Bluestone, Gartner Group, and Grant Thornton Lead Seminars Charting Course to e-Business Success; Industry Experts Reveal The Future is e-Business in Tour of Free, Half-Day Seminars that Help Companies Plan, Implement, and Manage E-Business Initiatives.

Business Editors/Hi-Tech Writers

PHILADELPHIA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 22, 2000

Bluestone(R) Software, Inc. (Nasdaq: BLSW), a leading provider of Enterprise Interaction Management software, announced today that the company is teaming with Gartner Group Inc., the world's premier business technology advisor, and Grant Thornton LLP, one of the world's leading accounting and management consulting organizations, to lead The Future is e-Business, the seminar series that maps the route for successful e-business initiatives.

Starting on February 24, The Future is e-Business is a series of free, half-day seminars that highlight e-business industry analysis and perspective from the Gartner Group, business and e-business integration strategies and real-world case studies from Grant Thornton, and in-depth product demonstrations and implementation scenarios from Bluestone Software. In addition to meeting and networking with like-minded business professionals attending the seminar, attendees will gain strategic and tactical insights into planning, implementing, and managing a winning e-business practice.

Attendees will leave the seminar with specific strategies for the growth of their e-businesses, methodologies for evaluating e-business technology investments, techniques for creating competitive advantage through e-business, and approaches to building a solid infrastructure for integrating e-business into the enterprise. Attendees also receive a complete copy of the seminar conference proceedings.

"Understanding and accommodating the entire business/e-business relationship is crucial to the success of any e-business venture. That belief drives our work at Bluestone, and it underpins the efforts of our seminar partners, Gartner Group and Grant Thornton," said John H. Capobianco, senior vice president of worldwide marketing for Bluestone. "Together, we present a complete view of real e-business that concentrates on increasing sales, reducing time to market, integrating B2B, enhancing productivity, and increasing customer loyalty. The Future is e-Business offers a tremendous opportunity for companies to hear from the experts on the most effective ways to capitalize on their future, and succeed in e-business."

Added Bob Putnam, principal and national practice leader for Grant Thornton's Advanced Technology Solutions practice, "Today's e-business paradigm creates new and wonderful opportunities for companies as they transform their enterprises to meet the needs of customers, suppliers, and trading partners. Yet e-business presents substantial challenges even to the most tech-savvy companies due to its sweeping nature, which encompasses all facets of standard business practices. Through our work with e-business pioneers, Grant Thornton is in a unique position to counsel companies investigating their e-business options."

The Future is e-Business seminar agenda includes:

-- "The Future is e-Business ...Are You Ready!" a Gartner Group presentation that addresses the skills, roles, processes, and organizational structures that will be needed to develop and maintain e-business applications during the next five years; the business benefits, costs and risks of Java strategies for mainstream enterprise users during the next five years; and the technologies, tools and vendors that will best enable the successful development of e-business applications.

-- "How to Integrate e-Business Into Your Business," a discussion by Grant Thornton that focuses on developing an e-business roadmap and linking e-commerce applications to the supply chain. Grant Thornton's presentation will highlight the company's extensive e-business work with companies, such as Canadian Tire, Borden, Grupo Gamesa, Herman Miller, Lion Nathan, Rich Products, Whirlpool, and Longs Drug Stores.

-- "Are You Ready for e-Business!" the Bluestone Software presentation will walk attendees through a live e-commerce demonstration that reveals the design and deployment of a Web storefront and a successful architecture for e-business, including cross-company infrastructure integration capabilities, content management, and personalization engine. In-depth functionality of key e-business technologies, such Java 2 Enterprise Edition (J2EE), JavaServer Pages, and JavaBeans, will also be addressed.

The Future is e-Business series opens on February 24, 2000 in Philadelphia and travels to cities in Canada and the United States, as detailed below:

February 24 -- Philadelphia -- Philadelphia Park Hyatt

February 29 -- New York -- World Trade Center Marriott

March 1 -- Toronto -- Royal York Hotel -

March 2 -- Boston -- The Westin Waltham

March 7 -- Washington -- Washington Hyatt Regency

March 9 -- Atlanta -- The Ritz-Carlton

March 14 -- Chicago -- Chicago Marriott Downtown

March 16 -- Dallas -- Anatole Wyndham

March 21 -- San Francisco -- San Francisco Marriott 

March 22 -- Los Angeles -- Sheraton Gateway Hotel

For more information on The Future is e-Business or to register, visit www.bluestone.com/events or dial 1-888-Bluestone, ext. 1410.

About Bluestone Software, Inc.

Bluestone(R) Software, Inc. is a leading provider of Enterprise Interaction Management software. Companies deploying e-business applications, like Avnet, CDNow, Food.com, MCI WorldCom, Reliance National, Strategic Weather Services, and Time Inc., rely on Bluestone Total-e-Business(TM), Bluestone Sapphire/Web(R), and Bluestone XML Suite(TM) to provide comprehensive e-business platforms, Internet-class fault tolerant infrastructures, and robust integration services that e-business success demands. Bluestone is headquartered at 300 Stevens Drive, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19113-1597. For more information, please call 888-Bluestone or 610-915-5000, email [e-mail], or visit http://www.bluestone.com.

Bluestone and Sapphire/Web are registered trademarks, and Bluestone XML Suite and Total-e-Business are trademarks of Bluestone Software, Inc. All other names, brands or products may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners.

Certain statements in this press release constitute forward looking statements as such term is defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors, including those contained in Bluestone's publicly filed reports with the Securities and Exchange Commission, which may cause Bluestone's actual results, performance, or achievements or those of its customers or its industry to be materially different from the future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by these forward looking statements. Specifically, the Company's beliefs with respect to the business opportunities presented by e-business and the Company's ability to profitably market and deploy its product solutions may prove to be inaccurate. In light of the significant uncertainties inherent in these forward looking statements, the information in this press release should not be considered a representation by the Company or any other person that Bluestone's objectives and plans will be achieved.