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Date:         Tue, 12 Jan 1993 11:34:41 GMT
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Subject:      StreetTalk III Press Release

BOSTON (JAN. 11) BUSINESS WIRE - NetWorld--Banyan Systems (NASDAQ:BNYN)
Monday introduced the third generation of its StreetTalk Global
Directory Service, available with Banyan VINES Version 5.5, also
announced today.

StreetTalk has been enhanced to facilitate integration with multiple
vendor directories, enable detailed queries about users and resources
across the network, and provide advanced management tools to more easily
and effectively manage the directory service in rapidly growing or
changing organizations.

StreetTalk III includes the following new features:

New Directory Integration Architecture deasigned to easily tie
StreetTalk to other applications and network directories.

Advanced Object Query Model to enable instant lookup of any object on
the network even when only partial information is available.

Advanced Management Facilities to easily adjust and tune networks during
organizational change and growth.

"With eight years of experience in building, enhancing, and
trouble-shooting directory services, Banyan continues to lead the
industry with the introduction of StreetTalk III," said James D.
D'Arezzo, Banyan vice president, marketing.  "With the new capabilities
in StreetTalk III, we intend to remain years ahead of the competition."

"From our perspective at Bank of Tokyo Financial Corp., VINES 5.50 has
been a solid beta product.  We see the new capabilities of StreetTalk
III as something we can use to replace many of the tertiary
directory-related applications in use throughout the organization," said
Jonathon Oski, manager, network and technology planning, Bank of Tokyo
Financial Corp.

The open, extensible architecture in StreetTalk III provides a rich set
of Application Programming Interfaces necessary for integrating the
directory with network applications and other network directory
services.  Any application can now use StreetTalk as its primary
directory service, or use the directory integration architecture to
synchronize with StreetTalk.  StreetTalk can now operate in
organizations using diverse directories, all of which can be integrated
and synchronized.

Advanced Object Query Model StreetTalk Object Attributes

The new attribute support in StreetTalk makes it easier to locate and
identify network objects (users, resources, applications, lists, etc.).
This will allow every StreetTalk object to be identified by name, and
have an unlimited number of attributes associated with it.  For example,
a user may have attributes such as title, supervisor's StreetTalk name,
telephone and fax numbers, address, languages spoken, or a photograph.
A printer may have attributes such as city, floor, department, available
fonts, and service history.  Users can view attributes about any object
on the network.

Advanced Object Search

With the new advanced object search feature, users and administrators
can find any object on the network based on its attributes.  For
example, a user may now command a search such as "Locate a Postscript
printer with plain paper loaded on the 3rd floor."  A user may browse
the available attributes, select the ones they prefer, and use them to
identify StreetTalk objects.

Newly Architected Database Directory Engine

The StreetTalk directory database has been re-architected to provide
high-speed capabilities such as adds, deletes, searches, and updates.
Users and administrators can conduct attribute pattern searches with
almost instantaneous response.  The newly architected engine is designed
to support networks that span hundreds of servers and hundreds of
thousands of users and object attributes.

Advanced Management Facilities  Change Management Functions

   The new management features in StreetTalk allow administrators to fine-tune
their directory by enabling them to re-name users and move groups across the
network.  This feature saves time from the routine tasks of updating StreetTalk
as individuals move throughout the organization.  In addition, the new
administration capabilities save network administrators from having to delete
users and lists, and then to re-enter them with new names and profiles. This
group move capability allows network changes to immediately reflect
organizational growth and change.

StreetTalk Directory Assistance

StreetTalk Directory Assistance (STDA) has been enhanced to provide
users with replicated, advanced, easy-to-use, and fast StreetTalk name
lookup service comparable to an automated white and yellow pages
directory.  STDA is a tool that facilitates immediate user and
administrator searches of lists, printers, file services, other
services, or nicknames, and allows searches by name, description,
attributes or patterns with an easy to use "point and shoot" selection.

The new STDA management features allow greater flexibility and control
of the directory information collection and distribution process.
Network administrators now have control over how STDA builds databases
and replicates them across the network.  This significantly improves
performance in large and complex organizations.

StreetTalk as Industry Leader

Since it's introduction in 1984, Banyan's StreetTalk has been recognized
as the leading distributed directory service technology.  StreetTalk is
used by nearly two million users in the world's largest PC networks.
StreetTalk is fully integrated with VINES network services including
print, file, messaging, security, network management, third-party
applications and communications services.  Users and administrators can
be located anywhere on the VINES network and at any time have complete
transparent access to every resource across the entire network.

Availability

StreetTalk III is a standard, no-cost feature of VINES Version 5.50.
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