IBM Continues to Build Internet Connection Family, Offering Turnkey Access
to the Power of the Internet

SOMERS, NY, June 13, 1995 . . . IBM continued to assert its Internet
leadership today with the announcement of new products and services to
provide customers with solutions for all phases of doing business on the
Internet. Among the Internet announcements are:

   -  A wide variety of new servers and browsers, with security
   options, for the Internet's World Wide Web (WWW), for customers
   looking to get connected to the Internet;

   -  CICS Internet gateway, which provides a robust, secure
   interface to customers' CICS business transaction systems from
   the World Wide Web; and DB2 WWW Connection, allowing data
   contained in DB2 databases to be accessed on a Web server.  These
   new gateways, which will be integrated into IBM's new Web servers,
   are for customers seeking to integrate a Web presence with their
   existing business information systems.  IBM also introduced
   MQSeries Internet gateway for MQSeries commercial messaging
   software;

   -  World Wide Web extensions to VisualAge. This technology
   will bring the power of award-winning, object-oriented
   programming to the Web environment for application developers;

   -  QBIC and infoMarket Search World Wide Web search
   engines, which enable easy access to diverse Internet databases;

   -  Installation services for security and Internet access,
   consulting services for Internet planning, WWW content design and
   creation, and Internet implementation, home page development; and

   -  Significant enhancements to the IBM Global Network's worldwide
   dial access and leased line access to the Internet.

"From top to bottom, it is our aim to deliver products that make it easy
for our customers to realize the competitive edge offered by the
Internet," said John R. Patrick, vice president, IBM Internet
Applications. "With today's new announcements, we have reinforced IBM's
commitment to provide end-to-end solutions to enable our customers to get
connected -- to the Internet and to their customers."

New Offerings from IBM's Internet Connection Family -- Web Servers &
Clients

A roll out of numerous Internet server products for the World Wide Web, the
first of which were announced today, will build upon IBM's Internet
Connection Family of offerings. The initial servers will include the IBM
Internet Connection Server for OS/2 and the IBM Internet Connection Server
for AIX, both of which will be commercially available in July. AIX is
IBM's industrial-strength UNIX operating system which runs on IBM
RISC-based workstations, servers and parallel supercomputers.

Secure versions of the OS/2 and AIX Internet servers will also be available
in beta code shortly. These secure servers will support S-HTTP and SSL,
the leading standards in the emerging area of Internet security.
Interoperability will be provided with IBM WebExplorer and other Web
browsers that support these protocols.

IBM also announced the IBM Internet Connection Server for OS/400, the
operating system for the IBM AS/400, the world's most popular business
computer, which will be available for beta test later this year. This new
OS/400 Web server will leverage the rich features of the OS/400 operating
system, which already provides many native security implementations,
including an integrated database and integrated security authorization.
IBM also has a statement of direction that its AS/400 platform will
provide a secure HTTP server to enable business transactions over the
Internet. Additionally, in the first half of 1996, OS/400 will introduce a
device driver to enable users to employ any Web browser to access AS/400
applications.

IBM will also provide an Internet Connection Server for MVS, the S/390
mainframe operating system, which will enable customers to utilize a
portion of a mainframe's computing capabilities to function as a web
server. This is an attractive option for organizations with an investment
in mainframe skills seeking an Internet presence that can be easily
integrated with mission-critical operations.

Rounding out its Web server offerings, IBM announced that the IBM Internet
Connection Server for AIX will support its high- performance
supercomputer, the Scalable POWERparallel Systems (SP2). Customers like
the Atlanta Committee for the Olympic Games, will be using the SP2 to
provide the ability to apply scalable supercomputing performance to
accommodate extremely high levels of system usage.

In addition to these broad server offerings, IBM announced today its
enhanced version of the IBM WebExplorer for OS/2, a browser which now
features new drag-and-drop and graphic streaming capabilities. A secure
version of the WebExplorer for OS/2 will be available for beta testing
shortly. IBM also will offer standard and secure versions of the IBM
WebExplorer for AIX later this year. These secure browsers will also
feature interoperable S-HTTP and SSL security protocols.

A further enhancement to OS/2 Warp Internet users is Person to Person (P2P)
application software, which is currently bundled with OS/2 Warp. P2P
enables people to conduct interactive, multi-party desktop conferences
with other Internet users anywhere in the world.

Additionally, IBM has collaborated with IDG Books, the publishers of the
popular "For Dummies" series of computer user guides to introduce "The
OS/2 Warp Internet Connection," a new user guide to IBM's popular
operating system to provide tips for getting the most out of an Internet
connection.

IBM's Internet Connection Family is built upon industry- standard TCP/IP,
which is a component of the IBM Open Blueprint. "With the announcement of
our new servers and browsers for the World Wide Web, IBM customers have
easy and secure access to the Internet regardless of the IBM platform,"
said Don Haile, general manager, IBM Networking Software. "These products
build on IBM's reputation for reliability, security and innovative
technology, and are supported by IBM's unmatched capability for providing
consulting and services around the globe."

