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                          DIGITAL EQUIPMENT CORPORATION

        EDITORIAL CONTACT:
  
        Dick Calandrella
        Digital Equipment Corporation
        (508) 467-2261
        [email protected]

        Birdie Fenzel
        BEA Systems, Inc.
        (408) 542-4081
        [email protected]



             DIGITAL AND BEA FORM WORLDWIDE TECHNOLOGY PARTNERSHIP

                TO DELIVER UNIVERSAL MIDDLEWARE INFRASTRUCTURE

           Companies Collaborate to Develop and Distribute Products


     MAYNARD, Mass. and SUNNYVALE, Calif., February 18, 1997 -- 

	Digital Equipment Corporation and BEA Systems, Inc. today extend their
long-standing relationship by announcing a major strategic technology and 
distribution partnership to simplify the development and deployment of 
distributed, mission-critical applications.

	This worldwide collaboration will provide the first industry-standard,  
cross-platform universal middleware infrastructure, and brings together the 
leading products in distributed transaction middleware, object technology, 
and message-oriented middleware. 



     	Under terms of the agreement,  DIGITAL and BEA will work together to 
deliver a broad, integrated middleware portfolio, created from their 
respective industry-leading software components.  BEA will acquire DIGITAL's  
ObjectBroker, DECmessageQ, and related software technology, making BEA the 
only complete, cross-platform provider of open middleware.  This 
transaction is pending U.S. Government approval.

      	BEA also will provide its market-leading BEA TUXEDO product on 
DIGITAL's OpenVMS platform in addition to the DIGITAL UNIX, and Windows NT 
platforms already supported by BEA.  All of DIGITAL's platforms will be 
first-tier ports for BEA's products. 

     	To further underscore the importance of this partnership, DIGITAL will 
assume an equity position in BEA, and will make a direct engineering 
development investment in ObjectBroker and DECmessageQ on DIGITAL Alpha 
platforms.  

     	DIGITAL also will continue to develop underlying distributed systems 
software, provide interoperability between the joint DIGITAL/BEA work and  
corresponding Microsoft Corporation technologies, and optimize these products 
on DIGITAL's UNIX, OpenVMS, and Windows NT platforms.  In addition, both 
companies will expand marketing, sales, and distribution of BEA TUXEDO, 
ObjectBroker, and DECmessageQ.  

     	This arrangement expands the multi-platform offering for these 
products, and ensures their continued individual availability and evolution 
for existing and future customers.

     	The fundamental technologies required for creating and integrating 
distributed business applications across the enterprise or over the Internet 
include transaction processing, object-based, and message-oriented solutions.  
Today, organizations developing and deploying mission-critical systems find 
that no single middleware technology addresses their complete enterprise 
application needs.  

	This extended partnership directly addresses these requirements for 
a simplified enterprise application environment by bringing BEA TUXEDO, 
ObjectBroker, and DECmessageQ together so that DIGITAL and BEA are now 
delivering the full range of required middleware functionality for solving 
complex business application needs.

      	"The partnership between DIGITAL and BEA indicates the strong, 
continuing commitment these two companies have to these technologies," said 
Alex Seale, project manager of Credit Risk Management System at Banque Paribas 
in London. "Their integrated middleware vision lays out a powerful direction 
for ObjectBroker, DECmessageQ, and BEA TUXEDO -- one that we can take as a 
serious commitment to supporting my company's success."


 
     	"The partnership between BEA and DIGITAL comes at a critical time in 
the evolving marriage between legacy systems, the Internet, and the explosion 
of distributed object computing," said Christopher Stone, CEO, Object 
Management Group. "A robust object-based transaction model (BEA TUXEDO), 
coupled with DIGITAL's ObjectBroker (CORBA/IIOP) and DECmessageQ, sends a 
clear message to the financial services and transaction-oriented enterprises 
that they mean serious business. This was a smart, savvy move, and a 
partnership to bet the bank on."

