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Skoda Auto Deutschland Selects SEAGULL's Wireless-to-Host Solution

28 February 2000

Skoda Auto Deutschland Selects SEAGULL's Wireless-to-Host Solution for WAP Pilot Project

    DORDRECHT, The Netherlands, Feb. 25 -- Today SEAGULL
has announced at CeBIT in Hannover that it has started a pilot project for
Skoda Auto Deutschland GmbH using SEAGULL's Wireless-to-Host(TM) solution.
SEAGULL's software technology enables wireless devices such as mobile phones
and Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs) to interact directly with an
organization's AS/400 or S/390 host-based business systems.  Skoda Auto
Deutschland is the first customer to use this brand-new solution on the German
market.
    Skoda Auto Deutschland is evaluating the use of SEAGULL's Wireless-to-Host
solution as a next step in their e-business strategy.  Skoda wishes to provide
its sales representatives with remote access to its central business
information system, allowing them to check availability or place orders for
cars or car parts using a mobile phone.
    Skoda Auto Deutschland earlier implemented SEAGULL's Web-to-Host solution,
which provides access to Skoda's core AS/400 applications via an Internet
browser.  With these solutions, Skoda Auto Deutschland will significantly
enhance the information flow between its host applications and its 485 local
resellers, who connect via J Walk and an Internet-based Virtual Private
Network (VPN).  In the project, SEAGULL makes use of Nokia's WAP server, WAP
software development toolkit and Nokia WAP-enabled mobile phones.
    "Our IT strategy is based on a very modern infrastructure, providing us
with a competitive advantage in our market.  New technologies such as
SEAGULL's Wireless-to-Host solution fit very well in this strategy," says
Oliver Gottwald, IT Manager of Skoda Auto Deutschland.
    "We are delighted that Skoda, already a customer of SEAGULL, has chosen
our web-enabling solutions again.  This demonstrates that they are satisfied
with our products and services and that they have much faith in our product
strategy," says Sigurd Neumann, Country Manager SEAGULL Deutschland GmbH.
"Our new Wireless-to-Host solution enables this innovative company to quickly
benefit from the advantages of e-business and to achieve significant cost
savings and potential increase of revenue."
    Skoda Auto Deutschland GmbH is a fast-growing subsidiary of Volkswagen
Gruppe and is located in Weiterstadt, near Frankfurt in Germany.  Skoda Auto
Deutschland has annual revenue of approximately DM 1,4 billion (1999).  In
Western Europe, the company has sold approximately 200,000 automobiles, and
revenues are increasing.

    SPECIAL NOTE: All statements in this press release that address operating
performance, events or developments that we expect or anticipate will occur in
the future, including statements expressing general optimism and concerning
the outlook and prospects of the company, are forward-looking statements.
These forward-looking statements are, and will be, based on management's then-
current views and assumptions regarding future events and operating
performance.  Forward-looking statements are subject to certain risks and
uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially, including,
but not necessarily limited to management's ability to manage growth, and hire
and retain qualified employees; unpredictable customer demand; intense
competition; rapid technological change; unpredictable market acceptance of
new products; and market instability and/or reduction in software purchasing
caused by exceptional circumstances.
    SEAGULL provides industry-leading developer's tools, specialized server
software and thin client "viewer" technology to help organizations implement
rapid e-business innovation in direct response to market needs.  The company's
strategic products include J Walk(TM) (for the AS/400) and WinJa(TM) (for the
mainframe), complete development and deployment solutions for taking host
applications to the Web for e-business, integrating with other applications,
and reengineering application workflow.  Other products offered by SEAGULL
include GUI/400(TM), software for integrating AS/400 applications with
client/server architectures and the Web through extensible Windows graphical
thin clients; and TTT(TM), a tool for translating applications into foreign
languages.
    SEAGULL is headquartered in Dordrecht, The Netherlands, with Americas
headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia.  The company was established in 1990 and has
direct operations in the United States, Canada, The Netherlands, Germany,
Italy, France and the United Kingdom, as well as 30 distributors supporting
its operations in 50 countries.  SEAGULL is publicly traded on the Amsterdam
Exchange under the symbol SEAGULL.