BackWeb Technologies, announced an OEM license agreement with i7 Business Solutions that enables i7 to integrate its component-based Internet application INTELLIinformation with BackWeb’s Internet communications platform. This integration enables the delivery of time-sensitive, business-critical information from internal or external sources to targeted end-users within a single application interface. The INTELLIinformation Solution package, with BackWeb’s Internet communications platform, provides a document management and delivery process for consulting companies and systems integrators. BackWeb’s Flash technology will be used to deliver time-sensitive, project-critical information to the desktop of the user. The Flashes can contain any type of file or media, and are automatically delivered to a consultant or systems integrator’s desktop, regardless of the application in use. The notifications can be set for minimum, medium or maximum priority depending on the urgency of the message. In addition to the INTELLIinformation Solution package, i7 Business Solutions and BackWeb Technologies are currently working with several insurance companies in Europe to create an application designed specifically for the insurance industry. www.i7-business.com, www.backweb.com.

NCompass Labs, a provider of Web publishing and content management solutions, and Information Access, Inc. (IAI), a value-added distributor of document management solutions, today announced that IAI has joined the NCompass Labs Partner Program. This partnership will allow IAI to resell NCompass Resolution, the leading Web content architecture application, as part of its Web document management solution offerings. www.ncompasslabs.com, .

Interleaf, Inc. announced it has agreed to acquire substantially all of the assets of Texcel International AB, provider of XML-enabled content management solutions. Texcel, founded in 1991, provides software and services to corporations and government agencies that depend on information access and efficient reuse for competitive advantage, through its product, Information Manager. The integration of Information Manager

Verity, Inc. announced that it has named Gary J. Sbona to the position of Chairman of its Board of Directors. Sbona has been Verity’s President and Chief Executive Officer since July 1997 and has been a Board member since May 1998. Verity also announced that it has extended its agreement with Regent Pacific Management Corporation to run through August 31, 2000. Under the amended agreement, Regent Pacific continues to provide the services of Gary J. Sbona as President and Chief Executive Officer, and continues the services of other principals of Regent Pacific who have been part of Verity’s executive management team since July 1997. The new agreement provides Verity with an option to further extend the term of this agreement through February 2001. www.verity.com

Radian Systems, Inc. announced the extension of its WSDOM family of products by releasing two software applications, WSDOM XML-Xpress and WSDOM XML-Portal, based on XML. These applications provide the means to take legacy data in any form and distribute it via the Internet. WSDOM XML-Xpress allows companies to take information from virtually any Legacy database or application and transform it to XML-tagged files. WSDOM XML-Portal serves as a repository and manager for XML-tagged data. It is the entry point to an organization where users can configure and view personalized information using a Web browser. www.radsys.com

At CeBit, Oracle previewed technology for delivering dynamic Web content to users of mobile devices, including GSM smart-phones, Windows CE devices and Palm Pilots. The technology, code-named “Project Panama,” will allow Internet and mobile service providers to deliver personalized services directly to mobile devices without having to modify content for them. Content providers will benefit from the ability to extend their reach beyond the desktop PC to a whole new group of mobile device users. Currently, service and content providers and mobile operators must create custom Web content designed to meet the special requirements of mobile devices, including limited screen size and memory. Project Panama will remove the limitations of retrieving Web-based material by automatically translating the HTML- or XML-based format of Internet content to the languages understood by wireless devices. Utilizing protocols including Wireless Access Protocol (WAP), Project Panama will enable access to all existing Web content through mobile devices. Project Panama is slated to be integrated into the existing network infrastructure and will be built on top of Oracle