BackWeb to Unveil Java-based UNIX Client

NEW YORK, NY., (August 25,1997) -- BackWeb Technologies announced at the Java Internet Business Expo today a Java-based UNIX® client for its enterprise push technology solution. BackWeb's products, which enable delivery of any type of digital content to users over the Internet or intranets during the users' idle online time, provide a comprehensive Java™ solution. The client will be a component-based JavaBeans™ client for Solaris™ Workstations, HP UX and SGI Workstations

"This move further broadens BackWeb's reach to enterprise customers that want to deliver any type of digital content to both UNIX- and PC-based clients," said Hubert Delany, Chief Technology Officer, BackWeb Technologies.

"What BackWeb gains from its incorporation of Java technology it gives back as well. Java lets BackWeb push to any type of platform, while BackWeb gives Java code a way to get there automatically, politely, and regardless of network type," said Dr. Lew Tucker, director of corporate and ISV relations at Sun Microsystems' JavaSoft division. "We are thrilled to see innovative technology leaders like BackWeb help drive and expand the Java industry."

BackWeb's Java-based Client will bring its industry leading push solution to the UNIX environment and serve as the basis for a pure Java client that can be deployed on any device. In this release, BackWeb brings its innovative notification technology, polite background delivery and user controls to a new set of users and platforms.

Customer Applauds New Functionality
Allied Signal Aerospace is a new BackWeb customer deploying the BackWeb technology on their intranet. The AlliedSignal BackWeb implementation will allow them to deliver discipline specific content, such as technical briefs and newsletters, to engineers and associate professionals within the company.

"We are really excited that BackWeb is embracing the Java cross platform approach," said Tom Henderson of AlliedSignal. "Engineering is traditionally both Intel and UNIX-based and this will allow us to deliver content to both these types of desktops."

BackWeb's Polite Agent Technology
BackWeb's unique Polite Agent™ technology will now also provide UNIX users the ability to receive content politely in the background. The Polite Agent monitors client network utilization and transfers data in the background during periods of network inactivity. These transfers are interruptible so users pick up where they left off in subsequent sessions, making large downloads painless.

Pricing and Availability
The Java-based UNIX client will be available for public beta testing in October. Pricing for corporate intranets and Internets, including the BackWeb server software starts at $10,500.

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.