BackWeb Names New Managing Director for European Business

San Jose, Calif. (April 7, 1998) -- BackWeb Technologies, the leader in enterprise push solutions, today announced Jean-François Guyomar as the company's new European Managing Director. The addition of Guyomar to BackWeb's European management team marks the company's increased focus on its European business. Guyomar will oversee BackWeb's entire European sales force and business partner network, which includes sales teams in Amsterdam, Germany, Sweden and The United Kingdom.

"As BackWeb continues to grow we are strengthening our international presence. Jean-François' experience designing programs, leading teams and growing business in Europe for companies like Netscape is valuable to BackWeb," said Eli Barkat, BackWeb's Chief Executive Officer. "And, our European customers will benefit from Jean-François leadership, experience and determination.

Prior to joining BackWeb, Guyomar was Netscape's European director of EMEA (European, Middle-East and Africa) channels where he was responsible for designing and implementing the company's channel programs in these three major regions, including developing the company's business model and setting-up its distribution channels. Guyomar also directed sales and marketing teams at companies including SunSoft.

BackWeb currently has business development and channel partners in France, Germany, Italy, The Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland and The United Kingdom. Current European customers include Lufthansa, Volvo, Elle and Heineken.

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.

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