Bluestone Software Charts Course to the Future of Total-E-Business; New Products Deliver Company's Array of Infrastructure and Technologies to Meet Customers' Solutions-Oriented View of E-Business.

Business Editors/Hi-Tech Writers

PHILADELPHIA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 9, 2000

Bluestone(R) Software, Inc. (Nasdaq: BLSW), a leading provider of Enterprise Interaction Management software, today announced its roadmap charting the future of Total-e-Business(TM), the company's comprehensive, standards-based, e-business platform. Drawing from a wealth of proven technologies, the roadmap identifies five Total-e-Business Platform Editions(TM) with both new and enhanced products, as well as a new Syndication Server. In doing so, Bluestone establishes a suite of solutions-oriented offerings closely aligned with customers' solutions-oriented approach to e-business opportunities and deployments.

"When organizations consider an e-business opportunity, they rarely think in terms of an Application Server, an XML Integration Server, or other specific technologies," said John H. Capobianco, senior vice president and chief marketing officer for Bluestone Software. "Instead, they see an opportunity to increase sales or cut supply chain management costs, so they look for business-to-consumer, business-to-business, and other e-business solutions. The Total-e-Business roadmap aligns Bluestone's product delivery and enhancement methodology with how customers are understanding and embracing the new e-business economy."

Built upon Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition (J2EE) standards, Total-e-Business (TeB) utilizes advanced Java Server Page (JSP) and Servlet technology and employs pure Java and eXtensible Markup Language (XML). The five new Total-e-Business Platform Editions, as well as the new Syndication Server are all designed to address specific e-business requirements by combining the required product functionality with a solutions-oriented understanding of customer needs. Details of Bluestone's new offerings follow:

-- Total-e-Business Platform--B2B Edition(TM) is targeted

specifically at businesses that want to expand their supply chain

by distributing enterprise information throughout their global

extraprise to effectively communicate with partners, suppliers,

customers, and users. Scheduled for general availability in the

beginning of Q2 of this year, the B2B Edition will extend

Total-e-Business's position as the complete business-to-business

offering with rapid e-business deployment capabilities. The B2B

Edition will pre-assemble all the components that companies,

net-markets, and ASPs (Application Service Providers) need to

quickly and easily set up a hub-and-spoke, business-to-business

environment, based on Application Server and XML technologies. The

components of the B2B Edition include:

-- Bluestone XML-Server for TeB

-- Bluestone Universal Business Server for TeB

-- Bluestone Universal Listener Framework for TeB

-- Bluestone Application Manager for TeB

-- Bluestone Security Console for TeB

-- Bluestone Visual-XML for TeB

-- Total-e-Business Platform--Application Server Edition(TM) delivers

a scalable, fault tolerant, high performance infrastructure for

businesses extending their legacy applications to a Web-enabled

environment. As the next generation of Bluestone's award-winning

Sapphire/Web(R) Application Server (Release 7), the Application

Server Edition will enhance Sapphire/Web's legendary performance,

scalability, and fault tolerance with full support for Sun's

Enterprise JavaBean (EJB) 1.1 and J2EE standards. Bluestone

Universal Business Server, an EJB 1.1 implementation, is

anticipated to be in general availability by early Q2 of this

year. The remaining components are anticipated to be in general

availability by the end of Q2. The components of the Application

Server Edition include:

-- Bluestone Universal Business Server for TeB

-- Bluestone Application Manager for TeB

-- Bluestone Security Console for TeB

-- Sapphire/Developer

-- Total-e-Business Platform--B2C Edition(TM) addresses the rapidly

growing need for a comprehensive and integrated B2C solution that

expands existing and new businesses to the Web-enabled world. By

the end of Q2 of this year, the latest incarnation of Bluestone's

comprehensive, standards-based, business-to-consumer solution is

anticipated to be in general availability. Built to the J2EE

specification, the B2C Edition will debut a host of new and

enhanced Bluestone technologies, including Bluestone Customer

Interaction Management, Bluestone Personalization, and Bluestone

Marketing Interaction Management. The components of the B2C

Edition include:

