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"March 31, 1999
"FLASH RECOMMENDATION"
AXXel Knutson's
VTAR ™ [Volume Trade Analysis Research ™]
Axxel Institutional Equity Services/VTAR™
["Volume Trade Analysis Research"]™
"Manage the risk…the profits will take care of themselves."
"In this business, being right is not as important as making money…consistently and one of primary tenants of the quest is the avoidance of the 'obvious risk'"
From AXXel Knutson, CEO & Chief Investment Officer
VTAR™ [Volume Trade Analysis Research™]
Axxel Institutional Equity Services™
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We are recommending the immediate accumulation of Banyan Systems Inc., [BNYN-12 7/8] and the following will give you some flavor as to some of the fundamental rationales that we see in this company. Time does not permit a detailed discussion of the company or of its products or how they fit into the full spectrum of the Internet, but suffice it to say these products have wide application within the Internet framework and the acceptance of Banyan's "Switchboard" products offer great appeal.
With a very solid base in the $8-11 range and a recent non-speculative spike to $14 3/8, we believe that investors should take immediate advantage of this minor pullback and make a measurable investment in Banyan at current market levels.
We rage the stock a "Strong Buy." Those not receiving the chart via Email, should avail themselves of the chart [see the link below] or visit one of the VTAR™ websites.
Chart is courtesy of www.iqc.com
iqc.com
Tuesday March 30, 8:08 am Eastern Time
Company Press Release
Ask Jeeves Taps Switchboard's Directory Services for Answers to Consumer
Questions Online
WESTBORO, Mass. and BERKELEY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 30, 1999--
Partnership with Popular Question-Answering Service Provides
Increased Visibility for Local Merchants Establishing Web
Storefronts in Switchboard Yellow Pages
Switchboard, Inc., the popular Internet subsidiary of Banyan Systems Incorporated (NASDAQ:BNYN - news) and Ask Jeeves(tm), Inc., the first company to
develop an Internet-wide, natural-language, question-answering service for consumers, announced a partnership today that will utilize Switchboard's directory
services on the Ask Jeeves Web sites, www.ask.com and www.ajkids.com. Ask Jeeves will use Switchboard's directory services to answer consumer questions
which require information about businesses and people. The partnership provides increased exposure to participants in Switchboard's Local Merchant Program,
while raising awareness of merchant sites to a wider audience of consumers.
''Through Switchboard's Yellow Pages-based Local Merchant Program and its patented White Pages user registration system, millions of people and businesses
have updated or added their listings and information to the Switchboard site,'' said Rob Wrubel, president and CEO of Ask Jeeves. ''The up-to-date information on
the Switchboard site makes it a powerful resource for consumers to find people and businesses online. By adding the site to our answer network, we are continuing
to populate our knowledgebase with the best answers to consumer's questions.''
''The intuitive question-answering model used on the Ask Jeeves Web sites opens up new and exciting ways for people and business information to be found,'' said
Dean Polnerow president of Switchboard. ''We are very pleased to be partnering with one of the fastest growing sites on the Internet, bringing a new audience of
users to Switchboard and our merchant base.''
About Switchboard, Inc.
Switchboard (www.switchboard.com) is one of the leading white and yellow pages directories on the Web and among the 40 most active Web destinations
according to Media Metrix, the foremost Internet traffic monitoring service. More than 40 million times each month, Switchboard helps consumers find the
information they need, whether it is locating a long lost friend or the nearest restaurant, hotel, or automobile dealer. Switchboard is the 1998 winner of the Local
Internet Service Award for best national directory service. Offering comprehensive information, unmatched speed and innovative features, Switchboard is the on-line
directory selected by Alta Vista, Bell Atlantic and GeoCities. Switchboard Incorporated is a majority held subsidiary of Banyan Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:BNYN -
news). Switchboard is a registered trademark of Switchboard Inc.
About Ask Jeeves, Inc.
Incorporated in 1996 and based in Berkeley, California, Ask Jeeves is the first company to develop an Internet-wide, natural language, question-answering service
for consumers who need a fast, intuitive and trusted way to find answers to their questions online. Ask Jeeves' helps humanize the Internet by allowing people to ask
questions in plain English, and receive direct, accurate responses. Ask Jeeves' connects consumers to answers - through its public Web sites, www.ask.com and
www.ajkids.com, and through the Web sites of companies that use its Corporate Question-Answering Service. For more information visit ask.com or
call 510.649.8685.
Switchboard Incorporated Ask Jeeves, Inc
(508) 898-1746 (510) 649-3849
ehaney@switchboard.com heather@ask.com
Monday March 29, 9:47 am Eastern Time
Qwest offers Banyan Web phone service
DENVER, March 29 (Reuters) - Qwest Communications International Inc. (Nasdaq:QWST - news), the No. 4 U.S. long
distance provider, said Monday that business customers of Banyan Systems Inc. (NYSE:BNYN - news) will be able to make
toll-free phone calls on the Internet, using Qwest technology.
Under a deal between the two companies, firms advertising on Web-based white and yellow page directories run by Banyan's
Switchboard unit will be offered Web phone links from their ads.
With a mouse click, customers will be able to dial up the businesses from the electronic ads to make orders and get information.
Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Company officials were not immediately available to comment further on the contract.
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Control the risk…the profits will take care of themselves
AXXel Knutson, CIO
AXXel Institutional Equity Services™
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