Expand Beyond Corp. Greets 2003 with Aggressive Plans for Continued Growth; Company Achieves a Record Year in 2002 with Mobile Software for IT Management.

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 31, 2003

Expand Beyond Corp., the worldwide leader in mobile software for IT management, reported a strong second year in business and announced growth plans for 2003.

This week, Expand Beyond appointed Dr. Phil Neches to the company's Board of Directors. Dr. Neches is the founder of Teradata Corp. and has pioneered the application of parallel processing used today with the world's largest relational databases. He later served as Chief Technology Officer and Vice President of AT&T's Multimedia Products and Services Group, as well as Chief Scientist for NCR Corp. Dr. Neches currently serves on the Board of Trustees for the California Institute of Technology.

Also this month, Expand Beyond announced that it has established sales offices in the New York metro area as well as Silicon Valley and Washington D.C. to meet market demand for its mobile software products from large enterprise customers. The company will also continue to meet global demand through EMEA headquarters in Paris, France and a network of certified resellers throughout Europe and the Americas.

Looking back at a stellar 2002, Expand Beyond reported the following milestones and achievements:

-- Increased sales revenue by over 300 percent in 2002 vs. 2001;

-- Added more than 100 new customers including Procter & Gamble, McGraw-Hill Companies and the National Institutes of Health, among many others;

-- Tripled the company's mobile database management offerings with the addition of PocketDBA for SQL Server and PocketDBA for DB2 to the already popular PocketDBA for Oracle. For the first time ever, organizations can remotely control the world's top three databases from a single wireless console, be it laptop, tablet or PDA;

-- Incorporated powerful security measures providing enterprise customers the ability to integrate Expand Beyond mobile software into their existing security infrastructure for the highest levels of protection. In addition to incorporating RSA SecurID, Expand Beyond mobile software was integrated with Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) from Cisco Systems, Inc., Nortel Networks and Check Point Software Technologies. PocketAdmin mobile software for system administration was integrated with AES and 3DES encryption, SSH 2, SSH 1, secure tunneling and local and remote key exchange.

-- Expanded key partnerships: Received the "CA Smart" distinction from Computer Associates; bundled PocketDBA on all of Hewlett Packard's Oracle 9i portable demo units in the U.S. and Canada; and signed an OEM agreement with Bradmark Technologies to bring NORAD PocketDBA and NORAD PocketAdmin to market.

IT & Mobile Software Outlook in 2003

According to Gartner's 2003 strategic planning report, IT operations groups will realize a significant increase in workload as they struggle to keep systems running with reduced budgets and less staff. As a result, critical IT staff diverted from their normal duties can expect to become "full-time crisis managers" who are also under the gun to keep down unbudgeted costs (Gartner Research. "Predicts 2003: Enterprise Management Cost and ROI" November 2002).

In 2003, Expand Beyond is well positioned to meet the demands of enterprises battling escalating amounts of data and increasingly complex networks and applications. As the expert in mobile IT management, Expand Beyond extends the reach of IT professionals beyond the traditional confines of the office. For the first time, IT professionals can respond to pages and system alerts on-the-spot, and connect live and in real-time to their back-end databases, servers, CRM, accounting, data warehousing and e-commerce systems. By taking true mobile control of the infrastructure, Expand Beyond customers improve system availability, increase productivity and lower costs.

"Expect to see an even broader array of turnkey wireless management products this year from Expand Beyond," said Ari Kaplan, CEO, Expand Beyond. "Enterprises will gain greater remote control over broader areas of their infrastructure via a wider offering of platforms, operating systems and mobile devices."

"Expand Beyond was early to recognize the opportunities in the mobile infrastructure management market, and continues to further validate that mobile applications can indeed perform critical enterprise tasks," said Kevin Burden, Program Manager and Research Analyst at IDC. "Enterprises purchasing mobile applications in 2003 will be looking for multi-platform solutions to manage the heterogeneous systems that make up their IT infrastructure. "

About Expand Beyond Corporation

Expand Beyond Corp. is the worldwide leader in mobile software for IT management. With Expand Beyond mobile software, organizations can control business-critical databases and network systems - anytime, everywhere - all from a wireless device. By taking true mobile control of the infrastructure, organizations improve system availability, increase productivity, and lower costs. Expand Beyond customers span five continents and include Fortune 1000, government and educational institutions. Expand Beyond is headquartered in Chicago with EMEA operations based in Paris. For more information please visit www.XB.com.