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AvantGo and Handera Join Forces to Mobilize the Enterprise
Posted Sunday, November 25, 2001 by PDA Center

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
For more information, contact:
Robin Shiverick
Evans Partners/ for HandEra
(650) 595-2668
robin@evanspartners.com

Karen Logsdon
AvantGo, Inc.
(510) 259-4054
klogsdon@avantgo.com

AVANTGO AND HANDERA JOIN FORCES TO MOBILIZE THE ENTERPRISE
Medical, Pharmaceutical, Financial, Law and other Vertical Markets Benefit from Powerful, Comprehensive Mobile Solutions

DES MOINES, Iowa and SAN MATEO, Calif. November 19, 2001 HandEra, Inc. (www.handera.com), a leading provider of handheld computing devices for business professionals, today announced a strategic relationship with AvantGo, Inc. (NASDAQ: AVGO), the leading provider of mobile enterprise software. The two companies are extending AvantGo M-Business Server software to the HandEra 330* handheld computer to demonstrate a complete, secure mobile computing package to organizations looking for an integrated handheld solution.

In addition to sales and co-marketing efforts, the relationship involves testing, training and channel support. The AvantGo sales team is demonstrating AvantGo's award-winning software on the HandEra 330, presenting a comprehensive enterprise package to customer prospects to highlight what a complete, tightly integrated solution might look like in the field.

"Already widely adopted in healthcare organizations, HandEra provides an enterprise-ready device that also excels in pharmaceutical, financial and a variety of other professional environments where AvantGo has built a strong customer base, said Mike Aufricht, chief marketing officer for AvantGo. "Together we deliver a best-of-breed mobile infrastructure solution with proven applications that save valuable corporate resources and provide built-in integration with back-end systems. It's an easy and cost-effective solution with proven ROI for any enterprise, large
or small."

"This relationship has tremendous value for both companies. AvantGo opens doors for HandEra into the enterprise, where AvantGo has long been recognized for its technology and expertise, and the HandEra 330 showcases the full power of AvantGo's technology to potential customers, said Mike Downey, CEO of HandEra. "The rich features and greater storage capability of the HandEra 330 combined with the security and ease of integration of AvantGo software bring a host of benefits to the enterprise."

Featuring two expansion slots and a high-resolution QVGA screen, the Palm Powered HandEra 330 excels in data-intensive, demanding corporate environments and represents a unique hardware platform for enterprise deployment. AvantGo M-Business Server software enables businesses to increase the value of their corporate information systems by extending existing enterprise applications and critical information to employees, customers and business partners.

For more information about HandEra and AvantGo, please visit the web sites at www.handera.com and www.avantgo.com.

About AvantGo
AvantGo, Inc. (Nasdaq: AVGO) is the leading provider of mobile enterprise software. AvantGo solutions automate business processes and improve the exchange of information between companies and their employees and customers, resulting in improved business efficiencies and more effective customer interactions. AvantGo solutions include the best-of-breed mobile software platform for creating and deploying enterprise applications, proven customer relationship management (CRM), supply chain management (SCM) and personal information management (PIM) mobile business applications, and professional services to assist in the strategy, design and delivery of end-to-end mobile solutions. AvantGo's customers, which include 28 of the Fortune 100 and over 2500 companies in 50 countries, include McKesson Corporation, Ford Motor Company, Cisco Systems, FedEx, Scottish Power, The US Senate, Tyco, Harvard Medical School, American Express, The World Economic Forum, BG Group, plc., Genencor and Alcatel.
For more information, please visit www.avantgo.com.

About HandEra
HandEra, Inc. is a leading provider of powerful handheld computing devices for business professionals. Makers of the Palm Powered TRGpro and HandEra 330, the company delivers an integrated product line of hardware and software based on open standards. HandEra products are powerful enough for corporations, yet flexible and easy to use for everyday personal use. The company has strategic relations with market leaders such as AvantGo, IDEO, Novatel, OmniSky, Palm and Symbol Technologies. Through innovative engineering, HandEra is helping to shape the next generation of personal computing.

Founded in 1992, the company previously operated under the name TRG Products, Inc. HandEra is a privately held company based in Des Moines, Iowa.

Cautionary Statement
Except for historical information, all of the expectations and assumptions contained in the foregoing are forward-looking statements involving risks and uncertainties. Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from such forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, the success of the relationship between the parties, the extent to which the technology enables businesses to increase the value of their corporate information systems, and the ability of customers to experience the anticipated benefits such as bringing increased value to their corporate information systems. For additional information regarding these and other risks associated with the companies business, refer to the companies latest filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Form 10-K and Form 10-Q.

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