IBM Internet Connection Family - Web Server Gateways To enable customers to
integrate their current systems and data with their Internet presence, IBM
is offering a CICS Internet gateway. CICS Internet gateway is a new user
interface that enables businesses to offer a secure World Wide Web
connection to CICS, the preeminent business transaction processing system
used today by 90 percent of the Fortune 500 companies. CICS Internet
gateway can be previewed on the World Wide Web at
http://www.hursley.ibm.com.

"We need to provide easy access to our CICS applications, and give our
customers the flexibility to get to an application however they desire,"
said Steve Ware, Computer Systems Coordinator at the University of
Florida. "We have many CICS applications that our users need to access
from a variety of sources, and the new CICS Internet gateway will provide
the functionality we need, without requiring major changes to our existing
CICS applications. I think that the CICS Internet gateway is an excellent
and timely addition to the CICS suite of products."

IBM also announced today that beta code for DB2 WWW Connection for OS/2 and
AIX will be available for downloading over the World Wide Web, beginning
June 20, at no charge on the IBM Software home page, located at
http://www.torolab.ibm.com. This application provides a secure interface
between a Web client and IBM's popular DB2 relational database -- which is
used by 80 percent of the Fortune 500 -- enabling users to run queries and
retrieve information over the Internet from this popular commercial
database.

IBM also introduced MQSeries Internet gateway for MQSeries commercial
messaging software. This new application brings powerful asynchronous
communications and security functions to computer applications that use
MQSeries for Internet communications.

Applications such as CICS Internet gateway, DB2 WWW Connection and MQSeries
Internet gateway are significant building blocks which enable customers to
go beyond marketing and communications uses of their corporate home pages,
and begin integrating their online presence with their core business
systems. These gateways will also be integrated into IBM's new Web servers
for OS/2 and AIX.

"IBM brings Internet users decades of experience in powerful, secure
business software like CICS, DB2 and MQSeries," said Dr. Geoff W.
Robinson, vice president, Networking Software Division, and general
manager, IBM Hursley, UK. "Customers can take advantage of this dynamic
electronic commerce environment while protecting their significant
investment in their existing business systems."

Internet Connection Family -- Web Authoring Tools

An exciting new method for building Web enabled applications is provided by
a new extension of VisualAge to the World Wide Web. This new application
development tool builds upon VisualAge Smalltalk -- named by Datamation
and PC Week as one of the top products of 1994 -- and extends its
capabilities to enable the development of commercial business applications
for the World Wide Web.

With this new technology, IBM is implementing a new set of parts to fit on
the VisualAge palette. This new capability brings the power of IBM's
award-winning, object-oriented programming to the Web environment. The
combination of these Web parts and VisualAge's rich data and transaction
capability adds a new dimension to the kinds of applications developers
can deploy on the Web.

"Customers want to go beyond today's document-centric Web environment.
Providing tools for real database applications demonstrates that IBM is
not only serious about developing an industrial-strength infrastructure
for the Internet, but we are aggressively providing tools to enable the
commercialization of the Web," said Steve Mills, general manager of IBM
Software Solutions.

IBM Electronic Publishing Edition Commercially Available

IBM today announced the commercial availability of the IBM Electronic
Publishing Edition, which will give companies everything they need to
create and publish documents and books on the World Wide Web. Web
documents created with the IBM Electronic Publishing Edition offer HTML
features like platform portability and hypertext links, with the added
benefits of expanded linguistic-based searching and complex table support.
In addition, the documents created by the IBM Electronic Publishing
Edition will be highly compressed, allowing 40 to 60 percent more data to
be stored on a Web server, and support WordPerfect, MS Word, AmiPro,
Framemaker and SGML -- freeing users from the need to know HTML and
opening up Web publishing to business professionals.

The IBM Electronic Publishing Edition will be commercially available June
30. Support for additional platforms is planned for future versions. To
test drive documents and books created with the IBM Electronic Publishing
Edition, point your browser to http://booksrvr2.raleigh.ibm.com.

IBM Internet Connection Family - Web Search Tools IBM announced that Query
By Image Content, (QBIC), is now available online for demonstration
purposes at the following URL:
http://www.~i.almaden.ibm.com/cs/showtell/qbic/Initpage.html. QBIC enables
users to run natural language searches over the Internet based on the
content of an image. For example, users can search all enabled databases
in a network for photos of red automobiles.

These searches can be conducted by color, texture, pattern, and other
similar characteristics, and will provide a very powerful tool for use by
graphics professionals in a wide range of industries.

Also debuting today is a beta test program for infoMarket Search, a new
database search and retrieval service offering over the Internet. Beta
testers of infoMarket Search will initially be able to simultaneously
search a select number of important Internet databases including a major
Internet directory, USENET newsgroups and a major Internet Web guide.

Potential beta testers can register for consideration as participants in
the program on the World Wide Web at http://www.infomkt.ibm.com. IBM will
select a broad cross- section of users for the beta test, with the
introduction of the service before the end of the year.

