IBM Continues to Build its Internet Portfolio, Offering Customers
Productive Applications for the Net

San Jose, CA, (April 11, 1995) . . . Moving rapidly to establish its
leadership as a provider of Internet solutions, IBM today announced at
Internet World '95 (Booth #1439) new products and services, including
security, information management and connectivity options for conducting
business on the Internet. IBM also introduced several new customer
installations on the World-Wide Web (WWW).

Highlights included:

  o  Collaborating with The Atlanta Committee for the Olympic
  Games (ACOG) to provide official information about the 1996
  Olympic Games through a WWW Server, which went live today.
  This system combines parallel processing, large scale
  information systems and the Internet to provide a wealth of
  continuously updated facts, figures, photos, videos and audio
  content -- all aimed at providing the latest news possible;

  o  Helping show attendees build their own home page -- with live
  photos and sound bytes -- and posting them on the Internet's
  World-Wide Web;

  o  Introducing InfoMarket Search, a powerful, easy-to-use
  network service that can search, retrieve and prioritize
  information across the Internet -- or private networks -- and
  deliver customized database information to nearly any desktop;

  o  Dramatically increasing the number of local Internet access
  points of the IBM Global Network, and unveiling plans to roll-
  out ATM, ISDN and other high-speed connectivity options by the
  end of the year.

"To compete effectively in the global economy, businesses need to adopt a
greater degree of openness and accessibility, which the Internet can
provide," said John R. Patrick, IBM's vice president, Internet
Applications, and keynote speaker at Internet World '95. "To capitalize on
the power of the Internet effectively, it requires global network access,
scalable systems, effective information management, and integration with
existing business systems, all of which IBM offers."

        Service Enhancements to IBM Global Network

The IBM Global Network provides the world's largest integrated data, voice
and video network with 177 Internet dial access gateways in 21 countries
worldwide. By year end that number is expected to rise to more than 450
local access points in nearly 40 countries, making IBM a world leader in
supplying Internet dial services.

Additionally, the IBM Global Network dial speed will increase to 28.8 Kbps
in June for U.S. customers, up from a current high of 14.4 Kbps. Plans are
also being developed to provide 28.8 Kbps service to non-U.S. access
points in IBM's 700- city network.

The Internet traffic of IBM Global Network customers also will soon benefit
from deployment of the company's asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) network
which, by year's end, is expected to serve 50 cities in the U.S. and 33
locations internationally.

This high-speed, high-bandwidth superhighway will enhance applications such
as interactive shopping where customers using the IBM WebExplorer, for
instance, could browse a clothing store manufacturer's products and watch
video of fashions being modeled rather than only looking at still
pictures.

             Web-based Information Management

IBM introduced two information management technologies which, when used
with Web-based tools, enable customers to access and manipulate data and
digital content residing on internal or external networks:

o  InfoMarket Search - An intelligent agent-based network service to search
heterogeneous, decentralized databases, whose technology was originally
used by agencies of the United States government. InfoMarket Search
enables customers to employ a single query to interface with diverse
databases from all of the major vendors, merge the results and present
them to today's standard office desktop systems, including Apple
Macintosh- and Microsoft Windows-based personal computers, and UNIX
workstations.

o  IBM Electronic Publishing Package for the World-Wide Web - By mid-year,
companies will be able to get critical business documents onto the
information highway more quickly and easily through a new IBM electronic
publishing package for the World Wide Web. Currently in beta test, the
package will consist of a compiler that accepts files from common word
processors and a server that posts documents, books or entire libraries on
the Internet. This combination of technologies will offer Net surfers,
using popular browsers, higher document quality and expanded search
capabilities.

Documents will be converted dynamically to HTML for presentation, providing
features such as platform portability and hypertext links, with the added
benefits of expanded linguistic- based searching and complex table
support. In addition, the files will be highly compressed, allowing 40 -
60 percent more data to be included on a server with reduced storage and
management requirements.

"Empowering our employees and fostering teamwork is a major initiative for
our company and sharing information through Internet-type tools is a key
way to achieve this," said beta customer Rich Heber, Systems Analyst at
Deere & Company headquarters. "IBM's web publishing tools are helping us
leverage corporate information, making it accessible to employees across
multiple sites via the Net." These new products and technologies follow
IBM's recent announcements of other robust networked information
management tools, such as DB2/WWW. This new product supports the use of
the Internet as a secure front-end to a customer's DB2 relational
database, enabling users to update, retrieve and access information from a
World-Wide Web interface.

"The real promise of the Internet is that it will empower companies to
provide, access and use information to build competitive advantage," said
Steve Mills, general manager, IBM Software Solutions division. "The
information management software that IBM is developing for the Internet
will help users move beyond a state of information overload to an
environment where they can pinpoint information critical to their business
success."

Together these products and technologies provide customers with a wide
array of tools to organize, store, search and retrieve, and provide
networked access to their diverse digital content and database
information.

         Internet Connection Family of Products:
   Enhanced Server Platforms, New Security Technology

The Internet Connection Family was established last fall with the
introduction of the Internet Connection for OS/2 Warp, the first Internet
access product to be offered as a standard feature of an operating system.
In March, IBM introduced the Internet Connection for Windows, bringing
easy access and a full suite of Internet applications to the Windows
user.

To meet customer needs, IBM is drawing upon its extensive experience in
TCP/IP networking to develop a series of secure Web servers for IBM: OS/2;
AIX on RISC System/6000 and SP2; OS/400 on AS/400; and MVS on S/390.
Designed for enterprise computing and electronic commerce on the
World-Wide Web, IBM is targeting new levels of performance, scalability,
reliability, and a choice of security technologies to provide network
integrity for the most demanding environments.

