Fountain Valley, Calif., May 4, 2000 - Competing in the new global economy is the challenge for every company, regardless of size and resources available. As the first application service provider (ASP) offering a full spectrum of "shrink-wrapped" software products online for rent to corporate and individual customers, Personable.com's new site delivers enhanced productivity tools specifically geared to small businesses, an ever-expanding library of software and essential tools for global competition, such as multi-lingual versions of popular Microsoft Office applications. The new Personable.com makes beating the competition a little easier.

"Personable.com was the first ASP to focus on popular software titles, including full suites of Microsoft Office applications online," said Benjamin Chou, President, Personable.com. "Now we are fulfilling our plans to have Personable.com be a comprehensive small business and consumer ASP, providing an extensive library of software packages, ranging from robust office productivity tools to games and personal enrichment -- all from one central location. We give our customers access to all the software without the hassles of owning and maintaining them, so they can focus on their business - not the infrastructure required to do business."

New corporate subscriber services increase flexibility and productivity

At the heart of the new Personable.com services is the focus on Corporate Accounts. Featuring streamlined graphics and navigation, the new Personable.com site offers new subscription plans and services for corporate customers, especially small businesses. Central to the new design is the Corporate Account Manager. Designed to accommodate multiple users in a business enterprise, Personable.com's Corporate Account service is both affordable and flexible -- providing user-friendly applications, scaleable to the needs of businesses of any size.

With Personable.com managing software installation and upgrades, systems maintenance and daily file back-up, Personable.com essentially fills the role of a company's MIS/IT department - in a virtual environment. New administration functions in the Corporate Account Manager ensure ease of network provisioning and gain maximum flexibility, empowering the Personable.com subscriber to be in total control of the product and service mix throughout their organization.

"Personable.com is the backbone of IT and software services for our subscribers. Our customers rent the software they need, when they need it, and for however long as they need to use it - they are in control of an exceptionally flexible and powerful ASP to be competitive in today's business environment," said Chou.

Using the Personable.com Corporate Account Manager, the corporate administrator can roll out applications throughout the enterprise, including satellite offices and remote workers in home offices, on demand. Personable.com eliminates functions that normally require the dedication of staff and time to manually install software on an employee's desktop. The easy-to-provision Corporate ASP offering of Personable.com allows the corporate administrator to add or delete users as the company grows. Since the software is located remotely on Personable.com servers, companies can also avoid hardware upgrades commonly associated with new software installation . Software roll-outs take only minutes, instead of weeks or days. Personable.com also handles all software updates and routine maintenance.