Antepo Announces PresenceWare: Java-Based Presence Platform

Creates Dynamic Database to Aggregate Presence Information Across Multiple Applications

New York, NY - January 8, 2003 - Antepo, Inc., (www.antepo.com) the leader in Java-based multi-protocol presence platforms, today announced PresenceWare[tm], the first open Presence platform built to leverage the power and popularity of Java[tm] environments. Presence is the information that establishes the difference between real-time versus delayed communications in internet services, enterprise, telephony, and mobile applications. Antepo PresenceWare allows developers to Collect, Aggregate and Distribute rapidly changing presence information in their applications through a set of open programming interfaces.

"Presence gives users a choice over how they communicate, and PresenceWare is designed to build this flexibility into a range of environments from internet services to enterprise collaboration", stated Maxime Seguineau, CEO and Chairman of Antepo. "We designed our platform to bring Presence information to the Java community, the largest body of Internet applications developers in the world".

PresenceWare delivers a central database to Collect, Aggregate and Distribute Presence information in real-time. Presence information is collected from desktop, mobile and communications applications. Data is aggregated into single database of attributes including availability, location and identity data for each user. And changes are distributed to authorized programs that subscribe to presence for each user.    The result is a single interface that allows programs to make communications decisions based on the availability, location, or identity of users in all other connected programs.

PresenceWare builds on the scalability, robustness, and network integration of commercial Java and J2EE[tm] environments. Over 3 million developers world-wide depend on the rich features of the Java programming environment, and PresenceWare creates a Presence data repository that is accessible using standard Java protocols and interfaces.

The PresenceWare platform and developer APIs will be available in February 2003. For more information please contact info@antepo.com.

About Antepo
Antepo is the leader in Java-based Multi-protocol Presence platforms. Antepo's flagship product, PresenceWare[tm] helps developers create applications that improve end-user choice, enhance productivity and increase revenues through Presence-aware products and services.

Antepo is a global company headquartered in New York, NY with business development and support offices in Paris, France and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. For more information, please visit http://www.antepo.com

Media contact
Don Bergal
Vice-President, North America
Antepo, Inc.
720 482-7900
don.bergal@antepo.com