      	"The technology collaboration between BEA and DIGITAL will yield a 
portfolio of mission-critical middleware that takes full advantage of Network 
Computing Architecture (NCA)," said Mark Jarvis, vice president, Server 
Marketing, Oracle Corporation.  "DIGITAL and BEA are both long-time partners 
of Oracle's, and we look forward to working with both companies as they 
implement this strategy."

     	Don Harbert, vice president, UNIX Business Segment, Digital Equipment 
Corporation, said, "This extended partnership with BEA significantly 
strengthens our mutual commitment to supply our customers with the best 
multi-platform middleware products in the market today.  BEA now becomes 
our premier partner in developing multi-platform enterprise middleware 
for UNIX, OpenVMS, and other heterogeneous environments."

     	Bill Coleman, chairman and CEO of BEA Systems, Inc., said, "This 
announcement marks the further execution of our original mission - to provide 
an enterprise middleware infrastructure for distributed mission-critical 
applications. By combining the scalability and application management 
functionality of BEA TUXEDO with robust message queuing middleware and an
enterprise-class ORB (Object Request Broker), we can provide our customers 
with a single, integrated product suite that addresses all of their middleware 
requirements.  We are pleased to be working closely with DIGITAL to make this 
solution available to the market."

     	BEA Systems, Inc. is a leading provider of cross-platform middleware 
solutions for enterprise applications.  BEA's products enable mission-critical, 
distributed applications that work seamlessly in client/server, Internet, and 
legacy environments.  BEA provides a transactional and messaging software 
platform based on BEA TUXEDO for developing and deploying these enterprise 
applications.  In addition to its product line, BEA provides complete solutions 
through its extensive partner network and broad range of professional 
services.  BEA is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, with offices around 
the globe.  Additional information on BEA is available on the Internet at 
http://www.beasys.com.

     	Digital Equipment Corporation is a world leader in open client/server 
solutions from personal computing to integrated worldwide information systems.  
DIGITAL's scalable Alpha and Intel platforms, storage, networking, software 
and services, together with industry-focused solutions from business partners, 
help organizations compete and win in todays global marketplace. Additional 
information on DIGITAL is available on the Internet at http://www.digital.com.

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Note To Editors --- DIGITAL, the DIGITAL logo, ObjectBroker, and DECmessageQ 
                    are trademarks of Digital Equipment Corporation.

                    BEA and Enterprise Middleware Solutions are trademarks of 
                    BEA Systems, Inc.

                    TUXEDO is a registered trademark in the U.S. and other 
                    countries.

                    Windows and Windows NT are trademarks of Microsoft 
                    Corporation.

                    All other company and product names may be trademarks 
                    of the company with which they are associated.




                              (ADDENDUM PAGE)


INFORMATION ABOUT KEY PRODUCTS INVOLVED

BEA TUXEDO 
     BEA TUXEDO provides a robust middleware engine for developing and 
deploying business-critical client/server applications.  BEA TUXEDO handles 
not only distributed transaction processing, but also the application services 
necessary to build and run enterprise-wide applications.  It enables developers 
to create applications that span multiple hardware platforms, databases, and 
operating systems with full freedom to mix and match those platforms to best 
fit the application environment.  BEA TUXEDO is the market-share leader for 
distributed transaction middleware.

OBJECTBROKER
     DIGITAL's ObjectBroker is a proven, industry-leading, CORBA-conforming 
Object Request Broker (ORB), deployed widely today for business-critical 
distributed object-based applications.  With this partnership, BEA enters the 
growing distributed object systems market.  During 1997, BEA will provide 
integration between the mission-critical, high-performance deployment
characteristics of BEA TUXEDO and ObjectBroker's CORBA Distributed Object 
Development capabilities, creating the industry's first transaction-enabled 
object middleware.  The combination of BEA TUXEDO and ObjectBroker capabilities 
will allow customers to comfortably deploy mission-critical object-based 
applications.  BEA TUXEDO will integrate ObjectBroker to allow
objects and BEA TUXEDO services to interoperate, providing an evolutionary 
migration path to object technology.


