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COMPLINK ANNOUNCES NETSWITCH TECHNOLOGY SALE.


NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 18, 1995--CompLink Ltd., the Long Island-based developer of messaging software systems, announced today the sale of its NetSwitch X.400 product to its strategic business partner, Data Systems Analysts Inc. (DSA (1) (Directory Server Agent) An X.500 program that looks up the address of a recipient in a Directory Information Base (DIB), also known as white pages. It accepts requests from the Directory User Agent (DUA) counterpart in the workstation. ).

CompLink and DSA have been working together since April 1994 under a Volume Sales Agreement to deploy their 1984 compliant e-mail integration product within the aeronautical aer·o·nau·tic   also aer·o·nau·ti·cal
adj.
Of or relating to aeronautics.



aero·nau
 industry. The sale represents an extension of that relationship and a reinforcement of CompLink's decision in January of this year to focus its resources on the Message-Oriented Middleware Message-oriented middleware comprises a category of inter-application communication software that generally relies on asynchronous message-passing as opposed to a request/response metaphor.  (MOM) segment of the messaging market which is being addressed by its Hoffman Estates Hoffman Estates

A village of northeast Illinois, a suburb of Chicago. Population: 49,700.
 office, and the development of WorldLink Desk products at its Great Neck facility.

Under the terms of the agreement between the two companies, CompLink will receive $500,000 upon completion of the technology transfer, which is expected to take 30 days. Other terms of the agreement include a consulting contract for CompLink, as well as royalties on sales of the NetSwitch product by DSA over the next three years, and full revenues from sales in progress to existing CompLink prospects. CompLink estimates the total value of the agreement should exceed $1 million when all the components are considered.

For its part, DSA gains full control of product direction, helping to insure its market needs will be met over the long haul Long distance. Long haul implies traversing a state or a country. Contrast with short haul. . "We are committed to providing X.400 message switching message switching - store and forward  as part of our overall marketing strategy," said Roger P. Salomon, Director of International Operations Internal Operations (I.O., IO or I/O) is a fictional American Intelligence Agency in Wildstorm comics. It was originally called International Operations. I.O. first appeared in WildC.A.T.S. volume 1 #1 (August, 1992) and was created by Brandon Choi and Jim Lee.  for DSA. "Acquisition of the NetSwitch product helps guarantee our responsiveness to market demand, and allows us to take the product in a different direction than CompLink might otherwise have chosen.

Neil Luden, president of CompLink, pointed out that "at this stage of our company's growth, we cannot afford to lose focus of the demands of the rapidly growing MOM market. "MOM is an emerging technology that is finding increased market acceptance as wireless technology becomes more available for data-oriented communications. Companies are moving to link their field forces with home office information on product updates and availability, and to facilitate remote order entry. Use of this technology will allow companies to save connection and processing time and other valuable corporate resources.

CompLink Ltd. (NASDAQ NASDAQ
 in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations

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: Small Cap; Symbol:CLNK), is headquartered in Great Neck, N.Y. and its TDS TDS

total dissolved solids.
 subsidiary is located in the high technology community of Hoffman Estates, Ill. The company specializes in channel-oriented convenience products and software that simplifies data communications for the remote and mobile worker. A suite of plug-and-play modules easily integrates with virtually any MS DOS, MS Windows, and OS/2-based front-end applications.

CONTACT: CompLink, Ltd.

Neil Luden, 516/829-1883

or

Rapport Associates, Ltd.

James W. Reed, 516/868-0515
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