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To: Ron who wrote (1440)	11/24/1998 8:22:00 PM
From: STEAMROLLER	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1561

a little info on BNYN Banyan Systems Appoints John Jewett CFO Of Its Switchboard Subsidiary; Addition Of former PointCast CFO Strengthens Switchboard's Senior Management Team WESTBORO, Mass--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 16, 1998--Banyan Systems Incorporated (NASDAQ:BNYN), a leading provider of advanced network solutions from the enterprise to the Web, today announced that John P. Jewett has been appointed Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Switchboard Incorporated, the Company's majority-owned Internet directory service subsidiary. As CFO, Jewett, age 55, will oversee Switchboard's finance, legal, management information systems and human resources operations. He will report directly to Dean Polnerow, Switchboard's president. Switchboard is the Internet's leading directory service website with more than 120 million people and business listings. Switchboard also provides online directory services for Alta Vista, GeoCities and Bell Atlantic's Big Yellow directory site. Jewett joins Switchboard with more than 25 years of senior management experience at leading technology companies. From 1995 to 1997, he was Chief Financial Officer at PointCast Inc., a widely recognized provider of news and information to consumers and corporations via the Internet and corporate intranets. As PointCast's CFO, Jewett played an integral role in facilitating the company's growth and raising more than $48 million in capital through both private financing and corporate investments from top media and technology leaders such as Softbank, Compaq, Knight-Ridder and Gannet Corporation. In addition, Jewett was instrumental in establishing relationships with Standard & Poors, Reuters, SportsTicker, and other information providers to broaden the content offered through the PointCast Network. Dean Polnerow, Switchboard's President, stated, "I am delighted to welcome John to Switchboard. John has an outstanding track record of success in facilitating the growth of emerging technology companies. He brings to Switchboard expertise in establishing long-term, strategic relationships, as well as proven experience at building a strong business infrastructure and raising capital. I am confident that John's talents and skills will be valuable to Switchboard as we expand on our position as the Internet's most popular Web site for white and yellow pages directory services." Jewett commented, "I was attracted to Switchboard for a number of reasons: the Company has created one of the Internet's most frequently visited Web sites; it has many exciting opportunities to add traffic to its site by expanding its strategic relationships and visibility to Internet users; and the Company is focused on converting its popularity into a growing business. I look forward to working with the entire Switchboard team." Prior to PointCast, Jewett was Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Calidus Systems, Inc., a leading provider of direct marketing, financial and logistics software, where he was instrumental in rejuvenating the company's financial performance and accelerating product development. Before that, Jewett was President of BluePoint Technologies Inc., a manufacturer of proprietary chips for laser printers, and had assumed complete responsibility for BluePoint's business operations, including the company's sale to Adobe Systems. John was Chief Financial Officer at Bitstream Inc., a developer of digital typography technologies and served as Apollo Computer's Vice President and general counsel, where he oversaw the company's legal operations that supported its revenue growth from $1.8 million to nearly $400 million. Jewett holds a Bachelor's Degree from Trinity College, a J.D. from the University of Connecticut and a L.L.M. in common market study from the London School of Economics and Political Science. The Company noted that each of the above forward-looking statements is subject to change based on various important factors, including, without limitation, the plans for the Company's business. These factors are subject to change based on various important factors including competitive actions in the marketplace, and the ability of Switchboard to expand its revenues and broaden its strategic relationships. Further information on potential factors which could affect the Company's financial results are included in the Company's Form 10-K for the 1997 fiscal year, which was filed with the SEC at the end of March 1998, and the Company's Form 10-Q for the period ended June 1998, which was filed with the SEC in August 1998. 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, Massachusetts, 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.