DECMESSAGEQ
     DECmessageQ is the industry's highest performance, industrial-strength 
message-oriented middleware (MOM) solution.  Known for its leading position 
in the market, DECmessageQ provides a fast and reliable queuing system that 
connects disparate applications without invasion from or reliance upon other 
diverse applications.  This allows customers to incorporate existing 
applications into their enterprise middleware infrastructure.  DECmessageQ also 
provides a robust mechanism for seamlessly integrating legacy applications and 
data.  DECmessageQ, with its asynchronous connectivity capability, complements 
the BEA TUXEDO and ObjectBroker products as both a stand-alone product and an 
integrated addition to the product family. It is optimized for integrating 
distributed applications across a range of hardware platforms and operating 
systems, including UNIX, Windows NT, and OpenVMS.  During 1997, BEA will extend 
the integration between DECmessageQ to both BEA TUXEDO and ObjectBroker to 
ensure seamless access to both new and existing applications and systems.

    

    [this memo is from Mike Gallup, WW VP Marketing]
    
    
I am please to announce that 

SKIP GARVIN

will be assuming the position of

VICE PRESIDENT -  DATA WAREHOUSING TARGET MARKET SEGMENT

Skip joins the Target Market Segment team from his role as Americas VLM64 
Sales Manager, a position he assumed in September 1996.  He is a multiple 
DEC100 and DECathlon winner.

Skip joined DIGITAL in 1973 as a Senior Sales Representative within the OEM 
Product Line.  He was the Corporate Account Manager for Siemens Gmbh until 
1976 when he was promoted to Global Account Manager for Schlumberger, a 
post he held until 1983.

After a brief departure, he rejoined DIGITAL in 1989 at European Headquarters 
in Geneva, where he served as European Product Sales Manager until June 
1994.

Skip holds a BSc from Citadel, the Military College of South Carolina, and a MSc 
in business Administration from George Washington University.

Please join me in welcoming Skip to this new position.  His appointment rounds 
out the Target Market Segment team as we move into high gear for FY98.

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Digital Captures 15 AIM Technology Hot Iron Awards

PR News Wire via DowVision
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Prioris Servers, AlphaServer Systems and AlphaStations Combine to Win

               15 Awards -- Most Awards by a Single Vendor

LAS VEGAS, May 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Reinforcing its leadership in
price/performance enterprise solutions, Digital Equipment Corporation
(NYSE: DEC) (Networld+InterOp booth # 5041), today received 15 awards
at AIM Technology's Spring '97 Hot Iron Awards Ceremony held at
Networld+InterOp. Digital's Prioris servers, AlphaServer systems and
AlphaStations won awards in the performance and price/performance
categories, for both Windows NT and UNIX environments.

The award-winning Digital products included the Prioris ZX 6000 Series
and the Prioris HX 6000 Series, Digital's AlphaServer 4100 and 8400
systems, and AlphaStation 500/333. Combined, Digital won more awards
than any other vendor for the Spring '97 awards.

"Receiving multiple AIM awards for our Prioris, AlphaServer systems
and AlphaStations recognizes our unique ability to provide customers
with industry-leading solutions -- from the workgroup throughout the
enterprise," said Duane Dickhut, vice president of server products for
Digital's Personal Computer Business Unit.

"Customers are looking for true value, and that value is measured
through price/performance. As the AIM Awards indicate, our line of
Intel servers, AlphaServer systems and Alpha-based workstations set
the standard, providing customers with the best solution in every
price segment."

  Digital Hot Iron Awards for Spring 1997 include:

-- Best Throughput Performer, Windows NT Domain Server, priced between

      $7,500 and $14,999 -- Digital Prioris HX 6200MP

-- Best Price Performance, Windows NT Domain Server, priced between

      $15,000 and $24,999 -- Digital Prioris HX 6200MP (4 disk)

-- Best Throughput Performer, Windows NT Domain Server, priced between

      $25,000 and $49,999 -- Digital Prioris ZX 6200MP/4 (1GB)

-- Best Throughput Performer, Windows NT Domain Server, priced

      over $50,000 -- Digital Prioris ZX 6200MP/4 (1.5GB)

