Commack, NY, May 26, 1997 — Prompted by their Successful Penetration of The $1.5 billion Web Chat Market, eShare Technologies Inc. Today Announced a Value-added Reseller Program for Their Breakthrough Suite of Live, Web-based Communications Solutions.

eShare Expressions and the eShare Midway Server have already been widely deployed for applications in corporate, intranet and web-based community building. This new program will provide VARs, integrators and web developers with an easy to install and powerful solution for adding live, web-based chat and Bulletin Board (BBS) features to sites — proven solutions for community building and traffic generation.

Companies are expected to spend $41.9 billion on Internet technologies and services by 1999, a four-fold increase from 1996. Web-based live chat is a fast growing portion of that spending. Organizations are increasingly embracing web chat and threaded bulletin board services as communication tools that link together far-flung suppliers, distributors, customers, and employees, enhances business marketing, and cost-effectively boosts service and support.

eShare Expressions Chat Server is the first easy-to-use, powerful chat software for the Internet. This innovative technology has already been used by more than 1 million people in various applications, including Lotus Development Corporation's Lotusphere Web site; OnLive! Technologies new OnLive! text server; Sony Music's Live By Request Telecast; the Military Network's site enabling communications among veterans, service personnel away from home and their families; the Attitude Network's preeminent gaming site Happy Puppy and their soon-to-be-rolled-out site Glossy; as well as several blue-chip companies for intranet applications.

Working in conjunction with the newly introduced eShare Midway server, eShare Expressions enables Web chatters to simply point and click to "teleport" to conversations on different topics at other sites all over the Web — a breakthrough for internet users. Topics are set up in "chat channels" — analogous to TV channels — a new concept which makes the information richness of the Internet easier to manage.

"Web chat is one of the fastest-growing segments of Web products and a natural for value-added resellers and systems integrators who are developing Internet applications for clients," said James Tito, CEO of Commack, NY-based eShare which has assembled a powerful six-person sales team to handle VAR business.

"Chat is becoming widely recognized as a key community builder and communications tool for Web sites, intranets, and extranets and our program gives VARs a chance to participate in this significant technology," said Tito.

CNET has already been successfully reselling eShare Expressions through its BuyDirect.com service (www.buydirect.com), which is an agent for Web developers seeking products and services.

In just the past few months, eShare's chat software has been adopted by leading corporations that include: Lotus Development Corp. for its LotusSphere site; OnLive! Technologies Inc., for incorporation into the OnLive! text-server; and Sony for its popular "Live-By-Request" telecast.

GeoCities has also selected eShare as the preferred community building tool of choice for its Web site, the largest online community of personal home pages and the seventh most-trafficked site on the Web, according to PC-Meter's December 1996 report.

Through eShare's new Business Partner Program, Value-Added Resellers, corporate software resellers, Web site designers, and others can bring a complete solution to their clients, who are seeking ways to take advantage of the Internet's reach and availability to solve business issues.

Just a few of the business applications that Web chat can address include:

• Reduction of customer service, call center, or help desk costs through Internet-based real time support vs. telephone support
• Integration of geographically disparate groups of people into working teams and meetings
• Better decision-making through the real-time exchange of detailed information among large groups of people (e.g., financial services trading desks)
• Live chat and BBS are proven traffic generators for Web sites, making sites more attractive to advertisers.

• Sales support, including live trials and collateral
• Free priority technical support (via phone and live chat)
• Qualified leads
• Sales and technical training.

eShare Technologies Inc., (www.eshare.com) is the only company focused on creating powerful Web-based interpersonal communications software that can be readily and easily deployed by corporations, organizations, and individuals seeking to create highly interactive "inclusive" worlds that promote productivity, participation, and partnership. With early-stage financing from SOFTBANK Ventures, Inc., Chase Capital Partners, and Flatiron Partners, the Commack, NY, software developer has launched eShare Expressions, a breakthrough product that is redefining the chat market. The pioneering company has a blue-chip client list that includes Lotus Development, Sony Music, OnLive! Technologies, GeoCities, and Hit the Beach.

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