Decision Data Launches Complete Line of Fast, Easy Controllers; Aria, Jazz/e and Lyric Make Your Network Sing.

AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 27, 1999--

Decision Data, a division of NLynx Systems, today announced its complete line of fast, easy, cost-effective controllers for midrange and mainframe computers:

--   Aria 3494, a rack-mountable cluster controller, emulates a 5494
     Remote Control Unit. Its 1.75" profile is the slimmest on the
     market today. It offers fast, easy communication options
     including SDLC, Ethernet, token-ring, X.25, frame relay to
     AS/400. The Aria 3494 is especially easy to upgrade externally
     without special tools, and it can expand from 28 to 56 twinax
     devices.

--   Jazz/e is the industry's easiest-to-use, configure and install
     controller for remote IP connection to an AS/400. Jazz/e provides
     IP or SNA connectivity to an AS/400, using MPTN/AnyNet across an
     Ethernet topology, and 5294/5394/5494 functionality is also
     included as standard.

--   Lyric 3015 provides the best value and the smallest footprint
     controller on the market today. Lyric 3015 has the lowest price
     per port of any controller currently available, and it includes
     all SNA emulation - 5295/5394/5494. It supports 16 twinax devices
     and is easy to configure, install and use.

"We're pleased that we can offer such a complete, cost-effective solution with our multiple communication options for midrange and mainframe users, especially now that IBM has discontinued its 5494 controller line," said Dennis Bowler, controller product manager. "Our Decision Data controllers provide traditional terminal-to-host communications as well as a coherent migration path for integrating SNA and PC LAN internetworks. However, the best news is that all three controllers are fast, value-priced and easy to use, install, configure and upgrade."

With more than 30 years in the industry, Decision Data/NLynx is the largest independent supplier of peripherals and connectivity products to the IBM midrange marketplace. Decision Data/NLynx is headquartered in Austin, Texas, with operations in Ft. Washington, Pa.; Simi Valley, Calif.; France; the UK; and Germany.

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