FreeDrive Uses Its MAP API To Extend Its Global Information Access System; FreeDrive Partners...

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 16, 2001

FreeDrive, Inc. (http://www.freedrive.com), the global leader in consumer and commercial web-based storage application solutions, continues to leads the online storage application industry by being the first

"MAP has enabled FreeDrive to easily bundle Air2Web's (http://www.air2web.com) Mobile Internet Platform into its web-based storage applications technology. With this integration, customers can now access, view, manage and email their files (including word documents, photographs, and spreadsheets) from any web-enabled phone (WAP), personal digital assistant (PDA), such as a Palm or pager.

"MAP gives our customers access to our applications and EMC storage at EDS, using SOAP and XML in a secure, consistent fashion -- and is quickly becoming the industry standard for how company's integrate online storage applications into their internal and external products," said Rich Berner, FreeDrive's CTO. "MAP allowed us to quickly bundle Air2Web's wireless platform into our offering with minimal use of development resources."

MAP is an API that gives FreeDrive customers the ability to call functions such as login, get file structure, and e-mail file, and then receive well-defined XML. Customers can then transform this XML for their specific needs. Air2Web uses MAP to retrieve customer information in XML and transform it for the appropriate wireless device. Customers can access, share and manage proprietary data in a secure environment -- no matter where they are. A sales representative in the field can access his or her files via a web-enabled phone, PDA or pager. If a customer requests a copy of a past sales order, a salesperson can use a mobile device to access the specific file and have it e-mailed directly to the customer.

"Accessing information via any wireless web-enabled device has been a key part of our strategy from the very beginning," said Dave Falter, president and COO of FreeDrive. "Bundling Air2Web's Mobile Internet Platform into our offering allows customers to access and manage their data from even more wireless devices, and developing MAP gave us the capability to deploy this functionality cost effectively."

"Wirelessly enabling an application can be a very difficult task," said Dale Gonzalez, Air2Web's VP of Wireless Development. "FreeDrive's MAP made integration simple. We are trying to get more customers to move toward this type of integration."

"A business' employees and customers often need global access to their data and the ability to share and back-up critical information," said Sanjoy Malik, Air2Web's president and CEO. "We feel this accessibility and convenience is crucial to a mobile sales force, as well as a customer care operation and will go a long way in helping businesses maximize their efficiency and maintain excellent customer service. We are looking forward to having this service available to our customer base."

About FreeDrive

FreeDrive (www.freedrive.com) offers secure data storage applications for consumers via the Internet. FreeDrive's offering allows consumers to store, access and organize their data files (including spreadsheets, photographs, images, video, HTML and MP-3), which may be shared with friends and family members. FreeDrive currently has more than 15 million registered users.

FreeDrive technology supports the growing market for wireless, Internet-accessible, thin memory devices such as cell phones, pagers, handhelds, pocket PCs and set-top boxes.

About Air2Web

Air2Web, based in Atlanta, provides the most comprehensive programming environment to wirelessly enable critical back-end solutions like EAI, SFA, CRM, ERP, and SCM systems. Air2Web provide wireless delivery to all carrier, networks, and devices through a single coding effort and offers seamless support, text and data blending. Air2Web's customers comprise the largest number of enterprises with the highest-volume production applications including UPS, ABN AMRO, Lexmark International, Bass Hotels & Resorts, ADC Telecommunications, Digital Insight, CBS SportsLine, and other leading finance, travel & hospitality, media & entetainment, health care, retail, and transportation companies. For more information about Air2Web, please visit http://www.air2web.com.