IBM Consulting Capabilities and Services Help Customers Create The Right
Internet Solution

IBM announced a new set of Internet consulting services and capabilities to
help customers create the right Internet solutions for their business,
including enterprise-wide Internet planning and design, Internet
implementation, home page design, content design, creation and testing,
education, training, workshops and seminars. IBM introduced Internet
Server Implementation Services, to connect an enterprise's employees
quickly to the Internet. These services include consulting to determine a
customer's Internet requirements, home page design and content creation,
and turnkey implementation of Internet services such as electronic mail,
FTP, Telnet, USENET news, and WWW services. Design, installation and
testing are included in this service.

IBM also announced a bundled version of the IBM NetSP Secured Network
Gateway (SNG), a powerful software program that creates a network
'"firewall" to control all electronic traffic flowing between the Internet
and corporate networks. Currently a U.S.-only promotional offering, this
bundle includes the NetSP SNG software program, a dedicated RS/6000 server
and the AIX operating system, as well as optional Internet access services
through the IBM Global Network. IBM is also announcing the NetSP
Installation Service, to provide customers with a turnkey solution.

For customers who are uncertain how to most effectively use the Internet,
Business Transformation Consulting assesses where business processes could
be enhanced by using the Net. These services include Internet Planning and
Design to create I/T infrastructures, network designs to support secure
Internet solutions, Internet Seminars and Workshops to keep customers up-
to-date on the latest techniques and technologies.

Advanced Internet Graphics and Design Services

IBM Interactive Media, which works with customers to design and develop
interactive media content and applications, including CD-ROMs, interactive
Kiosks and Interactive Television applications, has begun applying these
core graphics and design capabilities to the Internet. Using their
state-of-the-art facilities in Atlanta, IBM Interactive Media has begun
providing customers with Web page design services, leveraging their
expertise in navigation design, 2-D and 3-D graphics and rendering, and
MPEG digital video compression.

Coupled with the group's transactional consulting experience in the areas
of direct customer access kiosk-delivered solutions, and sales force
automation solutions, IBM Interactive Media provides customers with the
expertise to design and create an advanced, highly-interactive Web
presence.

IBM Global Network Enhances Internet Capabilities

Also announced today were significant enhancements to IBM's dial and leased
line services provided by the IBM Global Network, the world's largest
integrated data, voice and video network. Many of the advancements are due
to the rapid deployment of new technology called the "LIG," or LATA
Interface Gateway. The LIG is currently being deployed in the U.S., and
will be deployed in Europe and Japan later this year. The LIG uses IBM
RISC and OEM DSP technologies capable of supporting high-speed dial
services. The LIG roll out also complements IBM's high-speed,
high-bandwidth Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) network that will be
deployed in 83 cities worldwide by year's end (50 U.S., 33 other).

The IBM Global Network will expand dial access speeds of up to 28.8 Kbps to
include 350 cities in the U.S., a key feature for those who "surf the
'Net," run applications and download large files and graphics. In Europe,
the IBM Global Network will provide dial access speeds up to 28.8 Kbps in
20 cities in 10 countries by year's end.

Leased line access, previously only available in the U.S., will become
available in Japan in eight cities in September at speeds ranging from 64
Kbps to 512 Kbps. In Europe, leased line services will be available in 20
cities in 10 countries beginning in the third quarter.

Major service enhancements also are planned for Latin America where 14.4
Kbps dial access, leased line access, traveling user, Web site creation
and content hosting, education and training programs and local help desk
support will be rolled out in many countries this summer. Access services
will first be offered in Argentina this month followed by Brazil, Chile,
Colombia, Mexico and Peru in the third quarter of 1995, and Venezuela in
October.

Solution for Educational Internet Access

IBM announced today "K-12 NetVoyager Solution," a service offering for K-12
Schools, that provides a turnkey approach to effective use of the Internet
in a school environment. This offering includes an Internet access and
application suite (Web browser, Mail, News, etc.) through the IBM Global
Network, complete training of school staff for meaningful Internet use, a
curriculum planning guide to help align educational goals with Internet
resources, and services for the development of a WWW home page presence
for schools.

The K-12 NetVoyager is intended to provide safe, meaningful Internet access
and a compelling presence on the Internet that accomplishes educational
objectives versus merely surfing. To supplement this offering, IBM will
provide a K-12 Home Page on the Internet by the end of June which will
include product information, training schedules, pointers to great K-12
education Internet sites, as well as ever-expanding curriculum ideas for
Internet infusion into the classroom. The K-12 NetVoyager offering is
available today through IBM's K-12 Industry Solution Unit.

Industry Solutions for the Internet

"Click here for more information." The IBM Kiosk for Education, a new home
page on the World Wide Web, provides educators with a central resource for
information about IBM higher education solutions, programs and promotions,
as well as information relating to customer partnerships and other higher
education related Web sites. The IBM Kiosk for Education can be visited on
the World Wide Web at http://ike.engr.washington.edu/.

In a move to help IBM's government customers, IBM has created a Government
Systems home page which now provides users with the General Services
Administration (GSA) schedule. This online service provides all
pre-negotiated pricing for thousands of IBM products and services. The
service enables government employees to use a desktop browser to order
products and services over World Wide Web at the click of a button. The
GSA schedule can be accessed at http://www.clearlake.ibm.com/GOV/.

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