Alameda, Calif., July 13, 1992 -- Sitka Corporation announced today availability of its 10NET 5.0 network software in French, Italian, German, and Spanish language versions. 10NET 5.0, the leading peer-to-peer network operating system for DOS and Windows environments, and other Sitka products are now available from over thirty distributors throughout Europe. "Because Sitka's 10NET is compatible with most industry network standards and can be used in five local languages, our European customers now have more flexibility and choice when they configure their networks." said Mark Lettin, Sitka's European sales manger. "Sitka's 10NET also offers our customers an affordable, mature and easy-to-use network solution that has the most advanced security features of any DOS and Windows peer-to-peer network." Sitka, which built a strong international presence by providing its SitkaTOPS line of cross-platform networking products in seven languages, plans to introduce a Japanese language version of 10NET in the third quarter of 1992. Sitka's European customers and the combined 10NET and SitkaTOPS installed base of over 1,300,000 nodes will have an easy migration path to the next generation of Sitka's networking technology, OpenTOPS. OpenTOPS combines the DOS and Windows capabilities of 10NET with the cross-platform features of MacTOPS, DosTOPS, SunTOPS and PenTOPS products, providing the ease-of-use and low-cost of peer networking plus operating system, platform and protocol independence. Pricing and Availability English, French, Italian, German and Spanish language versions of 10NET 5.0 are immediately available through Sitka and its distributors. For pricing and other information, contact Sitka Corporation headquarters at 1 (800) 445-8677 or the Sitka European office at +44 (0) 276-51440. Sitka Corporation, a Sun Microsystems, Inc.-owned business, was founded in 1984 and pioneered the market for cross-platform, peer-to-peer networking products. The company markets 10NET, MacTOPS, DosTOPS, SunTOPS, PenCentral and PenTOPS software to connect different hardware platforms and operating systems into a single network. Headquartered in Alameda, Calif., Sitka products are available in 7 languages and 42 countries worldwide. Sitka, 950 Marina Village Parkway, Alameda, CA 94501 510-769-9669 +---------------------------------------------------------------+ | From the America Online New Product Information Services | +===============================================================+ | This information was processed with OmniPage Professional OCR | | software (from Caere Corp) & a Canon IX-30 scanner from data | | provided by the above mentioned company. For additional info, | | contact the company at the address or phone# indicated above. | | All submissions for this service should be addressed to | | BAKER ENTERPRISES, 20 Ferro Drive, Sewell, NJ 08080 U.S.A. | +---------------------------------------------------------------+