Skyscape Partners to Make Leading Medical Reference on Primary Care Available on Handheld Devices

SKYSCAPE PARTNERS TO MAKE LEADING MEDICAL REFERENCE ON PRIMARY CARE AVAILABLE ON HANDHELD DEVICES

Skyscape's ART™ technology selected to deliver the Little Black Book of Primary Care on handheld devices

Hudson, MA October 23, 2000 - Skyscape, an innovative leader in providing hand-held software solutions for the medical community www.skyscape.com, today announced that it has entered into a strategic partnership with Dr. Daniel Onion, author of The Little Black Book of Primary Care. The partnership provides for Skyscape to use ART™ , its patented technology, to repurpose Dr. Onion's book for use on the Palm OS®, Windows® CE and Pocket PC platforms. The first release is planned for publication in 4Q 2000.

"Skyscape's solutions exemplify the technology that Microsoft believes delivers customer-centric solutions for the healthcare industry," said John Carpenter, worldwide healthcare industry manager for Microsoft Corp. "These innovative solutions to the Pocket PC and Windows CE platforms directly meet the changing needs of medical practitioners, lead to a higher quality of care and offer increased productivity and cost savings in today's complex healthcare environment."

"Today's medical professionals are looking for concise medical information whenever and wherever they need it. The number of medical professionals relying on their hand-held devices for this information is growing rapidly everyday." said Dr. Daniel Onion. "Having surveyed the marketplace, I found Skyscape's technology an ideal solution for introducing The Little Black Book of Primary Care to the handheld market."

The Little Black Book of Primary Care, which consists of references and information about medicine, is a medical reference framework for organizing clinical information from a variety of sources. Containing the Pearls of wisdom needed on the wards, along with references for library research on problems encountered and organized by medical specialty, it offers facts and references in an easy to use format. First published in 1993, The Little Black Book of Primary Care has become a leading resource for doctors, students and residents.

Together, Skyscape's handheld application expertise and Dr. Onion's renowned Little Black Book of Primary Care, provide a comprehensive hand-held solution that incorporates ART technology and key medical content for medical professionals. This gives the medical community easy access to applicable information at the point of care.

RJ Mathew, Vice President of Marketing and Business Development stated, "We are pleased that Dr. Onion has chosen to use Skyscape technology to publish The Little Black Book of Primary Care on handhelds. This book adds a valuable resource to the expanding set of titles available through Skyscape's medical library."

Skyscape currently distributes the most comprehensive portfolio of medical reference works for Palm OS®, Windows® CE and Pocket PC platforms including Archimedes, a medical calculator; Apothecarium™, a drug information and interaction analyzer; LexiDrugs™, a comprehensive drug information handbook; and IDBook™, a disease-specific guide providing information on infectious disease syndromes

About Skyscape

Skyscape.com is a software company developing hand-held solutions for the medical community. Skyscape utilizes its ARTTM technology to rapidly develop products that enable practitioners to enhance the quality of patient care and streamline administrative processes. ART allows seamless integration of diverse sources of information in an easy to use interface, and is available on multiple platforms. Skyscape's products are currently an essential resource for thousands of medical professionals including users at leading institutions such as Harvard Medical School, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Partners Health System, Duke University, Mayo Clinic, and the New York School of Dentistry. Skyscape's products are available on multiple platforms including Palm OS® and Windows® CE. The company is located in Hudson, MA.

APOTHECARIUM™ is a trademark of Skyscape.com.

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