BackWeb´s Internet Communication Infrastructure Software Now Being Deployed by Computer 2000 Sweden, a part of Tech Data Group, for Reseller Applications

UPPSALA, Sweden - July 2, 1999 - BackWeb® Technologies (Nasdaq: BWEB), a leading provider of Priority Internet communication infrastructure and applications software for the extended enterprise, announced that Computer 2000 Sweden AB, a part of Tech Data Group, has chosen BackWeb and has begun deploying its technology to an extended enterprise of resellers. BackWeb's Priority Internet communication infrastructure software is embedded into Computer 2000 Sweden AB's InfoCast 2000, which will enable the company to communicate with over 2,000 resellers in an up-to-date and targeted way.

"BackWeb provides us with a solution that optimizes network bandwidth, and enables us to communicate with our resellers in the most efficient way," says Niclas Heurlin, Product Marketing Director at Computer 2000 Sweden AB. "In the past, we used faxes, e-mail and the Web, but they weren't as effective as BackWeb. In addition, we needed a solution that was bi-directional. BackWeb's closed-loop delivery system fits the bill."

With InfoCast 2000, Computer 2000 Sweden AB has an interactive tool that is projected to simplify the reseller dialog. Important news is delivered through sophisticated Flashes, which can contain any size or type of file including rich multimedia. All information distributed in the system is tailored to the receivers' preferences. The recipients decide what information they want and the format in which it is delivered. The authorized resellers can opt for BackWeb's Automated Marketing Encyclopedia, which can contain presentations, marketing collateral and other key reseller documents. The material is delivered through BackWeb's network-sensitive Polite™ technology and is automatically updated in the background so resellers always have the most up-to-date information.

"With BackWeb's priority delivery system, Computer 2000's resellers will continuously receive business-critical information including everything from price lists, to product updates, to special offers," said Jean Francois Guyomar, Managing Director of BackWeb Technology Europe. "With BackWeb, we believe Computer 2000 Sweden AB will be able to achieve a competitive edge, and ensure the success of its partners."

About Computer 2000
Computer 2000 was founded in Munich in 1983. In fiscal year 1997/98
(Sept. 30) the Computer 2000 Group, with over 40 subsidiaries in 30 countries in Europe, Latin America and the Middle East, achieved sales of DM 10.1 billion. This makes Computer 2000 the leading European wholesale and service company for PC products and solutions in Europe and one of the three largest world-wide.

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.