Hermosa Beach, CA -- November 23, 1999 -- Gefion software today announced the InstantOnline Basic™ for JSP Technology Preview, the first commercial web application development tool based on the new JavaServer Pages 1.1 specification.

InstantOnline Basic for JSP is set of JSP 1.1 custom actions for accessing databases, generating HTML from database queries, sending email, validating user input, uploading files to a web site, and much more. JSP 1.1 custom actions are embedded as XML tags directly into web pages, making it very easy to add dynamic features to a web site. InstantOnline Basic for JSP is based on the popular servlet based version of InstantOnline Basic, which has been used by customers world-wide to develop sophisticated web applications and dynamic web sites since its release in June 1998.

"We have worked closely with Sun on the JSP specification the last year and are very pleased with how JSP 1.1 allows us to enhance our product" said Hans Bergsten, president of Gefion software. "Besides functional enhancements, using the JSP model also let our customers mix and match our InstantOnline Basic components with components developed in-house or purchased from third-parties."

JSP has broad industry support, from both commercial server and tool vendors and Open Source initiatives such as the Apache Jakarta project.

Pricing and Availability

The InstantOnline Basic for JSP Technology Preview provides a first look at what the next InstantOnline Basic product generation will offer. It's available now as a free download at http://www.gefionsoftware.com/InstantOnline/TP/. The final release is scheduled for Q1 2000.

Customers who purchase a license for the current servlet based version of InstantOnline Basic will get a free upgrade to InstantOnline Basic for JSP when it's released.

For more information please visit http://www.gefionsoftware.com/.

About Gefion software

Gefion software is a privately held company located in Hermosa Beach, California, founded in 1997. Gefion software develops products that simplify development of network based, platform independent applications.

Gefion software is one of the pioneers in the server-side Java field. Besides InstantOnline Basic, Gefion software offers LiteWebServer™, a Java based web server with servlet and JSP support, and WAICoolRunner™, a servlet/JSP add-on for Netscape web servers.

For more information about Gefion software and its products, please visit http://www.gefionsoftware.com/.

Gefion software, InstantOnline, InstantOnline Basic, LiteWebServer and WAICoolRunner are trademarks or registered trademarks of Gefion software in the United States and other countries.

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