To: Ron who wrote (1440)	11/24/1998 8:23:00 PM
From: STEAMROLLER	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1561

internet trafic report, mention of switchboard.com, BNYN Media Metrix Reports Top 25 Web Properties and Web Sites NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 23, 1998--Media Metrix, Inc. today announces its Top 25 Web property and Web site rankings. The Media Metrix ratings are based on percent reach and unique visitors among over 62 million Internet users in October 1998. Media Metrix is the pioneer and leader in the field of digital media measurement. Media Metrix provides the most comprehensive measurement of the digital landscape: the World Wide Web, commercial online services, computer software, hardware and other new interactive applications. At the heart of Media Metrix is its unique and patented ''metering'' software technology -- it connects with the operating system and ''follows'' the PC user minute by minute, page by page, click by click. The meter captures real-time, actual behavior of tens of thousands of people at their homes and businesses. Media Metrix has nearly 300 clients including leading advertising agencies, new and traditional media companies, e-commerce marketers, financial institutions and technology companies. TOP 25 WEB PROPERTIES Media Metrix, Inc. October 1998 Measurement Period (10/1/98 through 10/31/98) Combined At Home and At Work Rank Web Property % Unique Reach Visitors (000) Total Web Universe 100.0 62,516 1 AOL Web Sites 47.9 29,954 2 Yahoo Sites 47.6 29,765 3 Microsoft Sites 46.3 28,952 4 Lycos 44.5 27,828 5 Netscape.com 33.4 20,875 6 Geocities.com 30.8 19,244 7 Excite Network 30.1 18,797 8 Walt Disney Company Online 23.5 14,669 9 Infoseek 21.7 13,548 10 Time Warner Online 18.8 11,735 11 Altavista Search Services 18.0 11,268 12 Xoom Sites 13.6 8,525 13 Zdnet Sites 13.4 8,391 14 Realsite Portfolio 13.1 8,185 15 Bluemountainarts.com 13.1 8,175 16 Amazon.com 11.8 7,387 17 CNET 10.7 6,682 18 Switchboard Network 10.2 6,366 19 Snap.com Search & Services 9.1 5,672 20 Preferences.com 8.6 5,387 21 Bonzi.com 8.2 5,099 22 Weather.com 8.1 5,040 23 Simplenet.com 7.5 4,702 24 Viacom Online 7.3 4,575 25 Earthlink.net 7.0 4,348 TOP 25 WEB SITES Media Metrix, Inc. October 1998 Measurement Period (10/1/98 through 10/31/98) Combined At Home and At Work Rank Web Site % Unique Reach Visitors (000) Total Web Universe 100.0 62,516 1 Yahoo.com 46.9 29,344 2 Aol.com 45.2 28,256 3 Microsoft.com 35.2 22,004 4 Netscape.com 33.4 20,875 5 Geocities.com 30.8 19,244 6 Excite.com 25.4 15,858 7 Lycos.com 22.6 14,110 8 Infoseek.com 20.1 12,593 9 MSN.com 19.6 12,255 10 Altavista Search Services 18.0 11,268 11 Tripod.com 16.1 10,080 12 Angelfire.com 15.2 9,474 13 Hotmail.com 14.4 9,018 14 Bluemountainarts.com 13.1 8,175 15 Xoom.com 13.0 8,145 16 Real.com 12.3 7,702 17 Zdnet.com 12.0 7,476 18 Amazon.com 11.8 7,387 19 Switchboard.com 10.0 6,273 20 Snap.com Search & Services 9.1 5,672 21 Hotbot.com 9.0 5,649 22 Preferences.com 8.6 5,387 23 Bonzi.com 8.2 5,099 24 Msnbc.com 8.1 5,094 25 Weather.com 8.1 5,040 Top 25 Web Properties Media Metrix, Inc. October 1998 Measurement Period (10/1/98 Through 10/31/98) Top 15 Web Properties - At Home Rank Web Property % Reach 1 AOL Web sites 46.4 2 Yahoo Sites 40.1 3 Microsoft Sites 38.7 4 Lycos 37.0 5 Geocities.com 26.6 6 Netscape.com 25.5 7 The Excite Network 24.3 8 Walt Disney Company Online 17.8 9 Infoseek 15.1 