Bluestone Hires Hewlett-Packard's Dave Hinman to Lead Business Development from New Silicon Valley Facility.

MOUNT LAUREL, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 26, 1999--

Bluestone(R) Software, Inc., a performance leader in Enterprise Interaction Management, today announced that former Hewlett-Packard Co. manager Dave Hinman has joined the company as vice president of new business development.

Operating from Bluestone's newly opened Mountain View, California facility, Hinman brings 19 years of business development, sales, marketing, R&D, and operations experience to the company as it courts new business alliances.

"Dave is well-known and well-respected in the IT community for his success in formulating business plans and business development alliances at HP," said P. Kevin Kilroy, president of Bluestone. "With Dave in Silicon Valley, we look forward to increasing our presence and developing alliances with the region's leading software developers."

Added Hinman, "Bluestone attracted me with its blend of strong products and talented people. Sapphire/Web(R) and Bluestone XML Suite(TM) are industrial-strength frameworks, developed and supported by a responsive, seasoned team. Our technologies can create significant opportunities for developers who can't risk building solutions on anything but the most scalable, secure, fault-tolerant Application Server platforms available."

As vice president of new business development, Hinman is responsible for developing strategies and alliances with third-party software companies to promote Bluestone's future growth.

Prior to joining Bluestone, Hinman spent 15 years with HP where he was general manager of the Electronic Business Software Division, the organization responsible for HP's Changengine Business Process Management product line.

At HP, he also held the position of manager of logistics for the North American Consumer Products Organization, where he was responsible for the implementation of a new ERP system as well as EDI- and Internet-based, business-to-business e-commerce.

About Bluestone Software

Bluestone Software, Inc. is a performance leader in Enterprise Interaction Management software.

Companies deploying Internet Commerce applications like ARI, Conexant (formerly Rockwell Semiconductor), Dreyfus Corp., Eli Lilly, MCI WorldCom, Reliance National, and Time Inc. depend on Bluestone Sapphire/Web and Bluestone XML Suite Application Server frameworks to integrate business applications into Web-enabled environments, manage information interactions, and exchange data with employees, partners, and customers.

For more information about Bluestone, please call 856/727-4600 or visit http://www.bluestone.com.

Bluestone and Sapphire/Web are registered trademarks, and Bluestone XML Suite is a trademark, of Bluestone Software, Inc. All other names, brands or products may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners.