Web Crossing for Mac OS X Now in Public Beta; Enterprise-level Communications Software for Online Communities Maximizes the Power of Mac OS X

Business Wire, March 27, 2001

Business Editors/High Tech Writers

SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 27, 2001

Web Crossing, Inc. today announced its Web Crossing on Mac(R) OS X is now in public beta, maximizing the power of Unix while taking full advantage of the stability, reliability and performance advances of Apple's new ultra-modern Mac OS X. Available as a complete server hosted solution or as a traffic-based sliding-scale licensed download, Web Crossing is located at www.webcrossing.com. The new public beta of Web Crossing is available for testing or 30-day trial today at http://webcrossing.com/01087.> "Mac OS X showcases the power, scalability and extensibility of Web Crossing," said Tim Lundeen, founder and CEO of Web Crossing. "Our ease of customization dovetails well with the advanced graphics and new Aqua(TM) interface in Mac OS X. We're proud to support Mac OS X and look forward to keeping pace with future advances of Mac OS X as Web Crossing helps realize the promise of the Internet to help people work together. By the time we exit our beta test period, we also hope to be able to demonstrate some pretty exciting benchmarks."

About Web Crossing Software

Built on a scalable Internet/intranet server, Web Crossing features threaded or linear discussions, integrated newsgroups and mailing lists, full email services, secure communications, personal calendar, real-time chat and live event functionality, all highly extensible with powerful web application programming capabilities.

About Web Crossing, Inc.

Web Crossing, Inc. is the Internet's virtual-communities powerhouse, committed to providing high-quality software and related services at a fair price. Web Crossing software is scalable, customizable and highly extensible to address the needs of virtual communities and collaborative groups. Privately held, Web Crossing, Inc. runs its own business using Web Crossing to work with its customers and employees from San Francisco to Boston and Tokyo. Award-winning Web Crossing software serves over 15 million pages per day at thousands of sites, including well-known, high traffic sites as CNN, NY Times, Apple, Adobe and Autodesk. Further information on Web Crossing software and Web Crossing, Inc. may be obtained by calling 916/771-7099, accessing Web Crossing's Web site at http://www.webcrossing.com, or sending email to info@webcrossing.com.

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