CrossAccess' legacy data expertise gives IBM's Websphere customers speed and 
agility that they previously couldn't get.

This is exciting news for WebSphere users - or potential users - who have
legacy data that needs to fit seamlessly into their infrastructure.

Best Regards,
Jill Purdy                                        
Public Relations Director
CrossAccess Corporation
704-236-2501
jpurdy@crossaccess.com

PRESS RELEASE

CrossAccess Works with IBM
to Support WebSphere Data Access Capabilities

CrossAccess' eXadas Delivers Speed and Scale to IBM WebSphere Customers

Santa Clara, Calif., June 25, 2001 - CrossAccess Corporation, a data
integration company, today announced that its flagship product, eXadas,
will support IBM's WebSphere* Application Server.  The capabilities of
eXadas will help WebSphere customers to reduce labor costs and development
time in both initial implementations and ongoing expansions of WebSphere
implementations.  By using eXadas with WebSphere, developers can easily
access S/390, MVS and VSE non-relational data sources using IBM DB2*
Universal Database compatible SQL.  eXadas provides both SQL read and write
capabilities through a J2EE compliant connector for accessing and updating
legacy data sources with no legacy database or mainframe programming. This
capability will allow  businesses to dynamically integrate up-to-the-second
data from production databases rather than use a copy of yesterday's
inventory data. 

"IBM continues to provide functional and flexible solutions to WebSphere
customers that address the mission-critical function of legacy data
integration," said Scott Hebner, director, WebSphere Application Server and
Application Development Tools for IBM.  "Working with companies like
CrossAccess, IBM continues to provide the solutions that deliver
leading-edge e-business integration solutions." 

IBM's WebSphere Application Server supports all databases that conform to
the JDBC access standards.  However, as many industry articles have
reported, over 80 percent of enterprise data remains stored in
non-relational data sources like IMS, Adabas, VSAM, IDMS and others that
are not JDBC or ODBC compliant.  Some have replicated this critical data
into LAN-accessible relational databases, which can result in significant
data latency and synchronization challenges.  Others have integrated these
enterprise data sources using time-consuming and skills-dependent
custom-programmed access modules with Java wrappers.   

eXadas replaces these costly approaches using immediate and universal JDBC
and ODBC access to all types of mainframe enterprise data including IMS,
VSAM, IDMS, Adabas, Datacom, DL1, DB2 and Sequential, making eXadas a
technology for applications that focus on information control and access to
legacy data sources.   

WebSphere applications typically address critical e-commerce requirements
that demand transactional speed and global scale.  The latest release of
eXadas, is specifically designed to facilitate efficient data access in
high volume applications. 
"Customer benchmarks consistently demonstrate sub-second response times, even 
during peak load stress tests," said George Langan, president of CrossAccess. 
 "One customer experienced an unexpected 500 percent increase in activity
without any degradation in performance or noticeable impact on mainframe
resources.  In all cases, eXadas exceeded expectations." 

"CrossAccess is committed to providing solutions leveraging IBM WebSphere
that will address the legacy data integration imperative," continued Langan.
"CrossAccess has a long, successful relationship with IBM and expects the
popularity of WebSphere to continue to skyrocket."

About IBM's (NYSE: IBM) WebSphere Software
WebSphere is Internet infrastructure software - known as middleware - that
enables companies to develop, deploy and integrate next-generation
e-business applications, such as those for business-to-business e-commerce.
WebSphere supports business applications from simple Web publishing through
enterprise-scale transaction processing.  WebSphere transforms the way
businesses manage customer, partner and employee relationships.  More
information about the WebSphere software platform is on the Web at 
http://www.ibm.com/websphere.

About CrossAccess Corporation
CrossAccess Corporation, a data integration company based in Santa Clara,
California, pioneered the concept of legacy data integration and now leads
the industry in delivering comprehensive solutions for creating and
managing legacy data.  CrossAccess enables companies throughout the world
to provide universal access to enterprise data from the desktop to the Web.
Its software is specifically designed to help companies navigate the many
paths to e-business and accelerate e-business applications through legacy
data integration.  CrossAccess is the Original Equipment Manufacturer 
of the IMS and VSAM access technology utilized in IBM's Classic Connect®
offering and maintains strategic relationships with IBM, Sagent, Metagon
Technologies, MERANT, Software AG and other database and tool vendors.  For
more information, 
visit the company's website at www.crossaccess.com.
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eXadas is a trademark of CrossAccess Corporation. Other trade names and
trademarks used herein are the property of their respective owners.

*indicates trademark or registered trademark of International Business
Machines Corporation.  All other products or company names mentioned are
used for identification purposes only, and may be trademarks of their
respective owners.