Commack, NY (June 13, 1997) — Changing the face of online communications, eShare Technologies, Inc., is releasing eShare Reunion, groundbreaking software that enables any Internet user to easily and inexpensively create and control their own personal chat environment and bulletin board service right on their own PC. Internet users will no longer need to turn to high-end software, expensive chat providers or online services.

The July release of eShare Reunion means that control of the chat room is finally in the hands of the user, returning independent, open communication to the Internet.With just a five-minute installation, a chat room can be set up, made private, password-protected for the safety of family members or the security of confidential discussion; or public, open to meet anyone on the Internet. It can easily be divided into several rooms, profanity filters can be set up and chatters can be removed or barred. Visitors to the site, 15 people at one time on Mac or Windows, need nothing more than browser access to the Internet--no further software purchases, plug-ins or downloads are required.

In addition, eShare Reunion lets users put up a personal bulletin board service that lets discussions carry on, even when the rest of the group isn't online. Users can post messages, list FAQs (frequently asked questions), and disseminate information.

James Tito, CEO of eShare Technologies, said, "We are opening the Internet to people who want to connect with other people--and were doing it with inexpensive, easy to operate software that lets the user have complete control over the chat environment.

Chat is widely recognized as a key to Internet community building. Realizing this potential, GeoCities has already struck a deal for the distribution of eShare Reunion to its members. With more than 650,000 individual homesteaders creating personal Web pages in 37 different themed neighborhoods, GeoCities (www.geocities.com) is the largest online community and the fifth most-trafficked site on the Web (according to PC-Meter's April 1997 report).

eShare Reunion users will not be limited to chatting on just their own servers. To link people using their software, eShare Technologies will provide, free of charge, access to their eShare Midway Server which will enable point and click options including:

• a guide to see what discussions are going on all over the Internet
• the choice to make the chat room accessible to the entire Internet and listing the discussion topic so others can find the site
• the creation of "buddy lists" to see when friends sign on or where they are chatting
• the ability to jump from room to room — technically from server to server — all over the Internet
• the opportunity to page people, even behind corporate firewalls

The company has recently released eShare Expressions for corporate and high-end use and eShare Connections for small business owners. The eShare Midway server can be used by any of these products or purchased for independent use. Their chat software has been the technology of choice to enable events held by leading corporations that include: Lotus Development Corp., MTV and Sony Music; and adapted by companies such as: OnLive! Technologies Inc., Reuters, Fox, Roxy Systems and The Military Network.

eShare Reunion can be used on Windows 95 or Windows NT. Starting July 25, a limited version will be available at no charge for a short time from eShare Technologies' Website (www.eshare.com). Next fall it will be available for purchase from the Website or at retail stores for a list price of $79.

Commack, NY-based eShare Technologies, Inc. (www.eshare.com), the leader in live, online communications, delivers breakthrough, end-to-end, live Web communications solutions for the Internet, Intranet and Extranet. With innovative technologies that include the only distributed architecture for chat, BBS and buddy lists, eShare Technologies' family of products are capable of scaling from personal chat for the home to large corporate Intranet applications for thousands of users. Early-stage funding was provided by SOFTBANK Ventures, Inc., Chase Capital Partners and Flatiron Partners. Their pioneering software has been chosen to enable events held by blue-chip corporations that include: Lotus Development Corp., MTV and Sony Music; and adapted by leading companies such as: OnLive! Technologies, Inc., Reuters, Fox, GeoCities, Roxy Systems and The Military Network.

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