Asynchrony Companies Win Two Prestigious Awards for Their Innovative Products; National and Regional Experts Believe in Companies' Unique Solutions.

Business/Technology Editors

ST. LOUIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 29, 2002

In the last month, Asynchrony Solutions, Inc. (www.asolutions.com) and Asynchrony Software, Inc, (www.asynchrony.com), leading providers of collaboration, communication and security solutions, received a pair of awards for their innovative products. PDA Defense(TM) was recognized as "The Best Security Solution" at the national Planet PDA (personal digital assistant) event, held last week in Boston. Asynchrony Solutions took home top honors for their collaboration and Instant Messaging products from the St. Louis Business Journal Technology Awards.

Planet PDA, which was sponsored by TMC's Internet Telephony, Customer Inter@ction Solutions, and Planet PDA magazines, bestowed the award for "Best Security Solution" to the Asynchrony companies for their industry-leading PDA security product, PDA Defense(TM). Awards were handed out by the "Best of Show" Committee for outstanding products and services in the industry. The award was given by TMC's (magazine publisher Technology Marketing Corporation) VP of Online Development and Content, and its CTO and Executive Technology Editor.

In addition, the Asynchrony companies recently received distinction from the St. Louis business community. More than 100 companies submitted nominations for the St. Louis Business Journal's Technology Awards. The award, an extension from the St. Louis e-Business Awards, recognizes companies with various technology focuses that are making an impact on business, consumers, and society. The panel of judges included scientists and technology experts from Washington University, Saint Louis University, the University of Missouri-St. Louis, and executives from technology companies. The Academy of Science of St. Louis coordinated the judge's panel.

"We're proud of this independent recognition of our core products by two separate awards bodies this month," said Bob Elfanbaum, Asynchrony Software president and co-founder. "This exemplifies why PDA Defense has been a leading product since its release last year and Envoke was recently named a core component of the Department of Defense Collaboration Tool Suite."

PDAs, or personal digital assistants, are used by business executives and consumers around the world to manage their schedules, contacts, datebooks, emails, and other personal management issues. Since PDAs are in such high demand due to their usefulness, they're also a target of thieves. Asynchrony Software's PDA Defense product helps prevent PDAs from being stolen by allowing the user to set specific security mandates. Features include: password policies, strong encryption, automatic device locking, fail-safe bit wiping routines, and brute-force attack countermeasures.

Instant Messaging is the fastest growing communication technology, eclipsing even the Internet in terms of growth rate. Envoke, Asynchrony Software's Instant Messaging product, provides a level of security and administrative accountability that was built from the ground up to Department of Defense standards.

ABOUT THE ASYNCHRONY COMPANIES

The Asynchrony companies (Asynchrony Solutions, Inc. and Asynchrony Software, Inc) are innovative software technology firms with a growing line of products and services focused on security, collaboration, systems integration and custom application development, including wireless and web applications. Clients include Global 2000 companies and Government agencies. More information is available on the Web at www.asolutions.com and www.asynchrony.com.