COMPUTONE                                Press Contacts:   Keith H. Daniel
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For Immediate Release
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    COMPUTONE CORPORATION ANNOUNCES CHANGES TO ITS EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT TEAM

ATLANTA,  February 8, 2001 - Computone Corporation (OTC BB: CMPT), an IT pioneer
and leader in connectivity products and remote access communications,  announced
several executive management changes. John Freitag,  Computone's Chairman of the
Board, has assumed the interim role of Chief Executive Officer,  replacing Perry
Pickerign. Two new executives have been added to expand the depth of Computone's
management team. Mark Trimue has been appointed to the newly-created position of
Executive Vice  President of Sales and Marketing.  E. Leo Bebeau has assumed the
position of Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer. The Company is
also in the  final  stages  of  filling  the  newly-created  position  of  Chief
Technology Officer and expects to make that announcement in the near future.

Mark Trimue brings back to Computone over twenty-two  years of high-tech  sales,
marketing  and  teambuilding  experience  having  held  executive  level  sales,
marketing and business development  positions with Samna Corporation,  Computone
Corporation  (1989 to 1992),  Equinox Systems,  Inc.,  Berkeley Software Design,
Inc., and ClickSoftware, Inc. His prior tenure at Computone as Vice President of
Sales  coincided with a time of  substantial  sales success for the Company that
included  major OEM supplier  business  arrangements  with  companies  including
IBM(R),  Data General(R),  NCR(R),  Compaq(R),  Dell(R),  and AT&T(R) as well as
expanded international distribution.

E.  Leo  Bebeau  brings  back to  Computone  over  twenty  years  of  successful
operations,  marketing and finance experience.  Leo has successfully founded and
sold  two  technology  companies.  He held the  position  of Vice  President  of
Operations  and  Marketing  at  Computone  from  1987  to 1992  and has  been an
independent  consultant for companies in facilities design and management,  home
health care, and medical accounting systems since 1992.

"I am pleased to welcome both Mark and Leo back to the Computone  team.  Each is
extremely  accomplished in his area of expertise," said Mr. Freitag.  "They will
draw on extensive industry knowledge,  hands-on management  experience and their
proven  track  records  in  successfully  growing  technology  businesses.  Most
importantly,  as we  develop  our  strategic  plans  for 2001 and  beyond,  I am
confident  their  great  understanding  of our  products  and our  markets  will
significantly contribute to our growth plans."

Computone Corporation (OTC BB: CMPT,  www.computone.com)  has been a pioneer and
leader in the  worldwide  IT industry  since  1984.  Today,  Computone  designs,
manufactures  and markets a comprehensive  line of intelligent  servers used for
secure  remote  network  management,   secure  E-commerce,   and  remote  access
communications  for Internet,  LAN/WAN and Windows  NT/SCO  UNIX/Linux and other
Open Systems.

This  press  release  contains  certain  forward-looking  statements  within the
meaning of section  27A of the  Securities  Act of 1933 and  Section  21E of the
Securities  Exchange Act of 1934.  With the exception of historical  information
contained  herein,  the matters discussed in this press release involve risk and
uncertainties.  Actual results could differ  materially  from those expressed in
any forward-looking statement.

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