AvantGo Delivers Mobile Enterprise Application Service Built On .NET Framework; AvantGo Launches Mobile Sales for salesforce.com on Windows Powered Pocket PC Devices

Business Wire, Jan 7, 2003

Business Editors/High Tech Writers

HAYWARD, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 7, 2003

AvantGo, Inc. (Nasdaq:AVGO), a leading provider of mobile enterprise software, today announced the delivery of AvantGo Mobile Sales(TM) for salesforce.com, the company's first mobile enterprise application based on the Microsoft .NET Framework. The product, which enables salesforce.com subscribers to access key customer information, including Accounts, Contacts, Opportunities and Tasks on their Windows Powered Pocket PC devices, is now available via the popular My AvantGo(R) Service. (Editor's Note: See related press release titled, "AvantGo and salesforce.com Team to Mobilize salesforce.com.)

With over seven million registered users, My AvantGo is the most widely accessed mobile service for smart devices in the world. The service is used by mobile professionals and individuals to access content and applications from their handheld devices--anytime, anywhere. The AvantGo Mobile Sales for salesforce.com service integrates to salesforce.com through an XML Web service application powered by the Microsoft .NET Framework.

With the easy-to-use mobile application, salesforce.com customers can now access their important sales data when and where they need it most--on the road, at a customer site or anywhere else they take their Pocket PC devices. Specifically, with AvantGo Mobile Sales users can access key salesforce.com Tasks, Accounts, Contacts and Opportunities on their devices, enabling them to view, update and manage new records right from the device, as well as search and find existing records quickly and easily. Customer information is synchronized locally to Pocket PC, which ensures optimum performance and reliability. Wireless connectivity is not required.

"We are delighted to see AvantGo and salesforce.com supporting the Pocket PC device with this robust application for sales professionals," said Mary Rose Becker, group product manager for Mobile Devices at Microsoft. "Because of key features such as security, systems management, connectivity and expandability, Pocket PC devices are very well-suited for the enterprise. Applications such as this one from AvantGo and salesforce.com are enabling companies to realize the benefits that handhelds are having on increasing sales effectiveness and productivity in the enterprise."

Richard Treadway, vice president of products at AvantGo, added: "Our vision has always been to provide the most robust, web-based enterprise applications and content to mobile devices, and today is another major milestone in achieving that vision. Our time to market was greatly reduced by basing our implementation on the .NET Framework and the performance on the Pocket PC provides an excellent user experience."

Availability

Today, salesforce.com users with Pocket PC devices can subscribe to a free 30-day trial of AvantGo Mobile Sales for salesforce.com online at www.avantgo.com/salesforce. A subscription to the channel is available for $299 per year from AvantGo. For a limited time, customers can receive the new service for an introductory subscription price of $249 per year. Support for Palm OS handheld devices will be available by the end of the month.

About AvantGo

AvantGo, Inc. (NASDAQ: AVGO) is a leading provider of mobile enterprise software. AvantGo delivers mobile customer relationship management (CRM) solutions that unlock the return on investment of popular CRM/SFA systems by driving adoption, and mobile data collection solutions that improve field productivity and data accuracy. AvantGo's mobile solutions, which are built on the company's award-winning enterprise mobile software platform, can be deployed within an enterprise or delivered through the hosted My AvantGo service, which has more than seven million registered users. Currently, AvantGo's customers comprise 38 of the Fortune 100, and include McKesson Corporation, Ford Motor Company, Cisco, FedEx and CNN. 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, the extent to which mobile solutions offer increased access to corporate systems to improve customer relationship management, increase sales productivity and improve adoption of CRM solutions. For additional information regarding these and other risks associated with the companies' business, refer to the companies' latest filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Form 10-K and Form 10-Q.

AvantGo, AvantGo Mobile Sales, My AvantGo and the AvantGo logo are either registered trademarks or trademarks of AvantGo in the United States and/or other countries. The names of actual companies and products mentioned herein may be the trademarks of their respective owners.