Volano Chosen as First Featured Chat Software in Sun's 100% Pure Java Hall of Fame Web site

SAN FRANCISCO, California, December 18, 1997 - Volano LLC, makers of the first 100% Pure Java™ chat solution, has been named as the first chat software to be featured in Sun's 100% Pure Java Hall of Fame Web site.

It is a great honor to be selected from a field of all the companies that have 100% Pure Java certified applications, said John Neffenger, president and chief technology officer of Volano. Programming in Java afforded our company the ability to come to market quickly with an internationalized, multi-platform chat solution that effectively competes with the non-Java alternatives.

Volano was recognized for the success of VolanoChat and VolanoChatPro, the first 100% Pure Java™ chat solution to be offered to Internet Service Providers and corporate Intranet customers. The VolanoChat product line provides a cost-effective, easy-to-use means to implement Web communications for community building, on-line training, help desk applications, and a wide range of related applications. By implementing chat as a 100% Pure Java-based technology, Volano is able to offer its customers a platform-independent means to implement chat without requiring proprietary software of browser plug-ins.

Volano's VolanoChat was chosen as a feature for the 100% Pure Java Hall of Fame because of the market interest and acceptance for their chat server software, said George Paolini, director of corporate marketing at Sun Microsystems' JavaSoft division. We are always pleased to see companies succeed as a result of their support for the 100% Pure Java industry initiative.

Sun's 100% Pure Java Hall of Fame is a Web site where companies with 100% Pure Java certified products are listed. Two or more companies will be featured on a regular basis with success stories about their 100% Pure Java products.