IBM and AimTech Team Up to Offer Multimedia Authoring Tool for the
Enterprise

Joint Development of IconAuthor To Provide Internet, ITV, and Enhanced OS/2
Support

SOMERS, N.Y. and NASHUA, N.H., July 10, 1995 . . . IBM and AimTech
Corporation today announced a joint development and marketing agreement
for IconAuthor, a leading cross-platform multimedia authoring tool from
AimTech. Under the agreement, the two companies will work together to
enhance IconAuthor to include Internet, interactive television, and
expanded IBM OS/2 support. In addition, IBM will market IconAuthor to
customers worldwide.

IconAuthor's ease of use allows multimedia and business professionals to
create a variety of interactive applications quickly and easily. This
powerful tool is ideally suited for the development of computer-based
training, performance support systems, and self-service kiosks. It will be
enhanced to provide a native 32-bit player for OS/2 Warp, a player for
Microware's OS-9 interactive television system, and Internet application
deployment.

"AimTech's IconAuthor is our authoring tool of choice for multimedia and
business professionals," said Al Zollar, vice president of integration and
usability, IBM Software Solutions. "Combined with VisualAge and
ScriptX-based development tools, IconAuthor enables us to offer a full
range of multimedia authoring options to meet a broad range of customer
needs. IconAuthor's visual authoring capabilities, broad cross-platform
support, and ability to provide rapid prototyping make it an excellent
choice for customers who are adopting new multimedia technologies."

"We're delighted to expand our relationship with IBM, which is already
using IconAuthor in many of its multimedia solutions for customers around
the globe," said Andy Huffman, president and chief executive officer of
AimTech. "Our goal is to build a next-generation product with IBM to
satisfy the needs of enterprise multimedia customers."

IconAuthor's cross-platform capabilities and built-in features accelerate
the development process, and save development time and costs. IconAuthor
supports multimedia development and deployment on OS/2, Windows,
Windows/NT, and UNIX platforms, including IBM AIX. In addition, it
supports a run-time player for the Apple Macintosh.

Based in Somers, N.Y., IBM's Software Solutions Division provides
multimedia, data management, application development, and workgroup
solutions for mission-critical applications on PCs, workstations, LANs and
host systems.

AimTech Corporation, a privately held company with offices in Nashua, N.H.,
Denver, Dusseldorf, London, San Francisco and Washington, D.C., develops
and markets multi-platform software products including IconAuthor and CBT
Express for creating interactive multimedia applications.

For additional information on IBM's application productivity and multimedia
families, users in the U.S. can call 1-914-766-9155. For information on
AimTech products, call 1-800-289-2884.
 
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