BackWeb Technologies Announces Preliminary Q1 Revenues, Earnings Results

San Jose, Calif., April 2, 2001 – BackWeb Technologies (Nasdaq: BWEB), a leading provider of push communications infrastructure for e-business, today announced that it expects revenues for the first quarter ended March. 31, 2001 to be between $7.0 and $7.4 million, which would be similar to revenues in the fourth quarter of 2000. Loss per diluted share for the first quarter is expected to be between $0.16 and $0.19 (excluding amortization charges related to a previous acquisition and deferred stock compensation).

"'The economic slowdown and the uncertain business climate in the Global 2000 companies have impacted our ability to close sales this quarter. We remain confident in BackWeb's long-term position, growth prospects and expanded market share opportunity; however, uncertainty in the current economy is causing our customers to delay and reassess IT-spending. In light of these conditions, BackWeb will make the necessary adjustments to maintain our strong cash position, while continuing to invest wisely in our market growth," said Eli Barkat, chairman and CEO of BackWeb Technologies.

First Quarter Earnings Conference Call
BackWeb will be releasing its full results for the first quarter of 2001 on Monday, April 23 after the market close. A conference call will be held following the earnings release at 2 p.m. Pacific Time that day. Those wishing to join should dial (702) 257-3647, passcode "BackWeb" at approximately 1:45 p.m. A live webcast of the conference call will also be available via the company's website at www.backweb.com. A replay of the call will be available starting one hour after the completion of the call until Apr. 30, 2001. To access the replay, please dial (402) 220-3767.