To: Triffin who wrote (42221 ) 12/9/1999 3:35:00 PM From: Craig K Respond to of 108040
(COMTEX) B: RED HAT(R)'S LINUX COMPATIBILITY INCLUDED IN TECHNOLOGY E B: RED HAT(R)'S LINUX COMPATIBILITY INCLUDED IN TECHNOLOGY ENHANCEMENT PLANS FOR AUTHENTIDATE.COM NEW YORK, Dec 9, 1999 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- AuthentiDate.com(TM) (BitWise Designs) (Nasdaq: BTWS) today announced that it is in the beta development stage of a software developer kit (SDK) that will give developers a complete set of stamping and account maintenance tools to interact with the Internet based AuthentiDate.com(TM) service. The SDK module is now available on a full range of platforms, including Red Hat(R), Inc.'s (Nasdaq: RHAT), Linux Operating System (Nasdaq: LNUX) and requires only a dial-up or persistent Internet connection. AuthentiDate(TM) also plans the expansion of its hardware platform by adding a series of clustered web servers running RedHat Linux 6.2. "Due to the recent development of AuthentiDate International, we want to ensure the same reliability and accessibility to AuthentiDate.com that we currently have", said Matthew J. Dye, of Shore Venture Group, LLC, developers of AuthentiDate.com(TM) and ReverseBid.com(TM). By adding these new servers with Linux as the operating system, AuthentiDate.com(TM) will be ready for the anticipated growth in usage and page visits attributed to AuthentiDate International(TM)," added Dye. Software developers everywhere will now have the necessary tools to easily implement an Intranet or Internet based AuthentiDate solution. With this solution seamlessly integrated into a corporate network, companies can keep their users inside the corporate network without limiting the usage, feature availability or benefits of the AuthentiDate web based technology. "This is a key part of our strategy for making AuthentiDate and its related technology a standard on the Internet", stated John T. Botti, President and CEO of BitWise Designs and Chairman of AuthentiDate.com. "Now the technology can be directly integrated into other companies applications," added Botti. Any third party developed application that desires to AuthentiDate a document, email, or fax will be able to it automatically. Only the AuthentiDate digital signature will be transmitted to the AuthentiDate secure server. The company's critical information need never leave their premises. "Time Stops for No One Except AuthentiDate!" AuthentiDate.com, a subsidiary of BitWise Designs, Inc (Nasdaq: BTWS), offers innovative technology that affords businesses and individuals the opportunity to verify and authenticate the date, time, content and authorship of E-mails, digital files and faxes. Other types of digital files include financial transactions and trades, voice, video, music and movie files, photographic and artistic images and drawings as well as wills, legal, medical and dental records. AuthentiDate.com is used confidentially, affordably and easily from home or office via fax or E-mail. BitWise Designs, Inc., a $17 million dollar company based in Schenectady, N.Y., manufactures and distributes the DocStar(TM) electronic image management line of products. This press release contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. BitWise's actual results could differ materially from the results discussed herein as a result of factors which include, but are not limited to, that there is no assurance that: (i) the Company will be successful in implementing its AuthentiDate.com business plan (ii) the Company will not be adversely affected by continued intense competition in the computer industry or (iii) other risks set forth from time to time in the BitWise filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. CONTACTS: George C. Zouvelos, Director of Media & Public Relations of Neale-May & Partners, 212-213-5400 ext. 206, or Zouvelos@nealemay.com, for AuthentiDate.com. SOURCE AuthentiDate.com (C) 1999 PR Newswire. All rights reserved. prnewswire.com