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To: Nanda who wrote (66)	7/13/1998 9:52:00 AM
From: Mark Hill	Respond to of 119973

(BSNS WIRE) Banyan Awarded Microsoft Solution Provider Status Banyan Awarded Microsoft Solution Provider Status Business/Technology Editors WESTBORO, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 13, 1998-- Networking Products and Services Provider to Support Customers in Integration, Deployment and Cost Effective Management of Windows NT Networks Banyan Systems Incorporated (NASDAQ:BNYN) today announced it has joined the Microsoft(R) Certified Solution Provider Program. Banyan's growing network services business will now include technical support of Microsoft Windows NT(R) and related Microsoft enterprise server and workstation products including Windows NT server, Windows NT workstation and Microsoft Exchange(R). "Banyan is pleased to become a provider of Microsoft solutions. Providing Windows NT services are necessary as we grow our product lines which support the Windows NT platform. Many of our customers require multi-vendor support and expertise as they integrate their Windows NT servers into existing networks," said Bob Burke, Banyan's senior vice president of worldwide sales and service. "Our goal is to enable our customers to maximize their investments in their existing networks by providing rapid resolution and expert technical support gained from fifteen years of building and maintaining the largest enterprise networks in the world." These newly-added support services will benefit Banyan customers in numerous ways. First, Banyan is expanding its capabilities in multi-vendor technology and its core competencies in directory and messaging technology to solve today's ever-changing networking challenges. Nearly 80% of Banyan's worldwide support staff are now Microsoft Certified Professionals and have direct access to Microsoft technical publications, TechNet and beta software. In addition, as a Microsoft Certified Solution Provider, Banyan has priority access to Microsoft for any escalation issues that may be reported by customers. "As an extension of the excellent support we have received from Banyan, we now have one familiar and reliable place to go for Microsoft technical support," said Rebecca Sandlin, Systems Integrator at Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine. "Banyan's unique ability to provide an integrated products and services solution to heterogeneous, enterprise networks is extremely valuable to organizations today". About Banyan Systems Incorporated Banyan Systems Incorporated (NASDAQ:BNYN), founded in 1983, is a leading provider of advanced enterprise solutions that integrate multi-vendor networking environments. Headquartered in Westboro, Mass., USA, Banyan (http://www.banyan.com) supports hundreds of Fortune 1000 companies and government agencies worldwide with products and services that integrate core business applications and intranets creating highly reliable, easily managed, and secure global networks. The company also provides co-existence and migration services, secure and remote access for business applications and tools to deploy and manage intranets, directories and messaging. Its majority-owned Internet subsidiary, Switchboard Inc. (http://www.switchboard.com) is the #1 on-line white and yellow pages directory. Banyan, VINES, StreetTalk and BeyondMail are registered trademarks of Banyan Systems Incorporated. StreetTalk is a product of Banyan Systems Incorporated and not a product of McCarthy, Crisanti & Maffei, Inc. --30--cd/bos* CONTACT: Banyan Systems Inc. Mike Farnesi, 508/870-2138 mfarnesi@banyan.com OR Corporate Ink Cherylynne Davis, 617/969-9192 cdavis@corporateink.com OR Chuck Kaufman, 617/969-9192 ckaufman@corporateink.com KEYWORD: MASSACHUSETTS INDUSTRY KEYWORD: COMED COMPUTERS/ELECTRONICS TELECOMMUNICATIONS INTERACTIVE/MULTIMEDIA/INTERNET Today's News On The Net - Business Wire's full file on the Internet with Hyperlinks to your home page. URL: businesswire.com * end of story *