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To: jake burns who wrote (3932)	9/15/1998 8:30:00 PM
From: Emec	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 15094

Hey, Look what's on the fromt page of HBOC's web page! hboc.com Contact: HBOC Public Relations Leslie White, Voice: (770) 804-2897, E-mail: angela.jenkins@hboc.com HBOC Chooses HIE as Integration Partner ATLANTA, Sept. 15, 1998 - HBO & Company (Nasdaq:HBOC) today announced that it has signed a multiyear strategic distribution agreement to market Healthdyne Information Enterprises' (Nasdaq:HDIE) message broker tool. Under the agreement, HBOC will market the HIE interface engine under the name Pathways Interface Manager. The agreement underlines HBOC's ongoing commitment to application integration, said Albert J. Bergonzi, HBOC president and co-chief operating officer. "We share our customers' continuing focus on application integration," said Bergonzi. "In HIE, we've chosen a partner with a strong position in the industry, an outstanding reputation for customer service, and technology innovation that matches our own." The HIE message broker will be the go-forward engine for Pathways Interface Manager. HBOC will continue to support and upgrade its existing interface engine customers, which will have the option to continue with their current interface engine or to migrate to the HIE engine. "The partnership will keep HIE abreast of HBOC's ongoing interface requirements and new product developments that influence customers' integration needs," said Robert Murrie, HIE president and chief executive officer. "The goal is to offer seamless support for the significant integration needs felt by today's complex healthcare organization." HIE will offer HBOC customers a full range of related services, including training, technical support, implementation and integration consulting. In addition, the two companies will cooperate on interoperability strategies to maximize customer value, and HIE will work closely with HBOC to create standard integration for HBOC products acquired in the future. HIE's message broker tool offers healthcare organizations significant competitive advantages, including better journaling capabilities for easier message state recovery, superior monitoring capabilities and more active alerting mechanisms. It also provides integrated data communications with a spectrum of protocols that are delivered in a seamless, layered architecture. The architecture offers integrated store-and-forward, batch and online operations with open systems and heterogeneous networking capabilities. The message broker is available on all platforms required by HBOC applications, including: Data General 4.11 and 4.2; IBM AIX 4.1.5 and 4.2.1; Sun Solaris 2.5.1 and 2.6; Hewlett-Packard UX 10.20; Digital Equipment Corporation UNIX 4.0c; and Intel Pentiumr family Pro Windows NTr Server 4.0. HIE helps enterprises rapidly integrate their existing and new applications using the company's market leading software tools and strategic and tactical integration services. More than 1,000 customers around the world use the company's tools. HIE is headquartered in Marietta, Ga., with offices in Dallas, Columbus, Nashville, London, England, and Essen, Germany. For more information visit HIE's Web site at hie.com. HBOC delivers enterprisewide patient care, clinical, financial and strategic management software solutions, as well as networking technologies, electronic commerce, outsourcing and other services to healthcare organizations throughout the world.