Forlink, Intel, IBM and Trend Micro Form Alliance To Deliver Enterprise Email System Solutions in China   BEIJING - Aug. 22, 2001 - Forlink Software Corp. Inc. (OTCBB: FRLK), a leading provider of Application Integration Technology (AIT) and services in China, today announced the formation of an alliance with Intel Corporation (China), IBM Corporation (China) and Trend Micro, Inc. (China) to deliver enterprise Email solutions for various industries in China. Forlink, Intel, IBM and Trend Micro will cooperate in product development, marketing, sales and services. It will further extend the long term, successful partner relationship between Forlink, Intel, IBM, and Trend Micro. On Aug. 21, 2001, Forlink successfully held the first-of-its-kind large-scale Email technology seminar: Email Day in Beijing. In the seminar, marketing and technical experts of Forlink, Intel, IBM, Trend Micro, CCID analyzed and discussed the status and future of Email technology and application in China. They deeply discussed how to push the progress of Email enterprise application in China market. Forlink, Intel, IBM and Trend Micro invited numerous enterprise customers and channel partners to attend this seminar. Through Email Day, Chinese enterprises got more knowledge about Email technology and enterprise application. It is widely known that Email has already become the first application of Internet. By the end of 2000, there are already 5.14 hundred million Email mailbox installed all over the world. The Email amount sent everyday has already reach 100 hundred million. And this amount will soon reach 350 hundred million before 2005. Through the Internet market research report CNNIC released last year, we can see that the Email accounts amount has already exceeded 70 million in China. Today, more and more Chinese enterprises come into Information Time. Email communication will be the first and critical step that enterprises building itself information system. Email will be the most favorable tools for business communication and CRM. With Chinese enterprises getting more and more mature in the knowledge and requirements of Email applications, only reliable, high-efficiency, technical advanced Email system products and solutions can meet the ever-changing market demands of Chinese enterprises. Forlink allies Intel, IBM, Trend Micro and other preeminent Information Technology vendors to provide best advanced enterprise Email system solutions for Chinese industries. About Forlink Software Corp. Inc. Forlink Software Corporation Inc. (OTCBB: FRLK) is a leading provider of Application Integration Technology (AIT) and service for several industries in China. It focuses on providing total AIT solutions and applications for industry customers, comprising over telecommunications, finance, retailing and third party logistics. To help Chinese industries apply Information Technology deeply and efficiently, Forlink dedicates itself to developing solutions and applications of Application Integration Technology. Forlink brings forward the new-generation Application Integration platform based CORBA/EJB/XML technologies and For-Internet series enterprise E-Commerce total solutions and software products. This products and solutions have already played important roles in helping industry customers build high-performance business supporting systems, Internet value-added business systems and enterprise E-Commerce systems, and transferred them to be the customers'value. Forlink has already become the expert of industry application integration and application software development. It provides total AIT solutions and whole way service including consulting, system design, system integration, system implement and post-sale maintains. So far, Forlink's customers spread over 20 provinces, cities and municipalities in China. Forlink has already accomplished hundreds of system integration projects in telecommunications, finance, retailing and third party logistics industry. About Intel Corporation Intel, the world's largest chip maker, is also a leading manufacturer of computer, networking and communications products. Additional information about Intel is available at http://www.intel.com/pressroom About IBM Corporation With 80 years of leadership in helping businesses innovate, IBM is the world's largest information technology company, the leading IT services provider, and the leader in business intelligence solutions. The fastest way to get more information about IBM is through the IBM home page at www.ibm.com. About Trend Micro, Inc. Trend Micro, Inc. is a leader in network antivirus and Internet content security software and services. The Tokyo-based corporation has its North American headquarters in Cupertino, CA, and business units worldwide. Trend Micro products are sold directly, through corporate, value-added resellers and managed service providers. Founded in 1988 by Steve Chang, the Tokyo-based corporation employs over 1400 people in 18 countries. Sales have soared by an average of nearly 75% per year over the past decade, reaching US$208m in 2000. The company is listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange (4704) and NASDAQ market (TMIC). For additional information and evaluation copies of all Trend Micro products, visit http://www.antivirus.com NOTE ON FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS: Statements herein contained that are not strictly historical are "forward-looking" statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the US Securities Act of 1998, as amended, and Section 21E of the US Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. These forward-looking statements are made based upon information available as of the date hereof, and the company assumes no obligation to update such forward-looking statements. Editors and investors are cautioned that such forward-looking statements involve risk and uncertainties and the company's actual results may differ from these forward-looking statements. Such risks and uncertainties include but are not limited to demand for the company's products and services, the company's ability to continue to develop its market, general economic conditions and other factors that may be more fully described in reports to shareholders and periodic filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Forlink, the Forlink logo and Services are trademarks of Forlink Software Corporation Inc. All other trademarks are the properties of their respective owners. For more information about Forlink, please visit http://www.forlink.com.cn Contacts: Forlink Software Corporation Inc. Grace Tan, Investor Relations Assistant 8610-68118866 ir@forlink.com   [ Close ]