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                                                        The Florida SunFlash
        Software Alliance Teams Up With Sun Microsystems
                 To Offer Total Banking Solution
   
SunFLASH Vol 27 #20					          March 1991 
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    Partnership Represents Sun's First Reseller Relationship
                    In Banking Systems Market

BERKELEY, Calif., March 25, 1991 -- Software Alliance Corporation (SA)
announced today that it has teamed up with Sun Microsytems, Inc. to
provide banks a comprehensive and cost-effective data processing
environment.  The new environment will include SA's Total Banking
Solution (TBS) running on Sun's family of UNIX-based workstations and
server.

TBS, a comprehensive, truly integrated data processing solution, provides
all key banking applications from demand deposits to commercial loans.
Running in Sun's client/server computing environment, TBS manages the
operations of an entire bank, while providing hefty reductions in
computer operations costs.

"We can cut total operations costs by a factor of three to five compared
to mainframes with this new architecture," said Software Alliance vice
president David Spicer, adding, "The functionality and price/performance
provided by TBS and Sun will be hard to beat."

Software Alliance chose to market TBS with Sun Microsystems because of
Sun's leadership position in the financial services market and its
complete dedication to the UNIX operating system.  "UNIX promises to open
the door to unsurpassed flexibility and price/performance for banks, and
Sun Microsystems is uniquely positioned to deliver on that promise," said
Spicer.

"Total Banking Solution maps directly into the technology where Sun is
strong -- the UNIX distributed computing, client/server model," said
Jordan Graham, manager of financial services marketing for Sun
Microsystems.  "Software Alliance is the first banking software company
to recognize the trend toward this architecture," Jordan added.  The
partnership with Software Alliance is Sun's first reseller relationship
with a banking software company.

Depending on an individual bank's needs, Sun Microsystems can provide a
full range of computer products -- from entry-level workstations to
powerful, high-end workstations and servers.  In addition, Sun's
networking technology allows TBS sites to integrate a variety of desktop
equipment besides Sun workstations, including MS-DOS PCs, Macintosh
computers and dumb terminals.

Because of UNIX's inherent networking capability, Software Alliance will
be able to offer TBS/Sun clients the option of remote facilities
management, an innovative alternative to in-house operations, service
bureaus or traditional facilities management.  Under such an arrangement,
the equipment resides at the bank, but is operated via a dedicated
telephone line by Software Alliance, which performs all monitoring and
tuning of the system and application.  The result is dramatic savings in
personnel and operations costs.

TBS' integration provides for customer relationship processing, including
account analysis and marketing support.  In addition, the open system
design of TBS allows for easy connection with other systems, including
ATMs and PC-based applications for document preparation, platform
automation and spreadsheet modeling.  TBS can be purchased as a turnkey
system or customized for larger banks requiring additional features and
functions.

Software Alliance is a leading independent provider of consulting,
integration services and software, serving financial institutions from
community banks to money center banks.  The company has extensive
experience in integrated banking systems, trust and securities systems,
imaging and multi-function workstations.  Headquartered in Berkeley,
California, the company has nine regional offices throughout the United
States.  Software Alliance is an affiliate of Tenekron, a $200-million
group of technology companies.

Contacts:

Jordan Graham
Manager, Financial Services 
Sun Microsystems, Inc.
415-336-4293

David Spicer
Vice President
Software Alliance
415-548-7752

Sun PR contact
Cindee Mock (415) 336-3563

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