Beyond.com Unveils New Enterprise Download Manager; Version 3.0 Allows Large Enterprises to Deploy and Manage Software Cheaper, Faster and Safer

Business Wire, July 8, 1999

SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 8, 1999--

Internet software superstore Beyond.com(TM) (Nasdaq:BYND) today released Enterprise Download Manager Version 3.0 which allows Beyond.com enterprise customers, including DLA (Defense Logistics Agency), IRS (Internal Revenue Service), NIMA (National Imaging and Mapping Agency) and PTO (Patent and Trademark Office), to further decrease total cost of ownership through more efficient software deployment, license management and tracking.

New features of the Beyond.com Enterprise Download Manager V 3.0 include: -0-

--   Improved security through digital signature security

--   Increased upstream reporting allowing procurement agents to view
     software usage throughout an enterprise

--   Remote administration giving system administrators a single point
     of administration control

--   Built-in license management

--   Built-in access management

--   A browser-based desktop manager with Intranet installation
     capabilities

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"To decrease total cost of software ownership, large enterprises in the government demand electronic software deployment, license management and tracking," said Kendall Fargo, vice-president of enterprise and government sales at Beyond.com. "Beyond.com's Enterprise Download Manager Version 3.0 reduces the cost of software ownership through increased efficiency."

"Beyond.com offers enterprises a streamlined, automated system for distributing and managing the software that they purchase, as well as more than 1.6 million software and other digital products including software, hardware, computing devices and digital images," said Fargo.

The May 24 issue of PCWeek magazine named Beyond.com one of 8 "IT Supersites.com", a ranking of the "best reseller IT procurement" websites on the Internet.

About Beyond.com

Beyond.com sells commercial, off-the-shelf software to the government, enterprise, corporate and consumer markets, offering its customers a better place to buy software. Visitors to the company's online store http://www.beyond.com enjoy a comprehensive selection of software backed by customer service and competitive pricing. Beyond.com offers more than 1.6 million software and other digital products, including software stock-keeping units (SKUs) for online purchase from such major publishers as Adobe Systems Inc., IBM/Lotus Corp., Microsoft Corp., Sun Microsystems Inc. and Symantec Corp; hardware; computing devices; and digital images in different file formats, including jpeg, gif and mpf through a strategic marketing alliance with IMSI. The company has established strategic marketing alliances with America Online Inc., @Home Network, CNET Inc., Compaq Computer Corp., Excite Inc., Microsoft Corp., Netscape Communications Corp., XOOM.com Inc., Yahoo! Inc. and ZDNet. Additionally, Beyond.com offers software publishers, hardware manufacturers and systems OEMs e-commerce solutions including publishers transaction processing, physical and electronic order fulfillment, customer support, site design consultation, marketing support and reporting. The company has applied for federal registration of the marks BEYOND.COM and BEYOND DOT COM. Beyond.com Corporation trades on the Nasdaq National Market under the symbol ("BYND"). More information on the company can be found in the company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC").