Delrina Announces CommSuite for Networks

Enables Enterprise Workgroups, SOHO Users to Access Modems for Both Fax and
Data Transmissions Across the Network

COMDEX SPRING, ATLANTA, GA -- Booth 8415 -- April 24, 1995 -- Delrina
Corporation (NASDAQ:DENAF, TSE:DC), the worldwide leader in PC fax
software, today announced Delrina CommSuite for Networks.  CommSuite for
Networks includes a new network communications component -- Delrina
CommServer -- that supersedes the server component of Delrina's market
leading network fax software, WinFax PRO for Networks 4.0.  CommSuite for
Networks enables workgroups to access and share fax modems across a local
area network for both fax and data communications.  It has a new DLL-based
(Dynamic Link Library) architecture that frees up essential DOS memory
(and system resources), and ensures greater transmission reliability.  In
addition, CommSuite for Networks provides network access to Delrina's Fax
Broadcast service so users can broadcast faxes to large groups without
tying up network resources.  Finally, the new software supports a broader
range of hardware (more than 600 fax modems), including the full array of
GammaLink fax modems.  A starter pack of the network product that includes
two copies each of WinFax PRO 4.0 and WinComm PRO 1.1 with Internet
Messenger, and one Delrina CommServer will be avilable in early June.

CommSuite for Networks, like WinFax PRO for Networks, is aimed at
departmental and enterprise workgroup requirements and for small office /
home office users (SOHO).  Both network solutions run on Novell NetWare,
Microsoft Windows for Workgroups, Artisoft LANtastic, Microsoft LAN
Manager, IBM LAN Server, and virtually any other IPX or NetBIOS based
network.  CommSuite for Networks includes all of the capabilities that the
current WinFax PRO for Networks provides, and adds several essential new
benefits.

A Common Modem Pool for Fax and Data Communications

CommSuite for Networks includes the ability to access and share fax modems
across the network for both fax and data communications.  WinFax PRO for
Networks only enabled users to access fax modems for facsimile
transmissions requiring users to add additional hardware and modem pooling
software to provide data communications capabilities.  CommSuite for
Networks, however, enables access of all network fax modems for data
transmissions as well. This permits users to access network modems using
WinComm PRO for on-line communications such as connecting to bulletin
boards (like CRS Online), on-line services (such as America Online and
CompuServe), legacy systems through terminal emulation, and the Internet.

DLL-based Technology Frees Up System Resources

CommSuite for Networks is DLL-based, which means that accessing networks
fax modems does not require the pre-loading of memory resident drivers in
DOS. This frees up essential system resources, which become scarce because
of the additional overhead required by network drivers.

Technology Breakthrough For Improved Reliability

Delrina CommServer (the workgroup communications server in CommSuite for
Networks) uses a unique technology to ensure the reliability of fax
transmissions by compensating for network latency.  All of the competitive
workgroup solutions today that are based on LAN communication (comm)
re-director technology, are inherently fallible for faxing.  This is
because facsimile communications, unlike straight data communications, has
very critical timing requirements and requires a continuous data stream
during transmission.  Any delay or miscue in timing of this stream will
cause a fax to fail.  Comm re-director technology is dependent on the data
stream being fed to the fax modem through the network and is thus
susceptible to network traffic delays, known as network latency.  While
such delays can be measured in milliseconds, the fax protocols are quite
stringent -- fax transmission failures can occur with delays as little as
50 milliseconds.  The Delrina CommServer component of CommSuite for
Networks provides for a continuous flow of data, eliminating sensitivity
to network latency, to ensure reliable fax transmissions.

Network Access To Delrina Fax Broadcast Service

CommSuite for Networks offers direct access to Delrina's pay-as-you-use Fax
Broadcast service.  The service, which was launched in November 1993,
enables users to broadcast a fax document to up to 10,000 recipients
virtually simultaneously with a single toll free call.  Rather than
utilizing network fax modems and phone lines to execute a fax broadcast,
users can easily initiate the broadcast by "clicking" on the broadcast
option built into WinFax from the Send screen dialog.  The document, along
with the list of recipients, which the user selects form his or her WinFax
phonebook, is immediately uploaded to the service.  The service then
broadcasts to thousands of recipients virtually simultaneously, freeing up
the network for other tasks.  Users can then receive a report to verify
that the faxes have been delivered.

