Luminant and AvantGo Form Strategic Alliance; BP First to Take Advantage of Teams' Expertise

Business Wire, April 30, 2001

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

DALLAS & SAN MATEO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 30, 2001

Luminant Worldwide Corporation (Nasdaq:LUMT), a provider of technology-enabled business solutions, and AvantGo, Inc. (Nasdaq:AVGO), the leading provider of mobile infrastructure software and services, today announced that they have formed an alliance and are delivering mobile and wireless applications to large enterprise organizations, including BP. With Luminant's assistance, BP recently deployed a mobile application on Microsoft Pocket PC-Powered handheld devices for use by field technicians, allowing them to collect data at well sites. The agreement enables Luminant to offer its customers an enhanced portfolio of mobile solutions, strengthening the bridge they provide between Internet, mobile and wireless technologies.

With Luminant's proven experience in delivering complex value-added solutions to its clients and AvantGo's leadership in providing wireless solutions to enterprises, the two companies are targeting Fortune 1000 companies interested in deploying best of breed mobile infrastructure solutions that increase the return on investment of existing IT resources and enhance the lifetime value of customer relationships. In particular, this alliance will bring new benefits in the instantaneous delivery of round-the-clock availability to both information and applications for utilities.

The two companies have already engaged at BP, successfully completing an initial project. "The project is expected to ultimately improve safety, increase productivity and reduce paperwork through one-time data capture," said BP's Bruce Policky. "One of the key success measures of this pilot project is user satisfaction, which is directly linked with taking work out of the system to improve staff productivity and effectiveness. As we move forward, further enhancements will be made, based on user feedback, to continue to strengthen delivery."

"We are delighted to be working with AvantGo to deliver real-time wireless solutions to our customers, particularly in the energy industry including upstream and downstream sectors, as well as new business areas including trading and customer outreach," said Luminant's Tim McCloskey, co-leader of Energy Solutions. "There is great potential for enterprises looking to enhance their services and activities by delivering existing applications to mobile and wireless devices at very little incremental cost."

AvantGo M-Business solutions provide immediate access to any Web-based data or corporate application -- such as CRM, business intelligence, sales force automation, supply chain management, patient care or field force automation applications. Users of mobile and wireless devices can access their corporate data either in real-time using a wireless connection, via their normal synchronization process with a desktop PC or via RIM Wireless Handhelds.

Mike Kritzman, vice president of channel sales for AvantGo, added, "Our focus is on helping businesses increase the return on their existing technology investments by improving productivity and operational efficiency through the use of wireless devices. Working with Luminant, we provide combined expertise that will help customers harness mobility faster and more cost effectively."

About Luminant

Luminant Worldwide Corporation is a provider of technology-enabled business solutions. Our effective, proven business solutions help some of the world's largest companies fully capture measurable value from the Internet and other emerging technologies. We strive to build clients for life by continuously delivering performance rooted in deep industry experience, classic strategic management consulting, strong logistics and marketing strategy analytics, and innovative creative and information technology skills. Luminant's principal locations are in Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas, Houston, New York City, Washington, D.C., San Francisco and Seattle. For more information, visit www.luminant.com, call 888/225-4468 or join our quarterly investor newsletter mailing list by sending a request to insights@luminant.com.

About AvantGo

AvantGo, Inc. (Nasdaq:AVGO) is the leading provider of infrastructure software and services that power the mobile economy. AvantGo M-Business software enables businesses to increase the value of their corporate information systems by extending existing enterprise applications and critical information to employees, customers and business partners. The company also provides the AvantGo mobile Internet service, a hosted network that enables hundreds of businesses to deliver their content and applications to more than 2.5 million mobile consumers. AvantGo is a pioneer in delivering real-world solutions for both wireless and off-line use. For more information, please visit www.avantgo.com.

Cautionary Statement

Except for historical information, all of the expectations and assumptions contained in the foregoing are forward-looking statements involving risks and uncertainties. Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from such forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, AvantGo's ability to timely develop and deliver products and services that are interoperable with prospective customers; the ability of the parties to integrate the software and related technologies, possible delays in the release of products and services, and customer demand for such products and services. For additional information regarding these and other risks associated with the companies' business, refer to the companies' filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Form 10-K and Form 10-Q.