Wingra Technologies signs distribution agreement with IBM.

MADISON, Wis.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 10, 1997--Wingra Technologies Incorporated (www.wingra.com) announced today a distribution agreement with IBM to serve as a non-exclusive distributor for Wingra's Missive e-mail switch in the United States and Puerto Rico. The software-only, Internet e-mail switch provides a cost-effective and easy to use solution for managing messaging and directory integration across disparate e-mail systems.

The products will be marketed by IBM Authorized Software Representatives under IBM's Software Vendor Marketing Partnership program and licensed to the end user by Wingra Technologies. The reselling agreement combines Wingra's technical expertise in messaging integration with IBM's success in developing distribution and reseller networks.

"IBM is focused on helping business partners deliver network solutions that put business online," said Mark Guss, Manager, Software Vendor Marketing, IBM. "This agreement with Wingra Technologies gives our resellers a powerful tool to help their customers manage their e-mail messaging needs."

IBM will recruit Authorized Software Representatives to focus on Missive and will support them through lead generation, sales collateral material, and training. The first reseller training class is planned for the summer of 1997.

"We are delighted to be able to leverage our partnership with IBM," states Jan Eddy, President and CEO of Wingra Technologies. "IBM's expertise in distribution and establishing effective reseller organizations will be a huge contributor to taking Wingra to the next level in terms of brand awareness and revenue generation."

Wingra Technologies Incorporated, a member of IBM's Solution Developer Program, is a privately-held company founded in 1983. Wingra designs and develops networking and messaging integration software products. Wingra boasts over a decade of experience with gateways and switches between legacy, LAN and Internet e-mail systems. Since launching the first line of products, Jnet and Jmail IBM-to-Digital messaging integration products, Wingra has used its expertise to create the Missive family of intelligent messaging switches to meet advanced messaging connectivity requirements.

Missive provides e-mail integration, directory synchronization, and attachment conversion services. Missive's strengths are in its speed of implementation, ease-of-use, ease of management, use of standards-based technologies (X.500, LDAP, Web, SMTP/MIME), and low cost of ownership.

Missive is available on Sun Solaris, IBM AIX, and Digital VMS platforms. Missive supports over 80% of the installed base of e- mail systems. The list of supported e-mail systems includes Lotus Notes, Lotus cc:Mail, Microsoft Exchange, Microsoft Mail, Novell GroupWise, Novell MHS and Global MHS, Banyan BeyondMail, DaVinci eMAIL, SMTP/MIME (Netscape Mail, Eudora, Z-mail, Post.Office, POP3, IMAP, Elm, Pine, Pegasus Mail, HP OpenMail, Sun SIMS, IBM sendmail), IBM PROFS, IBM OfficeVision/VM, Fischer's TAO and EMC2, H&W's SYS-M, Digital's VMSmail, and Digital's All-In-1.

Worldwide distribution is managed from its Madison, Wisconsin headquarters. For more information, visit the Wingra web site at http://www.wingra.com -0- All references to brands or trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

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