Infowave Wins an IDG's Computerworld Annual Innovative Technology Award For its Mobile Technology

Business Wire, Sept 16, 2004

VANCOUVER, British Columbia -- Infowave Software (TSX:IW), a leading provider of enterprise mobile applications (EMA), today announced that it has won an award from IDG's Computerworld, the Voice of IT Management, for leading-edge technology that provides measurable business value to end-user organizations. Infowave's Telispark Mobile Enterprise(TM) product suite was among the winners in the category of Mobile and Wireless technology. This honor is part of Computerworld's third annual Innovative Technology Awards program, which was announced in the September 13 issue and online at computerworld.com.

In order to be considered for the awards program, vendors had to be nominated by IT end users that do not produce or sell technology. Nominees were surveyed regarding their technology innovations and customer references were contacted for each vendor. A panel of outside experts and Computerworld editors then reviewed the surveys and chose 30 winners in 12 categories, including data management, mobile/wireless, security and web site management.

"We are honored that our enterprise customers nominated Infowave for an award designed to reward customer satisfaction and meet deployment requirements and we are very pleased to be recognized by a leading industry publication like Computerworld," said Jerry Meerkatz, CEO and President, Infowave. "We will continue to focus on delivering enterprise applications to our customers that can be rapidly deployed and provide a quick and tangible return on investment."

Telispark Mobile Enterprise is a packaged suite of configurable applications designed to help large organizations service and manage complex equipment in the field or in a campus environment like warehouses and plants. Telispark Mobile Enterprise is composed of ten complementary "mix and match" modules that can be deployed quickly and securely to yield rapid-ROI applications that streamline and integrate business operations required by mobile workers, such as ERP, Field Service, Supply Chain, Asset Management and personal information management (PIM) operations. The suite's robust enterprise data connectors enable rapid and seamless integration with existing back-end data sources including SAP, Siebel, Indus and other leading application providers.

"Our award winners this year should be recognized for creating products that truly are revolutionary for their customers," said Don Tennant, editor in chief of Computerworld. "These companies have not only developed 'cool' products, but ones that solve real business problems and have produced measurable payback for customers."

To view the complete list of the Innovative Technology Awards winners and read details of customer implementations of their products, please visit www.computerworld.com/managementtopics/management/report.> About Computerworld

Computerworld, the "Voice of IT Management," is the most trusted source for critical information needs of senior IT management. Computerworld's integrated offerings form the U.S.-based hub of the world's largest (58-edition) global IT media network through its weekly publication, Computerworld.com website, focused conference series and custom research. In the past five years alone Computerworld has won more than 100 print and online awards for editorial and design excellence, surpassing its direct competition by an order of magnitude. Recognition includes the 2004 Magazine of the Year Award from the American Society of Business Publication Editors and a Jesse H. Neal Award for "Best News Coverage." In print since 1967, Computerworld is the source for information technology management with a guaranteed rate base of 180,000, a total print audience of 1,869,000 (IntelliQuest CIMS v.10.0), and an online audience of over one million unique monthly visitors (DoubleClick).

Computerworld is a business unit of International Data Group (IDG), the world's leading technology media, research and event company. A privately-held company, IDG publishes more than 300 magazines and newspapers including Bio-IT World, CIO, CSO, Computerworld, GamePro, InfoWorld, Network World, and PC World. The company features the largest network of technology-specific Web sites with more than 400 around the world. IDG is also a leading producer of more than 170 computer-related events worldwide including LinuxWorld Conference & Expo(R), Macworld Conference & Expo(R), DEMO(R), and IDC Directions. IDC provides global market research and advice through offices in 50 countries. Company information is available at www.idg.com.

About Infowave

Infowave (TSX:IW) provides enterprises with scalable and robust mobile solutions for improving operational efficiency and increasing the productivity of mobile workers. Infowave's configurable enterprise mobile application (EMA) suite, Telispark Mobile Enterprise, is designed to streamline and integrate business operations required by mobile workers. Infowave mobile solutions are sold directly and indirectly through telecommunications carriers, independent software vendors and systems integrator partners. Some of the world's most innovative organizations, including Hydro One, Shell Oil, Unilever and the U.S. Navy use Infowave solutions to increase the efficiency of their large mobile workforces. For more information, please email info@infowave.com or visit www.infowave.com.