WILLOW TECHNOLOGY DELIVERS IBM MQSERIES FOR ENTERPRISE INTEGRATIONON SGI'S IRIX PLATFORM

MQSeries for IRIX Provides Seamless Data Exchange for High-Performance Multiplatform Environments

DALLAS, TX-April 26, 1999--Willow Technology, Inc. today announced the availability of its MQSeries server product for SGI's (NYSE:SGI) IRIX operating system. MQSeries for IRIX, a fully compliant version of IBM's (NYSE:IBM) industry-leading MQSeries messaging software, enables users to exchange information between applications, regardless of hardware and operating systems.

Today's announcement follows the recent signing of an agreement between Willow and SGI under which Willow will produce and sell a complete range of fully compliant MQSeries products for IRIX, and Willow and SGI will jointly market MQSeries to SGI customers worldwide.

"Global 2000 customers in industries such as finance, telecommunications and manufacturing rely on MQSeries to support their business critical operations. These companies are looking for assured message delivery, compatibility and connectivity between highly scalable, reliable, high performance systems -- a solution that Willow and SGI offer," said Gary Clueit, CEO of Willow Technology while launching the new product at the CICS and MQSeries Expo. "With MQSeries for IRIX, SGI customers will be able to easily integrate applications running on IRIX systems into the enterprise."

"By teaming with Willow, SGI is elevating our commitment to customers' satisfaction one step higher by delivering leading interoperability solutions on IRIX, the dominant UNIX platform for high-performance systems," said Todd Johnson, senior vice president, Server Solutions, SGI. "SGI's high-performance servers are the leading platforms for key industries and government sectors that will benefit from this joint effort, and enable reliable delivery of mission critical data with MQSeries for IRIX."

"By introducing support for SGI systems, Willow continues to enhance the value proposition of MQSeries as the premier vehicle for customers addressing business integration issues," said Bill Reedy, vice president of marketing, IBM Transaction Systems Software.

The MQSeries for IRIX server is available available directly from Willow for the English, French, German and Spanish language markets. U.S. list prices start at $7.000.

Willow Technology and SGI will be exhibiting together at the CICS and MQSeries Expo in Dallas, April 25-28, and the Transaction and Messaging Congress in Prague, October 11-19, 1999.

About Willow Technology
Willow Technology, Inc. is the leading independent provider of fully compliant MQSeries client and server products, developed under license from IBM. Willow sells and supports both its own and IBM's MQSeries products, and offers system integration, custom development, proof of concept and consultancy services for MQSeries. Willow can be reached at: phone +1-408-377-7292; fax +1-408-377-7293; e-mail info@willowtech.com; home page http://www.willowtech.com.

About IRIX
IRIX, SGI's Year 2000-compliant version of UNIX, exemplifies the company's heritage in UNIX leadership and innovation with unparalleled ccNUMA scalability and enterprise system management capabilities that reduce total cost of ownership of an IT environment. The IRIX operating system is binary-compatible across SGI's entire line of workstations, servers and supercomputers, effectively unifying and balancing system administration throughout an enterprise.

About MQSeries
IBM MQSeries, the most widely used message-queuing software on the market, enables users to exchange information between applications across more than 35 different platforms, from mainframes to PCs. This award-winning software enables business integration throughout the enterprise. MQSeries' asynchronous technology assures message delivery even when programs or networks fail or the target system is temporarily unavailable. MQSeries uses a simple, high-level application programming interface that shields developers from operating systems and network complexities and enables them to concentrate on application design. For more information on MQSeries, visit http://www.software.ibm.com/ts/mqseries/.