Alberta Treasury Branches' ATB Online Goes Live with NetManage's OnWeb

Business Wire, August 29, 2000

Business Editors, Technology Writers

CUPERTINO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 29, 2000

NetManage (Nasdaq:NETM), a leading supplier of eBusiness access and application integration solutions, today announced that Alberta Treasury Branches' (ATB) Internet business banking system, ATB Online, which is based on NetManage's OnWeb(R) application development and integration framework, has been launched.

The new Internet cash management and business banking system became available to ATB's business customers in January 2000, and over 1000 customers signed up for the service during the first 90 days. ATB is the ninth largest financial institution in Canada.

Designed for small- to medium-sized businesses, the new system streamlines the cash management and other business banking processes for ATB's corporate customers. Intuitive, easy-to-use and easily accessible through the Internet, the Web-based business banking system will improve access to critical banking services for ATB's business customers.

"We have two goals for this new eBusiness banking system," said Sheldon Dyck, vice president, business financial services at ATB. "First, we want to ensure that our current customers have a flexible and accessible banking and cash management system that serves their needs. Second, we want to leverage the benefit and value of this new eBusiness approach to banking to win new customers and increase our market share."

A previous dial-up process is being replaced with a system that is efficient and intuitive, allowing customers to view account balances, pay bills, transfer funds and perform other business banking activities such as electronic funds transfer (EFT). OnWeb provided the ability to create a new application that streamlined various processes by connecting to ATB's existing banking system, thus satisfying customers while protecting and leveraging ATB's considerable investment in enterprise computing and data collection.

"Customers such as ATB are a testament to the ability of OnWeb to leverage existing enterprise information systems and business processes and transform them into powerful eBusiness applications," said Zvi Alon, president and CEO of NetManage. "We are excited that the ATB Online business banking system has gone live, and we are committed to identifying new ways that ATB can bridge the gap between the Internet and their existing network infrastructure to increase customer satisfaction and market share."

About OnWeb

OnWeb is an easy-to-use application integration framework for building enterprise-level extranet applications. A true middle-tier solution, OnWeb uses component-based business logic to create new information from existing data stored in corporate systems. OnWeb consists of the OnWeb Server and OnWeb Designer, the visual development environment that provides a whiteboard approach to building applications. By "dragging and dropping," then joining business objects to establish their relationships, application developers can easily visualize the structure and logic of an application. OnWeb's component-based, multi-tier model ensures that OnWeb applications are robust, scaleable and easy to maintain.

About Alberta Treasury Branch

ATB is a leading provider of financial products and services to 600,000 Albertans, specifically for retail, independent business and agri-industry customers. ATB is committed to providing Albertans access to world-class, innovative financial products and services, specific to their needs. An Alberta-based financial institution established in 1938, today ATB serves 240 communities through a network of 144 branches, 131 agencies and 209 automated banking machines (ABMs). For further information on Alberta Treasury Branches, please visit ATB's web site at www.atb.com.

About NetManage

Founded in 1990, NetManage, Inc. (Nasdaq:NETM) delivers information access, publishing, integration, and support solutions and services that maximize a company's investment in existing information systems and provide the bridge to the new Internet economy. Award-winning NetManage products and services offerings include a comprehensive portfolio of application integration software, host access software, centralized management, and live interactive support solutions that transform corporate information assets into powerful eBusiness solutions. NetManage sells and services products worldwide through its direct sales force, international subsidiaries, and authorized channel partners. For more information, visit http://www.netmanage.com, send e-mail to pr@netmanage.com or call 978/685-4000 (Eastern Time) or 408/973-7171 (Pacific Time).

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