Cargill Selects Aspelle's Secure Enterprise Access Solution to Address Needs of Global Workforce.

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NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 22, 2002

Aspelle, a provider of secure enterprise access solutions, today announced that Cargill, a leader in agricultural, financial and industrial products and services, has implemented its award-winning Microsoft.NET-based

An Internet-based solution that allows businesses to provide customers, partners and employees secure "anytime, anywhere" access to internal corporate resources, Aspelle Everywhere will help Cargill users improve communication and productivity.

"To compete successfully in a global market, businesses must be able to guarantee that employees have access to corporate applications from any location; at anytime," commented Simon Johnson, Vice President of Technology and Co-founder of Aspelle. "With more than 90,000 employees in 57 countries, Cargill exemplifies the complex needs of today's businesses. Aspelle Everywhere's ability to perform successfully in a user environment as demanding as Cargill's is a true testament to its capabilities."

Leveraging Cargill's existing IT infrastructure, Aspelle Everywhere allows Cargill employees to securely access selected internal applications, regardless of their physical location. Offering a familiar and easy-to-use interface, Aspelle Everywhere eliminates additional systems training, and enables Cargill employees to stay "comfortably connected" as long as they have an Internet connection and a standard Web browser.

"For companies like Cargill, which compete on a global scale, the ability to provide employees with convenient and flexible access to applications is important," noted Mark Middendorf, EC Infrastructure Manager at Cargill. "While exploring various types of solutions, we were impressed by Aspelle Everywhere's device-independent nature, and its flexible architecture. Aspelle Everywhere could integrate into our existing infrastructure, and meet our needs for application accessibility, cost and security."

Functioning as a "secure access layer," Aspelle Everywhere sits between Cargill's existing network infrastructure and the Internet, and delivers selected corporate applications via a standard Web browser. Using advanced privacy and security measures, as well as industry-accepted standards and protocols, Aspelle Everywhere offers Cargill several benefits including increased user productivity and the opportunity to decrease the number of Cargill-managed devices, such as laptops, outside of the company's internal environment.

Aspelle Everywhere is the first product on the market to provide access to all corporate resources, without compromising security or ease-of-use. Requiring only a Web browser and an Internet connection, Aspelle's software platform securely delivers access to a full range of corporate applications and data including Web, Unix, Windows Terminal Server/Citrix MetaFrame, AS/400 and legacy systems. Specifically designed to maximize a company's previous technology investments, Aspelle Everywhere doesn't require client-side software, a dedicated device, system re-architecture, application re-engineering or significant hardware expenditure. (For more information on Aspelle Everywhere, see separate product announcement at www.aspelle.com.)

About Cargill

Cargill is an international marketer, processor and distributor of agricultural, food, financial and industrial products and services with 90,000 employees in 57 countries. The company provides distinctive customer solutions in supply chain management, food applications and health and nutrition.

About Aspelle

The industry's premier provider of secure enterprise access solutions, Aspelle is dedicated to helping businesses deliver vital information to customers, partners and employees faster and more efficiently than ever before. The company's award-winning Microsoft.NET-based software platform, Aspelle Everywhere, provides secure individualized access to corporate applications and data -- anytime and anywhere. Embracing open standards as well as advanced security measures, Aspelle Everywhere offers a wide range of benefits to companies including unparalleled return on existing technology investments, a significant reduction in technology-related overhead costs, and improved response time to customer needs. Founded in 2001, Aspelle has offices in New York, Seattle and London. For more information, please visit www.aspelle.com.