TRANSFER OF LAN NETVIEW DEVELOPMENT MISSION
November 16, 1993

  o   Management is a critical factor in our customers' abil-
      ity to rollout client server solutions.  IBM is provid-
      ing, based on the SystemView* framework, the management
      environment for our customers' to succeed.  The NetView*
      family, which includes NetView/390*, NetView/6000*,
      NetView/6000 on Digital Equipment Corporation's OSF/1**
      and our recently available LAN NetView* on Operating
      System/2* (OS/2), is the linchpin to make this success-
      ful.  And, we will be expanding the family to other
      platforms.

  o   We are very excited about the availability of our newest
      member, LAN NetView; providing a management platform on
      OS/2 with an integrated set of applications from IBM and
      vendors.

  o   In order to enhance synergy between the complementary
      IBM NetView family members, we are consolidating all
      NetView product development into one location by moving
      the development for the LAN NetView family of products
      from Austin to Raleigh.

  o   This move facilitates the sharing of technology, allow-
      ing movement to a converged platform that will benefit
      from the strengths of both NetView/6000 and LAN NetView.
      The result will be a superior set of management applica-
      tions with greater interoperability and reach, solving
      our customer's problems.  Customers and Independent
      Software Vendors (ISVs) will be protected in the mi-
      gration to the converged platform.

  o   Customers want to be able to choose from centralized
      management, decentralized management, or a combination
      of both.  With our family of NetView products that in-
      clude support for many different types of clients, serv-
      ers, and network devices, we are giving customers the
      most flexible solutions available in the industry.  And,
      customers will benefit from this consolidation by seeing
      better interoperability among IBM system management
      platforms and a broader range of applications available
      to solve our customer's management problems.

  o   ISVs will benefit by having a common code base and APIs
      for them to work from on several operating system envi-
      ronments.  Thus, a single investment in a NetView appli-
      cation has tremendous leverage to be used by customers
      on their choice of operating environments.

  For additional information, contact:
                                                                IBM
  Contact            IBM Network               External Phone   Tieline

  Joanne Sumner      JMSUMNER at RHQVM21       914-766-1418     826
  Ron Silletti       SILLETT at RHQVM02        914-766-1637     826
  Alisa Nessler      ALISA at AUSVM1           512-838-3201     678

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       Corporation
  ** Registered trademark or trademark of Digital Equipment Corporation

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