Advantage Database Server 5.5 Introduces StreamlineSQL.

BOISE, Idaho--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 28, 1999--

A new concept will be introduced to developers this August when Extended Systems (Nasdaq/NMS:XTND) releases Advantage Database Server 5.5 with StreamlineSQL(tm).

The embedded database server integrated SQL solution is fast, efficient and effective. It costs less than competing products and does not require a database administrator to maintain, even though SQL support has been added. This has been achieved, according to Advantage Business Unit Manager Pat Sheridan, by focusing product design and functionality implementation on performance and stability. "Performance is king," said Sheridan. "We don't build anything into Advantage that is going to bog down the server. Our goal is to save developers time and money by giving them a product that runs lean and fast."

Integrated SQL capabilities were added to the Advantage core navigational client/server engine through Extended Systems' new StreamlineSQL technology. The SQL engine handles a subset of ANSI-92 SQL grammar and comes with interfaces designed for specific development environments including Delphi, C++Builder, CA-Clipper, CA-Visual Objects, Microsoft Visual Basic, Microsoft Visual C/C++, Microsoft Visual FoxPro and FoxPro 2.6.

Optimum performance is ensured by core functions such as row level locking for fast update concurrency, multiple user read-through locking for superior reading concurrency, and small footprint and memory requirements.

Advantage Database Server 5.5 with StreamlineSQL:

-- Native SQL on the remote and local server

-- A TDataSet descendant with functionality equivalent to TQuery

and TTable

-- Stronger table and record encryption to protect data from

prying eyes

-- Memo recycling to efficiently re-use file space

-- Royalty-free distribution for local and shared environments

-- Database administrator not required for maintenance

Pricing and Availability

Advantage Database Server 5.5 is scheduled to begin shipping the second week of August. Prices range from $615 for the five-user version to $7,495 for the 1000-user version (U.S. and Canada). Call 1-800-235-7576 for product information or visit the Advantage Web site at www.AdvantageDatabase.com.

Media Evaluation Units

Advantage Database Server 5.5 beta evaluation units will be available to media starting July 19. Please contact Joanne Eshow, Extended Systems media relations manager, at 1-800-235-7576 or joannee@extendsys.com.

About Advantage

The Advantage Database Server is a scalable, seamless, high-performance DBMS for mobile, networked, and Internet networked database applications. Through its customized development interfaces, Advantage allows developers to work with the same easy-to-use development tools and methodology with which they are familiar, but replaces the distributed PC database architecture with a client/server model. Developers can deliver PC database applications that grow as the business grows without adding a tremendous amount of complexity and cost to the development cycle.

The Advantage Database Server is available either as a Novell NetWare NLM or a Microsoft Windows NT Service.

About Extended Systems

Extended Systems designs, develops, markets and sells mobile connectivity, data management and printing solutions. Founded in 1984, Extended Systems currently employs over 350 people worldwide and has an extensive domestic and international distribution network. The company has offices in the U.S. and Canada and subsidiaries in France, Germany, Italy, the UK, Netherlands and Singapore.

Extended Systems' common stock is traded on the Nasdaq National Market under the symbol "XTND." For more information, please contact Joanne Eshow at Extended Systems, Incorporated, 5777 North Meeker Avenue, Boise, ID 83713. Telephone: 208/322-7575. Fax: 208/377-1906. Web: www.extendedsystems.com.

Certain matters set forth in this press release, such as Extended Systems' ability to successfully exploit technological and market developments and to penetrate new markets, are forward-looking statements that are subject to risks and uncertainties. These include the impact of competitive products and pricing, alternative technological advances, the timely and successful development and market acceptance of new products, upgrades to existing products and other risks as detailed from time-to-time in Extended Systems' SEC filings, including its 1998 Annual Report on Form 10-K and Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q to be filed by the company in fiscal 1999.