OASIS Member News: XML Global to Host UN/CEFACT and OASIS ebXMLConference in February 2001

[Teresa Cheung <teresa.cheung@xmlglobal.com>]

Press Release

XML Global to Host UN/CEFACT and OASIS ebXML Conference in February 2001

Vancouver, B.C., January 24th, 2001, XML Global Technologies, Inc. (XMLG
OTC:BB) (www.xmlglobal.com), a product focused, XML powered, e-business
platform company, is pleased to announce that it will be hosting the
upcoming ebXML conference scheduled to be held in Vancouver, BC on the 12th
to 16th of February 2001. The conference, the first ebXML event to be held
in Canada, will be co-hosted by DataChannel, NetFish Technologies and
Cyclone Commerce.

ebXML Vancouver (www.ebxmlvancouver.org) is a five-day conference focused on
advancing ebXML as the accepted XML-based global infrastructure for
electronic business. The conference is one of a series, the last one having
been held in Tokyo in November 2000, with additional meetings scheduled for
April and May of this year. The conference will attract CEOs, CTOs, software
architects and developers from around the world, as well as members of the
international press.

XML Global has been an ardent supporter of ebXML since its inception in 1999
and is proud to have two of its management team as active members of the
ebXML initiative. Duane Nickull, Founder and CTO of XML Global, is a member
of the ebXML Steering Committee and co-editor, with Brian Eisenberg from
DataChannel, of the Technical Architecture Specification. David Webber, Vice
President of Business Development for XML Global, is involved with a wide
variety of XML initiatives, including the ebXML interoperability standards
project.

"When the ebXML initiative was first proposed in September 1999 global
acceptance and approval was almost immediate," stated Peter Shandro, CEO of
XML Global. "Previous conferences have established significant milestones,
including the approval of an ebXML Requirements Specification and a
proof-of-concept demonstration for the routing and enveloping of ebXML
messages." Shandro continued, "Moving into the final and critical phases of
this initiative, XML Global is proud to be hosting the first ebXML
conference to be held in Canada."

As one of the co-hosts of the event, Cyclone Commerce will be highlighting
its position for supporting industry-wide initiatives designed to develop
new business-to-business (B2B) standards that allow business partners to
collaborate over the Internet.

"We are thrilled to be a part of the rapidly growing ebXML initiative.  The
strong focus from international and small trading partners will make ebXML
one of the dominating standards in the near future," said David Bennett,
co-founder and chief technology officer of Cyclone Commerce.  "Because the
ebXML standard helps drive down the costs of connecting and managing trading
relationships, companies leveraging ebXML will be able to experience more
affordable and scalable solutions.  With this in mind, Cyclone's core
solutions naturally embrace ebXML and provide customers with the ability to
truly manage and connect to all of their partners."

"With the explosive growth of emarketplaces and eBusiness platforms, it's
become increasingly important to develop common standards that will make
true business-to-business communication a reality," said Brian Eisenberg,
Standards and Technology Liaison for DataChannel. "Companies wanting to stay
competitive need to have a strategic plan for integrating their existing
enterprise IT infrastructure with the emerging distributed service-based
architecture. DataChannel's decision to co-sponsor the ebXML meeting
reaffirms our commitment to helping ebXML achieve its goal of creating a
single global electronic market, which ultimately benefits the industry and
our customers."

 "Netfish strongly supports the work of ebXML and actively participates in
key project teams, both as members and in leadership positions," said
Klaus-Dieter Naujok, Chair of ebXML and CTO of Netfish Technologies.  "We
are pleased to co-host the Vancouver meeting and look forward to the
successful delivery of a product that will meet the needs of the global
marketplace."

About ebXML
ebXML (www.ebXML.org) is an international initiative established by
UN/CEFACT and OASIS in late 1999 with a mandate to undertake an 18-month
program of work to research and identify the technical basis upon which the
global implementation of XML (Extensible Markup Language) can be
standardized. The goal of ebXML is to facilitate open trade between
organizations regardless of size by enabling XML to be used in a consistent
manner to exchange electronic business data.

