8-K

                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

                             WASHINGTON, D. C. 20549

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                                    FORM 8-K

                                 CURRENT REPORT

                       Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of
                       the Securities Exchange Act of 1934


        Date of Report (date of earliest event reported): April 28, 1997

                              DIALOGIC CORPORATION
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


New Jersey                           33-59598                     22-2476114
(State or other                    (Commission                  (IRS Employer
jurisdiction of                    File Number)                 Identification
incorporation)                                                      Number)


1515 Route 10, Parsippany, New Jersey                               07054
(ddress of principal executive offices)                          (Zip Code)



                         Registrant's telephone number,
                       including area code: (201) 993-3000





Item 5.  Other Events

         The Company's  Press  Release,  dated April 28, 1997,  is  incorporated
herein by reference and filed as an exhibit to this Current Report on Form 8-K.



Item 7.  Financial Statements and Exhibits

         Exhibit No. 99.1  Press Release dated April 28, 1997





                                   SIGNATURES

     Pursuant to the  requirements  of the Securities  Exchange Act of 1934, the
Registrant  has duly  caused  this  report  to be  signed  on its  behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.


                                         DIALOGIC CORPORATION


 Date: May 1, 1997                       By: \s\THEODORE M. WEITZ
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                                             Theodore M. Weitz, Vice President

EX-99

                   DIALOGIC CORPORATION APPOINTS AMATO AS CFO


     PARSIPPANY, NJ - April 28, 1997 - Dialogic Corporation  (NASDAQ;DLGC),  the
worlds'  leading  manufacturer  of high  performance,  standards-based  computer
telephony (CT) components,  today announced that Thomas G. Amato will become its
new Vice  President and Chief  Financial  Officer.  Amato was most recently with
Symbol Technologies, where he had been Senior Vice President and Chief Financial
Officer  since  1991.  Prior  to  Symbol  he had  been  with  Amcast  Industrial
Corporation and Rockwell. Effective May 27, Amato will succeed Edward B. Jordan,
who will be pursuing other interests.

     "We are excited to have Tom join Dialogic's  management term. His depth and
breadth of financial  experience with rapidly growing  international  technology
companies  are  an  excellent  match  to the  opportunities  and  challenges  at
Dialogic.  We wish Ed the best of luck in his future  ventures.  We are grateful
for his  leadership  over the last ten years,  as  Dialogic  has grown from $1.8
million to over $213 million in revenues,"  said Howard Bubb,  president and CEO
of Dialogic.

About Dialogic Corporation

     Dialogic  Corporation  is the  leading  manufacturer  of high  performance,
standards-based  computer telephony (CT) components.  Computer telephony systems
built  with  Dialogic  products  manage  more than one  third of all  telephone,
facsimile,  and multi-media  calls answered by computers over wireless and wired
networks  worldwide.  Dialogic  products  are used in voice,  fax,  data,  voice
recognition,  speech synthesis and call center  management CT applications.  The
company is headquartered in Parsippany,  New Jersey, with regional  headquarters
in Tokyo, Japan, Brussels, Belgium, and has sales offices worldwide.


Editorial Contact:

Rosabel Tao                                            Nancy Collins
Dialogic Corporation                                   Dialogic Corporation
201-993-3000, Ext. 6320                                201-993-3000, Ext. 6148
R.Tao@dialogic.com                                     N. Collins@dialogic.com