fusionOne Appoints Industry Veteran Ralph Aceves to Executive Team; As Senior Vice President and General Manager, Aceves Charged with Expanding Business to the Enterprise Market

Business Wire, May 23, 2001

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 23, 2001

fusionOne, a pioneer in the development of next-generation synchronization services, today announced the appointment of Ralph Aceves to senior vice president and general manager of enterprise business. In his role at fusionOne, Aceves will spearhead the company's entree into the enterprise market, bringing fusionOne's industry-acclaimed technology to large corporate customers. fusionOne's sync technology enables users to access critical data from any device, any time and anywhere.

A seasoned executive with nearly 15 years of technology experience, Aceves was most recently chief operating officer of Levient Corporation, a provider of mobile enterprise systems access software. As a key member of Levient's management team, Aceves was responsible for the company's overall day-to-day operations, overseeing all technical support, strategic planning, information systems and sales and marketing. Prior to Levient, Ralph served on the management team of Informatica Corporation. As vice president and chief information officer, Aceves was responsible for infrastructure development and support services for the company.

"Ralph's vast enterprise technology expertise is an enormous asset to fusionOne, and will enable us to continue to strengthen our leadership position in the mobile data access market," said Rick Onyon, president and CEO of fusionOne. "Ralph's responsibility will lie in managing our enterprise business, including forging key distribution partnerships and developing ongoing revenue streams. We are pleased to have him on board and feel his experience greatly complements our existing management team."

About the fusionOne sync service

fusionOne's Internet Sync is a seamless and automatic way for users to keep their personal digital content up-to-date and "in sync" across their computing and communications devices. Leveraging its unique store-and-forward architecture and the power of the Internet, fusionOne synchronizes and distributes information easily and efficiently, without the need for any contact between devices. With fusionOne, users enter information once on any device with assurance that it will automatically be updated in all their other devices.

About fusionOne, Inc.

Privately held and founded in 1998, fusionOne is the pioneer developer and marketer of next-generation synchronization services that make information access simple and seamless across multiple communications and computing devices. fusionOne is backed by funding from J.P. Morgan Partners, Flatiron Partners, Nokia Ventures (NYSE: NOK), Oppenheimer Funds, 3Com Ventures (NASDAQ: COMS), El Dorado Ventures, and other institutional investors. fusionOne's partnerships include Franklin Covey (NYSE: FC), Hewlett Packard Company (NYSE: HWP), InfoSpace, MP3.com, Inc. (Nasdaq: MPPP), Sabre (NYSE: TSG), seeUthere.com and NBC Internet, Inc. (NASDAQ: NBCI). fusionOne, Inc. is headquartered in San Jose, California, with worldwide offices in New York; Virginia; Atlanta; London; Tallin, Estonia; and Tokyo, Japan. fusionOne can be found on the Internet at www.fusionOne.com or contacted via telephone at (408) 282-1200.

Note to Editors: fusionOne and Internet Sync are trademarks of fusionOne, Inc. All other product, service and company names are trademarks, registered trademarks or service marks of their respective owners.