OnLive! Technologies Announces Support for Check Point Software's Enterprise-Wide Security Initiative

Real-Time Group Communication Leader Teams with Leader in Network Security Software as Founding Member of the OPSEC Alliance

Cupertino, California (April 21, 1997) -- OnLive! Technologies, Inc., the leader in real-time group communication, today announced that it is a founding member of the OPSEC (Open Platform for Secure Enterprise Connectivity) Alliance Partner Program announced today by Check Point Software Technologies. The new OPSEC Alliance is an open, industry-wide initiative dedicated to providing enterprise-wide security solutions. OnLive! will deliver its industry-leading Community Server, which allows Web sites to host large group voice conferences, in full compliance with Check Point Software's OPSEC framework by Q3 1997.

The OPSEC Alliance Partner Program is designed to meet the market demand for policy-based integration. The goal of the OPSEC Alliance is to guarantee interoperability at the policy level between leading edge security products. The Alliance allows customers to easily, seamlessly, and selectively integrate a full spectrum of security applications that are defined and driven by a single, central enterprise-wide security policy. The program is open to all vendors providing the technology building blocks for enterprise security solutions.

"OnLive! is dedicated to moving to a standards-based product line and our partnership with the OPSEC Alliance signifies an important step in achieving our goal ," said Betsy Pace, Chief Executive Officer of OnLive! Technologies. "Through our partnership with Check Point, customers can look forward to seamless interoperability and management for all OnLive! Community Server applications deployed on the Internet and intranet."

OnLive! Technologies offers a line of audio and text based server software products that provide a comprehensive line of Internet and intranet business solutions. The OnLive! Community Server provides live audio conferencing and is the only server software on the market today that enables Web sites to give as many as 100 people the ability to participate in real-time group voice communications. The OnLive! Text Server allows Web sites to give thousands of users the ability to simultaneously chat on a web site.

"We are pleased to be working with partners like OnLive! Technologies as part of our OPSEC Alliance Program," said Asheem Chandna, director of business development at Check Point Software Technologies, Inc. "OnLive! Technologies provides one of the leading Web-based applications, allowing people to communicate in real-time. With the OPSEC framework, their application can securely communicate through the Check Point FireWall-1, guaranteeing customers of interoperability across the enterprise ."

About Check Point Software Technologies Ltd.

Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. is the global network security software market share leader and inventor of the patented "Stateful Inspection" technology. According to a December 1996 report by the Yankee Group, the company's flagship product, Check Point FireWall-1, commanded 44 percent of the worldwide firewall market in the first half of 1996. FireWall-1 protects internal and external network communications for thousands of organizations of all sizes. Its products are sold worldwide through OEM partners, distributors, VARs, systems and network integrators and Internet Service Providers. The company has a U.S. headquarters in Redwood City, California and international headquarters in Ramat-Gan, Israel. For product information, please visit http://www.checkpoint.com, e-mail info@checkpoint.com, or call (800) 429-4391.

About OnLive! Technologies

Headquartered in Cupertino, California, OnLive! Technologies is the leader in real-time group communication. OnLive! offers a full line of client/server software that provides the most effective web-based live group interaction on the Internet or corporate intranets. Products include the OnLive! Community Server for group voice conferencing and the OnLive! Text Server for real-time and threaded text communications. A free 5-user Voice evaluation copy of the OnLive! Community Server software is available for download from the company's Web site for a limited time at http://www.onlive.com/csrv/. A beta version of the new OnLive! Text Server is currently available on the company's Web site at http://www.onlive.com/cgi-bin/text/textreg.cgi.

OnLive! Technologies is a private company whose investors include AT&T, Creative Labs, Intel Corporation, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Merrill Pickard Anderson & Eyre, Mohr Davidow, New Enterprise Association, and SOFTBANK Holdings. For more information regarding OnLive! Technologies, please refer to the company's Web site at http://www.onlive.com, or call (408) 366-6000.

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