SEVEN Wins Network Magazine's 2003 Product of the Year Award

- PR Newswire

San Francisco, Calif. (April 28, 2003) - CMP Media's Network Magazine has chosen SEVEN's mobile data access software, System SEVEN, as the 2003 Mobile Service Product of the Year. System SEVEN enables mobile operators worldwide to offer subscribers secure, real-time access to email and corporate applications via any mobile device. The Product of the Year Awards are chosen by Network Magazine's award-winning editors to recognize the outstanding technical achievement of products and services that are most significant to the network IT community.

"System SEVEN stood out in the Mobile Service category," said Steve Steinke, editor-in-chief of Network Magazine. "SEVEN has built a highly affordable, secure, easily-managed mobile data solution. Their operator centric, device agnostic approach offers enterprises the lowest total cost of ownership, while providing end users a superior experience. SEVEN proves that innovation in the network IT space is alive and well."

Network Magazine's annual Products of the Year Awards are one of the networking industry's longest running and most distinguished awards programs. The awards are given to products and services released in the 2002 calendar year, and are evaluated on: broad appeal of the product or service to the reader community; competitive enhancements; price/performance advantages; technical ingenuity; new features and applications; and serviceability to the market. Products of the Year Award winners will be featured in the May 2003 issue of Network Magazine and online at http://www.networkmagazine.com.

System SEVEN received the Product of the Year award based on product innovation, go-to-market strategy and the lowest total cost of ownership to IT organizations. System SEVEN was designed to make it easy for mobile operators worldwide to offer their business and consumer customers secure, real-time access to email and corporate applications. The low-cost service delivery approach is a departure from traditional middleware deployment models, and is proven to be 50% less expensive than competitive solutions, making for an attractive ROI case and less of a purchasing decision burden for IT departments. The device agnostic model offers subscribers maximum choice and flexibility.

System SEVEN is available as Personal Edition for individual business users to download and self-provision, and Enterprise Edition allowing IT organizations to enable their entire company or designated workgroups. Both services reside in the operator network, allowing subscribers to take advantage of the efficiencies and attributes of the network, and eliminating the need for additional hardware or software installation at the enterprise. As a device-agnostic solution, there is no need to purchase dedicated data devices. System SEVEN-enabled services are in use across 10,000 businesses worldwide.

System SEVEN is deployed by multiple tier-one operators worldwide including Cingular Wireless, O2, Orange UK, and Sprint PCS. To find out more about System SEVEN or sign up today, please contact info@seven.com.

About CMP Media's Network Magazine

For 17 years, Network Magazine has provided in-depth technical analysis or network infrastructure to help Network IT Buyers make informed network deployment, specification, and management decisions. Network Magazine delivers Emerging Technology, Business Case, Product Focus, and Strategies & Issues features to its Network IT subscribers each month. CMP Media LLC (www.cmp.com) is a leading integrated media company providing essential information and marketing services to the entire technology spectrum?the builders, sellers and users of technology worldwide.

About SEVEN

SEVEN creates enhanced mobile messaging and PIM applications, available on the widest variety of devices across 2.5 and 3G networks. The company's patent-pending System SEVEN software architecture empowers mobile operators to deliver subscribers secure, manageable, real-time access to personal and enterprise applications on their device of choice, including Palm, Pocket PC and Symbian based smart devices, PDAs, mobile phones and internet browsers. Available today through Cingular Wireless, O2, Orange and Sprint PCS, SEVEN provides individuals and businesses with the leading, lowest cost mobile data solution. SEVEN is a global company headquartered in Redwood City, CA, with regional offices in London and Tokyo. For more information, please visit http://www.seven.com.

Contact: Suzanne Lammers, 913-762-7039, slamme01@mail.sprintpcs.com