-- Best Price Performance, Windows NT Domain Server, priced over
$50,000

      -- Digital Prioris ZX 6200MP/4 (1.5GB)

-- Best Throughput Performer, UNIX Shared System, priced between
$15,000

      and $29,999 -- Digital Prioris HX 6200MP

-- Best Price Performance, UNIX Shared System, priced between $15,000
and

      $29,999 -- Digital Prioris HX 6200MP

-- Best Throughput Performer, UNIX Shared System, priced between
$30,000

      and $74,999 -- Digital Prioris ZX 6200MP/4

-- Best Throughput Performer, UNIX Shared System, priced between
$75,000

      and $149,999 -- Digital Prioris ZX 6200MP/4 (1536 MB)

-- Best Price Performance, UNIX Shared System, priced between $75,000
and

      $149,999 -- Digital Prioris ZX 6200MP/4 (1536 MB)

-- Best Price Performance, General Workstation Mix (UNIX), priced
between

      $10,000 and $25,000 -- Digital AlphaStation 500/333

-- Best Performance, General Workstation Mix (UNIX), priced between

      $10,000 and $25,000 -- Digital AlphaStation 500/333

-- Best Performance, General Workstation Mix (UNIX), priced over
$25,000

      -- Digital AlphaServer 4100 5/466

-- Best Price Performance, Shared System Mix (UNIX), priced over
$150,000

      -- Digital AlphaServer 4100 5/400

-- Best Performance, Shared System Mix (UNIX) priced over $150,000 --

      Digital AlphaServer 8400 5/350

Since 1981, AIM Technology has provided vendors and end users
comprehensive, unbiased performance testing to help users determine
the best fit between their application needs and available systems and
configurations. AIM's service helps users reduce the cost of
evaluating new systems, and provides valuable broad-spectrum
performance visibility for vendors that submit systems to be tested.
AIM is an independent organization, as opposed to a vendor consortium,
which allows AIM to bring an expert eye to performance measurement,
not restrained by objectives of consortium members.

Digital Equipment Corporation is a world leader in open client/server
solutions from personal computing to integrated worldwide information
systems. Digital's scalable Alpha and Intel platforms, storage,
networking, software and services, together with industry-focused
solutions from business partners, help organizations compete and win
in today's global marketplace.

NOTE: AlphaServer, Digital, the Digital logo and Prioris are
trademarks of Digital Equipment Corporation. Windows NT is a trademark
of Microsoft Corporation. UNIX is a registered trademark in the United
States and other countries licensed exclusively through X/Open
Companies Ltd. Intel is a registered trademark of Intel Corporation.
Other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. Please
visit the Digital PC World Wide Web page at
http://www.windows.digital.com.

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                                              Digital Equipment Corporation
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Editorial contact:

     	  Kenneth McDonnell
     	  (508) 493-5258

     	  Jeff Aubin
     	  (508) 264-7115

           DIGITAL Enhances Scalability, Management of Its
                        Windows NT Solutions
    
      Announces Windows NT Support for AlphaServer 8000 Systems;
  Adds ServerWORKS Features;  First to Enable SAP R/3 on Windows NT
                      for Both Alpha and Intel

MAYNARD, Mass., May 13, 1997 -- Digital Equipment Corporation, the 
leading supplier of enterprise-wide Windows NT solutions, today 
announced improved scalability, enhanced systems management, and 
broader application support for Windows NT-based environments. 

Specifically, the company announced:

     * 	Availability of the Windows NT operating system on Digital's 
        flagship AlphaServer 8400 and 8200 systems, with support for 
        up to eight 440-MHz Alpha processors and 8GB of memory.  
        These systems  will be available to early adopters beginning 
        this summer.

     * 	ServerWORKS 3.0, a suite of software manageability and 
        ease-of-use tools designed to integrate, manage and deploy 
        Windows NT solutions in heterogeneous environments at all 
        levels.  ServerWORKS manages Digital servers running 
        multiple operating systems, clients and network devices, 
        while integrating and complementing existing software 
        management solutions. 

