For more information, contact:
Frank Colin, Aportis Technologies Corp.
Phone: 503.736.3240 x 214
Fax: 503.736.3239
Email: frankc@aportis.com
http://www.aportis.com

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Aportis Will Release Macintosh Versions of AportisDoc™ and BrainForest™, Popular Palm Computing® Platform Applications

Portland, OR, May 11, 1998 - Aportis Technologies Corp. today confirmed plans to release Macintosh versions of its popular AportisDoc™ and BrainForest™ software. AportisDoc Professional Edition and BrainForest Professional Edition will include software for Palm Computing® devices and Macintosh computers, as well as Windows. Each product will ship with software for these multiple platforms.

"We are pleased that Palm Computing has made a firm commitment to the Macintosh," said David Schargel, President and Chief Listener of Aportis. "Most of us come from a Macintosh background, and the Mac is still our favorite desktop and development platform. Unlike other software companies, Aportis will continue to support and develop products for Mac users."

AportisDoc is the industry standard for publishing, sharing and exchanging electronic text documents of any size. Normal text documents consume large amounts of storage space on handheld devices, while AportisDoc documents do not. Thousands of books, reference materials, manuals, and other documents are available now. AportisDoc Professional for the Macintosh will allow AportisDoc documents to be created from any text, HTML or Microsoft Word files. AportisDoc Professional is scheduled to ship at the beginning of the third quarter of 1998.

BrainForest is a comprehensive action item organizer, idea tracker, and checklist manager which uses an intuitive Trees, Branches & Leaves analogy allowing complete customization of how data is viewed. BrainForest Professional for Macintosh, will be useful as a simple, stand-alone organizer, as well as allow data to be imported and exported to Palm Computing platform devices, and other desktop applications. BrainForest Professional is scheduled to ship at the end of the second quarter of 1998.

Aportis Technologies was founded in early 1997 to develop and market a line portable software products. Aportis' focus is on small business and enterprise-based productivity solutions for mobile professionals. It is an integral part of a wide variety of business and consumer applications, and is an important enabling technology for devices based on the Palm Computing platform.

Aportis can be reached at PO Box 86336, Portland, OR 97286-0336, USA.Sales number is toll free, 888-APORTIS (888) 276-7847, or (503) 736-3240.

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