AlphaServ.com EXPANDS NQL'S PLATFORM FLEXIBILITY

The NQL Internet division of AlphaServ.com unveiled the development roadmap for its Network Query Language and IQ application series for the remainder of 2000, with support for the Linux Operating System first on the agenda.

The technical roadmap for NQL consists of two main elements: a Java Edition of the NQL core technology, and the porting of NQL to handheld devices. JavaNQL 1.0 is expected to be released later this summer and will run on multiple desktop and server operating systems. The first order of business will be to qualify the Java Edition for use with the Linux Operating System. After Java/Linux certification, the company intends to test and certify the Java Edition later in the year with other platforms including the Macintosh, Solaris and other flavors of UNIX.

NQL's core technology was first released in April of this year with availability for Windows 98, Windows NT and Windows 2000. "Although support for Windows gives us access to the mainstream desktop market and a significant percentage of the server market, there is a strong demand for intelligent agent-based network applications from users of all platforms," said Denny Michael, NQL's vice president of marketing. "The NQL technical roadmap is a reflection of our commitment to becoming the standard in intelligent infrastructure software tools and applications."

The company's long-term plan is to port Network Query Language to run natively on a variety of wireless handheld devices, including Palm VII's and Pocket PC's. "The mobile appliance sector is a huge growth market that is particularly suited to NQL intelligent agent applications," said Michael. "This wireless support is an extension of the product's current ability to support handheld devices through a Web server hosting the NQL technology."

In addition to the expanded availability of the Network Query Language core technology to multiple platforms and additional support for handheld devices, NQL expects that the roadmap events will increase the market for packaged applications such as those in its IQ Series: IQ Web Collector, IQ Shopper and other NQL-based applications on the horizon.

Michael continued, "In addition to the IQ Series of applications, we are in the process of developing a platform code named 'Content Anywhere,' which will provide an end-to-end enterprise solution for large-scale clients." The company intends to release additional information regarding the platform as it reaches specific milestones in the development process.

About AlphaServ.com

AlphaServ.com (d.b.a. name for Alpha Microsystems) recently received approval from its shareholders to change its name to NQL Inc and plans to change its Nasdaq ticker symbol to NQLI in approximately 30 days. The company operates an Internet technologies division, based upon its Network Query Language, and the DCi professional services division. NQL provides Internet software solutions to the global marketplace. This division develops and deploys enabling software technologies based on its Network Query Language to partner systems integrators, Fortune 1000 corporations, Internet communities and marketplaces, software vendors and Internet-based service providers. For more information, visit www.nqli.com or call 888-785-3370. The company's DCi professional services division is a provider of Internet and intranet consulting and networking, onsite network support for customers primarily located in the Northeastern U.S. For more information, visit the company's Web site at www.alphaserv.com.