Asera Named to Computerworld's List of Top 100 Emerging Companies for 2002.

Business Editors/High Tech Writers

BELMONT, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 10, 2001

Asera, Inc., provider of the leading Asera eBusiness Operating System(TM), today announced that the editors of Computerworld and a panel of IT leaders identified Asera as one of their Top 100 Emerging Companies for 2002. The Asera eBusiness Operating System seamlessly integrates existing systems and best-in-class applications to enable real-time collaboration across the extended value chain.

"In selecting the Computerworld Top 100 Emerging Companies for 2002, the editors and panel members emphasized innovation," said Maryfran Johnson, editor-in-chief of Computerworld. "These companies are creating products or services that take a new and creative approach to an IT issue, while demonstrating that they have the foundation, vision, and strategy to succeed in the years ahead."

"Asera is extremely pleased to be recognized by Computerworld's leadership as one of the companies to watch in 2002," said David Murphy, president and chief executive officer of Asera, Inc. "Asera's run-time environment prepares companies to be adaptive and ready for change. Our technology, utilizing XML and Java, gives our customers a true competitive advantage in their industry."

The Computerworld Top 100 Emerging Companies is an annual list selected by a panel of Computerworld editors and a select group of senior-level information technology experts. Winners were selected based on 10 separate categories, and Asera was named to the category of E-Commerce Software and Services. The final list of winners was based on the following criteria:

-- The company and its technology offer demonstrable value to corporate IT
operations in solving problems or challenges that IT managers face;

-- The company is innovative toward- information technology issues in a
relatively new or emerging market;

-- The company demonstrates positive signs of an ability to execute,
specifically in: revenue, revenue growth, funding, and a stable management
team.

This is Asera's fifth major industry award in 2001. A comprehensive list of awards received by Asera can be found at: http://www.asera.com.

A complete listing of Computerworld's Top 100 Emerging Companies to watch in 2002 can be found at: http://www.computerworld.com/storyba/0,4125,NAV47_STO65992,00.html.

Asera eBusiness Operating System

With Asera technology, legacy and packaged software become a built-in part of the enterprise APIs that Asera can tie to business processes and deploy as composite applications. The result is a completely integrated eBusiness solution that runs as seamlessly as a packaged application, but leverages heterogeneous applications and data sources from within the enterprise.

The Asera eBusiness Operating System, which includes the Asera Platform and the Asera Development Workbench, makes possible the rapid and efficient development of custom business processes created dynamically from new applications and from the packaged legacy software applications resident in Global 2000 enterprises. The Asera Development Workbench enables developers, enterprises and other licensees to develop new applications that can be integrated with existing software in new ways that are defined by the business process of the organization.

About Computerworld

Based in Framingham, Mass., Computerworld, Inc. is a complete information services company for the IT Leader community, providing print and online publications, books, conferences and research services. The company's flagship weekly newspaper for IT Leaders has been recognized numerous times by Folio: Magazine and the Computer Press Association as the best computer newspaper. With a circulation of 250,000, Computerworld has a total audience of 1,694,000, according to IntelliQuest CIMS v.8.0. News and resources for the IT Leader community are available at www.computerworld.com.

Computerworld is a business unit of IDG, the world's leading technology media, research and event company. IDG publishes more than 300 magazines and newspapers and offers online users the largest network of technology-specific sites around the world through IDG.net (www.idg.net), which comprises more than 300 targeted Web sites in 70 countries. IDG is also a leading producer of 168 computer-related events worldwide, and provides IT market analysis through 51 offices in 43 countries worldwide. Company information is available at www.idg.com.

About Asera, Inc.

Asera provides Global 2000 and emerging-growth companies with the Asera eBusiness Operating System that includes a patent-pending software platform and applications development environment. The Asera eBusiness Operating System allows companies to customize best-in-class software applications, implement their business processes rapidly, and remain insulated from the cost and complexity of technology change. Asera's eBusiness Operating System is a critical enabling technology for the emerging real-time enterprise. Based in Silicon Valley, Asera also has offices in the UK, Germany and India. Asera can be found on the Web at http://www.asera.com.

Note to Editors: Asera and Asera eBusiness Operating System are trademarks of Asera Inc. All other products and names may be trademarks of their respective companies.