     *  The industry's first support and management of the SAP R/3 
        system in a mixed RISC and Intel environment.  
     
     "Once again, Digital is re-emphasizing its dominance in 
providing customers the broadest range of Windows NT solutions," 
said Mike Gallup, Digital vice president of worldwide systems 
marketing.  "Digital's range of entry-level to high-end platforms, 
systems management capabilities, and burgeoning third-party Windows 
NT applications portfolio make it more clear than ever to customers 
that Digital is the premier choice for addressing Windows NT
challenges."   

 World's Most Powerful, Scalable Windows NT Server

     The availability of Windows NT on the AlphaServer 8400 and 8200 
systems completes the deployment of Windows NT across the entire 
AlphaServer line of systems from the AlphaServer 300 and the new 
AlphaServer 800 workgroup systems, to the AlphaServer 1000A 
departmental systems, the AlphaServer 4100 and 4000 families, and 
now the world's most powerful Windows NT systems, the AlphaServer 
8400 and 8200 systems. 

     Customers in mid-size and large companies are striving to 
combine the best aspects of client-server technology with the higher 
level of manageability, service, and support required in complex 
enterprise-wide solutions. Increasingly, they are looking to 
Windows-NT based systems to play a larger role in these 
applications. ServerWORKS and AlphaServer 8400 systems with Windows 
NT give users the power and flexibility they need to meet these
challenges today and far into the future.

      Microsoft also will support 64-bit data in the Windows NT 
operating systems for customers that require efficient access to 
extremely large databases.  Microsoft's 64-bit Windows NT will 
initially support the Alpha platform and will be available as a beta 
release before the end of the year.   

     AlphaServer 8400 and 8200 systems are ideally suited for 
enterprise applications such as data warehousing and decision 
support, manufacturing and financial applications, high-performance 
technical computing, telecommunications, large-scale database 
management, and large-capacity Internet server applications.   

     The announcement of the ability of the AlphaServer 8000 family 
to run Windows NT expands the capabilities of Windows NT to 
implement the most demanding enterprise-class applications. When 
combined with proven, enterprise software capabilities such as 
Digital's ACMSxp. The X-Open standard transaction definition 
language for transaction, processing (TP), and Reliable Transaction 
Router (RTR) for wide availability, AlphaServer 8000 systems provide 
a complete enterprise environment today.

     Performance tests confirm that an AlphaServer 8400 running 
Windows NT 4.0 and SQL Server 6.5, and Cheyenne ARCServe backup 
software provide off-line database backup at a rate of 240 GB/hour, 
while consuming less than 20% of CPU power.   This test result is a 
quantum leap ahead of previous NT backup "high-water marks" of 5-20 
GB/hour.  

ServerWORKS Version 3.0 

     New features in ServerWORKS Version 3.0 include remote 
serviceability (including enhanced alert capabilities) and tight 
integration with Digital's ClientWORKS, delivering a desktop-
management interface (DMI)-based solution for tighter management of 
client platforms.  ServerWORKS 3.0 is an easy-to-use solution, 
combining an intuitive user interface with a Windows look-and-feel, 
as well as a self-contained tutorial and on-line help. 

     The ServerWORKS 3.0 family includes ServerWORKS Quick Launch 
for fast, consistent, and accurate installation of network operating 
systems, and ServerWORKS Manager, a scalable solution providing 
SNMP-based management capabilities for servers and LANs. ServerWORKS 
3.0 is bundled with all Digital Prioris and AlphaServer systems, and 
is available on June 7.  For existing customers, the upgrade price 
is $99.
     
Mixed Environment Support of SAP R/3 System  

     "Only Digital offers customers the advantages of Windows NT 
running on both a RISC platform - Alpha -- and Intel platform," said 
Toni Steiner, Digital's worldwide SAP Business Manager. "With a 
central R/3 database machine, customers can receive the benefits of 
a configuration that features the cost-effective Intel application 
server and Digital's high-performance AlphaServer system both 
running the same Windows NT operating system." 

