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For Immediate Release
May 19, 1997

DURAND ANNOUNCES FREE INTRANET SOFTWARE-MINDWIRE NT
Businesses Can Build Secure, Private Intranets in Less Than a Day
with MindWire’s Free Two-User Version, Now Available for Download

(SANTA BARBARA, CA)--Durand Communications, Inc. today announced a free two-user version of MindWire NT version 2.1, the Dvorak award-winning client/server platform for Windows NT. This new version of MindWire NT provides businesses and other organizations a cost-effective and time-saving solution in creating and managing a secured private Intranet or Extranet for more efficient communication and information sharing between remote offices.

"MindWire NT is the perfect solution for our office," says Jeffrey Tinsley, president and CEO of Intelligent Business Concepts. "We were looking for a simple, yet robust Intranet software solution which would enable us to network several remote offices with basic groupware functionality such as email, messaging and file storage capabilities. MindWire NT saved us a lot of time in connecting our offices, and allowed us to share networked files in a secured and controlled environment."

MindWire NT enables businesses to save time and money while integrating the Internet into their company strategy. As a platform for Intranet communications, MindWire NT requires absolutely no Internet programming experience to offer Internet-enabled applications. Also, MindWire NT supports existing development tools, eliminating the learning curve to understand a new programming language. Users can access a MindWire Intranet or Extranet through the Internet, LAN or direct modem dial-up using MindWire's free client software with built-in PPP/Internet dialer.

This new version of MindWire NT now offers a new ‘skinny client’ which is less than 150K. MindWire NT v2.1 also supports Microsoft’s new Windows NT 4.0 operating system on both Intel and DEC Alpha platforms. These new features make MindWire the perfect solution to instantly create a secure, customized, interactive Intranet or Extranet.

This special two-user version (simultaneous connections) of MindWire NT v2.1 is available free from Durand’s Corporate Website at www.durand.com/mindwire.htm. This version is completely functional and has no usage restrictions or time limitations. User license upgrades are available directly from Durand at (805) 961-8700. DEC Alpha versions of MindWire NT are available upon request.

For more information on MindWire NT, including distribution and OEM opportunities, contact Durand Communications at (805) 961-8700. Durand Communications is located at 147 Castilian Drive, Santa Barbara, CA 93117.
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