-- Bluestone Universal Business Server for TeB

-- Bluestone XML-Server for TeB

-- Bluestone Application Manager for TeB

-- Bluestone Security Console for TeB

-- Bluestone Visual-XML for TeB

-- Bluestone Content Management for TeB

-- Bluestone Personalization for TeB

-- Bluestone Commerce Storefront for TeB

-- Bluestone Logistics Interaction Management for TeB

-- Bluestone Customer Interaction Management for TeB

-- Bluestone Marketing Interaction Management for TeB

-- Bluestone Cybercash Connector for TeB

-- Bluestone Taxware Connector for TeB

-- Bluestone Verity Connector for TeB

-- Bluestone UPS Worldship Connector for TeB

-- Total-e-Business Platform--Wireless Edition(TM) is intended for

businesses that need to Web-enable their existing applications and

take early advantage of wireless Web computing and communication.

Due for general availability at the end of Q2 of this year, the

Wireless Edition combines the critical Bluestone technologies that

companies need in deploying wireless solutions for traveling and

mobile workforces and other environments, requiring the

distribution of corporate information to wireless, handheld

devices. The components of the Wireless Edition include:

-- Bluestone Universal Business Server for TeB

-- Bluestone Universal Listener Framework for TeB

-- Bluestone Application Manager for TeB

-- Bluestone Security Console for TeB

-- Bluestone Visual-XML for TeB

-- Total-e-Business Platform--Global Edition(TM) is designed as an

overall Web-enabled e-business platform, encompassing virtually

all of the Bluestone technology. Worldwide organizations,

standardizing on Bluestone's industrial-strength solutions, will

find their e-business needs met in the Global Edition. Scheduled

for general availability at the end of Q2 of this year, the Global

Edition encompasses those components found in Bluestone's B2B,

Application Server, B2C, and Wireless Editions. The components of

the Global Edition include:

-- Bluestone Universal Business Server for TeB

-- Bluestone XML-Server for TeB

-- Bluestone Universal Listener Framework for TeB

-- Bluestone Application Manager for TeB

-- Bluestone Security Console for TeB

-- Bluestone Visual-XML for TeB

-- Bluestone Content Management for TeB

-- Bluestone Personalization for TeB

-- Bluestone Commerce Storefront for TeB

-- Bluestone Logistics Interaction Management for TeB

-- Bluestone Customer Interaction Management for TeB

-- Bluestone Marketing Interaction Management for TeB

-- Bluestone Cybercash Connector for TeB

-- Bluestone Taxware Connector for TeB

-- Bluestone Verity Connector for TeB

-- Bluestone UPS Worldship Connector for TeB

-- Bluestone Syndication Server for TeB(TM) is a brand-new B2B

eServices product, specifically for companies that need to

syndicate information between themselves and their trading

partners. To automate the integration and coordination of

syndicated, business-to-business information, Bluestone intends to

release Bluestone Syndication Server for general availability in

early Q3 of this year. Based on the ICE (Internet Content

Exchange) standard, Bluestone Syndication Server will plug into

the B2C and Global Editions of the Total-e-Business Platform.

Concluded Capobianco, "Clearly, our reputation is built on delivering the most powerful, reliable, high performance, e-business technologies possible, and we remain committed to that. As our customers move toward a more focused view of their e-business solutions, we are aligning our technologies around specific solution sets. We also have established a reputation for satisfying our customers' evolving requirements, and we remain committed to that reputation, as well."

About Bluestone Software

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 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, Total-e-Business, Total-e-Business Platform Editions, Total-e-Business Platform--B2B Edition, Total-e-Business Platform--Application Server Edition, Total-e-Business Platform--B2C Edition, Total-e-Business Platform--Wireless Edition, Total-e-Business Platform--Global Edition, Bluestone Syndication Server for TeB, and all the components of the above products listed in this press release 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 timing of the release of its new products and 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.