Beyond.com Powers New Telex Direct eStore; Beyond.com's Robust Technical Solution Allows Telex Customers to Purchase Full Line of Products Online.

SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 17, 1999--

Internet superstore Beyond.com (Nasdaq:BYND) and Telex(R) today announced the launch of the Telex Direct eStore, which Beyond.com built and will manage for Telex.

Telex is an established leader in the design and production of computer microphones and headsets. The company has been first to market with many key technologies, including USB and far-field microphones. Beyond.com manages e-commerce stores for publishers and OEMs.

The new Telex Direct store, located at http://estore.beyond.com/telex, features the entire line of Telex's award-winning products and gives customers access to detailed product information. Key features include: -0-

--   A simple, on-line, quick-buy purchase process
--   World class customer service, including e-mail response, and 24X7
     phone support
--   Shipping options, including Overnight, 2nd Day and 3-5 Day Ground

"We are delighted that Telex has joined the growing ranks of companies that are taking advantage of our recently released eStore by Beyond.com service," said Jim Lussier, vice president and general manager of the Direct eCommerce Solutions Division at Beyond.com. "Our objective with eStore is to provide Telex customers with a world class purchasing experience, which will support Telex's goal of increased online sales."

"The new Telex Direct Store will help improve our ability to respond to the increasing demand for our innovative computer audio products, including our new USB microphones and headsets," said Tyler Norenberg, director of market development for Telex Computer Audio Products. "Beyond.com's e-commerce solution gives customers easy access to Telex's industry-leading computer audio technologies. We are excited about this partnership and believe it will provide Telex customers with a more satisfying purchasing experience."

The Telex Direct store is the latest in a succession of direct solutions created and managed by Beyond.com's Direct eCommerce Solutions Division. Other customers include industry leaders such as Autodesk, Executive Software Inc., McAfee.com Inc., Symantec Corp., Systran Software Inc., Palm Computing, Compaq Computer and hpshopping.com (a subsidiary of Hewlett Packard).

About Beyond.com

Beyond.com provides commercial, off-the-shelf software and related products and services to the government, enterprise, corporate and consumer markets. Visitors to the company's online store http://www.beyond.com/ enjoy an expansive selection of software backed by customer service and competitive pricing.

Beyond.com offers more than 1.6 million software and other digital products, including software stock-keeping units (SKUs) for online purchase from such major publishers as Adobe Systems Inc., IBM Corp., Lotus Development Corp., Microsoft Corp., Network Associates Inc., Sun Microsystems Inc. and Symantec Corp; hardware; computing devices; and digital images in different file formats, including jpeg, gif and mpf through a strategic marketing alliance with IMSI.

The company has established strategic marketing alliances with America Online Inc., CNET Inc., Compaq Computer Corp., Excite@Home, Road Runner/ServiceCo, Yahoo! Inc. and ZDNet. Additionally, Beyond.com offers e-commerce solutions such as site design and construction, site operation, including transaction processing, physical and electronic order fulfillment, customer support, marketing, and merchandising support and reporting to software publishers, hardware manufacturers and systems OEMs.

Customers include Autodesk, Executive Software Inc., McAfee.com Inc., Symantec Corp., Systran Software Inc. Palm Computing, Compaq Computer and HP Shopping Village (a subsidiary of Hewlett Packard). The company has applied for federal registration of the marks BEYOND.COM and BEYOND DOT COM. Beyond.com Corporation trades on the Nasdaq National Market under the symbol ("BYND"). More information on the company can be found in the company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC").

About Telex

Telex Communications, Inc. has been an audio innovator for more than 60 years. Telex is the performance and technology brand in computer microphones and headsets. The company developed the first specialized microphones for PC voice applications and has since been first to market with many key technologies, such as USB and far-field microphones.

With headquarters in Minneapolis, Minn., Telex employs approximately 3,000 people in 37 locations worldwide. Telex is a private company and is majority owned by Greenwich Street Capital -- a unit of CitiGroup. For more information, visit http://www.computeraudio.telex.com/.

Safe Harbor Statement

Certain statements in this press release are forward-looking within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. These include statements relating to expectations about the new Telex Direct eStore. Such statements are subject to substantial risks and uncertainties. Beyond.com's business is subject to risks including reductions in or cancellations of customer orders, changes in relationships with software suppliers, changes in relationships with strategic partners, changes in the product mix sold by the company, competition from other online software resellers or publishers, inability to raise sufficient capital on satisfactory terms, or at all, and other factors described in the company's filings with the SEC.