Visto Hires Industry Veteran to Senior Marketing Post

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(Redwood Shores, CALIF., April 2, 2003) – Visto Corporation (www.visto.com), the leading provider of personal and corporate mobile access solutions that are easy to install, administer and use, today announced the appointment of Tom O’Brien as vice president of marketing. In this role, he will be responsible for creating, developing and executing all aspects of product marketing, public relations and corporate branding activities.

O’Brien has more than 20 years of experience in marketing technology companies. Most recently, he served as the vice president of strategic development at Starfish Software, a synchronization and wireless mobility solutions company owned by Motorola. While there, he was responsible for conceiving, planning and deploying new strategic business programs with OEM manufacturers and global wireless operators. He also served on the board of directors for SyncML, Ltd., an initiative formed to develop and advocate a common protocol for synchronizing data among myriad of technologies and devices.

“Over the years, Visto has developed one of the most robust and broadest mobile messaging platforms in the industry, as well as established a “who’s who” list of customers and partners, including Microsoft, Motorola, Palm, Handspring, and Kyocera,” commented Brian Bogosian, chairman, president and CEO, Visto Corp. “Tom’s experience in creating innovative and customer-driven marketing initiatives within the mobility sector will continue to support Visto’s drive to increase revenue growth through the creation of strategic partnerships and global brand awareness.”

The Visto Solution
Visto’s MessageXpress allows users to easily and securely access and manage email on the go, whether they use Microsoft Outlook, Lotus Notes, a POP3 corporate account or an Internet account. Also, with the MessageXpress wireless synchronization feature, email delivered to a user’s mobile device stays consistent with the email account on the desktop. Visto MessageXpress comes in two versions – Internet Email Access for POP3 Internet email accounts, and the Corporate Email Access for Microsoft Outlook and Lotus Notes corporate email accounts. Both versions are available for a free 30-day trial at www.visto.com.

The Visto Mobile Access Solution, Server Edition, provides complete, secure and cost-effective access to corporate email over a broad array of devices for departmental or enterprise implementations. The product connects to the corporate Microsoft Exchange Server and provides a centralized point of access to administer user accounts, establish synchronization intervals and generate log reports. In addition to its scalability, the Visto Mobile Access Solution comes with a Service Level Agreement for mobile and wireless access on corporate networks, guaranteeing up to 99.9 percent uptime from the managed solution.

About Visto Corporation
Established in 1996, Visto is the leading provider of wireless messaging solutions to mobile operators for personal and corporate use. Visto’s technology provides secure access to the most widely used corporate applications over any network and on a broad array of devices, and supports both browser-based as well as offline-capable devices. Visto Mobile Access Solution, Server Edition, provides departmental and enterprise access to corporate email. Visto MessageXpress provides individual access to corporate, Internet and POP3 email. Both Server Edition and MessageXpress are well suited to the “converged” wireless PDAs/phones using Palm OS, Pocket PC, SmartPhone, J2ME and Symbian platforms. Visto’s WirelessInbox, provides real time access to corporate and personal email via direct access through desktop computers via any wireless device’s browser and is well suited to wireless phones with only WAP browser capability. Leveraging a portfolio of eight granted patents in synchronization, access and security technologies, Visto’s platform is a proven, scalable solution that has supported more than 2.7 million users. Visto’s solutions are available through wireless operators worldwide, including AT&T Wireless, Bell Mobility, KPN, Manitoba Telecom Services, Nextel Communications, Inc., Rogers AT&T Wireless, SaskTel Mobility, SmarTone and TELUS Mobility. http://www.visto.com

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Visto Corporation, Visto, the Visto logo, Visto Mobile, ConstantSync, Constant Synchronization and worklife.freedom are either trademarks or registered trademarks of Visto Corporation. All third-party trademarks, trade names, or service marks are the property of their respective owners and are used only to refer to the goods or services identified by those third-party marks. Visto's technology is protected by U.S. Patents 7,228,383; 7,225,231; 7,039,679; 6,085,192; 5,968,131; 6,023,708; 5,961,590; 6,131,116; 6,151,606; 6,233,341; 6,131,096, 6,708,221 and 6,766,454 and various other foreign patents. Other patents pending.

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