     "We are delighted that Digital will support such configurations 
for Windows NT," said  Christa Koppe, SAP's Alliance Manager to 
Digital. "This demonstrates Digital's solid commitment to our R/3 
system and Windows NT. It also underscores to our customers the fact 
that they have a secure growth path for their R/3 solutions on 
Microsoft Windows NT." 

     Digital Equipment Corporation is a world leader in open client/
server solutions, from personal computing to integrated worldwide 
information systems.  Digital's scalable Alpha and Intel platforms, 
storage, networking, software and services, together with industry-
focused solutions from business partners, help organizations compete 
and win in today's global marketplace. See also:  www.digital.com     
                                ####

Note to Editors:  Digital, AlphaServer, ServerWORKS, ClientWORKS, 
                  ACMS, RTR, and the Digital logo are trademarks of 
                  Digital Equipment Corporation. Microsoft and 
                  Windows are registered trademarks, and Windows NT 
                  is a trademark of Microsoft Corporation. SAP and 
                  R/3 are registered trademarks of SAP AG.  Intel is 
                  a registered trademark of Intel Corporation.

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Digital's New Solutions for Windows NT Target Scalability, Services,
Systems Management and Integration Digital Fuels Windows NT Market on Eve
of Microsoft Scalability Day

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MAYNARD, Mass., May 19 /PRNewswire/ via Individual Inc. -- Digital
Equipment Corporation (NYSE: DEC) today announced new services, products
and programs that extend its leadership position as the premier provider of
enterprise-wide Windows NT solutions. Digital's newest solutions for
Windows NT come on the eve of Microsoft Scalability Day, a New York
City-based event where Digital will demonstrate its significant lead over
competitors in delivering solutions for Windows NT across the enterprise.

The Digital offerings make it easy to use and integrate Windows NT products
and other Microsoft technologies in larger and higher performance
multivendor computing environments. They help businesses benefit from lower
total cost-of-ownership, greater ease-of-use, and improved manageability.
Announcement highlights include:

-- Eleven additional Digital Enterprise Services for Microsoft Technology a
comprehensive set of full lifecycle services that focus on the growing
demands of global IT management for Windows NT migration, Microsoft
Exchange migration, Internet/intranet solutions, and data warehousing using
Microsoft SQL Server;

-- Windows NT support for the RISC-based AlphaServer 8000 enterprise-class
family of systems, with support for up to eight 440-MHz Alpha processors
and eight gigabytes of memory. Digital is making Windows NT available on
the AlphaServer 8200 and 8400 now the fastest Windows NT-based servers in
the industry as part of an early adopters program;

-- 7 Digital ServerWORKS 3.0, a suite of easy-to-use manageability software
products that allows businesses to control and manage servers, clients and
networks in multivendor enterprise environments more easily;

-- Affinity Wave 4, the newest installment of Digital's highly successful
Affinity program, which offers products and services to its large global
base of customers for integrating Windows NT and Digital OpenVMS
environments; and

-- The availability of Marathon Endurance 4000 on Digital Prioris servers
running Windows NT. Marathon Endurance 4000, available from Marathon
Technologies, transforms up to four Digital Prioris servers into a single,
fault tolerant Windows NT server. Digital Prioris customers also can
maintain constant Windows NT computing in the event of site disasters
through the Endurance 4000 SplitSite capability, which locates redundant
halves of the system up to one-and-a-half kilometers from each other.

Businesses looking to implement Windows NT on a large scale with the
quality, security, reliability and full life-cycle support that ensures
success can turn to Digital today, or to our competitors twelve months or
more from now, said John Rando, vice president and general manager, Digital
Worldwide Services. Digital delivers the broadest range of Windows-based
enterprise services; offers the fastest, most scalable and
easiest-to-manage Windows NT systems and networks; and employs more
Microsoft certified service professionals worldwide than anyone else.
Through Digital, customers have access to solutions that address their
greatest Windows NT challenges.

