BackWeb Technologies Announces Knowledge Management Applications for Microsoft Site Server Platform

BackWeb Partners with Scopus to Deliver First Specific Market Applications Optimized for BackWeb

Palm Springs, Calif. (January 26, 1998) -- BackWeb™ Technologies, the leader in enterprise push solutions, today announced a new addition to the BackWeb product family, called BackWeb for Site Server, which will deliver integrated, enterprise level knowledge management application solutions optimized for the Microsoft® Windows NT® Server and Site Server platforms. Based on BackWeb's Infocenter 4.0, the new product takes advantage and extends core Site Server features, such as Personalization & Membership, Analysis, Search, and Push. BackWeb is also partnering with application software providers to develop specific market applications optimized for BackWeb. The first of these, also announced today, is a strategic partnership with Scopus® Technology.

"We are excited to see BackWeb leveraging the comprehensive infrastructure in Site Server 3.0. BackWeb's solutions will provide Site Server customers with improved functionality for their knowledge management applications," said Russ Stockdale, Group Product Manager at Microsoft Corp.

BackWeb for Site Server
BackWeb for Site Server was designed so customers can take advantage of the BackWeb knowledge management solution running on the Site Server platform. BackWeb Infocenter v4.0 provides the information channel building and channel management capabilities necessary to quickly develop solutions for distributing business critical information to employees, customers and business partners. Solutions can encompass competitive, customer or industry information from the web and information from inside the company on file servers, intranet sites and in databases used in ERP, service, support, marketing engineering, human resources, etc. BackWeb's solution set makes it possible to develop these applications without programming so that very sophisticated knowledge distribution solutions can be customized and built quickly with low total cost of ownership.

BackWeb's Polite Server can also be used to further enhance the BackWeb for Site Server solution. BackWeb's Polite Server offers a suite of communication capabilities for push delivery that help companies minimize push network traffic and meet the rigorous needs of remotely connected users. These capabilities make it possible to deliver large amounts of information and very large files to users without overwhelming existing networks, even if they are connected intermittently by modems.

"Site Server is an excellent broad-based platform for corporations to build, deploy and maintain cost effective web environments," said Tony Davis, senior vice president of product development at BackWeb. "BackWeb Infocenter will allow customers to very quickly build sophisticated knowledge push solutions that capitalize on Microsoft's core competencies in building platform technologies."

"BackWeb understands how to capitalize on Microsoft's development efforts in broad platform technologies and deliver solutions within the knowledge management space," stated Tim Kraus, Industry Marketing Manager for Tools and Infrastructure. "Their solutions will provide enterprise customers yet another way to harness their investment in Microsoft technologies and further enhance the low total cost of ownership of our computing platform. Customers win big with this one-two punch."

Specific Market Applications
BackWeb is also partnering with other software solution providers to develop specific market applications that are optimized for Site Server. The first specific market applications - call center, sales force automation, customer service and quality engineering will be a result of a newly formed partnership with Scopus Technology.

"BackWeb's enterprise knowledge automation and delivery capability is the best on the market and combined with Site Server they offer an unbeatable combination," said Ori Sasson, CEO of Scopus Technology. "Our customers need a way to extend the knowledge in our service applications on Microsoft platforms to many more users within the enterprise. BackWeb addresses these needs cost effectively."

More than 150 corporations are currently using BackWeb for knowledge automation and delivery including AlliedSignal, Samsung, DEC, AT&T, Fidelity Investments, the U.S. Department of Agriculture, 3Com and McAfee.

About BackWeb Technologies
BackWeb Technologies is a leading offline Web software company. BackWeb extends the value of technology investments by offering mobile and remote employees offline access to portals, intranets and other Web-based applications and content. The company's products reduce network costs and improve the productivity of an increasingly mobile workforce. At the core of BackWeb's products is its patented Polite® synchronization technology that can distribute large amounts of data even over narrow bandwidth connections. BackWeb® customers include market leaders such as Boehringer Ingelheim, Centocor, Eastman Kodak, GE Healthcare, Guidant, HP, KLA Tencor, Lam Research, Pfizer and more than one hundred other companies. BackWeb also has strategic reseller alliances with software industry leaders: Plumtree, SAP and IBM. The company is headquartered in San Jose, Calif. and Rosh Ha'ayin, Israel. For more information, visit www.backweb.com or call (800) 863-0100.

Statements in this news release, which are not purely historical, are forward-looking statements within the meaning of the U.S. Securities laws, including statements of beliefs, plans, expectations or intentions regarding the future. Examples of these statements include, but are not limited to, the ability of BackWeb software to allow customers to gain mobile, disconnected use of their portals and help increase field sales and field service productivity, the integration of BackWeb software with BEA products will help developers extend portal applications for offline use without changing the way they work, and the ability of the resulting applications to help field sales and service organizations realize maximum productivity, cost savings, and process acceleration gains while disconnected from the network. Actual results could differ materially from those in such forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially include unforeseen technological issues related to use of the BackWeb software, deployment issues related to implementation, unforeseen software errors, competitive factors and business and expense factors that may affect the perceived efficiencies from use of BackWeb's products, and the risks and uncertainties detailed from time to time in BackWeb's periodic reports and registration statements filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. BackWeb assumes no obligation to update any forward-looking statements contained in this press release.