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 PSP PRESS REL:  IBM's OS/2 Warp Server to Support Symmetric-                 
Multiprocessing (SMP)                                                         
                                                                              
SAN FRANCISCO, February 26, 1996 . . . IBM today announced that it has        
begun alpha testing its OS/2* Warp Server Version 4 symmetric-                
multiprocessing (SMP) feature, and demonstrated it today on a four-way        
SMP system at the OS/2 Warp Server launch event.  An open beta program is     
planned to begin in the second quarter of 1996, with general availability     
intended for the third quarter of the year.  The OS/2 Warp Server SMP         
feature will be provided as a free upgrade to OS/2 Warp Server                
Version 4 customers.                                                          
                                                                              
"SMP exploitation will add support of the largest PC servers to OS/2 Warp     
Server, which we believe already delivers the most functionality into a       
server operating system solution," said Art Olbert, director of product       
plan management, IBM Personal Software Products.  "We expect to               
significantly enhance the performance of our current OS/2 2.11 SMP            
offering with the OS/2 Warp Server SMP feature."                              
                                                                              
IBM is currently conducting an OS/2 Warp Server SMP alpha program with        
about a dozen business partners, including Oracle Corp., Sybase Inc.,         
Btrieve Technologies Inc., Lotus Development Corp., Compaq Computer           
Corp., Hewlett-Packard Co. and Unisys Corp., all of which have agreed to      
support IBM in development of the OS/2 Warp Server SMP feature with           
their respective products.                                                    
                                                                              
Industry Support for the OS/2 Warp Server SMP Feature                         
                                                                              
"We have had many strong customer successes with Sybase products on           
OS/2," said Berl Hartman, Sybase vice president of strategic marketing.       
"OS/2 Warp Server will provide a strong growth path for these loyal           
customers with applications requiring SMP class solutions."                   
                                                                              
"At Btrieve Technologies, our developers are specifically architecting        
Btrieve for OS/2 Warp Server to take advantage of the performance             
benefits to be offered by OS/2 Warp Server's SMP capabilities," said          
Kristin Burkland, director of business development.                           
                                                                              
"We support and are working with IBM on optimizing the performance of         
OS/2 Warp Server SMP using Oracle," said Jerry Baker, senior vice             
president of Oracle's Product and Platform Technologies.                      
                                                                              
"SMP will be a terrific addition to an already great offering from IBM,"      
said Josh Airall, systems analyst at Cincinnati Bell Information Systems.     
"I've been extremely pleased with OS/2 Warp Server and I'll be happy to       
get my hands on the SMP-enablement feature."                                  
                                                                              
IBM has long been a leader in the development of SMP technology, which        
greatly enhances computing performance and increases productivity.  IBM       
currently offers SMP support for OS/2 v. 2.11 as well as AIX*, High           
Availability Management Clustering Program and SPX.                           
                                                                              
OS/2 Warp Server:  The Complete Business Solution                             
                                                                              
Now generally available, OS/2 Warp Server is IBM's business server            
solution for customers ranging from small businesses to large                 
enterprises.  It provides a foundation for application serving                
and file and print sharing, plus a wealth of integrated features              
including system management, backup and recovery, remote access,              
enhanced TCP/IP support, advanced print function and LAN Internet access.     
                                                                              
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