Banyan(r) VINES(r) IP, VxD support for TCP/IP, silent mode installation, operating system auto-sensing, providing a significant increase in performance.

-- Enhancements to EXTRA! Personal Client's 32-bit component include: FT/Express(tm), DOS HLLAPI Support, 32-bit NetWizard support, and QuickFields which give enterable fields in display sessions a more Windows-like look.

-- Windows NT-specific features include: COAX DFT and SDLC support and multi-user login support.

-- Enhancements to EXTRA! Personal Client 6.1's 16-bit component include: IBM(r) CICS Server support, IBM ADSM support, NetBIOS, IPX/SPX(tm), Banyan Vines IP to IRMALAN, TN3270E support, Eicon's SNA Gateway support, multiple destinations DLC 802.2 support, and Banyan Base and Advanced support.

-- An option for Unisys(r) host connectivity is also available to EXTRA! Personal Client 6.1 desktop users. In addition, Unisys customers can purchase the connectivity of EXTRA! Personal Client as well as the existing Unisys host access in a consistently presented frame known as INFOConnect(tm).

Pricing and availability

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EXTRA! Personal Client, will be available Feb. 29, 1996, with a U.S. suggested retail price of $425. EXTRA! Personal Client 6.1 is available to the channel through major distributors including Merisel, Ingram Micro, and TechData. Localized German, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Japanese, Korean, and Chinese versions will be available in the second quarter of 1996.

About Attachmate - The Intranet Company(tm)

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Attachmate is a leading provider of high quality universal information access software and services that help organizations build secure Intranets. The company's object-oriented client, server, authoring tool and management software safely link together enterprise systems, Internet systems and people.

These solutions allow desktop and mobile users to transparently access, manage and share any business information inside or outside the organization. The Company leverages its 14 years of corporate expertise in enterprise and Internet technologies by providing comprehensive and knowledgeable customer consulting and support services in more than 30 countries to help organizations build high-performance and secure Intranet client/server systems. The sixth largest PC software company in the world, Attachmate employs over 2,000 people.

For more information about Attachmate's products, contact Attachmate's headquarters in Bellevue, Wash. at 206/644-4010 or toll free 800/426-6283. Attachmate's World Wide Web address is http://www.attachmate.com. -0-

Attachmate, NetWizard and EXTRA! are registered trademarks of Attachmate Corporation and Attachmate -The Intranet Company, IRMALAN, and FT/Express are trademarks of Attachmate Corporation.

Microsoft, Windows and Windows NT are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corp. in the United States and/or other countries.

Banyan and VINES are registered trademarks of Banyan Systems Incorporated.

IBM is a registered trademark and CICS is a trademark of International Business Machines Corporation.

UNISYS is a registered trademark and INFOConnect is a trademark of Unisys Corporation.

NFS is a registered trademark of Sun Microsystems, Inc.

IPX/SPX is a trademark of Novell, Inc.

Other trademarks and registered trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

CONTACT: Attachmate Corp.

Walter Conner, 206/649-6551

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