Banyan Systems expands its messaging solutions for the global enterprise; New BeyondMail for Macintosh and UNIX client platforms expand BeyondMail's cross-platform capabilities.

WESTBORO, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 17, 1995--Banyan Systems Incorporated (NASDAQ:BNYN) today announced UNIX and Macintosh client versions of its BeyondMail(R) electronic mail and workflow automation software. BeyondMail 2.1 for UNIX - SMTP Version and BeyondMail for Macintosh(R) - Intelligent Messaging(TM) Version, now extend BeyondMail's leading e-mail solution across all major client platforms: Windows(TM), DOS, UNIX, Macintosh, and remote PC systems. Banyan also today announced French, French/Canadian, German and Spanish versions of its BeyondMail for Windows product.

BeyondMail's advanced electronic mail and workflow capabilities are now available for the UNIX and Macintosh user environment, enabling BeyondMail to be deployed as the common mail solution across the enterprise regardless of client platform or mail transport. Large organizations can create comprehensive electronic mail and workflow applications that include all major computing platforms linked together via Banyan VINES(R), ENS(R), or NetWare(R) MHS(TM) networks.

"The addition of UNIX and Macintosh BeyondMail clients accelerates our delivery of cross-platform, global enterprise workflow and groupware solutions," said Eugene Lee, Banyan Systems director and general manager, Messaging Business Unit. "Providing our customers with large cross-platform messaging systems is key to our enterprise network services strategy."

BeyondMail for UNIX provides an advanced UNIX electronic mail messaging environment with full MIME support for handling rich text and compound, multi-part messages. It employs industry-standard SMTP as the mail transport agent over TCP/IP. This BeyondMail client uses a Motif(R)-based graphical user interface. BeyondMail 2.1 for UNIX supports Hewlett-Packard Corporation HP-UX(R) and Sun Microsystems Solaris(R) for SPARC UNIX operating systems.

"We are very pleased with BeyondMail 2.1 for UNIX -- the similarity between this client and the Windows client is great," said Richard Moses, electronic mail administrator at INTELSAT. "Our users can take a configuration from Windows and drop it into UNIX, and both screens look and work the same."

BeyondMail for Macintosh brings the full power, ease-of-use and configurability of BeyondMail for Windows software. Macintosh users can now take full advantage of Banyan's Intelligent Messaging III messaging service, with an enterprise client/server mail transport and message store. The client version makes full use of the StreetTalk(R) global directory service. This BeyondMail for Macintosh version will soon be available for NetWare MHS networks.

Like all other BeyondMail clients, the UNIX and Macintosh versions are easily customized. They feature MailMinders(R), a set of user agents to automate mail-handling functions, and BeyondRules(R), a scripting language that lets users create message-based workflow systems involving routing and notification. The client versions offer several layers of security, including encryption of mailboxes and transmitted messages, and are based on the BeyondWare(TM) architecture that integrates mail with workflow features, such as group scheduling, collaboration, document management and database access. Workflow applications such as the Serial Routing Slip operate identically across and between all platforms.

BeyondMail for UNIX and BeyondMail for Macintosh are available today and pricing is as follows:

-- 10-User Version $995

-- 20-User Version $1,895

-- 100-User Version $8,500

About Banyan Systems Incorporated

Banyan Systems (NASDAQ:BNYN) is a pioneer and leader in enterprise network services. These products make it easy to find, share and manage information and resources within enterprise networks. Founded in 1983 and headquartered in Westboro, Massachusetts, USA, the company markets products worldwide through authorized network integrators, resellers and international distributors. Banyan can be reached on the World Wide Web at http://www.banyan.com.

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Note to Editors: Banyan, VINES, ENS, StreetTalk, BeyondMail, BeyondRules, and MailMinders are registered trademarks, and Intelligent Messaging and BeyondWare are trademarks of Banyan Systems Incorporated. StreetTalk is a product of Banyan Systems Incorporated and not a product of McCarthy, Crisanti & Maffei, Inc. Beyond, Inc. is a wholly owned subsidiary of Banyan Systems Incorporated. All other registered trademarks are properties of their respective owners or licensors.

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