Broader Hardware Support Including GammaLink Fax Modems

CommSuite for Networks supports more than 600 fax modems that are
compatible with the Class 1 and Class 2 industry standards, and the Pure
Data SatisFAXtion hardware (formerly Intel SatisFAXtion).  The product now
supports the range of GammaLink fax modems from GammaLink of Sunnyvale,
California.  GammaLink fax modems are recognized as one of the leading and
most reliable fax hardware devices for mission critical applications.

The Network Fax Ground Swell

Delrina's network fax and communications solution is aimed at enterprise
workgroup and SOHO requirements, which are different from the needs of an
enterprise wide solution.  According to Judith Pirani, Sr. Analyst, Image
Communications, at BIS Strategic Decisions of Norwell, Mass., "there is a
distinct market segmentation between the departmental or workgroup
approach and the enterprise wide solution both in terms of marketing and
technical requirements.  Typical workgroup solutions, which have grown out
of the pooling of fax modems and relatively inexpensive fax servers, are
aimed at networks of up to 50 users, while the enterprise wide solutions
concentrate on networks of more than 50 users.  In terms of market growth,
our studies forecast the fax server market to rise from 72,000 units in
1994 to 461,000 units by 1998.  Of this market total, workgroup solutions
will come to represent more than two-thirds of the units shipped."

"WinFax PRO for Networks (and now CommSuite for Networks) has evolved out
of the grass roots need of stand-alone users to share their fax modems and
phone lines with others in a workgroup environment," said Dave Wilmering,
product manager at Delrina.  "The spread of this technology is a
'ground-up' decision, which contrasts sharply from the proverbial
'enterprise' fax server, where the decision to provide such a solution is
typically a 'top-down' MIS decision."  As a result, WinFax PRO for
Networks has enjoyed overwhelming success in a market that is still in its
infancy.  Since its release in November 1993, Delrina has registered over
375,000 WinFax PRO for Networks users making it the world's leading
enterprise workgroup fax solution.

Pricing and Upgrade Information

Available in early June, a starter kit of CommSuite for Networks that
includes two copies each of the network-enabled WinFax PRO 4.0 and WinComm
PRO 1.1 with Internet Messenger (i.e. a network-enabled version of
Communications Suite 2.1), plus the new communications server component
Delrina CommServer, retails for $549 ($699 Cdn).  Delrina will continue to
market WinFax PRO for Networks but will upgrade the server component with
the new communications technology.  The WinFax PRO for Networks starter
kit remains $399 ($499 Cdn).  Delrina WinFax PRO for Networks (3.0 and
4.0) servers can be upgraded to Delrina CommServer for $29 ($39 Cdn). 
Delrina is also offering a competitive upgrade for $359 ($479 Cdn). 
Multiple client packs for 10, 25 and 50 users are also available for fax
only (WinFax PRO clients) and for both fax and data (CommSuite clients)
users.  A 50 user pack of WinFax PRO for Networks retails for $4299 ($5589
Cdn), and a 50 user pack of CommSuite for Networks retails for $5799
($7799 Cdn).  As server capacity requirements expand, users can purchase
Delrina CommServer separately for a retail price of $179 ($249 Cdn).

Delrina Corporation designs, develops, markets and supports innovative PC
software products and services in the fax, data and voice communications,
electronic forms, and consumer software markets.  Founded in 1988, the
Company is ranked in sales among the top fifteen software publishers in
North America and is recognized as the worldwide leader in PC fax and
forms. Delrina employs more than 700 people with offices in Toronto and
Ottawa, Canada; San Jose, CA; Kirkland, WA; Washington, DC; Lexington, MA;
the United Kingdom; France; and Germany.  Delrina can be contacted at
1-800-268-6082.

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