Elemental Software Ships Drumbeat 2.0; Millions of Web professionals now empowered to build visually engaging, database-driven Web sites - without writing code

Business Wire, June 2, 1998

An integrated software developer kit is bundled with Drumbeat 2.0 to enable customers to extend Drumbeat by importing components found on the Web or built by third parties or in-house developers. These user-defined components can be transformed easily into Drumbeat Smart Elements, so they can be reused and flexibly mixed and matched with the dozens of SmartElements and Point-and-Click Interactions that ship with the product.

SmartPages -- SmartPages allow users to build sites that automatically adapt to a visitor's browser. With browser-sensitive SmartPages, sites assembled with Drumbeat can take advantage of the most advanced browser features while supporting older browsers.

Media and Analyst Perspective

"Drumbeat 2.0 fills a gap in the Web assembly and design software market," said Steve Garone, Research Director, International Data Corporation (IDC). "Because of Drumbeat 2.0's ease-of-use, strong database connectivity and rich multimedia capabilities, it is an excellent tool for building and managing small-to-medium scale strategic Web applications in a codeless environment."

"Integrating databases into a Web site can be a daunting task," said David Angell in his book, Internet Information Server 4 for Dummies, published May 1998. "One product that is particularly noteworthy is Drumbeat 2.0. Drumbeat lets you create pages automatically from databases without having to be a database hack. This (tool) can be a tremendous time-saver."

Pricing and Availability

Drumbeat 2.0 is priced at $699 per user. An introductory $75 discount is offered to customers who order during the month of June. The product will be distributed through VARs, catalogs and on-line resellers, as well as directly from Elemental Software. A 30-day trial version of Drumbeat 2.0 is available free of charge for download at www.drumbeat.com. A copy of Microsoft Personal Web Server for Windows 95 and Windows NT Workstation is provided with Drumbeat to allow users to build and test Active Server Page (ASP) applications on their own desktop systems. Trial versions of Chili!soft Chili!ASP, to deploy ASP applications on Netscape and Lotus Domino Web servers, and Allaire HomeSite 3.0, to allow users to edit legacy HTML code, are also included with Drumbeat 2.0.

About Elemental Software

Elemental Software develops and markets software that enables users to deliver Web-based business solutions in less time with fewer technical resources. The company's flagship software product, Drumbeat 2.0, is the fastest way to build visually engaging, database-driven, cross-browser Web sites writing code. Headquartered in Carlsbad, California, Elemental Software is principally funded by venture investors Microsoft Corporation, Accel Partners, CSK Corporation of Japan, JK&B Capital and Sorrento Ventures. For product information, please call 1-800- DRUMBEAT or, outside the United States and Canada, 760-931-7171, email info@drumbeat.com, or visit . Media should contact Marie Clark, Antenna Group, 415-977-1916 marie@antennapr.com.