          ARTISOFT PARTNERS WITH LOTUS, CHEYENNE COMMUNICATIONS & 
          NETCOM TO CREATE LANTASTIC(R) POWER SUITE
     
          Suite Consists of Advanced LANtastic Network Operating 
          System Integrated with Leading Communications Software
     
          (TUCSON, AZ -- March 28, 1995) -- Artisoft, Inc. announced 
          today the LANtastic Power Suite, a new integrated product 
          that contains an advanced LANtastic network operating system 
          combined with leading communications software.  This suite 
          of six integrated products offers a complete tailored 
          networking and communications solution for small and growing 
          businesses and branch offices.  In addition to the LANtastic 
          network, the suite also includes Lotus(R) cc:Mail(TM) 
          communications software, Lotus Organizer(TM) networked group 
          scheduler and personal information manager (PIM), 
          Cheyenne(R) Communications BitWare(TM) fax and modem 
          communications software, Cheyenne Communications 
          BitShare(TM) modem-sharing and pooling software, and 
          NETCOM(R) NetCruiser(TM) Internet access software.  The 
          LANtastic Power Suite, which starts at $199 for a one-user 
          software-only kit, is expected to begin shipping in the 
          first half of calendar year 1995.
     
          "We are very pleased to be partnering with three of the 
          industry's most recognized and leading companies in their 
          respective markets," said Artisoft President and CEO William 
          C. Keiper.  "The integration of their products with our 
          award-winning LANtastic network ensures that LANtastic Power 
          Suite will provide the ease and power that small business 
          customers demand for their growing organizations," he added.
     
          "LANtastic Power Suite users will receive at an extremely 
          affordable price a full-featured network and robust 
          communication tools once thought reserved just for larger 
          corporations," Keiper continued.  "Because of our 
          application independence, this position of neutrality 
          enables us to partner with market leaders in order to 
          provide our customers with best-of-class products."
     
          If purchased individually, the products in the LANtastic 
          Power Suite would cost $650.  However, a one-user 
          software-only kit is $199 -- a tremendous value at 69% less 
          than the manufacturers' suggested retail prices.
     
          The LANtastic Power Suite will add a distinct level of 
          networking power to Artisoft's family of scalable network 
          operating system solutions that includes the LANtastic v6.0 
          network, the LANtastic for OS/2(R) network and the LANtastic 
          Dedicated Server (formerly called CorStream(TM) server). 
          Customers with advanced communication needs now will have 
          the choice of the LANtastic Power Suite product to fulfill 
          those requirements.
     
          "We believe this new product will raise the LANtastic system 
          to new heights in providing powerful yet easy networking," 
          said Artisoft Vice President of Software Sunil Padiyar. 
          "We've gone to great efforts to provide end users with a 
          smoothly integrated product.  LANtastic Power Suite was 
          rigorously tested in Artisoft's Small Business Usability Lab 
          by users, from novice to expert, performing real-world
          tasks to assure ease of use in the products and in the 
          documentation," Padiyar added.
     
          Collectively, the components of the LANtastic Power Suite 
          are already being used worldwide by more than 18 million 
          users.  Artisoft will offer one-stop purchasing and 
          technical support for all products included in the suite.
     
          "The integration eliminates the frustration of having to 
          manage three or four different applications simultaneously. 
          With LANtastic Power Suite, a single purchase gives users a 
          complete system and just one source for great support on all 
          of the products," said Jeffrey Kay, Artisoft reseller and 
          President of K-Squared Systems in Dallas, Texas.  "By 
          selecting leading developers of tools that are critical for 
          small business and integrating them with the LANtastic 
          network, Artisoft is providing an ideal mix at an incredible 
          value," he added.
     
          A key benefit of the LANtastic Power Suite product is the 
          integration of the network operating system with the 
          communication tools, which eliminates the need to install 
          several different programs.  The installation offers custom 
          and default configurations and is streamlined to cause 
          little or no disruption of office routines.
     
          LANTASTIC POWER SUITE COMPONENTS
     
          Artisoft's LANtastic network operating system has been 
          improved with several new features, including a Workstation 
          Cache which accesses data across the network and temporarily 
          stores it on a user's PC, resulting in immediate access to 
          the data.  This feature can improve network performance when 
          there are repetitive file reads.
     
