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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Jennifer Jester/Lucia Graziano
Banyan Public Communications
508-898-1000
Joann Anderson/Rich Nagle
Copithorne & Bellows
617-252-0606
BANYAN SYSTEMS ANNOUNCES VINES SUPPORT
FOR MICROSOFT MS-DOS OPERATING SYSTEM, VERSION 5
NEW YORK CITY, June 11, 1991 -- Banyan Systems today announced that
Banyan VINES 4.10, the market leading software for enterprise-wide
networking, supports Microsoft MS-DOS operating system, version
5 released today by Microsoft Corporation.
The Microsoft standard open architecture supports the use of VINES
network services across the enterprise and the development of VINES
4.10 applications across diverse hardware platforms while ensuring
compatibility with existing systems.
"Together, VINES 4.10 and the latest release of MS-DOS create an
efficient and rich application environment," said James D'Arezzo,
Banyan Vice President, Marketing. "Microsoft's focus on memory
management enhancements and task swapping makes the use of VINES
client workstations easier and more productive."
VINES provides the MS-DOS client with the optimal environment for
creating open, local-area and wide-area networks with both robust
services and distributed applications. VINES users running MS-DOS,
version 5 will be able to work with even larger and more powerful
applications and files as a result of the new memory management
features in this latest version.
Banyan's extensive support of heterogenous environments allows
VINES 4.10 clients running MS-DOS, version 5 to log into the VINES
4.10 network from any location and to access all standard,
integrated VINES services and all authorized network resources,
including printers, disk drives, and peripherals. VINES 4.10
offers additional enhancements for MS-DOS clients connected to a
VINES network, including multiple protocol Network Driver
Interface Specifications (NDIS) support, configurable NetBIOS
sessions and Named Pipes support.
Banyan VINES 4.10 also supports the Microsoft WindowsTM graphical
environment, version 3.0 and Microsoft OS/2 operating system,
versions 1.2 and higher, providing comprehensive, fully integrated
client and application support in a VINES 4.10 environment.
Banyan VINES 4.10 gives network administrators consistent
management and control from Windows, OS/2 and MS-DOS clients
anywhere in the network.
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