Stampede Technologies Announces General Availability Of TurboGold For The IBM eServer zSeries.

Business/Technology Editors

Lotusphere 2002

Pedestal #800

ORLANDO, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 28, 2002

Leading IBM Lotus Notes and IBM Lotus Domino Accelerator Now

Available for the Mainframe

Stampede Technologies, Inc., a leading developer of accelerator software for IBM Lotus Notes(R) and IBM Lotus Domino(TM) enterprises, today announced the availability of TurboGold Client-to-Server accelerator software for the IBM eServer z900 and IBM Series z900 and S/390 servers. This release completes the set of key components of TurboGold, which offers online attachment compression, offline acceleration of design element replication and acceleration support for IBM Lotus iNotes(TM) users. With this new addition to the TurboGold product family, Stampede enhances IBM Lotus Notes performance for an estimated two million end-users, providing performance gains of up to 5-to-1 or better, depending on delivery method and content. Stampede will demonstrate TurboGold during Lotusphere 2002 at Pedestal #800.

"With millions of Lotus Notes users depending on the mainframe to distribute time-critical information, we are pleased that Stampede's TurboGold software is now available to the growing set of IBM customers who are consolidating mail and messaging servers on zSeries, helping to make their operations even more efficient," said Rich Lechner, vice president, eServer zSeries Sales and Marketing at IBM.

IBM eServer zSeries were designed to help companies manage growth by delivering better performance, scalability, manageability, serviceability, security and interoperability. They provide the means to run mission-critical applications including IBM Lotus Notes' collaborative software. IBM Lotus Notes is the world's leading workflow and messaging software that enables employees to communicate with colleagues, collaborate in teams and coordinate strategic business processes on and off the Web.

TurboGold's software builds on this collaborative theme and fits seamlessly into the IBM eServer z900 and IBM S/390 servers and the IBM Lotus Notes and IBM Lotus Domino architecture. TurboGold adapts to different workloads and incorporates the ability to grow with the customer's network as new clients and servers are added. TurboGold, therefore, enhances the flow of IBM Lotus Notes information throughout the entire network. The speed, adaptability and scalability of these IBM servers, combined with the same traits found in TurboGold, give companies the power and flexibility to successfully manage their businesses.

"The IBM eServer zSeries family is an acknowledged leader for enterprise-scale e-business environments, providing high-speed, secure access to e-business applications," said Denis Clark, senior vice president of Marketing and Business Development at Stampede. "We expect TurboGold to be widely adopted by companies running on these platforms as a way to further accelerate their business environments. Our solid business relationship with IBM and its leadership position in the enterprise computing market enables us to increase our foothold as we extend our IBM Lotus Notes accelerator capabilities to IBM eServer z900 and IBM S/390 users."

About Stampede Technologies, Inc.

Stampede Technologies, Inc. is the leading developer and provider of advanced, cost-effective software solutions for accelerating and accessing information throughout an enterprise. Stampede Technologies develops and markets the patented TurboGold family of software products, which accelerates IBM Lotus Notes and Domino performance by up to 500 percent, delivering a dramatic reduction in telecommunication costs, increasing bandwidth capabilities, improving productivity and delaying or eliminating costly infrastructure investments. Stampede Technologies, based in Dayton, Ohio, is available on the World Wide Web at http://www.stampede.com.

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