"The Internet Connection is a crucial part of IBM's answer to ease of
access and enablement of secure commerce on the World- Wide Web for both
businesses and individuals. Our commitment to openness, simplicity, and
reliability, combined with our experience in integrating networks, makes
the Internet Connection Family a winning combination for our customers,"
said Lois Dimpfel, vice president of IBM's Networking Software Products.

            Security for Electronic Commerce

To provide maximum flexibility, these IBM web servers will utilize security
technology from Terisa Systems. Terisa System's SecureWeb tool kits
leverage the strengths of the two primary security approaches currently
employed for the Web -- Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) and Secure HyperText
Transfer Protocol (S- HTTP). Terisa's SecureWeb offers full
interoperability between these two predominant systems to provide
customers with flexibility and compatibility in implementing security
features in their application development.

As announced yesterday, IBM and Prodigy have signed a letter of intent to
become equity partners in Terisa Systems.

Today's security mechanisms provide a way for two parties to engage in a
secure exchange across the Internet. However, to fully exploit the
potential of electronic commerce, multiparty security -- which protects
consumers, merchants and financial institutions -- is required.

IBM has developed a multiparty security protocol called "iKP" which can
handle these transactions in an innovative way. IBM has also developed a
technology for implementing this new protocol. The protocol and technology
have been proposed to the WWW Consortium, the Internet Engineering Task
Force and the FSTC for consideration as an industry standard. IBM is
already using this new approach to conduct commerce with its large
customers on the WWW.

         Official Internet Information Systems Provider
                   for the 1996 Olympic Games

IBM also announced, in conjunction with The Atlanta Committee for the
Olympic Games (ACOG), the creation of the 1996 Olympic Games World-Wide
Web Server. Located at http://www.atlanta.olympic.org, this new server
will provide a wealth of continuously updated facts, figures, photos,
illustrations, video and audio content all aimed at providing the latest
news possible on the what, when and where of the sports, as well as how to
buy tickets and be part of the excitement.

IBM will provide all the hardware, systems software, technical support,
systems integration services and operations to ensure that information
about the 1996 Centennial Olympic Games is broadly distributed and easily
available worldwide to anyone who can access the Internet. Given the
growing interest in the 1996 Olympic Games, many of the 30 million
Internet users worldwide are likely to be accessing the new Olympic
information site concurrently. To handle this large workload, IBM's
high-performance, parallel processing computer, the Scalable POWERparallel
Systems (SP2) and RS/6000 workstations will be used as servers.

As the volume of information about the 1996 Olympic Games grows, the SP2,
complemented by RS/6000 workstations, can scale up easily -- with
additional processors, memory and disk storage -- to accommodate the
additional processing and data needs.

The 1996 Olympic Games Server will interface with IBM ES/9000 and AS/400
systems, which run the Results (sporting events) and Info '96
(information/communications) applications for the 1996 Games. Working
together, the systems will offer access to real-time news and information
on the Internet.

Donna Jonsson, ACOG deputy managing director of Communications, emphasized,
"Interest about the 1996 Olympic Games is worldwide, and that interest is
increasing rapidly as the summer of 1996 moves closer and closer. The
Internet is an extremely effective means of responding to that interest
and providing the most up-to-date information possible."

       Other Web Customers Demonstrate IBM Solutions

In addition to its work in building and managing the Olympic Games server
system, IBM announced other customers who will be demonstrating a wide
variety of home pages which IBM built and is hosting on servers for them
on the Internet's World-Wide Web.

Mobil Corporation will introduce its new home page, which will offer
information about the corporation, including its NASCAR auto racing team
results, over the Internet. NationsBank's home page also debuts, and
offers on-line information about banking services, loan applications and
customer service. Eventually the system will support electronic bill
payment and other transactions, as the necessary transactional security
standards are established.

             Prodigy Announces New Offerings

Prodigy, the consumer on-line service jointly owned by IBM and Sears, also
made several new announcements, including the introduction of version 1.2e
of its Web browser. Prodigy, the first major on-line service to offer a
Web browser, has grown to support more than 500,000 Web users. The
improved browser now offers adjustable fonts and colors, forms support, an
e-mail link, loading of local home pages, multiple hot-lists and many
other features.

Additionally, Prodigy announced a new upgrade to its service to enable
members to digitize and exchange personal photos through Prodigy e-mail.
No scanner is necessary for this service, as members send their rolls of
film to Seattle FilmWorks, which digitizes 35mm film and returns it to the
member on floppy diskette. Included in the $4.95 introductory package is
film for 20 photos, and software to view, zoom into, crop and organize
photos.

Prodigy also announced an enhanced version of its popular Internet
newsreader, which now allows users to display up to 1,000 newsgroup
listings, containing thousands of articles, and simplifies the download
process. Additionally, Prodigy announced its new low-priced 30/30
combination Prodigy/Internet pricing plan that lets members use its
Prodigy service and Internet links for the equivalent of $1.00 per hour.

                Personal Page Publisher

At the Internet World '95 exhibition, IBM is displaying more than 30 new
Internet technologies and services, including the Personal Page Publisher,
through which show attendees can create their own personal home page,
putting a digitized photo of themselves, along with a sound byte and
biographical notes, on the World-Wide Web. The information resides on and
can be accessed from an IBM RS/6000 workstation.

Attendees also can print out a color copy of their home page on a Sony
UP-D8800 Digital Color Printer. This printer uses dye sublimation thermal
printing technology to provide IBM booth visitors with near-photo quality
laminated print-outs of their personal home pages.

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