XcelleNet Announces New System Software Platform for Remote and Mobile
Computing

Standards-based RemoteWare Infrastructure Brings New Application Agents and
High-Performance Wireless Capabilities to the Microsoft BackOffice, Lotus
NOTES and SQL Applications Environments

ATLANTA (April 22, 1996)--XcelleNet, Inc. (Nasdaq-NM:XNET) announced today
a new, standards-based generation of RemoteWare, the only system software
optimized to efficiently support large populations of remote and mobile
computer users who work "unplugged" from corporate information resources.
The third generation of RemoteWare provides new services that
significantly improve communications efficiencies for remote enterprise
computing; leverages key messaging standards to provide a common platform
for developing and deploying a changing mix of line-of-business
applications; and extends the full strength of Microsoft Windows NT and
BackOffice to connection-deferred users.

"Client/server designs for mobile communications are dictated by
high-latency, limited-bandwidth communications," said Karen Scherberger,
Research Director at The Gartner Group. "This means that, for most new
applications, deferred connections based on intelligent messaging will be
better suited to the needs of the mobile workforce."

"XcelleNet is delivering superior client/server computing technology to a
new class of users who require a powerful communications architecture,"
said Dennis M. Crumpler, CEO of XcelleNet. "This third generation of
RemoteWare extends corporate intranet resources to remote and mobile users
by leveraging existing investments in SQL databases, remote LAN access,
Lotus Notes, Windows NT and Internet technologies."

THE REMOTEWARE QUEUED EVENT ARCHITECTURE

The power of RemoteWare is embedded in the product's underlying
architecture, known as the RemoteWare Queued Events Architecture (QEA).
Based on a unique agent-based extension of the client/server model, QEA
makes it possible to support multiple applications with a single wireline
or wireless communications session.

"Remote or mobile communications cannot consume the worker's time
unnecessarily, nor can it be overly complex," commented Scherberger. "It
must allow workers deferred access to a myriad of back-end systems and
enable workers to send and receive information asynchronously through a
single communications session."

The three layers of the RemoteWare Queued Event Architecture are:

* Communications - handles a wide variety of communications and networking
protocols that allow RemoteWare to be utilized in wireline, wireless, and
LAN-based environments including the Internet.

* Session - manages all sessions with protocols optimized for file, message
or transaction levels of interchange, and provides services that manage
the security, scheduling, and automation of the sessions.

* Agent - handles interaction with applications at both the server and
client ends of the system. Functionality in this layer may be either
generic or specific to third-party products such as Microsoft-Exchange or
Lotus Notes.

RemoteWare applies very sophisticated compression and file transfer
algorithms to minimize connection time over the low-speed communications
lines typically used by remote and mobile computing users.

REMOTEWARE, THE THIRD GENERATION

The third generation of RemoteWare brings new technical innovations to the
Queued Event Architecture that create a common platform for the
development and deployment of a heterogeneous mix of applications in
remote and mobile computing environments.

At the Sessions Layer, the third generation adds two new features that
optimize communications efficiencies for remote enterprise computing.
Support for the MAPI 1.0 messaging standard allows third-party, MAPI-based
applications to run natively over RemoteWare without modification.
XcelleNet has built in has developed a message transport and directory
service underneath designed to the MAPI 1.0 specifications that provides a
superior mechanism for moving MAPI-based messages and supporting
MAPI-based applications for connection-deferred users.

Also at the Sessions Layer, the third generation of RemoteWare features a
new Transaction Session technology that minimizes data packets transmitted
resulting in lower connection time and to provide provides immediate
response when accessing performing transactional requests such as
inventory or order confirmations over wireless connections, such as RAM,
CDPD, and CSC.

At the Agent Layer, RemoteWare includes support for four new application
agents that make it easier to develop and deploy customized, line-
of-business applications using RemoteWare's file, message and transaction
handling services. New application agents include:

* Microsoft Exchange Server Gateway- RemoteWare includes a tightly
integrated gateway that allows RemoteWare service users to send and
receive mail messages to and from any headquarters' users who are running
the Exchange client and communicating with Exchange servers. The
directories stay synchronized and the messages flow transparently.

* Lotus Notes Replication Agent- RemoteWare includes an application agent
for Lotus Notes Replication that transforms a substantial portion of the
Notes replication process into an off-line activity. On-line connection
time may be reduced as much as 50 to 80 percent depending on application
and data volume specifics.

* Data eXchange Agent - RemoteWare now includes a set of an OLE (Object
Linking and Embedding) controls, called Data eXchange Agent, that make it
easier for database application developers to develop and deploy mobile
and remote applications that post, retrieve, and route data.

* Subscription and Publishing Agent - This agent allows organizations to
more efficiently meet the information and content needs of mobile users no
matter where the information is stored or how it was created. For example,
organizations can publish human resource manuals for managers in the field
or provide access to spare parts inventory lists for remote service
technicians.

"With the new generation of RemoteWare, we are able to manage
communications, implement software distribution and reduce communications
costs for our hundreds of remote users," said Keith Gilbert, Certified
Network Engineer MIS Manager for Labor Ready, a growing supplier of
temporary labor to the construction and industrial markets. "RemoteWare is
completely open and provides our Windows NT environment with the best
remote enterprise computing infrastructure available."

LEVERAGING THE WINDOWS NT PLATFORM

The third generation of RemoteWare has been designed to aggressively
leverage the full strength of the increasingly popular Microsoft Windows
NT platform. The RemoteWare server is a full 32-bit, multi-threaded
application that runs on Windows NT Server. System administration for the
new RemoteWare offering is integrated with the Windows NT administration
facilities through a common log-in procedure and support for the NT
message log, registry, and performance monitor.

XcelleNet's RemoteWare enterprise system software foundation is a good
example of a product which meets customer requirements for integration
with Windows NT Server and BackOffice, said Mike Nash, group product
manager in the desktop and business systems division at Microsoft Corp.
RemoteWare facilitates application deployment for remote and mobile users
by leveraging the standards supported in BackOffice.

AVAILABILITY AND PRICING

The third generation of RemoteWare is available immediately. RemoteWare is
licensed based on both server and client components. For example, a
configuration including 100 RemoteWare clients and a RemoteWare server
that supports up to 8 concurrent sessions is $28,000.

Specific features will be delivered over the course of 1996 according to
the following timetable:

* RemoteWare 3.0 - available now and includes basic communications,
sessions automation, system management, and software distribution.

* RemoteWare 3.1 - general availability is planned for later this quarter.
It includes application agents for Lotus Notes Replication, Microsoft
Exchange Server, and Subscription and Publishing. RemoteWare 3.1 includes
support for Windows NT 32-bit clients and support for MAPI 1.0, TAPI, and
ODBC.

* RemoteWare 3.2 - general availability is planned for the third quarter of
1996. RemoteWare 3.2 will add support for the Data eXchange Agent. In
addition, it will include a RemoteWare Workshop tool kit to allow non-IS
staff to quickly deploy and develop simple remote applications
 
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