IntraNet Solutions Selected by Compaq for New iPAQ Home Internet Appliance; Internet Appliance To Offer Content Viewing Through Integration of Outside In Technology

Business Wire, August 24, 2000

Business/High-Tech Editors

EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 22, 2000

IntraNet Solutions(R), Inc. (Nasdaq: INRS), a leading provider of end-to-end Web content management solutions for the enterprise, today announced the integration of its Outside In(R) viewing technology with Compaq's iPAQ Home Internet Appliance. Through the Outside In integration, iPAQ customers can view native files on Web sites or email attachments on their iPAQ Web terminal without running the native application.

Compaq's iPAQ Home Internet Appliance features Microsoft's MSN(TM) Companion service, which provides consumers fast, easy access to Internet browsing and e-mail. IntraNet Solutions' Outside In Active X control for the Windows CE operating system provides instant viewing access to information created in standard business documents, and the technology's support of Windows CE enables mobile and appliance devices automatic access to business documents sent via email. Used together, the Outside In technology provides views to a wide variety of file formats - such as Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, and Word Perfect - on the iPAQ without needing the native application to be installed. The technology is transparent to the user, with a simple mouse click providing a view of the document while continuing the easy-to-use experience for the user.

"With IntraNet Solutions' technology, Compaq is able to offer a greatly expanded set of viewable email attached documents on the iPAQ Home Internet Appliance announced last week," said Jim Ganthier, director and general manager of Compaq's Inter-Connected Products team. "This capability sets the iPAQ appliance apart from the competition and offers customers flexibility previously only available on a PC."

"The iPAQ Home Internet Appliance offers the benefits of email communication and Web access to a segment of the population previously limited by the expense and complexity of personal computers," said Scott Norder, president of the Information Exchange Division of IntraNet Solutions. "The integration of the Outside In technology into the iPAQ product completes the promise of full email and Web functionality by providing access to information contained in file formats not supported by the streamlined appliance. This agreement solidifies our strategy of enabling information access everywhere, from the largest enterprise server product to an efficient Internet appliance."

About IED and IntraNet Solutions, Inc.

IntraNet Solutions(R), Inc. (www.intranetsolutions.com), headquartered in Eden Prairie, Minn., offers the award-winning Xpedio Content Management System, the industry's first end-to-end Web content management solution. Xpedio provides rapid deployment of highly scalable business-to-business and business-to-employee intranet and extranet applications. Information Exchange ("IED"), a division of IntraNet Solutions, is a market leader in Web conversion and desktop and mobile device viewing technologies and applications.

IntraNet Solutions' products are used by over 1,500 customers worldwide including Agilent Technologies, Cargill Incorporated, Ericsson Telecom AB and Merrill Lynch. IntraNet Solutions has offices throughout the U.S. and international offices in London, Amsterdam and Australia.

About Compaq iPAQ Home Internet Appliance

With only two connections - a power cord and phone cord - the iPAQ Home Internet Appliance instantly connects users to the Web with the push of a single button. During registration, the user is walked through a simple setup experience to connect to the Internet via the built-in MSN Companion service, which provides an integrated network of content and services. The system is automatically updated periodically over the Internet for high reliability and worry-free maintenance. The 10.1-inch color flat panel display, streaming audio and video and integrated file viewers greatly enhance the Internet experience for Compaq iPAQ Home Internet Appliance users.

For more information on the new iPAQ Home Internet Appliance, please call Compaq's toll-free hotline at 1-800-888-0263 or visit the company's website at http://www.compaq.com/athome.> Any forward-looking statements in this release are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Investors are cautioned that all forward-looking statements involve risk and uncertainties including, without limitation, risks of intellectual property litigation, risks in technology development and commercialization, risks in product development and market acceptance of and demand for the Company's products, risks of downturns in economic conditions generally and in the Web content management tools and intranet information management markets specifically, risks associated with competition and competitive pricing pressures, risks associated with foreign sales and higher customer concentration and other risks detailed in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Outside In, IntraNet Solutions and the IntraNet Solutions' logo are trademarks of IntraNet Solutions, Inc. in the USA and/or other countries. All other trade names are the property of their respective owners.