Pumatech, Inc. Announces Revised Fiscal Fourth Quarter Revenue Guidance

San Jose, CA, August 14, 2001 - Pumatech, Inc. (NASDAQ NM: PUMA), a leading provider of enterprise-level software products and services that deliver highly relevant information wherever and whenever it's needed, announced revised revenue estimates and confirmed expense guidance for its fiscal fourth quarter. The company is now estimating revenues for its fourth fiscal quarter ended July 31, 2001, to be between $7.0 million to $7.5 million. In its May conference call, Pumatech previously stated it expected revenues to be moderately down to a best case of flat with the $10.3 million in revenues reported in fiscal Q3. Pumatech believes that the lower than anticipated revenues are largely the result of the current economic downturn, which resulted in existing and targeted customers delaying or eliminating orders. The company also announced that it expects fiscal Q4 pro-forma operational expenses, in aggregate, to remain in line with the previous guidance.

Kelly Hicks, Pumatech's vice president of operations and CFO, stated, "Although this quarter's revenue will be below our original expectations, we have proactively managed expenses during this period of economic uncertainty. We have focused our resources and efforts in our traditional market segments and suspended our investments in less-proven segments such as our online service offering. These decisions have enabled us to reduce our worldwide workforce by over 35% in the past 4 months. Additionally, we have been aggressively consolidating facilities to better streamline ongoing operations and expect to see additional savings as we enter our new fiscal year."

Brad Rowe, president and CEO of Pumatech, stated, "While the current economic trends and general high technology business climate have adversely impacted business in Q4, we continue to be optimistic about the markets that we serve and the adoption of our proven product offerings by Global 2000 companies such as Siebel, Oracle, Yahoo!, CNET and General Motors. As a recognized industry leader, we believe that our dominant position in the enterprise and technology licensing markets will enable us to weather this storm and emerge as a leading provider of essential software solutions that make the concept of the 'Real-time Enterprise' a reality."

Pumatech's management expects to offer finalized and more detailed quarterly and annual operating and financial results as well as its outlook for the remainder of the calendar year during its regular quarterly earnings conference call on August 30, 2001. Details of the conference call are provided below.

Investor Conference Call
Management will discuss fourth-quarter results and the company's outlook and hold a question and answer session for investors on Aug. 30, 2001, at 5:00 p.m. Eastern /2:00 p.m. Pacific. To participate, call 415-537-1883 a few minutes ahead of time (no passcode required). If you are unable to participate, a replay will be available from 1:30 p.m. Eastern on Aug. 31, 2001 for 48 hours. To access, please dial 1-800-633-8284, or 1-858-812-6440 (international), reservation number 19407580. In addition, the replay will be available for 90 days via the Internet at www.pumatech.com.

ABOUT PUMATECH
Pumatech, Inc. (NASDAQ: PUMA) provides organizations with a comprehensive suite of enterprise-level software products and services that deliver highly relevant information - wherever and whenever it's needed. The company's portfolio makes Pumatech a single resource, providing the infrastructure necessary to expand the boundaries of information. Organizations can choose to use Pumatech's ready-made enterprise offerings, or they can leverage Pumatech's professional services team to create custom solutions built upon Pumatech's core enterprise platform. Pumatech's customer and strategic partner base includes Global 2000 companies such as Siebel, Oracle, Yahoo!, NTT DoCoMo, Boeing, CNET and General Motors. The company has headquarters in Silicon Valley, Tokyo and London. Pumatech offers more information on its products and services at www.pumatech.com.

The forward looking statements above in this news release, including statements related to fourth quarter revenue and operational expense expectations, as well as operating savings expected to be realized as a result of the implementation of cost-savings measures and closure of facilities are based on current expectations and beliefs and are subject to numerous risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially include uncertainties related to the effect of continued weakness of general economic factors on the overall demand for our products and services, the timing of market adoption of wireless computing devices, the timely introduction, availability and acceptance of new products and upgrades, the impact of competitive products and pricing, consummation of binding agreements with prospective business partners, as well as additional risk factors, as discussed in the "Risk Factors" section of Pumatech's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended July 31, 2000 and Pumatech's quarterly reports filed from time to time with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Pumatech disclaims any obligation to update any forward-looking statements as a result of developments occurring after the date of this press release. Pumatech and the Pumatech logo are trademarks of Pumatech, Inc., that may be registered in certain jurisdictions. All other product and company names may be trademarks their respective owners.