Hilgraeve's HyperSend Solves Need for Secure Internet Delivery; A Free Web-Based Service for Businesses and Individuals.

Business Editors, High-Tech Writers

MONROE, Mich.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 31, 2000

Hilgraeve, Inc., a long-time leader in PC data communications software, today introduced HyperSend, the first free, secure Internet delivery service that poses no file-size restrictions. HyperSend is more secure, reliable and trackable than email, and is faster and more cost-effective than overnight delivery.

HyperSend is a web-based product resulting from Hilgraeve's 18 years of experience developing award-winning communications software, including HyperTerminal, DropChute and HyperACCESS. HyperTerminal has been included in more than 50 million copies of Microsoft Windows since the launch of Windows 95.

Users can send up to 100 messages free each month via HyperSend. Individuals may set up free accounts at HyperSend.com and send files and documents to anyone who has an email address and Web access. Recipients of HyperSend deliveries may access their files by signing up for a free account online.

HyperSend excels at instantly sending highly confidential and/or large documents or files, anywhere in the world. It is an ideal solution for business sectors requiring absolute privacy, accuracy, and dependability, such as healthcare, financial services, engineers, legal and professional services. Details on corporate pricing of HyperSend are available from Hilgraeve.

"We created HyperSend to fill a serious void in the secure delivery market," said Hilgraeve President Matthew Gray. "Legacy digital data transfer technologies like email are not secure enough or robust enough to transmit highly confidential, large documents or files. Physical delivery is expensive, slow and insecure. Neither allows for workforce automation. HyperSend will save companies time and money by solving those problems."

HyperSend helps businesses save money by replacing more costly legacy technology and by enabling workforce automation.

"With HyperSend, if a financial analyst in London, for example, needs to send a confidential 10MB database to her boss in Cleveland, she can do that securely -- in a flash," said HyperSend Product Manager Bob Crosley. "Or data can be collected automatically from hundreds of locations around the world, and delivered to a company's headquarters . . .without anyone lifting a finger." Because HyperSend is Internet-based, companies avoid the costs associated with purchasing and distributing media such as digital storage tapes or using a physical package delivery service.

Workforce automation is a key feature of HyperSend that saves labor normally required for manual control of data distribution. Users can instruct HyperSend to distribute specific data files to a defined set of recipients according to a pre-determined schedule.

"We encourage our customers to use secure data transfer methods. HyperSend is the most efficient means of secure data transfer we've ever seen. It will reduce a weeklong process to less than one day. And it will allow our customers to focus on results rather than administration of data," said SWBC Senior Vice President of Information Technology Rod Troutman. As the world's leading provider of forced-placement insurance, SWBC frequently distributes large amounts of confidential financial data to locations throughout the world. "We're using HyperSend to replace costlier, slower technology such as digital tapes. HyperSend is more cost efficient and allows us to save labor by using HyperSend for hands-free data transfer."

Hilgraeve also wanted to create a product that would benefit the mobile workforce. Long download times, lost data and clogged up email are problems frequently faced by mobile workers dealing with large email attachments. To solve this problem, HyperSend allows interruptible downloads and works in the background while the user's computer is running other applications.

"If a person is in the middle of a download and their modem connection goes down, HyperSend will continue where it left off when the connection is re-established," said Gray. "HyperSend doesn't just make downloading easier, it improves efficiency for the mobile worker."

HyperSend's technological core is the HyperSend Agent, a thin client that can be downloaded free from the HyperSend website. The HyperSend Agent allows users to exchange files directly with one another through the HyperSend servers -- bypassing email servers which incur security risks and limit attachment size.

HyperSend utilizes 128-bit secure sockets layer (SSL) technology, ensuring that data is always encrypted as it travels across the Internet. In effect, HyperSend's encryption technology can establish a virtual private network among users throughout the world. For increased security, senders can choose to have their data password-protected and encrypted until it is opened by the intended recipient. Complete trackability is a key feature of HyperSend communication, allowing a sender to verify the precise time a message was received. HyperSend is free for individual users and offers businesses advanced capabilities for mission-critical information exchange at a fraction of the cost of traditional systems.

About Hilgraeve, Inc.

Hilgraeve, Inc. is a leading provider of solutions for mission-critical business communication challenges. Founded in 1980, Hilgraeve ranks among the world's most prolific communication software companies. Its HyperTerminal product is on more than 50 million desktops worldwide as a standard feature within all Microsoft Windows products since Windows 95. Publications such as Fortune, PC Week, PC World and PC Magazine have recognized Hilgraeve products with their reviews and awards. For more information, please visit www.hypersend.com and www.hilgraeve.com.