News release

WebGain and HP Collaborate to Bridge Java™ and .NET Environments

SANTA CLARA and PALO ALTO, Calif., April 17, 2001

WebGain, Inc., a provider of e-business automation software, and Hewlett-Packard Company (NYSE:HWP) today announced a business relationship to deliver enterprise-class e-business solutions deployable on the HP Bluestone Total-e-server, the application server at the heart of the HP Netaction family of products. HP Netaction provides a bridge between the Microsoft® .NET platform and the Sun Microsystems Enterprise Java platform by integrating XML standards and technologies. WebGain plans to develop versions of VisualCafé™ Enterprise Edition, WebGain Studio™ TopLink™ and Application Composer™ that are optimized for the HP Netaction family.

Under the agreement, HP and WebGain will dedicate engineering, professional services, sales and marketing resources to developing solutions that advance enterprise-class strategies for e-business automation. HP will adopt WebGain Studio Professional for internal application development projects. WebGain will bundle evaluation copies of HP Bluestone Total-e-server with all of its products.

"Both HP and WebGain understand the need for a platform-agnostic approach to e-business applications and automation," said Joe Menard, CEO of WebGain. "This relationship with HP allows us to extend our pervasive platform coverage and gives developers a bridge to a greater variety of platforms."

"HP believes the next wave of business development opportunities will require a degree of flexibility that closed, non-standards-based systems cannot provide," said Bill Russell, vice president, HP Software Solutions Organization. "Today, HP is meeting that requirement with an open standards, multi-OS solution to software that enhances the approach taken by WebGain and its WebGain Studio suite of application development products."

About HP

Hewlett-Packard Company -- a leading global provider of computing and imaging solutions and services -- is focused on making technology and its benefits accessible to individuals and businesses through simple appliances, useful e-services and solutions for an Internet infrastructure that's always on.

HP had total revenue from continuing operations of $48.8 billion in its 2000 fiscal year. Information about HP and its products can be found on the World Wide Web at http://www.hp.com.

About WebGain

WebGain, Inc., automates the creation, integration, and continuous improvement of enterprise-class e-business applications across a variety of application servers. WebGain Studio Professional, the company's flagship product, reduces time to market for e-business applications and improves application completeness and quality. Privately held, WebGain, Inc., is headquartered in Santa Clara, Calif., and is on the Web at www.webgain.com.

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