BellSouth Purchases Additional $1.4 Million in Datastar Products from Apertus Technologies

Business Wire, April 5, 1995

EDEN PRAIRE, MN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 5, 1995--Apertus Technologies Incorporated (NASDAQ: APTS) today announced that BellSouth Telecommunications, Inc., a leading telecommunications company, has purchased an additional $1.4 million of Datastar/DataCenter Hub network integration products.

BellSouth is using the Datastar/DataCenter Hub to provide users on its rapidly growing TCP/IP network with guaranteed access to its IBM host resources. This most recent purchase increases the total sessions licensed from Apertus to 54,000 across twenty Datastar/DataCenter Hub gateways located in six data centers.

According to Robert D. Gordon, President and Chief Executive Officer of Apertus Technologies, "We are pleased that BellSouth is reinforcing its commitment to Apertus' Datastar/DataCenter Hub. BellSouth's commitment validates Apertus' leadership position in the TCP/IP-to-SNA integration marketplace. We look forward to continuing our relationship as their needs expand."

Apertus Technologies Incorporated develops and markets enterprise-strength solutions for integrating traditional, large-scale systems with networked computing environments. It offers network and data integration products and middleware applications. Headquartered in Eden Prairie, Minnesota, Apertus has sales and service offices throughout North America and Europe.

Apertus is a registered trademark of Apertus Technologies Incorporated. Other names, products and services mentioned are the trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective vendors or organizations.

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