Excalibur Joins Leading Technology Companies In International ASP Consortium.

SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 7, 1999--

Excalibur Leads Video Content Management Charge Into Expanding

Web-based Video Hosting Marketplace

Excalibur Media Services Group, a division of Excalibur Technologies Corp. (NASDAQ:EXCA), and a leading provider of video content management enabling technologies for the Internet and corporate intranets, today announced that it has joined forces with 240 leading technology companies as part of an international advocacy group dedicated to fostering the development of the fast-emerging Application Service Provider (ASP) segment of the computer industry.

Based in Massachusetts, the Application Service Provider Industry Consortium (ASP Industry Consortium) will sponsor research, foster standards and work to articulate the measurable benefits of the evolving ASP delivery model.

"Excalibur has been working with ASPs to deliver advanced Internet and intranet-based video analysis and retrieval, since the introduction of our advanced video analysis engine two years ago," said Pat Condo, President & CEO of Excalibur. "The subsequent launch of Screening Room(TM) and our growing alliances with organizations such as INTERVU and AT&T are important parts of our strategy to create and set the standard for an end-to-end video solution running in a hosted environment. Screening Room will enable ASP's to expand their streaming video services to include video content management capabilities. End users, such as media, entertainment, broadcast, and advertisers benefit through the economies of scale provided by outsourcing streaming video services."

Recently, Excalibur affirmed its commitment to and focus on the growing ASP opportunity by forming a dedicated business unit that will specialize in developing, marketing, and selling the Screening Room product line, and will focus on establishing the standard for end-to-end video solutions.

It will concentrate on opportunities associated with ASPs hosting Screening Room and will feature a dedicated channel management team. In the coming months, Excalibur expects to announce formal programs for ASPs as well as product and technology directions in support of ASP and Internet market demands.

In addition to Excalibur, ASP Industry Consortium members include AT&T, AristaSoft Corporation, Boundless Technologies, Inc., Cisco Systems, Inc., Citrix Systems, Inc., Compaq Computer Corporation, Cylex Systems, Inc., Ernst & Young LLP, Exodus Communications, Inc., FutureLink Corporation, GTE, Great Plains Software, IBM Corporation, JAWS Technologies, Marimba, Inc., Onyx Software Corporation, SaskTel, Sharp Electronics Corporation, Sun Microssearch, fostering standards, and articulating tA) is the pioneer of innovative Knowledge Retriemore easily share all enterprise knowledge asse visit our web site at www.excalib.com.

This release contains comments about our future expectations, Litigation Act of 1995.

Actual results may differ materially from our expectations as the result of various important factors including, but not limited to, the success of our relationships with strategic partners, Excalibur's ability to continue to develop competitive products and make timely product releases, effects of competition, and the rapidly changing marketplace.

These and other risks relating to Excalibur's business and product development efforts are set forth in the Company's respective Form 10-K and Form 10-Qs as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

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