BackWeb to Exhibit ProactivePortal Technologies at Delphi Portal Seminar West

SAN JOSE, CA.— Feb. 11, 2002 — BackWeb Technologies (Nasdaq: BWEB), the leading provider of ProactivePortal™ technologies for the enterprise, announced today it will showcase its next-generation ProactivePortal technology solutions for offline portals at the Delphi Seminar Conference West in San Francisco on February 12 – 13, 2002. The company's exhibit will be located in booth #S3.

"An unfortunate reality is that the majority of IT projects fail to meet expectations, due most often to an inability to attract a critical mass of users," explains Nathaniel Palmer, Chief Analyst of Delphi Group. "Portal projects are as susceptible as any other IT initiative, and may fail to reach necessary adoption levels during the initial phase of deployment. Content alone offers no guarantee of a portal's success, as it only adds value if it is both accessible and accessed by key stakeholders. Yet these same individuals are often the busiest, road-bound, remotely located or otherwise hardest to bring to the portal. The ability to instead bring the portal to them, through measures such as offline access and proactive notification, presents one of the best opportunities for a successful project."

An enterprise-class solution, the BackWeb® ProactivePortal Server™ can be integrated with any portal and Web-based content to deliver offline access to critical portal content. BackWeb offline portal technology allows the user to access critical content while disconnected from the Internet—yet with the same personalized user experience offline as online. This is especially critical for millions of remote users who contribute to a company's bottom line such as executives and sales personnel. These mobile users do not have consistent Internet connections but still require access to critical content on the portal for reaching their business goals.

The Portals Seminar is two days of cutting edge education and a showcase of the top portal solution providers. Delphi's Portals Seminar is dedicated to providing attendees with a complete and thorough understanding of Portals - with coverage of both technology and business issues. The seminar includes hands-on solution showcase of state-of-the-art technology, access to an array of experts and all new case studies for 2002 of leading Portal projects.

For further information on the Delphi Seminar Series, please visit http://www.delphigroup.com or contact 800-778-1997. To arrange a demonstration at the show, please contact BackWeb at 408-933-1786.