AVCOM Launches WebHarbor.com, The ASP Industry Portal.

SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 10, 1999--

AVCOM Technologies, Inc. (www.avcom.com) announced today the launch of WebHarbor.com (www.webharbor.com) as the ultimate online information and services portal where Application Service Providers (ASP's) can promote, and businesses can find, software applications that have been Web-enabled and are available on a pay-per-use basis.

WebHarbor.com, in addition to providing links to hundreds of ASP's and their rentable software applications, offers three key services valuable to ASP's and application users: MyIntranet(sm), ASPnow(sm) and MyApplications(sm).

MyIntranet brings on-demand virtual-Virtual Private Network (v-VPN)(sm) to the hosted application market, providing enterprises with an easy, secure way for them to deploy their Intranet and server-based applications to employees and authorized users anywhere they can access the Internet from a Java-supported browser. WebHarbor.com delivers significant cost savings over a customer's existing method of remotely accessing in-house software applications. These savings result from eliminating modem pool equipment, long-distance telephone access costs and full time system administrators, as well as providing the added benefits of more secure and faster connection speeds. "MyIntranet is the first commercial availability of the technology from the Sun-Netscape alliance, now called iPlanet, accessible as an ASP" said Brad Bishop, president of AVCOM.

ASPnow allows software developers to Web-enable their applications and operations while minimizing their Information Technology (I.T.), data management, hardware and software investments. It helps software companies leverage their development time by providing an easy way to deploy their applications for rent to the newly exploding ASP market.

MyApplications provides users with a single sign-on, authentication, database transfer and billing mechanism for selected, multiple software applications residing anywhere on the Internet, anywhere in the world. It provides ASPs with connectivity and billing services to ensure accurate software rental revenue invoicing.

WebHarbor.com has strategic relationships with companies such as Sun (NASDAQ: SUNW), iPlanet, G.E. (NYSE: GE), GraphOn (BB: GOJO), enCommerce and others, who provide the underlying technologies to WebHarbor.com's offerings. WebHarbor.com will be announcing additional relationships being established to address both enterprise and vertical-market specific ASP solutions across the Internet.

WebHarbor.com's ASP industry portal provides industry news about, and links to: Application Service Providers (ASP's) including USi (NASDAQ: USIX), Corio, Navisite/CMGI (NASDAQ: CMGI), (FutureLink (NASDAQ: FLNK), Intel (NASDAQ: INTC), etc.; Independent Software Vendors (ISV's); Software Application Developers including Oracle (NASDAQ: ORCL), Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT), IBM (NYSE: IBM), Siebel (NASDAQ: SEBL), Tibco (NASDAQ: TIBX), CheckPoint (NASDAQ: CHKP), Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN), Adobe (NASDAQ: ADBE), Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO), Veritas (NASDAQ: VRTS), Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HWP), PeopleSoft (NASDAQ: PSFT), etc.; Systems Integrators including EDS (NYSE: EDS), Andersen Consulting, etc.; Value Added Resellers (VAR's) including AVCOM, Allied, Ergonomic Group, Bay State, Piedmont, ASG, etc.; Internet Service Providers (ISP's) including America Online (NYSE: AOL), Netcom (NASDAQ: MSPG); Co-Location Providers including Exodus (NASDAQ: EXDS), Lev el 3 (NASDAQ: LVLT), Qwest (NASDAQ: QWST), Pilot (NASDAQ: PILT), Above.Net (NASDAQ: ABOV), Concentric (NASDAQ: CNCX), GTE (NYSE: GTE), Frontier/Global, etc.; and Enterprise Information Portals (EIP's) including Intraware (NASDAQ: ITRA), Portera, McAfee (NASDAQ: MCAF), Viador, etc. AVCOM is uniquely positioned to deliver WebHarbor.com as "The Industry Portal"(sm) for ASP's because of its ".com" expertise as the largest Sun-based systems integrator focused on ".com-ing" end-users who are buying I.T., and software developers who want to provide ASP-enabled solutions for rent. Thus, AVCOM's motto, "Buy I.T. or Rent I.T."(sm).

Founded in 1982, AVCOM is a Systems Integrator of ".com" and "eCom" companies, with industry leading clients such as Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN), Charles Schwab (NYSE: SCH), Intuit (NASDAQ: INTU), Bank of America (NYSE: BAC), AT&T (NYSE: T), 3COM (NASDAQ: COMS), Netscape (NASDAQ: NSCP), etc. AVCOM was one of the first Systems Integrators of network-centric computer systems, delivering consulting, hardware, software, training, implementation and support services across all areas of the Information Technology (I.T.) market. AVCOM became the first Sun Microsystems VAR in 1986, and has been named one of Silicon Valley's fastest growing companies each year since 1992. AVCOM is now applying its ".com" services and technologies to the I.T. industry with the advent of WebHarbor.com's ASP initiatives, allowing clients to "Buy I.T. or Rent I.T."(sm). The company is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, with offices in Sacramento, San Diego, San Francisco, San Ramon, Seattle, Reno and Philadelphia. AVCOM is privately held and profitable.

Note to Editors: AVCOM, WebHarbor, The ASP Industry Portal, The Industry Portal, MyIntranet, virtual-VPN, MyApplications, ASPnow, "Buy I.T. or Rent I.T." are trademarks or registered trademarks of AVCOM Technologies, Inc. in the USA and other countries. Sun Microsystems, iPlanet, Oracle, AOL, GraphOn, and other names are trademarks of their respective companies.