eXcelon to Support HP Operating Environments and Applications; Customers Reap Benefits of World Class Solutions and Technologies.

Business/Technology Editors

BURLINGTON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--October 25, 2001

eXcelon(TM) Corporation (Nasdaq:EXLN), a premier provider of industry focused technology and solutions that power the Extensible Enterprise, today announced that its applications will run on Hewlett-Packard Company's HP-UX systems and complement a wide range of technologies including HP e-speak, Netaction, OpenView, Praesidium and Web QOS software. eXcelon products affected by this relationship include Business Process Monitor (BPM), Extensible Information Service (XIS) and Stylus(TM) Studio, as well as eXcelon's Object Design(R) division products including Javlin(TM), ObjectStore(R), PSE Pro and Real-Time Event Engine (RTEE). In addition, eXcelon's industry-specific Business Excelerators will be ported to and compatibility tested with HP's technology and platforms to ensure the highest level of integration.

This relationship enables both companies to support existing customers with more robust, industry-specific solutions and provides the opportunity to offer new customers valuable enterprise commerce management solutions. eXcelon has more than 700 software licenses on HP-UX systems worldwide providing caching, object-oriented, and XML data management solutions. Many of these are ObjectStore applications used by Global 2000 companies - a prime market segment for both eXcelon and HP.

"With over 700 licenses on HP-UX systems alone, it's clear that eXcelon and HP will have a longstanding and fruitful relationship," said Joe Bellini, chief executive officer of eXcelon. "Our alignment with HP puts eXcelon among a select group of companies with which HP has alliances and gives both companies an opportunity to add value to HP installations worldwide. Whether customers want to enhance an existing installation or add the power of new HP systems and solutions, they can realize value with eXcelon's technology and industry-specific applications and HP's service capabilities."

"HP works diligently to identify partners that both complement our technologies and benefit our customers," said Nigel Ball, vice president and general manager, HP e-Services Partner Division. "This collaborative relationship with eXcelon will help us bring to market a wide range of performance-enhancing technologies and specific solutions for manufacturing, financial and the telecommunications industries."

In addition to the technical and consulting cooperation aspects of the alliance, the two companies will collaborate in sales engagements and marketing. eXcelon is also an active participant in HP's Computing Solution Provider Program (CSPP).

About eXcelon Corporation

eXcelon is a leading provider of value-driven, industry solutions and technology that enable effective business processes in ever-changing marketplaces. eXcelon solutions are enabled by our award-winning XML technology, delivered on a service-based architecture and supported by deep business expertise, as well as world class executive and technical education. The products and solutions eXcelon designs, develops and markets include a wide spectrum of industry-specific business process solutions; as well as Stylus Studio, the internationally praised XML developers' toolkit; XIS, the award winning Extensible Information Server; and Business Process Manager, the industry's leading high-performance server. eXcelon markets its solutions worldwide through value-added resellers, system integrators, consulting firms, OEM licensees and direct sales channels.

Object Design, a division of eXcelon Corp., is the leading provider of native C++ and Java data management solutions. Object Design develops and markets the ObjectStore database management system and related products including Javlin and PSE Pro and Real-Time Event Engine (RTEE). The data management products are used by over 4,000 customers in the telecommunications, financial services and e-business markets, and by Independent Software Vendors (ISVs). For additional Object Design product and services information visit www.objectdesign.com.

Headquartered in Burlington, Mass., eXcelon Corporation is traded on the Nasdaq Stock Market under the symbol EXLN. For more information, please visit the eXcelon Web site at www.exceloncorp.com.

"Safe Harbor" Statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995:

Statements in this press release that do not relate to historical facts are forward-looking statements. Such statements are not guarantees of future performance, and are subject to substantial risks and uncertainties and involve assumptions that could cause the future results of eXcelon to differ materially from those expressed in any forward-looking statements. eXcelon disclaims any intent or obligation to update publicly any forward-looking statements whether in response to new information, future events or otherwise.

Important factors that could cause our actual results to differ from these forward-looking statements include the risk that the recently combined businesses of eXcelon and C-bridge(R) Internet Solutions, Inc. will not be integrated successfully; costs related to the merger of eXcelon and C-bridge; the possibility that the recent restructuring of our business operations, as well as any additional restructuring initiatives, may not produce improvements in our operating results; the risk that our common stock may not continue to trade on the Nasdaq National Market; market demand for XML-based products; the risk that our revenues will not grow rapidly enough to offset increased expenditures that we are incurring to develop and market our new XML-based products; the fact that a significant portion of eXcelon's revenues to date have been derived from sales of eXcelon's Object Design data management products, the market for which is stable or declining; the profitability of our Internet professional services contracts; our ability to retain existing Internet professional services clients and attract new clients; the possibility that we may be unable to keep pace with the rapid technological change and intense competition that characterize our markets; the occurrence of any failure of the Internet; the continued improvement of security on the Internet; general economic and industry conditions; factors described under the heading "Risk Factors" in our Registration Statement on Form S-4 relating to the merger, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 17, 2001; and other factors described under the heading "Certain Factors that May Affect Future Results" in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2000, as amended, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission as well as factors described under the heading "Risk Factors" in C-bridge's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2000, as amended, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

NOTE: C-bridge, Object Design and ObjectStore are registered trademarks of eXcelon Corporation. eXcelon, EXLN, Stylus and Javlin are trademarks of eXcelon Corporation. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.