Full Lifecycle Services for Microsoft Technology

Dataquest recently forecast the market for Windows NT-related services will
grow from $3.8 billion in 1996 to more than $12 billion in 2000. With
today's announcement of 11 additional Digital Enterprise Services for
Microsoft Technology, the company becomes the first to deliver complete
lifecycle services to meet the growing demands of global IT to integrate
Windows applications in networked, multivendor environments. Internet
services include Infrastructure Readiness for NetPC; Internet Commerce
Service for Microsoft Merchant Server; and Microsoft Commercial Internet
Services. Windows NT services include System Healthcheck; PC Utility;
System Management Support, Software Support, Installation and Startup for
Windows NT and clusters; Legacy NOS Migration; and Building Applications
for the Enterprise. Data warehousing includes Digital DataMart integration
with SQL for Oracle, Informix, Sybase and DB2.

Digital Enterprise Services for Microsoft Technology help organizations
plan, design, implement, manage and maintain Microsoft applications in
global networked, multivendor environments. Digital's full range of
services and support will help enterprises realize the full benefits of
Microsoft technology while decreasing implementation time and lowering
costs. Digital is the premier service and support partner in Microsoft's
Service Advantage Program.

Highest-Scaling, Fastest Systems to Run Windows NT

For the first time, Windows NT will be available on the world's most
powerful server platform Digital's flagship AlphaServer 8000 family, which
includes the 8200 and 8400 models. The AlphaServer 8000 family shatters the
performance barriers of conventional Windows NT computing. Windows NT
customers will benefit from breakthrough power and scalability for such
critical business applications as data warehousing, decision support,
manufacturing, finance, Internet and transaction processing. Early adopters
of these systems will begin receiving systems beginning this summer.

Digital now offers solutions for Windows NT across the entire range of its
Prioris Intel-based servers and AlphaServer systems, from workgroup servers
to departmental systems. Microsoft's forthcoming 64-bit Windows NT
operating system will be supported first on the Digital Alpha platform.

Streamlined Enterprise Systems Management

For sophisticated, distributed Windows NT environments, Digital offers
unmatched scalability options from Intel-based mobile and desktop systems
to higher-performing Intel servers and Alpha-based personal workstations
and data center-class servers. With the new version of ServerWORKS
announced today, customers can proactively control and manage enterprise
Windows NT environments at all levels. ServerWORKS 3.0 is a suite of
software tools that manages multivendor servers, networks, clients, hubs,
routers and switches while integrating and complementing existing software
management software.

ServerWORKS 3.0 is bundled with all Digital Prioris and AlphaServer Windows
NT systems and includes remote alarming, management and diagnostic
capabilities. This enables administrators to take preventative measures
before a mission-critical problem occurs.

Next Wave of Affinity Program Targets NT Integration

Digital's Affinity program is helping more than 20,000 customers around the
world integrate Windows NT and Digital's proven, disaster-tolerant 64-bit
OpenVMS operating system. Affinity Wave 4 targets enhanced mail and
messaging integration, World Wide Web access to applications and data,
applications development and network integration.

The enterprise services, products, and more than 70 partnerships of the
Affinity program provide the technological underpinnings for integrating
Windows NT application servers with secure, highly available OpenVMS
servers. By combining these strengths, Digital's Affinity program offers
superior overall functionality and the most complete set of applications
and tools for many large businesses that are testing and deploying Windows
NT.

Digital Equipment Corporation is a world leader in open client/server
solutions from personal computing to integrated worldwide information
systems. Digital's scalable Alpha and Intel platforms, storage, networking,
software and services, together with industry-focused solutions from
business partners, help organizations compete and win in today's global
marketplace. For more information about Digital Equipment, visit
http://www.digital.com.

NOTE: Digital, the Digital logo, AlphaServer, OpenVMS, Prioris and
ServerWORKS are trademarks of Digital Equipment Corporation. Microsoft is a
registered trademark and Windows NT is a trademark of Microsoft
Corporation. Endurance is a trademark and SplitSite is a registered
trademark of Marathon Technologies Corporation.

SOURCE Digital Equipment Corporation

/CONTACT: Ken McDonnell of Digital, 508-493-5258 or [email protected]
or Mike Shamrell for Digital, 508-266-8400 or [email protected]/ (DEC)
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