Curl Expands Executive Team; Rapidly Growing Internet Infrastructure Software Provider Appoints Industry Veterans to Senior IT, QA and Business Development Positions.

Business/Technology Editors

CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 13, 2000

Curl Corporation, which helps organizations build and deploy the next generation of Web applications, today announced three new executive appointments: Peter Scott, director of IT; David MacDonald, director of quality engineering; and Stuart Greenberg, director of business development.

Curl is creating software to build and deploy the next generation of Web pages and applications. Curl's software enables a totally new and rich Web experience, dramatically reducing online download times and slashing delivery costs. By exploiting the largely untapped power of client-side computing, Curl delivers Web content of unprecedented richness at breakthrough speed, eliminating logjams created by fragmented or specialized technologies. Curl's software will operate as a Web-enabling environment in a variety of user applications. A beta version of the Curl Surge(TM) browser plug-in for viewing content created using Curl is currently available for download at www.curl.com. The company expects the first commercial release of its technology in Q1, 2001.

"We're delighted to welcome executives of such high caliber and reputation to Curl," said Robert A. Young, president, CEO and co-founder of Curl. "Peter, David and Stuart will be tremendous assets to our team as we prepare to bring the Curl Web development platform to the commercial market."

Peter Scott, Director of IT

Scott brings to Curl Corporation 15 years of international experience in enterprise information systems and systems infrastructure. Prior to Curl, Scott was chief information and technology officer at 360merch.com (formerly Retrofit), a leading-edge promotional company. Scott previously was CIO at Consumer Card Marketing, where he led product development, data architecture and delivery of proprietary loyalty software. Prior to that, Scott was director of IT at Kessler Financial Services, the largest U.S. privately held affinity sales and marketing company, and senior analyst/IT Director at LDG Management Company. Scott graduated from McGill University.

David MacDonald, Director of Quality Engineering

MacDonald is a high-technology veteran with more than 14 years of experience in engineering management. His most recent position was director of engineering at Webhire, a leading provider of Internet-based recruiting solutions for business. He also has held engineering management positions at Lotus and Raytheon. MacDonald earned a bachelor's degree in computer engineering technology from Northeastern University.

Stuart Greenberg, Director of Business Development

Greenberg, most recently president and CEO of Traceware Corporation, spent more than nine years at Fidelity Investments in various technology and business development roles. Prior to Fidelity, Greenberg was founder and executive vice president of InfoPlus, publishers of the Talking Phonebook. He has held management positions at IBM, Digital Equipment and The Analytic Sciences Corporation. Greenberg holds a master's degree and doctorate in electrical engineering from M.I.T. and a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from the University of Pennsylvania.

About Curl Corporation

Curl Corporation software enables content providers, e-commerce sites and web programmers to develop and deploy the next generation of Web pages and applications by providing full application-level functionality and a substantially richer, more interactive user experience. Curl's client-side processing capability significantly boosts performance and improves the online experience for business, e-commerce or entertainment. It allows faster downloads of rich media such as graphics, animation and video. Organizations can use Curl content to build stickier Web sites, drastically lower download costs, and substantially reduce file sizes typically associated with rich media.

Curl, located in Cambridge, Mass., was founded in 1998 by a team of computer scientists from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. For more information, visit http://www.curl.com.

"Curl" and "Surge" are trademarks of Curl Corporation. All brand and product names appearing in this press release may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders.