Campus Pipeline and CyberMark Announce Strategic Smart Card Alliance.

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

CardTech/SecurTech 2000

MIAMI--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 3, 2000

Working Toward the Day of the Single-Card Wallet;

Smart Cards Integrate with Official Campus Intranets,

Making Life Easier for Students, Faculty and Staff

Campus Pipeline Inc., a premier provider of integrated Internet infrastructure solutions for higher education, and CyberMark, the leading developer and supplier of smart card solutions for higher education, today announced a strategic alliance to combine CyberMark's smart card technology with Campus Pipeline's college and university intranets.

As a result, the companies envision that schools will be able to issue ID cards that can be used as secure electronic identification for online campus services.

Under the agreement, the companies will jointly market the combined solution to existing and prospective customers. The CyberMark Universal Student Format file definition and the Campus Pipeline Web platform are independent technologies that are quickly gaining recognition as standards within higher education.

The smart cards will look and act like student ID cards but will also contain built-in intelligence and security so they may be programmed for a wide variety of uses. Colleges and universities will be able to initially use smart cards for campus identification and secure Campus Pipeline intranet and email authentication as well as dorm and building access, and library patronage.

Eventually other smart card features may be added such as digital certificates, merchant loyalty programs, transit passes, electronic purses for vending machines and POS terminals, voting applications, and parking systems. Schools will be able to unite multiple existing systems, add new systems as appropriate and deliver single-card access to students, faculty and staff.

"Campus Pipeline and CyberMark share a common vision of how the Internet and smart card technologies should be integrated to provide unparalleled services for both the institution and student alike," said James B. Graham, chief executive officer at CyberMark.

"As the category leader, Campus Pipeline is the only logical company to work with. Both organizations are absolutely committed to offering higher education the most comprehensive solution for taking full advantage of leading technology, reducing administrative costs and increasing services."

The Campus Pipeline Web platform powers official campus intranets that support the learning environment and connect all members of the campus community to the school and to one another.

Customized for each institution and personalized for each individual, the Campus Pipeline Web platform provides secure online access to the campus community, online learning resources, and back office systems that run a school's administrative services.

Because the platform integrates with a school's databases, activities such as registering for classes, accessing Web-based email, viewing grades, using chat for course support, and staying current on community and campus events become easier, allowing students, faculty and staff to save time and manage their busy lives more effectively.

"This alliance demonstrates Campus Pipeline's drive to build an open and extensible Internet infrastructure that can unite a wide variety of world-class technologies," said Chad Muir, chief executive officer of Campus Pipeline. "CyberMark's smart card solution is an advanced, complementary technology to our Web platform which we believe will add tremendous value for the schools we serve."

About Campus Pipeline Inc.

Campus Pipeline Inc. is a premier provider of integrated Internet infrastructure solutions that put the Web to work for higher education. The company collaborates with colleges and universities to create, develop and strengthen online relationships within the campus and higher education communities, while preserving and enhancing existing technology investments.

Through the Campus Pipeline Web platform, the company provides an open, flexible Internet solution that brings campus information, academic resources and administrative services securely together online through an official campus intranet.

The Salt Lake City-based company works with many leading companies including Dell Computer Corp. (Nasdaq: DELL), Hewlett-Packard Co. (NYSE: HWP), Inktomi (Nasdaq: INKT), Oracle Corp. (Nasdaq: ORCL), SCT Corp. (Nasdaq: SCTC), and Sun Microsystems (Nasdaq: SUNW).

For more information, visit www.campuspipeline.com or call 888.682.PIPE.

About CyberMark

Founded in 1996, CyberMark is a leading electronic commerce company, specializing in the creation of smart card communities on the Internet and in closed campus environments. Currently more than 800,000 multi-application smart cards have been issued at more than 30 campus locations.

CyberMark teams with industry-leading electronic commerce organizations such as Microsoft, Gemplus, and First USA via the CyberMark Partnership Program to offer comprehensive smart card solutions to the global education marketplace.

CyberMark is a privately held company with ownership that includes Sallie Mae, Bank One, Huntington National Bank and Battelle Memorial Institute. For more information, visit www.cybermark.com.

Campus Pipeline and the Campus Pipeline logo are trademarks of Campus Pipeline Inc. All other marks are the property of their respective owners.