10 Time Warner Online 14.4 11 Altavista Search Services 13.0 12 Xoom Sites 12.8 13 Bluemountainarts.com 10.4 14 ZDNet Sites 10.0 15 Realsite Portfolio 9.6 16 CNET 9.0 17 Amazon.com 8.8 18 Switchboard Network 7.8 19 Snap.com Search & Services 7.8 20 Bonzi.com 7.8 21 Preferences.com 6.7 22 Simplenet.com 6.7 23 Viacom Online 6.4 24 ATT.net 6.1 25 Intergal.com 6.1 Top 15 Web Properties - At Work Rank Web Property % Reach 1 Microsoft Sites 50.0 2 Yahoo Sites 49.2 3 Lycos 40.3 4 Netscape.com 39.8 5 AOL Web sites 35.1 6 The Excite Network 29.6 7 Geocities.com 25.9 8 Walt DisneyCompany Online 23.7 9 Infoseek 23.6 10 Altavista Search Services 20.7 11 Time Warner Online 18.8 12 ZDNet Sites 13.9 13 Realsite Portfolio 13.1 14 Bluemountainarts.com 12.0 15 CNET 12.0 16 Amazon.com 11.8 17 Xoom Sites 10.1 18 Switchboard Network 9.4 19 Weather.com 9.3 20 Snap.com Search & Services 8.7 21 Preferences.com 7.5 22 Looksmart.com 7.4 23 Travelocity.com 7.3 24 Infospace Impressions 6.9 25 News Corp. Online 6.9 Top 25 Web Sites Media Metrix -Inc. October 1998 Measurement Period (10/1/98 - 10/31/98) Top 25 Web Sites - At Home Rank Web Site % Reach 1 aol.com 42.9 2 yahoo.com 39.4 3 microsoft.com 28.9 4 geocities.com 26.6 5 netscape.com 25.5 6 excite.com 19.8 7 lycos.com 16.9 8 msn.com 14.9 9 tripod.com 14.4 10 angelfire.com 14.3 11 infoseek.com 13.7 12 hotmail.com 13.2 13 Altavista Search Services 13.0 14 xoom.com 12.2 15 bluemountainarts.com 10.4 16 real.com 9.2 17 amazon.com 8.8 18 zdnet.com 8.6 19 Snap.com Search & Services 7.8 20 bonzi.com 7.8 21 switchboard.com 7.7 22 hotbot.com 7.7 23 preferences.com 6.7 24 simplenet.com 6.7 25 Disney Online 6.5 Top 25 Web Sites - At Work Rank Web Site % Reach 1 yahoo.com 48.9 2 netscape.com 39.8 3 microsoft.com 38.7 4 aol.com 32.9 5 geocities.com 25.9 6 excite.com 25.3 7 infoseek.com 22.7 8 lycos.com 22.4 9 msn.com 20.7 10 Altavista Search Services 20.7 11 zdnet.com 13.0 12 hotmail.com 12.4 13 real.com 12.1 14 bluemountainarts.com 12.0 15 amazon.com 11.8 16 tripod.com 11.7 17 xoom.com 9.6 18 angelfire.com 9.3 19 msnbc.com 9.3 20 weather.com 9.3 21 switchboard.com 9.2 22 cnn.com 9.0 23 Snap.com Search & Services 8.7 24 hotbot.com 7.8 25 espn.com 7.8 Chart Definitions: Top 25 Web Properties: The top 15 World Wide Web properties are based on unduplicated audience reach. ''Web Properties'' include the largest single Web site brands as well as consolidations of multiple Web domains that fall under one brand or common ownership. Example of ''Web Properties'': An example of a ''Web Property'' (i.e. one that offers more than one site) is the Excite Network, which encompasses city.net, excite.com, mckinley.com and webcrawler.com. Top 25 Web Sites: The top 25 Web sites are based on unduplicated audience reach. Top sites are from Media Metrix' At Home and At Work samples. Reach Definition & Example: The percent of Web-active individuals (i.e. individuals in the Media Metrix sample) that visited a site once in the given month. Individual visits are unduplicated (not counted twice). For example, If a site has a 2% reach that means that 2% of Web-active individuals visited that site within the given month. Unique Visitors: The actual number of total users who visited the Web site once in the given month. All Unique Visitors are unduplicated (only counted once) and are in thousands. Each reach point represents approximately 620,000 unique visitors, but this number varies each month.