Exhibit 99
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                                  ION NETWORKS
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                     STEPHANIE PRINCE/CATHY HAY
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                                          Morgen-Walke Associates, Inc.
                                          212-850-5600



                               ION NETWORKS, INC.
                  ANNOUNCES 2001 ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS


Piscataway, New Jersey June 29, 2001 - ION Networks Incorporated (Nasdaq: IONN),
THE  PROACTIVE  NETWORK  INFRASTRUCTURE  MANAGEMENT  COMPANYSM  and a leader  in
performance  analysis  and  restoration,  announced  today that its 2001  Annual
Meeting of Stockholders will be held on Monday,  September 24, 2001,  commencing
at 10:30  a.m.,  Eastern  time,  at the  Company's  Headquarters  at 1551  South
Washington Avenue,  Piscataway, New Jersey, 08854. Stockholders of record at the
close of  business on July 27, 2001 will be entitled to notice of and to vote at
the meeting or any and all postponements or adjournments thereof.

In light of the foregoing and in accordance  with Rules 14a-5(f) and 14a-8(e)(2)
under the Securities  Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), the
Company will consider stockholder  proposals submitted pursuant to Rule 14a-8 in
connection  with the  Company's  2001  Annual  Meeting to have been  submitted a
reasonable time before the Company begins to print and mail its proxy statement,
and  therefore  timely,  if such  proposals  are  received by the Company at its
principal  offices no later than July 13,  2001.  In  addition,  in light of the
foregoing  and in  accordance  with Rules  14a-5(e)(2)  and  14a-5(f)  under the
Exchange Act, in order for stockholder proposals submitted outside of Rule 14a-8
in connection  with the Company's 2001 Annual Meeting to be considered  "timely"
for purposes of Rule 14a-4(c)  under the Exchange Act,  such  proposals  must be
received by the Company at its principal offices no later than July 13, 2001. If
a proposal is received after July 13, 2001, the proxies  designated by the Board
of  Directors of the Company  will have  discretionary  authority to vote on the
proposal under  circumstances  consistent with the proxy rules of the Securities
and Exchange Commission.

The Company expects to mail its Annual Report to Shareholders for the year ended
March 31,  2001 along with the Notice  and Proxy  Statement  of the 2001  Annual
Meeting on or about August 10, 2001.





ION Networks, Inc                                                    Page 2


ABOUT ION NETWORKS
ION  Networks  is  a  leading   developer  and  manufacturer  of  software-  and
hardware-based  solutions  for  secure  network  infrastructure  management  and
automated  performance  analysis and restoration.  Based in Piscataway,  NJ, the
Company has installed systems worldwide from its six direct sales offices in the
U.S.,  its wholly  owned  subsidiaries  in  Livingston,  Scotland  and  Antwerp,
Belgium,  and  its  distribution   networks  on  four  continents.   IT'S  ABOUT
AVAILABILITYSM

This press release  contains  information  which may constitute  forward-looking
statements made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities
Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking  statements may be affected
by certain risks and  uncertainties  described in the Company's filings with the
Securities and Exchange  Commission.  The Company's  actual results could differ
materially from such forward-looking statements.