          Also new to the LANtastic network is Hewlett-Packard 
          JetDirect Network Printer Support.  This allows print jobs 
          to be sent to Hewlett-Packard printers with a JetDirect 
          Ethernet network card installed or to printers connected to 
          an HP JetDirect EX external unit.  Benefits of this feature 
          are twofold: printers can be placed in any location that's 
          convenient for the user, and print speed is significantly 
          increased.
     
          Printer pooling has been added to the LANtastic system as 
          well.  With this feature a print job is sent to the first 
          available printer in the pool, resulting in productivity 
          gains for the user.  Pooled printers can include parallel 
          ports, serial ports and network ready printers.
     
          The advanced LANtastic network also includes PowerSync file 
          synchronization for Windows(TM), which automatically updates 
          single files or entire directories between two computers 
          based on the most recent modification date and time.  This 
          provides PowerSync users an easy way to get the latest 
          version of documents or other files.
     
          In addition to these improvements, the LANtastic network 
          also provides advanced security, universal client technology 
          for compatibility with a variety of platforms, and network 
          management capabilities to monitor network activity and tune 
          network performance in almost any configuration.
     
          Lotus' cc:Mail is the world's most popular, award-winning 
          mail system that transparently sends and receives messages. 
          It allows users to exchange text, graphics and application 
          files by using familiar mail terms such as in-box, address 
          and send.
     
          The system's built-in searching and rules provide powerful 
          message management tools for end users.  A wide variety of 
          connectivity and administrative options, including a 
          graphical message management system, help users expand their 
          E-mail system over time as their business grows.
     
          Lotus' Organizer is the industry's best-selling networked 
          Personal Information Manager and group scheduler that offers 
          a calendar, to-do list, planner, address book, call manager, 
          notepad, and anniversary reminder.  Organizer's multi-user, 
          multi-access database allows users to share calendars or 
          other sections.  Integrated with cc:Mail, Organizer users 
          can set up meetings with other people on the network, attach 
          an agenda or other file to the meeting message, and 
          immediately determine if people or resources are available 
          for booking.
     
          The cc:Mail system is used by more than 6.5 million people 
          worldwide; the Organizer group calendaring and scheduling 
          system has more than 4 million users worldwide.
     
          "Lotus' OEM agreement with Artisoft's LANtastic network 
          gives millions of small to mid-tier businesses a low-cost 
          entry point to installing a low-maintenance network coupled 
          with high-end, industry standard Lotus cc:Mail and 
          market-leading Lotus Organizer group calendaring and 
          scheduling," said Michael Zisman, Lotus' Vice President of 
          Communications Products Business Group.  "We're confident 
          Artisoft's reseller channel will provide new opportunities 
          for Lotus' communications products to reach this rapidly 
          growing market with Artisoft's all-in-one, cost-effective 
          LANtastic Power Suite," he said.
     
          Cheyenne Communications' BitWare software makes it easy to 
          send and receive faxes, as well as connect to online 
          services, such as the Internet, CompuServe(R) and Bulletin 
          Boards.  Faxes can be scheduled when rates are low and one 
          document can be broadcasted to many different recipients. 
          Also included in the LANtastic Power Suite is a significant 
          add-on product -- BitShare.
     
          Cheyenne Communications' BitShare software enables companies 
          using the LANtastic system to reduce network and telephone 
          costs by allowing an unlimited number of network users to 
          share up to four modems.  Additionally, BitShare includes an 
          E-mail-to-fax gateway that enables users of the cc:Mail 
          software provided in the LANtastic Power Suite to create one 
          message in cc:Mail and deliver it to some users via E-mail 
          and others via fax.  It also provides the means to forward 
          inbound faxes to other network users quickly and easily by 
          attaching them to cc:Mail messages.
     
          "Integrated fax and E-mail systems provide a competitive 
          advantage in the corporate market.  The LANtastic Power Suite 
          extends this powerful tool to a broader market of small 
          business networks," said Yuda Doron, CEO and President of 
          Cheyenne Communications.  "Our fax and communications 
          products combined with the integrated LANtastic Power Suite 
          solution should result in productivity gains for users 
          regardless of whether they work in an office, on the road or 
          at home," Doron added.
     
