This package contains some information about the Touch communications
PC LAN email gateways.  Also attached is a file called TOUCH.EXE.  This
contains some .GAL files on Touch.  Please download this file to you PC
and call it "Touch.exe".  At the dos prompt, type "Touch".  The
"TOUCH.EXE" file wil expand into 9 .GAL files.





               Touch WorldTalk X.400 Gateways

Overview       Touch Communications is currently porting
               their WorldTalk gateways to the HP 9000
               Series 800.  These gateways will allow the
               9000 to act as an X.400 gateway for MicroSoft
               Mail for the MacIntosh and cc:Mail for DOS.
               We are currently discussing adding additonal
               gateways to the HP 9000 to support other PC
               LAN email packages including MHS, QuickMail
               and Lotus Notes.

               If you have customers that have requirements
               other than the above mentioned PC email
               packages, please contact either Anne Marie
               Jeraci in the U.S. or Todd Goldman in Europe.
               Touch is fairly flexible about adding future
               gateways.  However, we want these additions
               to be driven by customer demand so please
               give us your feedback.

               Also, if you have customer who would like to
               see this functionality on the Series 700,
               please let us know.


Sales          If you have sales opportunities which can use
Opportunities  the Touch functionality and you require some
               assistance from Touch, you can contact them
               at 408-374-2500.

               Ask for the following people:

               Steven Eng:         Market and Sales
               Development

               Suzy Mellow :       Sales Support Coordinator

               Jim Bargaus :       U.S. West Coast

               Jean Rhea :         East Cost and U.S.
               Government

               Gary Gysin :        Pacific Rim, Canada

               Terry McMullen:     Europe Resellers, New
               York,
               (617) 742-7737      New Jersey, and New
               England



Pricing:       The Touch WorlTalk Gateway for the HP 9000
               has the following price structure regardless
               of which HP 9000 they run on.

               WordTalk Gateway Engine: $5,000
               First 100 Users:              $6,900
               Additional 100 Users:         $1,900

               Note that if a customer purchases two
               gateways from Touch and has 1000 users, the
               customer will pay for two gateway engines
               ($10,000), but will pay the $6,900 only once
               for the first 100 users and will pay 9*$1900=
               $17,000 for the remaining 900 users
               regardless of their location.

               IMPORTANT: Touch is very new to the HP 9000
               and to selling their solution on a scalable
               realizes that this pricing strategy is very
               expensive for some customer situations.  They
               are very willing to give discounts on their
               pricing to help win the deal.

               We expect their prices to come down over time
               as they gain a better understanding of the HP
               9000 customer base.

Software       The Touch Gateways for the DOS environment
Requirements   require the use of LAN Manager for the HP
               9000.  Touch is in the process of testing NFS
               and portable Netware.

               The Touch gateways for the MAC do not require
               any additional software and use a Touch
               product between the email server and the HP
               9000.