Talarian's Product Based On JMS Extends Sun's Forte for Java IDE to Provide a Real-Time Data and Content Delivery-Based Applications Environment

Business Wire, June 11, 2001

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

LOS ALTOS, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 11, 2001

Talarian Joins Sun's Forte(TM) for Java(TM) Extension

Partners Program

Talarian Corporation (Nasdaq:TALR), a leading provider of software infrastructure solutions for data and content delivery in real-time, today announced a new product that will be offered as an extension of Sun Microsystems' Forte(TM) for Java(TM) integrated development environment (IDE). Talarian's Workbench(TM) product based on Java Messaging Service (JMS) technology is an independent product that is offered as an add-on module for the Forte for Java development environment, providing customers with a standards-based setting in which they can develop real-time, highly scalable, distributed data and content delivery-based applications that will run over any network to any device.

Talarian's software infrastructure combined with the Forte for Java product provides an environment that allows developers to efficiently, reliably, and dynamically create Java technology-based applications conforming to the Sun Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition (J2EE(TM))/JMS standard. In the upcoming release of the J2EE specification (version 1.3), Sun has introduced compatibility to JMS as a requirement. By working with Sun to provide this environment, Talarian is enabling developers to achieve the necessary JMS compatibility without requiring drastic rewrites of existing J2EE applications.

"Joining the Forte for Java Extension Partners program is a natural next-step in Talarian's relationship with Sun. This simple product combination lets us give our customers an opportunity to use a development environment that is easy to use and takes full advantage of our best-of-breed messaging solutions," said Steve Gimnicher, vice president of marketing. "The world is quickly moving not only towards standards-based applications, but also towards applications that can provide information when and where it is needed -- instantaneously. If it's a mission-critical or revenue-critical application, you'll probably already find Sun and Talarian on the inside."

"Talarian has been a leading innovator of infrastructure solutions for content distribution," said David Taber, director of portal and business development, Forte Tools, Sun Microsystems. "Their Workbench for JMS product brings that expertise to Java language developers, and their integration with Forte for Java makes the JMS standard easier to work with and deploy. We welcome Talarian's support of the Forte for Java portal, which is a destination for developers who value the latest generation of innovation and productivity."

For additional information on Talarian, its JMS-based products or any of its additional content delivery solutions visit the website at www.talarian.com/ffj.> About Talarian

Talarian Corporation is leading the real-time revolution. With its complete infrastructure software products, Talarian is arming businesses with the ability to instantly distribute and exchange information internally and with their partners, suppliers, and customers -- regardless of platform, location or network type. Talarian products are deployed by hundreds of the world's largest organizations in their most demanding applications. Customers include Credit Suisse First Boston, Hewlett Packard, Lockheed Martin, MCI WorldCom, the New York Stock Exchange, Nortel Networks, Novell, Philadelphia Stock Exchange and Southwest Airlines. Talarian is headquartered in Los Altos, California. Additional company and product information is available online at www.talarian.com.

This news release contains forward-looking statements, including statements about the market opportunity for infrastructure software in the Java, the Forte for Java, and the JMS markets, the functionality and benefits of the combination of our products with Sun's products, and continuing demand and market acceptance for Talarian's and Sun's products. Investors are cautioned that any such forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve risks and uncertainties. Actual events or results may differ materially from those discussed in the forward-looking statements as a result of various factors, including, without limitation, our limited operating history in the Java, the Forte for Java, and the JMS markets, the affects of competition in the real-time infrastructure software market, the rapidly changing nature of the industry in which we operate, the uncertainty of current economic conditions and their affect on customer purchase decisions, and the risk factors described in Talarian's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including Registration Statement on Form S-1 dated July 20, 2000, the Talarian Annual Report on Form 10-K for the period ended September 30, 2000, and the Form 10-Q for the period ended March 31, 2001. The forward-looking statements made herein are made only as of the date of this press release, and the Talarian undertakes no obligation to publicly update such forward-looking statements to reflect subsequent events or circumstances.