Global Exchange, Inc. Announces the ForSite Dynamic Internet Application Deployment Technology.

ANNANDALE, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 30, 1996--Global Exchange, Incorporated (GXI), a Virginia Internet software development company has announced ForSite(TM), its dynamic Internet application deployment technology. ForSite(TM) enables the development, deployment and operation of highly scaleable business-critical Internet and Intranet applications for enterprise productivity and electronic commerce. ForSite's ability to dynamically generate each user's experience of an Internet application based on live data, business logic, user preferences and data access rights allows for the creation of powerful individualized Web sites.

ForSite's(TM) multi-tiered architecture provides Internet application developers and administrators an open, standards-based platform for integrating data sources and legacy systems in multi-vendor, heterogeneous environments, creating Internet Applications and making them securely accessible to anyone with a browser on the World Wide Web. Global Exchange will announce several Internet Applications for the ForSite platform in the coming weeks. Announcements of third- party applications for the platform will follow.

ForSite(TM) protects its owners' investment in Internet technology by shielding them from the lock-up strategies of industry heavyweights such as Microsoft and Netscape. The ForSite component object database is stored in industry standard formats and can be moved between database servers as necessary. The ForSite(TM) Internet application server can be moved between Netscape and Microsoft HTTP servers; its HTML rendering classes dynamically create appropriate HTML for popular browsers from connected databases. The server also supports the integration of Java and ActiveX components and a personal workspace architecture that enables the individualization of commerce, community or enterprise productivity applications or services. The ForSite Internet application server allows remote administrators to manage application functionality from anywhere on the Web through a secure browser connection. The environment also provides session and state management, HTTP server API interface, Microsoft SQLServer and ODBC database interfaces, application and HTML page rendering API's as well as a robust component object site database model.

Global Exchange clients using ForSite(TM) include: the Cisneros Group of Companies, a large multinational corporate conglomerate including companies like Univision, DirecTV Latin America, Coke-Venezuela and Spalding Sports; SPORTSWAREHOUSE.COM, the largest Internet sporting goods store; ISO 14000 Integrated Solutions, a subscription standards oriented service of ANSI and the Department of Energy; The W.K. Kellogg Foundation; and, The Global Network of Environment and Technology, a collaborative public service of the Department of Energy and the Global Environment and Technology Foundation.

"ForSite represents a new category of Web technology. It opens up a world of possibilities for businesses to reduce costs, improve productivity, and establish value-added Internet and Intranet solutions that work for the company's information technology interests," said Bill Robertson, Chairman and CEO of Global Exchange, Inc.

In the coming weeks and months, Global Exchange and third-party developers will announce licensable ForSite applications that take full advantage of the platform for electronic commerce, conferencing, document management, workflow, enterprise productivity, customer interaction, and other applications. -0-

GLobal Exchange, Inc. (GXI), a private corporation based near Washington, D.C. in Northern Virginia, was established in 1995. GXI develops solutions that harness the power of the Internet and Intranet and enable the deployment of true business-critical applications and services through the World Wide Web.

For more information, please refer to GXI's Web site located at WWW.GXINET.COM

CONTACT: Seth Finkel

Global Exchange, Inc.

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