SmartMode Releases Version 1.0

San Francisco, CA - July 23, 2001 - Today SmartMode released Version 1.0 of
its category leading Rapid JavaServer Pages (JSP) Development tools,
available for download from http://www.smartmode.com. SmartMode enables JSP
and Servlet developers to build dynamic, interactive web sites with
distinct display, business logic, and database layers in minutes, resulting
in radically reduced costs and an accelerated time to market. Because
SmartMode integrates with most application servers and IDEs, developers can
immediately take advantage of SmartMode's time- and cost-saving features.

SmartMode starts you with a great framework and powerful tools for
developing scalable JSP sites and it encourages good practices going
forward,"""""""" said Oleg Proudnikov, CEO of Tigne Services. """"""""SmartMode does
magical things out of the box and opens a wide range of possibilities.""""""""

With over 1,000 downloads during the beta period, SmartMode users include
large and small-scale technology consulting firms, Fortune 1000 financial
services companies, health care organizations, federal institutions, and
electronic commerce companies.

""""""""We are very excited about SmartModes customer wins,"""""""" said David Pollak,
SmartMode's CTO. """"""""Over the coming months, well be building new features
into SmartMode, adding a visual interface that enhances the power of the
product, and responding to user and partner feedback.

SmartMode Version 1.0 features easier installation, enhanced documentation
and tutorials, tag library support, compatibility with Linux, Solaris,
Windows NT/2000, and Mac OS X, support for more application servers
including BEA WebLogic, IBM WebSphere, Borland AppServer and Tomcat, as
well as support for databases including Oracle 8i, Microsoft SQL Server,
IBM DB/2 and PostgreSQL.

SmartMode reduces web site development time and costs by 50% or more while
enhancing maintainability and scalability of enterprise web sites.
Information architects use SmartMode SiteMap to set up a site in minutes
and ensure a consistent user experience. HTML developers use SmartMode
Wizard to instantly create transactional multi-screen data entry wizards
that map between JavaBeans and Enterprise JavaBeans and HTML forms. Java
architects define data schemas using the SmartMode Halogen
object-relational mapping tool, which ensures schema consistency across
Java, SQL databases, and XML. SmartMode dynamically generates Java classes
that can be invoked from JSP pages, Servlets, and other Java programs.
Developers benefit from SmartMode's open, standards-based approach, which
preserves investments in existing tools, training, and infrastructure.

SmartMode interoperates with JSP 1.1 JavaServer Pages and Servlet 2.2
engines including BEA WebLogic 6.x, IBM WebSphere 4.0+, Tomcat, and Borland
AppServer. SmartMode works on Linux, Solaris, Windows NT/2000, and Mac OS
X. SmartMode Halogen maps Java objects and Enterprise JavaBeans to Oracle
8i, Microsoft SQL Server, IBM DB/2, PostgreSQL 7.1, and HSQLDB.

Download SmartMode Version 1.0 from www.smartmode.com.