DataChannel Server 4.0 Released to Manufacturing / Upcoming Webcast Announced

[Michelle Taylor <Michelle@DataChannel.com>]

DataChannel Server 4.0 Released to Manufacturing; Feb. 8 WebCast to Announce
General Availability of Next Generation XML-Based EIP Server
 
 
Bellevue, WA - January 31, 2000 -- DataChannel announced today that is has
released DataChannel Server 4.0, its flagship XML-based Enterprise
Information Portal Server, to manufacturing for commercial availability on
Feb. 8, 2000.

A Webcast to be held at 10 a.m. PST on Feb. 8, will highlight the features
and benefits of this next generation XML-based Portal Server from
DataChannel.

Enterprise Information Portal Solutions from DataChannel provide customers
with a personalized, e-business interface to mission-critical information.
In today's information economy, there are no boundaries on the enterprise or
the information it must manage. DataChannel Server 4.0 (DCS 4.0) creates a
"virtual enterprise" by unleashing information found at the heart of a
company and combining it with data and applications from partners,
e-marketplaces, and the Internet. This information can be dynamically
categorized into "Channels" which are then published in a personalized view
to the right user, inside or outside of the enterprise.

"DataChannel employs some of the brightest minds in the world. Our team's
expertise in XML and enterprise computing has produced a revolutionary
design that will become the standard platform for e-business portals," said
Paul O'Mara, DataChannel vice president of engineering. "With its new
Intelligent eXtensible Architecture(TM) (IXA(TM)), DCS 4.0 is a more
flexible, extensible, and dynamic environment than ever before. It delivers
a device independent, highly customized user experience."
 
DataChannel, a member of OASIS, the W3C, and other standards bodies,
continues its industry leadership through its commitment to open-standards
computing. Registered participants of the DCS 4.0 Webcast will learn how the
new architecture is entirely founded on XML and its supporting technologies.
This will include a review of XPages(TM), a transformation environment,
which has already been submitted as open-source to Apache.org. Additionally,
DCS 4.0 is built on DataChannel's Portal Markup Language (PML 1.0), which
was submitted to OASIS and its XML.org. This allows partners, suppliers, and
other business-to-business applications to share their own "channels" of
information by using this standard portal layout described in XML.

Limited space for the Webcast is reserved for press, analysts, customers and
partners. Afterward, the Webcast, presentation, and demo can be seen on
DataChannel's web site at http://www.datachannel.com


About DataChannel
DataChannel advances the way the world does business by providing
open-standards-based Internet solutions through its products, services and
partners; ensuring that customers maximize the value of their information.  
 
Privately held and founded in 1996, DataChannel, Inc. is an XML-based
Enterprise Information Portal (EIP) Solutions company that unleashes
enterprise information over the Internet, making it easier for employees,
customers and partners to participate in your business.  DataChannel's EIP
Solutions Framework(tm) provides the building blocks for a solid e-business
strategy.  DataChannel Server(tm) 4.0, an XML-based portal server, provides
a personalized and secure e-business interface, a core component of the
Framework.  The foundation of the Framework is the XML backbone, which
extends your existing infrastructure by using XML to expose all enterprise
information so that it can be accessed in a uniform manner to build dynamic
Web-based applications.  To learn more about DataChannel, visit the
company's Website at http://www.datachannel.com.
 
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holders in the United States and/or other countries.
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DataChannel Press Contact:     
David Oboyski                                                        
Brodeur Porter Novelli

Tel: 602.282.5425

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Carl Andrews         
DataChannel
Tel: 425.974.4177
Email: carl@datachannel.com