Hermosa Beach, CA -- February 1, 1999 -- Gefion software today announced that Icon Medialab, a developer of Internet/intranet solutions for customers around the world, has picked Gefion software's Java servlet technology for development of a large, dynamic web site in Spain.

"Our client, Airtel, is the second biggest mobile telephone operator in Spain and their technical demands for the backend system for the new website was very hard to match. But Gefion software's WAICoolRunner helped us all the way," said Lars Houbak, Icon Medialab in Spain.

The site, http://www.airtel.es, currently serves 200,000 unique user sessions a month and is built to scale with increased demand as more and more features are added. All features are servlet based. Visitors can use roughly 30 customized applications, including telephone recommmendations, SMS password generation, online shopping, etc. Areas for up-to-date news and sport scores will be added shortly.

Icon Medialab is one of the largest European providers of services for the Internet, intranet, extranet, and other interactive media. See http://www.iconmedialab.se/ for details.

"We're very proud that Icon Medialab selected our product for this important customer," said Hans Bergsten, President of Gefion software. "Servlet based solutions are rapidly replacing old CGI scripts as web site requirements are getting more and more demanding. It's nice to see that the technology we believe in and support is becoming the de-facto standard for offering new advanced services."

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.

Besides WAICoolRunner, a servlet engine for Netscape web servers, Gefion software also offers the InstantOnline Basic servlet suite for development of dynamic web applications. InstantOnline Basic 2.0 includes servlet components for database access and HTML presentation, file uploading and server-side file manipulation, dynamic web forms, sending email, user input validation and session data handling.

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