About OASIS
OASIS (www.oasis-open.org) is the world's largest independent, non-profit
organization dedicated to the standardization of XML applications. OASIS
sponsors include Adobe Systems, Aerospatiale, Data Solutions, Arbortext,
B-Bop Associates, BEA Systems, Boeing, Bowstreet, Bridge, BroadVision,
Chrystal Software, Cohesia, Commerce One, Corel, DataChannel, Dataloom,
DMSi, Documentum, Dun & Bradstreet, eCredit.com, Enigma, eXcelon,
Extensibility, Extricity Software, First Call, IBM, InformIT, Informix,
InterCAP, Interwoven, ISOGEN, ITEDO, JetForm, Keyfile, Logistics Management
Institute, Mercator Software, Microsoft, NextPage, Netfish Technologies, NII
Enterprise Promotion Association, Nimble Technology, NIST, Oracle
Corporation, Pick Systems, ProNet Technology, Reuters, Sabre, SAP, Sequoia
Software, SoftQuad, Software AG, STEP, StreamServe, Sun Microsystems,
Synth-Bank, Visa, Wavo, Webb Interactive Services, webMethods, Whitehill
Technologies, Xerox, XML Global Technologies, Inc., XMLSolutions and
XyEnterprise.

About UN/CEFACT
UN/CEFACT (www.uncefact.org) is the United Nations body whose mandate covers
worldwide policy and technical development in the area of trade facilitation
and electronic business. Headquartered in Geneva, it has developed and
promoted many tools for the facilitation of global business processes
including UN/EDIFACT, the international EDI standard. Its current work
program includes such topics as Simpl-edi and Object Oriented EDI and it
strongly supports the development and implementation of open, interoperable
global standards and specifications for electronic business.

About Cyclone Commerce, Inc.
Cyclone Commerce provides an open platform B2B commerce that allows
customers to establish and manage "open-to-all" trading communities without
lengthy integration or implementation cycles.  Cyclone Commerce enables
these exponential connections due to its unique ability to support
any-and-all of the Internet and legacy systems in use by all trading
partners.  Companies use Cyclone Commerce's family of easy-to-use products
to quickly deploy secure trading networks that provide cost reductions, fast
ROI, and new revenue sources through extending and automating value chain
transactions. For additional information please visit our website,
www.cyclonecommerce.com.

About DataChannel
DataChannel is the leading provider of enterprise platform and portal
solutions for the e-business world.  DataChannel's software products help
companies better compete in the Internet economy by connecting employees,
partners, and suppliers to the corporate information they need-anywhere,
anytime-from the convenience of their desktops and wireless devices.
DataChannel was the first enterprise portal vendor to leverage XML as a
central part of its DataChannel Server's (DCS) open architecture, allowing
companies to extend their existing IT investments.  Founded in 1996 and
privately held, DataChannel is headquartered in Bellevue, Washington. For
additional information please visit www.datachannel.com or contact
info@datachannel.com

About Netfish
The Netfish XDI Product Suite is the first proven B2B e-commerce solution
that effectively enables cross-enterprise process integration by
orchestrating collaborative multi-enterprise workflows. Netfish enables
customers to achieve seamless, 100% secure collaboration with trading
partners and gain the agility to respond to changing market opportunities.
The XDI system is built from the ground up using Java and Extensible Markup
Language (XML), complementary technologies designed for interoperability and
the Internet. Netfish Technologies was founded in 1997 and is based in Santa
Clara, CA. Please visit www.netfish.com for more information.

About XML Global Technologies, Inc.
XML Global Technologies, Inc. engineers and deploys XML-based web
infrastructure tools and e-business applications. Leveraging its patented
XML technologies for searching, EDI/XML transformation, data storage and
transaction authentication, XML Global builds and manages complete XML based
e-business platforms as well as providing standalone XML based e-business
solutions. XML Global's core products include:

Searching:        GoXML(tm) Search, a patent pending contextual XML
                  search and indexing engine.
Transformation: 	GoXML(tm) Transform, patented EDI/XML SQL transformation
                  software with OBBC connectivity.
Storage:	      GoXML(tm) DB, a patented native XML database solution.

By integrating and applying these core technologies XML Global will profit
by empowering its clients to build and manage successful technology
platforms for web services, net markets and related e-business initiatives.
For further information please visit our website at www.xmlglobal.com or
call the numbers below.

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decisions. The actual results of XML Global Technologies, Inc. may differ
materially from those indicated by these forward looking statements as a
result of various important factors, including, but not limited to, those
discussed in the Risk Factors section of XML Global Technologies' recent
registration document, SB-2/A, which is on file with the Securities and
Exchange Commission.

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