Press Release 2001

XCELLENET BROADENS MOBILE MANAGEMENT CAPABILITIES WITH INTRODUCTION OF AFARIA DOCUMENT MANAGER FOR HANDHELD DEVICES - ALSO ANNOUNCES SYNCHRONIZATION

ATLANTA (October 15, 2001) — XcelleNet, Inc., the leading provider of management solutions for remote systems and mobile & wireless devices, today announced Afaria Document Manager for Handhelds. The company also announced today Afaria Sync Manager, further confirming its position as the leading vendor of mobile management solutions for popular handheld devices.

In another announcement today, XcelleNet Enhanced Afaria with Synchronization Capabilities, Taking its Mobile Management Solution to the Next Level.

Afaria Document Manager for Handhelds assures that mobile workers using devices based on the Palm or Windows CE/Pocket PC platforms have access to critical business documents and data, both on or offline. Similar to Afaria’s Document Manager designed for Win 32 laptops, the Handheld version offers subscription and publishing capabilities that translates documents into formats that can be viewed and subscribed to directly from a handheld device. Information is received quickly and transparently over a variety of wireline or wireless connectivity options. Once receiving a document, users simply click on that document to launch the appropriate viewer.

For Windows CE devices, Document Manager automatically converts Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, HTML and plain text files into formats that can be read by the Pocket Word, Pocket Excel and Pocket Explorer applications on the device.

For Palm OS devices, documents are converted and accessible through technology provided by DataViz(R), Inc, developers of Documents To Go(R). As distributed by Afaria, this functionality allows for the viewing of Microsoft Word, Excel and text files on Palm OS devices. Once users have received the documents, they simply tap on the document title and the appropriate viewer will automatically launch the file for viewing.

"Afaria’s Document Manager ensures that up-to-date, critical information is in the hands of mobile professionals when they need it," said Rob Hoxie, director of business development at DataViz. "We see the incorporation of Documents To Go technology into Afaria’s product as a way to extend DataViz’s contribution to the enterprise sector."

"The ability to manage and coordinate the flow of critical documents and files between a centralized information resource and mobile devices in the field is fast becoming a mandate for most companies, especially those that want to maintain a cooperative and collaborative mobile work environment," observes Tim Scannell, an analyst with Mobile Insights, Inc. "XcelleNet has neatly wrapped this function into its Afaria product, taking mobile management to a whole new level of application control and flexibility."

"In order for companies to reap the economic benefits of mobile deployments, devices in the field must be supported by a management solution that guarantees the productivity requirements of the enterprise," commented Joe Owen, CTO of XcelleNet. "Adding additional data management functionality to Afaria confirms XcelleNet’s commitment to helping companies grow their mobile workforces to better serve customers out in the field through fast, reliable and secure information exchange."

About Documents To Go and DataViz

The retail version of Documents To Go Professional Edition lets mobile workers create and edit Microsoft Word and Excel files, as well as review PowerPoint presentations on their Palm OS handhelds. Users can make quick changes to sales forecasts, edit contracts or review client presentations on the go. Documents To Go is currently bundled on Palm m500 series and m125 handhelds. Documents To Go is available at retailers such as Best Buy, CompUSA and Staples, as well as direct from DataViz.

DataViz addresses the important and complex need to exchange files across a variety of applications and platforms, including Palm OS, Macintosh and Windows. With more than 17 years of experience in award winning product design and development, DataViz's efforts have resulted in compatibility software with unparalleled functionality, ease of use and reliability. In response to the changing landscape of technology, DataViz continues to innovate software to meet OEM, enterprise and consumer needs. Microsoft, Apple, IBM/Lotus, Palm and other industry leaders use DataViz compatibility technology. For more information, visit http://www.dataviz.com.

About Afaria & XcelleNet

XcelleNet’s Afaria enables enterprises to extend essential systems management capabilities out to a comprehensive array of mobile devices including laptops, PDAs, smart phones, and interactive pagers. Afaria overcomes the challenges of the mobile environment and makes end users more productive with tools for deploying and maintaining software applications and business documents, synchronizing content and data, tracking hardware and software device assets, backing up critical content and data, and maintaining desired configuration settings.

XcelleNet serves some 2,500 customers worldwide in a broad range of industries such as pharmaceutical, retail, hospitality, insurance, financial services and manufacturing. The company’s solutions reduce total cost of ownership of remote or mobile deployments, accelerate end-user productivity and ensure the availability and reliability of corporate applications and information to an organization’s remote and mobile workforce. More information is available at http://www.XcelleNet.com and http://www.Afaria.com.

Contact:

For more information: http://www.atkearney.com

Mobileinfo Comments & Advisory: Afaria is moving in the right direction by adding document distribution and synchronization capabilities to its systems management core product base through integration of third party data distribution and synchronization products under one virtual umbrella. This best-of-breed strategy is a smarter move, we think, rather than creating its own version of these products.