TANTAU Sells InfoCharger DM Technology to Accrue SW

TANTAU Software Inc, a leading provider of software and services that enable companies to conduct mobile ecommerce (m-commerce), sold its InfoCharger technology to Accrue Software Inc last month. Accrue, a leading provider of eBusiness analytic solutions for optimizing visitor response to Web-based campaign, content, commerce and affiliate initiatives, purchased InfoCharger for 1.67 million shares of Accrue stock and (US)$5 million in cash, which will enable TANTAU to focus on investments in its core m-commerce technology and services. Coupled with TANTAU's recent series B funding of (US)$40 million, the company has the significant resources required to accelerate its plans for growth.

"Proceeds from the sale of InfoCharger will be used to increase distribution and delivery capabilities directly and through partnerships and to bolster TANTAU's leadership through the introduction of new product features and services," said John Sims, president and CEO of TANTAU. "Our strength lies in enabling enterprises to offer wired and wireless ecommerce services to their customers in the most direct and secure manner possible. The sale of our data mining technology will allow us to focus on our core m-commerce business, where we've quickly established a strong leadership position."

"Accrue's acquisition of the InfoCharger technology significantly expands the scalability of our eBusiness analysis capabilities. It will enable us to provide a high level of intelligence to today's largest sites that receive more than one billion hits per day," said Richard Kreysar, president and CEO of Accrue Software. "These sites generate tens to hundreds of gigabytes of data each day, and efficiently storing and analyzing this information has become a monumental challenge. InfoCharger is the only technology designed from the ground up to address and solve this problem."

InfoCharger is an extremely scalable Internet data mining technology for processing and analyzing data in large databases. Using a highly parallel architecture, InfoCharger provides comprehensive and innovative data reduction techniques and in-memory processing to efficiently process and analyze billions of Web hits and 100's of millions of page views per day. It can deliver linear scaling to large Internet enterprises and can be deployed across hardware using NT or Unix operating systems. Accrue plans to integrate InfoCharger into an upcoming release of its Accrue Insight product due out in Q4 2000.

About TANTAU

TANTAU Software Inc is a leading provider of software and services that enable enterprises to conduct high-volume, secure, mobile ecommerce transactions while maintaining direct access to their customer. TANTAU's blue-chip customer base includes major financial institutions and stock exchanges around the world. Strategic alliances include Nokia, Hewlett-Packard, Compaq, NEON Systems and Baltimore Technologies. TANTAU is a member of the WAP Forum and Radicchio, the global industry consortium that promotes security for wireless ecommerce. Headquartered in Austin, Texas, TANTAU is a global company with development and sales offices around the world, including Australia, Finland, Holland, Germany, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and the United States. More information can be found on TANTAU's Web site at www.tantau.com.

About Accrue Software

Accrue Software is a leading provider of eBusiness analytic solutions for optimizing visitor response to Web-based campaign, content, commerce and affiliate initiatives. Accrue's complete line of analytic applications offers companies the ability to target their most profitable customers by understanding behavior and purchasing trends for different visitor segments: Converting Clicks to Customers.

Accrue Software was founded in 1996 and has its headquarters in Fremont, Calif., with regional sales offices worldwide. Accrue has strategic partnerships with Annuncio, Art Technology Group, ABC Interactive, BroadVision, DoubleClick, Epicentric, IBM, Informix, Intel/iPivot, JDA, MarketFirst, MicroStrategy, OgilvyOne Interactive, Open Market, Oracle Corporation, Siebel, Unica, Vignette, and Xchange. Accrue Software can be reached at 888-4ACCRUE or 510-580-4500 and at www.accrue.com.

Contact Lois Paul & Partners for TANTAU Software Inc, Misty Zelent, 512-638- 5315, misty_zelent@lpp.com or Accrue Software, Alyce Menton, 510-580-4500, amenton@accrue.com.