AppStream, Inc. Brings ``Continual Computing'' to the Desktop; Patented Streaming Server Technology Intuitively Streams Application Components to Desktops Based on End User Usage Patterns.

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

PALO ALTO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 18, 2002

Innovator and CEO, Uri Raz, Available for Media Briefings

Anticiparallelism, continual computation -- are terms that are gaining awareness as technology experts ask, "What's next for the computer?" Ubiquitous in business and homes, computers download, compute, store and retrieve -- but can they intuitively anticipate end user needs to optimize the true power of just-in-time applications?

AppStream knows they can -- the company's recently patented deployment server technology is one of the first to demonstrate anticiparallelism or the preprocessing of anticipated computing tasks.

How? AppStream's patented technology productively delivers application code segments to a dedicated AppStream cache on end users' desktops, without inhibiting application functionality. The intuitive intelligence of AppStream's software utilizes algorithms to statistically anticipate how the user will maneuver through the application to deliver functionality before the user needs it.

By fundamentally changing the way applications are deployed and managed, the award-winning technology is one of the first to turn the innovative idea behind anticiparallelism into a revenue-making business model.

AppStream Features/Benefits:

-- AppStream provides IT managers with central management and control, while
offering their end users better access to feature-rich applications with the
performance benefits of locally installed applications. Network congestion is
reduced and the processing power of the client is maximized.

-- AppStream enables IT departments to deliver and manage applications to the
extended enterprise while leveraging existing infrastructure and reducing the
total cost of managing desktops by up to 50 percent. AppStream eliminates the
need to wrap, test and time application deployment -- the cumbersome tasks
associated with the traditional installation and the software upgrade process.

-- AppStream has an adaptive learning prediction engine; transparent version
management, persistent client side cache, and maintains the highest security
compliance.

Editorial Angles:

-- AppStream's predictive streaming capability speaks to the

"organic" evolution of the Internet. This is the first known

illustration of anticiparallelism or continuous computing.

-- AppStream technology is driving functionality of the X

Internet. AppStream, along with Sun Microsystems and

Microsoft, was Among the Selected Companies Recommended by

Research Director, Charles Rutstein as an "X Internet" Vendor

During Forrester Research's Executive Strategy Forum Forrester

defines the X Internet as the next generation of Internet

encompassing two new waves of innovation: an executable Net

that greatly improves the online experience and an extended

Net that connects users to the real world.

-- The $4 billion plus application deployment market is estimated

to grow to $15 billion by 2004 -- to date AppStream is

providing technology to Fortune 500 enterprises, including

three of the top six global financial institutions, major

transportation and travel industry players and some of the

largest manufacturers in the world.

-- AppStream has real life case studies discussing the software

deployment realities for business enterprises.

Interview/Demonstration Opportunity:

The visionary behind the AppStream technology, founder and CEO Uri Raz, is available to speak with you, as well as provide a demonstration. To arrange a briefing, please contact Deborah Kazenelson or Diana Soltesz at 310/788-0456 or via e-mail, [e-mail] or [e-mail].