DataChannel Server 4.0 Released to Manufacturing; Feb. 8 WebCast to Announce General Availability of Next Generation XML-Based EIP Server.

Business Editors/High Tech Writers

BELLEVUE, Wash--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 31, 2000

DataChannel announced today that is has released DataChannel Server 4.0, its flagship XML-based Enterprise Information Portal Server, to manufacturing for commercial availability on Feb. 8, 2000.

A Webcast to be held at 10 a.m. PST on Feb. 8, will highlight the features and benefits of this next generation XML-based Portal Server from DataChannel.

Enterprise Information Portal Solutions from DataChannel provide customers with a personalized, e-business interface to mission-critical information. In today's information economy, there are no boundaries on the enterprise or the information it must manage. DataChannel Server 4.0 (DCS 4.0) creates a &uot;virtual enterprise&uot; by unleashing information found at the heart of a company and combining it with data and applications from partners, e-marketplaces, and the Internet. This information can be dynamically categorized into &uot;Channels&uot; which are then published in a personalized view to the right user, inside or outside of the enterprise.

&uot;DataChannel employs some of the brightest minds in the world. Our team's expertise in XML and enterprise computing has produced a revolutionary design that will become the standard platform for e-business portals,&uot; said Paul O'Mara, DataChannel vice president of engineering. &uot;With its new Intelligent eXtensible Architecture(TM) (IXA(TM)), DCS 4.0 is a more flexible, extensible, and dynamic environment than ever before. It delivers a device independent, highly customized user experience.&uot;

DataChannel, a member of OASIS, the W3C, and other standards bodies, continues its industry leadership through its commitment to open-standards computing. Registered participants of the DCS 4.0 Webcast will learn how the new architecture is entirely founded on XML and its supporting technologies. This will include a review of XPages(TM), a transformation environment, which has already been submitted as open-source to Apache.org. Additionally, DCS 4.0 is built on DataChannel's Portal Markup Language (PML 1.0), which was submitted to OASIS and its XML.org. This allows partners, suppliers, and other business-to-business applications to share their own &uot;channels&uot; of information by using this standard portal layout described in XML.

Limited space for the Webcast is reserved for press, analysts, customers and partners. Afterward, the Webcast, presentation, and demo can be seen on DataChannel's web site at http://www.datachannel.com

About DataChannel

DataChannel advances the way the world does business by providing open-standards-based Internet solutions through its products, services and partners; ensuring that customers maximize the value of their information.

Privately held and founded in 1996, DataChannel, Inc. is an XML-based Enterprise Information Portal (EIP) Solutions company that unleashes enterprise information over the Internet, making it easier for employees, customers and partners to participate in your business. DataChannel's EIP Solutions Framework(TM) provides the building blocks for a solid e-business strategy. DataChannel Server(TM) 4.0, an XML-based portal server, provides a personalized and secure e-business interface, a core component of the Framework. The foundation of the Framework is the XML backbone, which extends your existing infrastructure by using XML to expose all enterprise information so that it can be accessed in a uniform manner to build dynamic Web-based applications. To learn more about DataChannel, visit the company's Website at http://www.datachannel.com.

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