Banyan and Oblix Announce Directory Solutions Relationship.

WESTBORO, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 21, 1999--

Banyan Combines Professional Service Offerings with Oblix Corporate

Services Automation to Deliver World Class Directory Solutions

Banyan Systems Incorporated (NASDAQ:BNYN), a leading provider of advanced network solutions, announced today a reseller and services relationship with Oblix, Inc., pioneer of the Corporate Services Automation (CSA) Solution(tm). Banyan, a recognized leader in enterprise directory, security and networking will offer the Oblix CSA Solution to enterprise customers who want to reduce costs using directory-based information.

The Oblix CSA Solution dramatically reduces the cost of corporate change through a web-based application that manages a wide range of corporate resource information maintained in LDAP directories. Significant cost savings and efficiencies can be realized by streamlining the process of managing the information typically contained in multiple departmental databases. The Oblix CSA Solution reduces administrative, printing and distribution costs by publishing consistent up-to-date information about employees and important corporate resources. The Oblix CSA Solution automates all of the corporate services within an organization by creating a Digital Persona for each employee. A Digital Persona is a complete digital profile of an employee that can be used to provide and track valuable corporate resources and information. Based on open standards, the Oblix CSA Solution reduces the administrative and system costs associated with providing and managing corporate services and resources for many Fortune 1000 companies.

Banyan will assess, design and implement critical enterprise directory infrastructure in support of the Oblix application in a multi-vendor environment. Banyan's directory services professionals can install and integrate the Oblix CSA Solution at customer sites worldwide running directory services from both Banyan and Netscape(R). Banyan and Oblix will work towards the compatibility between each company's products.

"We're focused on providing our customers with a competitive advantage using directory technology," said Bob Burke, Senior Vice President of Worldwide Sales and Service for Banyan. "When coupled with Banyan's directory and networking expertise, the Oblix CSA Solution is an important part of getting a rapid return for our customers' technology investments. Corporate Services Automation is an obvious application area where directory technology provides direct business benefits."

About the Oblix Corporate Services Automation Solution

As part of the Oblix CSA Solution, the Oblix Corporate Service Center(tm) and Oblix Corporate Directory(tm) are two web-based applications that create, publish and maintain a Digital Persona and automate the process of providing corporate services. A Digital Persona is a complete digital profile of an employee that can be used to provide and track valuable corporate resources such as an address, physical resources such as laptop computers and the individual's relationship to the organization.

Corporate services can include issuing requests for a phone, PC or e-mail, all via the corporate intranet. These services have been traditionally handled through multiple service departments using manual processes involving paper forms, e-mail, telephone and personal communications - resulting in unnecessary delays, retyping of data and inconsistencies between information sources.

"As we look to pursue the global market to further increase the widespread adoption of the Oblix CSA Solution, a must-have solution for any enterprise directory strategy, partnering with established companies such as Banyan is important to our success," said Mike Hewitt, vice president of worldwide sales for Oblix, Inc. "Working together, we can help our enterprise customers reduce the cost of corporate change by leveraging centralized directories of information."

About Banyan Systems Incorporated

Banyan Systems Incorporated, founded in 1983, is a leading provider of advanced enterprise solutions that integrate multi-vendor networking environments. Headquartered in Westboro, Mass., USA, Banyan supports hundreds of Fortune 1000 companies and government agencies worldwide. Banyan provides products and services that integrate core business applications and intranets creating highly reliable, easily managed and secure global networks. The company also provides co-existence and migration services, secure and remote access for business applications and tools to deploy and manage Intranets, directories and messaging. Its majority-owned Internet subsidiary, Switchboard Incorporated, is a leading on-line white and yellow pages directory.

About Oblix

Oblix, Inc. has pioneered a new class of enterprise application software for Corporate Services Automation (CSA). Oblix provides the first web-based software that automates and manages corporate services by creating a Digital Persona for each employee. A Digital Persona is a complete digital profile of an employee that can be used to provision and track valuable corporate resources and information. Directly addressing the burgeoning costs of managing corporate resources and organizational change across multiple departments, the Oblix CSA Solution is estimated to save the average 10,000-person organization more than $5 million dollars annually. Global corporations such as 3Com Corporation, Hitachi Computer Products, Kinko's, Knight Ridder, Parsons, Sun Microsystems, and Xilinx rely on Oblix software to publish and maintain consistent, current access to resource information and to reduce the cost of corporate change.

With headquarters in Mountain View, California, Oblix is backed by prestigious investors including Patricof & Co. Ventures, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, The KPCB Java Fund, Novell, Inc., and Netscape Communications Corporation. For more information about Oblix products visit http://www.oblix.com, send email to [e-mail], or call [phone].

Banyan, VINES, StreetTalk and BeyondMail are registered trademarks of Banyan Systems Incorporated. StreetTalk is a product of Banyan Systems Incorporated and not a product of McCarthy, Crisanti & Maffei, Inc.

Oblix, Corporate Services Automation, Oblix Corporate Services Automation Solution, Oblix CSA Solution, Oblix Corporate Directory, and Oblix Corporate Service Center are trademarks of Oblix, Inc. in the United States and other countries. All other company and product names mentioned are the trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies.