Proginet announces competitive upgrade programs for CA's XCOM and Sterling's software's CONNECT:Direct customers; FUSION FTMS host license fee waived for select XCOM and CONNECT: Direct customers.

GARDEN CITY, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 20, 1995--Proginet Corp. today announced two competitive upgrade licensing programs for its new generation of LAN-to-mainframe file transfer software, FUSION FTMS.

The FUSION FTMS competitive licensing programs are aimed at current Computer Associates' XCOM users and and Sterling Software's CONNECT:Direct customers.

Proginet Corp., the original developer of the widely used XCOM host based file transfer software, which is now owned by Computer Associates International, Inc. is offering the MVS host customers of XCOM and CONNECT:Direct exclusive licensing programs to modernize their aging host-based file transfer software. These programs make it very easy and cost-effective for the existing XCOM and CONNECT: Direct users to evaluate and license FUSION FTMS for MVS/ESA, OS/390, Windows NT and Windows 95. The programs are offered under the following items.

OPTION A:

XCOM and CONNECT:Direct MVS customers could be eligible for a "no-fee" license of FUSION FTMS for MVS/ESA or OS/390, regardless of their MVS host CPU size.

OPTION B

XCOM and CONNECT:Direct customers may qualify for special FUSION FTMS competitive upgrade packages.

o These special programs are in effect until Dec. 31, 1995.

o During this period Proginet will offer a trial copy of Microsoft's

SNA Server 2.11, to facilitate the evaluation of FUSION FTMS for

Windows NT and Windows 95 users. SNA Server is a component of the

Microsoft BackOffice suite.

"Microsoft SNA Server and FUSION FTMS offer reliable, rapid and secured data exchange between 32-bit Windows desktops and IBM mainframes," said Vesa Suomalainen, Microsoft's general manager of the SNA Server product group. "Microsoft and Proginet have made it much easier for IBM customers to adopt Windows 95 and Windows NT, by providing solid integration between Windows desktops and MVS legacy hosts," he added.

FUSION FTMS represents a new generation of advanced file transfer products fully optimized for the new 32-bit Windows environment and the new modern MVS/ESA and OS/390 data centers. It was designed to address the critical issues of reliability, security, ease of administration and cost.

"Back in the 80's, the world was becoming heterogeneous and we designed XCOM to address multiplatform networks. Now, more and more organizations are reducing the number of computing platforms they must manage, and they are looking to establish more homogeneous networks. Proginet's new FUSION FTMS has been designed to address the demanding business requirements of the 90's and can move our customers' mission-critical data right into the 21st century," said Kevin M. Kelly, Proginet's president.

"Customers are looking for a vendor, such as Proginet, committed to investing in IBM and Microsoft platforms. We have invested millions of dollars in the FUSION FTMS product line and will continue to evolve the product and invest in 32-bit Windows, MVS/ESA and OS/390 environments," he added.

FUSION FTMS which has been co-developed by Microsoft and Proginet, was jointly announced by the two companies on July 10, 1995. FUSION FTMS has been developed, from the ground up, for the new 32-bit Windows NT and Windows 95 operating systems and optimized for MVS/ESA mainframes. The product is fully integrated with Microsoft BackOffice SNA Server 2.11 and is ideal for organizations requiring reliable and easy-to-manage information exchange between their System 390 and 32-bit Windows networks.

Founded in 1986, with headquarters on Long Island, N.Y., Proginet Corp. provides its customers with software solutions that integrate the information on mainframe computers with Microsoft and Novell distributed networks. Many of the world's largest corporations and government agencies are currently employing industry-leading file transfer software developed or owned by Proginet Corp. Proginet is listed on the Vancouver Stock Exchange under the stock symbol "PRF.U". The U.S. stock quotation systems use different stock symbols including "PRF/U", "PRF.U.V", "PRFU.V" or other symbols depending on the quotation system.

For more information on the FUSION FTMS competitive licensing program call Proginet Corp. at: 516/248-2000, ext. 372. -0-

FUSION FTMS is a trademark of Proginet Corp. XCOM is a registered trademark of Computer Associates International Inc. CONNECT:Direct is a trademark of Sterling Software. All other trademarks or registered trademarks are the properties of their respective owners.

CONTACT: Proginet Corp.

Meyar Sheik, 516/248-3366