BANYAN SYSTEMS AND ZOOMIT CORPORATION ANNOUNCE DEFENSE MESSAGING SYSTEM
SOLUTION FOR BEYONDMAIL

WESTBORO, MA, August 2, 1995 -- Banyan Systems Incorporated [NASDAQ:BNYN]
today announced a partnership with ZOOMIT Corporation to supply a fully
compliant client/server Defense Messaging System (DMS) solution. This
solution will enable current and future versions of BeyondMail client
workstation software to function as a DMS User Agent. The Banyan DMS
solution, being developed by ZOOMIT Corporation, will be integrated with
the BeyondMail for Microsoft Windows, Intelligent Messaging Version
software. Current customers can easily upgrade their current environment
to a compliant DMS solution that will be GOSIP certified. The Banyan DMS
solution will be available through Banyan's sales channel.

DMS, a key initiative for the Department of Defense, will provide its
personnel a well integrated, business-quality electronic messaging service
with the security requirements of data integrity, access control,
authentication, non-repudiation, and confidentiality.

"Banyan Systems is in an excellent position to provide our BeyondMail
customers and prospects with a DMS solution," said Eugene Lee, Vice
President, Marketing and Business Development, Messaging Solutions
Business Unit, Banyan Systems. "This solution will allow our customers and
prospects to use commercially available products to meet the DMS
requirements for secure `writer to reader' messaging. In addition, the
solution will bring Banyan's Business on Mail initiative within the
REDWOOD vision to the federal marketplace."

According to Jackson Shaw, Vice President, Sales, ZOOMIT Corporation, "The
DMS solution integrated with Banyan BeyondMail and Intelligent Messaging
will clearly set a new standard for the interoperability of secure
messaging. By making a commecial version of the DMS solution available, we
will also enable Banyan's commercial sector clients to realize the same
benefits. We are delighted to be working with Banyan, the enterprise
messaging leaders, on this very important project."

The Banyan DMS client solution will incorporate an X.500 directory browser,
P772 Message Formatter, and Message Security Protocol (P42) with support
for the National Security Agency Fortezza card. The Banyan DMS server
solution consists of a 1988-based X.400 Message Transfer Agent, and a
1993-based X.500 Directory System Agent, to allow Banyan VINES and ENS for
Netware networks to connect directly to the DMS network.

"This strategy allows for a cost effective migration to DMS without
incurring costs for retraining and software replacement," said Glenn
Pulling, Vice President, Federal Systems Group, Banyan Systems. "We have
been working directly with the DMS prime contractor to insure that our DMS
solution is available through the DMS contract. A key element of the
development partnership between Banyan and ZOOMIT is the short
time-to-market for products, and much of the technology will be based on
available products from Banyan and ZOOMIT."

Over the past seven years ZOOMIT has focused on providing industry standard
solutions in the messaging and directory arena -- especially to large
corporations that require total enterprise-wide solutions, creating a
strong foundation for their advanced security efforts. ZOOMIT's
"Intelligent Security Agent" and "Intelligent Directory Agent" provide
integrated security, X.500 and local directory access from within Banyan
BeyondMail, and is an example of the key components that will form an
important part of the DMS offering.

About Banyan Systems Incorporated

Banyan Systems (NASDAQ:BNYN) is a pioneer and leader in enterprise network
services. These products make it easy to find, share and manage
information and resources within enterprise networks. Founded in 1983 and
headquartered in Westboro, MA, the company markets products worldwide
through authorized network integrators, resellers and international
distributors. Banyan can be reached on the World Wide Web at
http://www.banyan.com.

About ZOOMIT Corporation

ZOOMIT is the leading provider of X.400, X.500, public-key security,
gateway, and enterprise-wide directory synchronization solutions for
Banyan VINES. There are over 450,000 users of ZOOMIT products. ZOOMIT's
solutions are available for Banyan, Novell and Microsoft NT. With offices
in Washington D.C., Toronto and Ottawa; ZOOMIT may be reached at
1-800-565-5156 or 1-416-703-7442. Enquiries may be sent via the Internet
to info@zoomit.com or via X.400 to s=info;p=zoomit,a=attmail;c=us.
 
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