AlphaBlox Analysis Suite Delivers Analytical Applications to the Enterprise and Across the Extraprise.

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 13, 1999--

AlphaBlox Corporation, provider of the first 100% Web-based platform for the rapid delivery of custom analytical applications, today announced new capabilities and functional enhancements in AlphaBlox Analysis Suite that extend the power of analytical applications within and beyond the corporate firewall. Available to customers now, Analysis Suite 2.5 provides a platform to create easily customizable Web-based analytical applications that tap both relational and multidimensional data sources, and take advantage of AlphaBlox's unique personalization and publishing capabilities. Analysis Suite 2.5 enables leading companies to capitalize on the new business opportunities presented by the explosive growth of the Internet.

"With Analysis Suite we quickly assembled a fully customized, Web-based customer profitability analysis application for a major telecommunications company," said Heidi Labritz, Senior Manager at Arthur Andersen. "This application will leverage their existing technology environment to provide users with immediate access to the information and analysis of both relational and multidimensional information in an easy to use format. AlphaBlox Analysis Suite's extensible, scaleable environment can be used across our practice to deliver robust Web-based analytical applications to our customers."

"AlphaBlox is the only company that can deliver analytical applications through firewalls and enable fully interactive applications across the Internet," said Michael Skok, founder and CEO of AlphaBlox Corporation. "With new collaboration functionality in Analysis Suite, our customers and partners can now deliver analytical information to users, and collaborate with customers, partners and vendors anywhere inside or outside the corporation, enabling eBusiness and providing a complete information supply chain."

Companies struggling to deliver relevant information and applications to external audiences must overcome traditional barriers such as security restrictions, network bandwidth constraints, and browser limitations. AlphaBlox eBlox technology already enables a single application to be dynamically deployed in multiple browser formats such as Java and HTML. New advancements in release 2.5 overcome network or browser limitations by enabling unparalleled analytics and full interactivity to be delivered in the light client HTML format. Analysis Suite also offers a robust external security model that can leverage Web-server security and supports SSL encryption. With its new capabilities, AlphaBlox helps eBusinesses eliminate the traditional barriers to delivering business-critical analytical applications to users outside the corporate firewall.

"There is building customer demand for moving beyond operational and interactive reporting. Customers are increasingly looking for analytical applications that can be used inside the enterprise to improve business performance and to extend their eBusiness offerings outside the enterprise," said Mark Smith, program director, Application Delivery Strategies at META Group. "With this new product capability AlphaBlox can provide business partners, suppliers and extranet customers with the power to seamlessly share and interact with analytical information inside and outside the firewall."

Additional Enhancements

The latest version of Analysis Suite also includes improved analytic capabilities and enhancements to AlphaBlox Application Studio. New features include: -0-

--   Enhanced analytics and collaboration enable faster response to
     business needs, improved analyses, and better decisions. Improved
     bookmarking capabilities enable users to save application views
     for private, group and public use providing an easy way to share
     analyses with colleagues, customers and partners.

--   New Application Studio templates enable assemblers to quickly
     create and save application views that are immediately accessible
     to users via an intuitive menu.

--   Dynamic product updating capabilities in Application Studio
     enable customers and partners to immediately leverage new
     application templates, content, and enhancements - independent of
     product releases.

Pricing and Availability

AlphaBlox Analysis Suite is now shipping through AlphaBlox Corporation. Contact AlphaBlox by calling 1-888-BLOXNOW or 1-650-526-1700, or Email [e-mail]. Third party solution providers may request additional information by calling AlphaBlox or Email [e-mail].

About AlphaBlox

AlphaBlox Corporation Inc., founded in 1996, provides enterprise software for the broad deployment of custom Web-based analytical applications that help companies around the globe: -0-

--   automate and improve their decision processes,
--   more effectively measure and monitor their critical business
     operations,
--   quickly identify key market opportunities and threats, and
--   offer superior service to their customers and suppliers.

Its flagship product, AlphaBlox Analysis Suite, is comprised of AlphaBlox Analysis Server(TM) and AlphaBlox Application Studio(TM). Analysis Suite is the industry's first complete Web-based platform optimized for the rapid assembly, easy deployment, and centralized maintenance of custom analytical applications. With AlphaBlox's unique, patent-pending "building Blox(TM)" approach, IT organizations and third party solution providers can quickly and easily deliver analytical applications that serve the needs of a broad range of enterprise users. For example, leading enterprises in packaged goods, finance and technology, have already successfully deployed Analysis Suite for financial reporting and analysis, customer relationship analysis, sales distribution analysis, supply chain analysis, and eBusiness analysis.

Additional information on AlphaBlox Corporation and its products can be obtained by calling 888/256-9669 or via the company's web site at www.alphablox.com.

Note to Editors: AlphaBlox is a trademark of AlphaBlox Corporation.