Pumatech's Satellite Forms software helps drive unique solution enabling tracking and reporting of payroll information using PDAs

SAN JOSE, Calif. (10/07/02) - Austin Lane Technologies, a Denton, Tex.-based developer of enterprise applications for handheld devices, and Pumatech, Inc., the leading provider of synchronization software and services, today announced an advanced solution designed to eliminate the frustration of gathering time reports and payroll data from mobile or remote employees. Austin Lane's ALPayTM Professional Series software enables cost-effective, electronic transfer of payroll information from Palm OS® handhelds to a central corporate database, replacing error-prone, paper-based processes typically used to gather payroll data from remote employees.

To help develop its ALPay Professional Series product, Austin Lane utilized Pumatech's Satellite Forms® software. By providing a proven database and feature-rich conduit for the ALPay product, Satellite Forms enabled Austin Lane to create an enterprise-level application that meets the data stability, control, allocation and security needs of its customers. Satellite Forms also ensures that ALPay's database meets the performance requirements for speed and volume of data that businesses require.

"The powerful database and conduit capabilities provided by Satellite Forms have allowed us to produce a new standard for enterprise-level handheld applications with ALPay," said Rob Graber, Austin Lane's director of research and development. "The strong relationship that Austin Lane Technologies has formed with Pumatech will help the continued delivery of market-leading solutions for the business world."

ALPay Professional Series software processes detailed time records with state-of-the-art technology that transforms a previously cumbersome procedure into an efficient, accurate and timely operation. ALPay is a multi-vertical market solution designed for virtually any company with mobile or remote personnel. It is especially well suited for the construction industry, with superintendents reporting payroll information for multiple field employees.

"Austin Lane Technologies has helped us tremendously in the area of job cost accounting by networking our internal and field personnel," said Tim Beaty, president of Tim Beaty Builders, Inc., of Denton, Tex. "ALPay has substantially reduced the lag time for information between the field and home office."

"We are excited about ALPay and the competitive advantages that it offers our customers," said Tom Cofer, president of Constructive Business Systems, Inc., of Dallas, Tex., one of Austin Lane Technologies' value-added resellers (VARs). "For a Palm application, ALPay is scalable as well as flexible enough to handle any remote time-reporting need."

ABOUT SATELLITE FORMS
Pumatech's Satellite Forms MobileApp Designer software provides a flexible and extensible rapid application development platform for connecting Palm OS and Pocket PC 2002 handhelds to mission-critical enterprise data. With Satellite Forms, users can create custom handheld applications that integrate seamlessly with desktop database applications, or directly with server-based data via Enterprise Intellisync Server (included with Satellite Forms). Users can leverage Enterprise Intellisync Server to establish connectivity between mobile applications and back-end databases, including Oracle, Microsoft SQL Server, and many other ODBC-compliant data sources. Device and application administration can be performed anywhere with the Enteprise Intellisync management console.

ABOUT PUMATECH, INC
Pumatech, Inc. (NASDAQ: PUMA) provides organizations with a comprehensive suite of software products and services that synchronizes and distributes critical information throughout an enterprise. 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.

ABOUT AUSTIN LANE TECHNOLOGIES
Austin Lane Technologies, Inc. is an accomplished developer of enterprise business solutions. The company is in the business of consulting, system analysis & design, and development of enterprise applications for Palm OS, desktop and client-server technology. Austin Lane develops enterprise applications for Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs) that work for mobile personnel. The company leverages development tools from Pumatech, Metrowerks, and Microsoft to develop high-quality, customer-driven applications that enable users to track various types of information with greater efficiency and accuracy than conventional methods. The result is reduced operating costs and increased profits. For more information, please visit www.austinlane.com.

Pumatech, the Pumatech logo and Satellite Forms are trademarks of Pumatech, Inc., that may be registered in certain jurisdictions. ALPay is a trademark of Austin Lane Technologies, Inc. Palm OS is a registered trademark of Palm, Inc. All other company and product names may be trademarks of their respective owners.