SHIVA CORPORATION ANNOUNCES AVAILABILITY OF STREAMS-BASED FRAME RELAY

Shiva FRAME RELAY Provides End-users With a Wider Choice of WAN Services

NETWORLD + INTEROP, ATLANTA, September 26, 1995 -- Shiva Corporation today
announced the availability of Shiva FRAME RELAY, a portable, STREAMS-based
product which allows computer and communications equipment suppliers to
add Frame Relay functionality to their products quickly and easily.
Manufacturers and systems integrators wanting to provide Frame Relay
access for devices such as routers, communications boards, bridges, hubs,
workstations and communications servers can now minimize their risk and
speed time to market by purchasing frame relay technology under source
code license from Shiva. The product will be demonstrated in Booth Number
3042 at the Networld + Interop show.

Shiva FRAME RELAY was developed by Spider Software, now part of Shiva's OEM
business operation. The OEM operation provides core communications
software technology to equipment manufacturers in different industry
segments. This enables manufacturers in various markets to build Frame
Relay technology products that interoperate with existing networking
environments. Shiva FRAME RELAY is part of the Spider protocol suite for
public and private networks and WANs, which includes products for TCP,
X.25, OSI, ISDN, and CMIP protocols.

Shiva's Frame Relay technology will be incorporated into Nortel's RAPPORT
Dialup Switch (RDS). RDS is a remote access switch designed to give
Internet service providers heightened ability to offer value- added
services and to make use of the Internet easier, more secure and more
reliable. RDS was announced by Nortel in a press release dated September
11, 1995.

Applied Innovation, Inc., is utilizing Shiva FRAME RELAY technology in its
AISwitch products, which provide interconnection between Frame Relay and
other WAN and LAN protocols. According to Tony Bucciero, vice president of
Engineering at Applied Innovation, "Shiva FRAME RELAY software was
selected due to its STREAMS-based implementation and its adherence to
Frame Relay standards."

"Frame Relay is an increasingly important protocol in remote access, both
in the U.S. and abroad," said Angelo Santinelli, Shiva Vice President of
Marketing. "Shiva sees increasing numbers of customers dialing in to Frame
Relay networks via Shiva's analog and digital products, with Shiva
products then acting as a switch between network services."

Shiva FRAME RELAY is intended to improve availability and interoperability
of hardware products conforming to specifications for frame relay wide
area access. The software's portability allows manufacturers and
integrators to add Shiva FRAME RELAY to their product lines. The ability
to license standards-based technology should reduce time to market and
allow customers' development staff to focus on enhancing product
functionality. Manufacturers and integrators can control costs while
providing increased value to their customers.

Shiva FRAME RELAY complements Shiva's existing product portfolio of
portable, STREAMS-based protocol stacks. It is portable to any other
environment. SpiderTCP, SpiderX.25 and Spider OSI will all interface to
and run over Shiva FRAME RELAY. Existing customers can migrate new
products to Shiva FRAME RELAY technology while providing backward
compatibility to existing products. The product is available for immediate
license and is being sold world-wide.

Founded in 1985, Shiva Corporation (Nasdaq:SHVA) is a global, full- line
provider of remote access solutions, systems, and services. Its products
enable users and user sites at enterprises of all sizes to connect with
corporate information resources, on-line services and the Internet. Shiva
offers a full range of award-winning, analog and digital remote access
servers, switches, and communications servers. With partnerships that
include Hewlett-Packard, IBM, Microsoft and Nortel, Shiva hardware and
software are used by many of the world's leading computer and
communications equipment manufacturers and telecommunications companies.
The company is based in Burlington, Mass., with five international offices
and a corporate R&D and manufacturing center in Ed inburgh, U.K.
 
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