BroadCloud Acquires LapLink's Exchange Accelerator Technology; SURE connect Platform Now Provides Reliable and Fast Wireless e-Mail Transfer Via Microsoft Exchange and Outlook

Business Wire, March 20, 2001

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AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 20, 2001

BroadCloud Communications Inc., a leading provider of wireless data solutions, today announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire LapLink's Exchange Accelerator(TM) technology for integration within its SURE connect platform.

Exchange Accelerator is LapLink's popular e-mail acceleration software that utilizes highly efficient methods of data transfer to speed e-mail exchange via Microsoft Exchange(R) and Outlook over remote network connections.

BroadCloud is wrapping up efforts to integrate Exchange Accelerator into SURE connect, the company's flagship product that delivers a complete wireless Internet experience today that is up to five times as reliable and 10 times faster than existing wireless connections utilizing 75 percent less bandwidth.

Because it's based on BroadCloud's patented Wireless Internet Protocol, SURE connect allows mobile workforces to efficiently send and receive e-mail with large attachments, remotely use corporate applications and access graphics-rich, data-intensive content from the Internet via laptops and other mobile devices.

Now, with the integration of Exchange Accelerator, SURE connect will deliver the same unprecedented reliability and speed to corporate mobile workforces and individuals that rely on Microsoft Exchange and Outlook for wireless e-mail exchange.

"Support for the complete line of Microsoft products and especially Exchange and Outlook is critical for the vast majority of mobile business professionals," says Ed Acosta, CEO and president of BroadCloud. "The acquisition of Exchange Accelerator brings immediate and dramatic enhancements that will ensure the success of SURE connect as an enterprise class offering by enhancing productivity, cutting costs and providing a competitive advantage for enterprise wireless initiatives."

Support and Availability

SURE connect with new support for Microsoft Exchange and Outlook will be available April 1 for laptop computers with service from any wireless packet data network including existing networks such as CDPD (Cellular Digital Packet Data) and circuit-switched iDEN(R), GSM, CDMA and TDMA networks, as well as future networks like GPRS (General Packet Radio Service), W-CDMA and other PCS data services. SURE connect currently supports Internet Explorer and Netscape Navigator, as well as a wide variety of wireless applications including Microsoft Exchange, Outlook, Outlook Express, plus Eudora, and other corporate applications. Pricing is based on the number of users per account.

About BroadCloud

BroadCloud is a leading wireless data enhancement solutions provider delivering proven solutions that make mobile computing reliable, fast and efficient today. Based on BroadCloud's patented Wireless Internet Protocol, the company's flagship SURE connect platform gives both corporate enterprise workforces and mobile professionals cost-effective, transparent access to all the graphics-rich, data intensive content on the Internet -- all at up to five times the reliability, 10 times the speed, and using 75 percent less bandwidth than existing wireless connections. Founded in Austin, Texas, in 1996, BroadCloud is a privately held company with funding from TL Ventures, Austin Ventures, and Access Venture Partners. More information on BroadCloud is available at www.broadcloud.com, via phone at 512/338-1800 or e-mail at info@broadcloud.com.

About LapLink Inc.

Founded in 1983, LapLink is the world's leading technology solutions provider and creator of the Internet File Management (IFM) category. LapLink has an established reputation as a leading file transfer and synchronization software developer and is best known for its LapLink and PCsync products, which are used by more than 7 million customers worldwide. To date, LapLink has released nine generations of award-winning file transfer products. Leveraging this expertise, LapLink has advanced to the Internet to showcase its core technologies, providing Internet and mobile users with hassle-free connectivity to private and public networks and individual desktop PCs. LapLink is a privately held company headquartered in Bothell, Wash. The company has international sales offices in Europe, Latin America and the Asia-Pacific region. LapLink is the developer and exclusive patent-holder of SpeedSync technology. Additional information on LapLink Inc. and its family of remote file-transfer products is available by visiting the company's corporate Web site at www.laplink.com.

For graphs and video footage supporting this release, please visit BroadCloud's Newstream posting at http://www.newstream.com/cgi-bin/display_story.cgi?2357

(C) Copyright 2001 BroadCloud Communications Inc. All rights reserved.

BroadCloud, SURE connect and the BroadCloud logo are service marks of BroadCloud Communications Inc.

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EDITOR'S NOTE: There is a bullet in the product name "SURE connect" between "SURE" and "connect." It was removed for transmission purposes only.