          NETCOM's NetCruiser is the most robust Internet front-end 
          and subscription service software available, currently 
          servicing more than 100,000 subscribers.  Because NETCOM 
          owns and operates its own TCP/IP network -- the backbone 
          technology of the Internet -- NetCruiser users in a small 
          business environment can enjoy the vast Internet network 
          with the benefit of a friendly Windows-based user interface. 
          NetCruiser includes several Internet utilities which 
          facilitate accessing and exchanging information.  These 
          include World-Wide Web browser, File Transfer Protocol, 
          USENET, Gopher and Telnet.
     
          In response to the needs of its small business customers, 
          Artisoft is working with NETCOM to develop links to multiple 
          small business resources found on the Internet.  These links 
          will ensure that users of the LANtastic Power Suite can 
          quickly and easily access information sources that are of 
          particular interest to small business, such as the Internal 
          Revenue Service and the Small Business Administration.  This 
          integration should assist small businesses in utilizing the 
          Internet as a valuable business asset.
     
          "Through our partnership with Artisoft, NETCOM has the 
          opportunity to offer direct Internet access to new customers 
          and an installed base of more than 2.5 million LANtastic 
          network users -- primarily small businesses that don't have 
          the resources of a large corporation to commit to the 
          Internet," said Don Hutchison, Vice President of Sales and 
          Marketing for NETCOM.
     
          AVAILABILITY AND SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
     
          LANtastic Power Suite will be available in several 
          combinations: software-only kits for 1, 5, 10, 25, 50 and 
          100 users; two-user starter kits that include software, two 
          network interface cards and cable; and add-on kits with 
          software and a network interface card.
     
          The system requirements include: IBM(R) PC or compatible 
          with 80386SX processor or higher, 4 MB RAM (6 MB 
          recommended), DOS v3.3 or later (DOS v5.0 or later required 
          for NetCruiser), Windows v3.1 or later and a fax/modem 
          adapter.
     
          Artisoft (Nasdaq "ASFT") is one of the world's leading 
          suppliers of easy, affordable and safe networking solutions 
          to small and growing businesses.  The company offers the 
          award-winning LANtastic network operating system as well as 
          network management, backup and multiplatform connectivity 
          systems.  Artisoft maintains 10 international offices and 
          distributes its connectivity products in more than 100 
          countries.
     
          For more information about Artisoft or its product line, 
          contact Artisoft, Inc. at 2202 N. Forbes Blvd., Tucson, AZ 
          85745.  Sales 800/233-5564.  Corporate 520/670-7100.  Fax 
          520/670-7101.
     
          Lotus Development Corp. (Nasdaq: LOTS), founded in 1982, 
          offers high quality software products and support services 
          that reflect the company's unique understanding of the new 
          ways in which individuals and businesses must work together 
          to achieve success.  Lotus' innovative approach is evident 
          in a new class of applications that allows information to be 
          accessed and communicated in ways never before possible, 
          both within and beyond organizational boundaries.  The 
          company now markets its products in more than 80 countries 
          worldwide and provides numerous support services, both from 
          its consulting division and its award-winning 24-hour 
          support center.
     
          Dedicated to providing mission-critical communications 
          software for the enterprise, Cheyenne Communications, Inc. 
          was formed as a wholly owned subsidiary of Cheyenne 
          Software, Inc. in June 1993.  Cheyenne Communications' 
          product line includes their flagship product, the 
          networking-based FAXserve software, as well as BitWare which 
          provides facsimile, data, remote access, voice and paging 
          communications services for the stand-alone marketplace.
     
          Cheyenne Software, Inc. and Cheyenne Communications, Inc. 
          are headquartered at 3 Expressway Plaza, Roslyn Heights, New 
          York, 11577, and can be contacted at 800/243-9462 (U.S. and 
          Canada) or 516/484-5110.
     
          NETCOM On-Line Communication Services, Inc., a publicly held 
          corporation based in San Jose, California, is a leader in 
          on-line communication services.  Founded in 1988, NETCOM 
          provides high-quality, low-cost Internet access to more than 
          100,000 users over its own nationwide digital network.  For 
          subscriber information, call NETCOM at (800) 501-8649 or 
          contact the company by electronic mail at (info@netcom.com). 
          NETCOM is the first Internet connectivity provider to become 
          a publicly traded company.  The company's stock is offered 
          on Nasdaq National Market System under the symbol NETC.
     
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