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Extended Systems (NASDAQ: XTND), a leading provider of mobile software solutions, today announced that Grania Willis, equestrian correspondent at the Irish Times, has sent email messages and digital images capturing her bid to become the first Irish woman to climb the north side of Mount Everest. Using a PDA device enabled with Extended Systems' OneBridge Mobile Groupware solution, Grania has been sending Irish Times readers regular updates of her ascent of the world's highest mountain, one of the most extreme and hostile locations ever to be linked by electronic communications. Grania launched her challenge to become the first Irish woman to climb Everest via the mountain's technically demanding north side in aid of two organisations in the front line against cancer, The Friends of St. Luke's Hospital and the Irish Hospice Foundation, in March. The expedition is sponsored by HP Ireland and Sord Data Systems, Extended Systems' Irish reseller partner, who provided the necessary technology equipment to allow her to send the articles and images published in the Irish Times twice weekly during the expedition. Grania commented: "Extended Systems' mobile solution has been very easy to use and amazingly helpful in sharing my diary and pictures with the outside world, something which would have been unthinkable just a few years ago. The whole Sord team has been extremely helpful in assisting me throughout the expedition and helping me to learn how to use the different technologies comfortably." Grania is supplied with an HP iPAQ 4700, connecting to the Internet via a mobile satellite uplink to the Thuraya satellite positioned 22,000 miles above the Earth. The iPAQ 4700 syncs with Extended Systems' OneBridge email synchronisation server located in Sord's premises and gives Grania access to instant communication via email. She has also been given an HP R707 5 Mega Pixel Digital Camera to capture events as they happen. "Our OneBridge Mobile Platform provides a totally flexible framework from which organisations can launch their mobile strategy. Grania's climb demonstrates that the technology works anywhere, regardless of the location or the connection method. It can be utilized in the most remote place on Earth since it will work via satellite as well. Where other competitors would fail to deliver, supporting only GPRS connections, OneBridge can function normally under these conditions," said Charles Jepson, President and CEO at Extended Systems. Sord's Business Development Manager, Brendan O'Brien, stated: "The challenge to Sord was to source, integrate and test all the necessary equipment in a short period of time. We were greatly assisted by Grania's rapid appreciation and enthusiasm to embrace new communications technologies in a very short timeframe." OneBridge Mobile Groupware enables mobile device users to receive live, instant access to email and PIM (personal information management) information, working independently of connection mode, time and location and providing the highest possible levels of reliability with the widest range of connection choices. About Sord Data Systems Sord Data Systems was founded in 1986, following a management buyout of Sord Computers of Japan. The Company is located in 5,500 Sq. Foot facilities in Sandyford Industrial Estate in Co. Dublin. Employing 23 people, the company is one of Ireland's leading IT infrastructure suppliers to Local and Central Government, Corporate and Educational organisations. For more information please visit www.sord.ie About Extended Systems Extended Systems provides the expertise, strategy and solutions to help enterprise organisations streamline their business processes through mobile technology. The Company's OneBridge mobile solutions suite enables companies to mobilise critical enterprise applications such as e-mail, field service, sales force automation (SFA), enterprise resource planning (ERP) and customer relationship management (CRM). Extended Systems has more than 2,500 enterprise customers worldwide and key alliance relationships. Founded in 1984, Extended Systems has offices and subsidiaries in the United States and worldwide. For more information, call 0117 901 5000 or visit www.extendedsystems.co.uk. This press release contains forward-looking statements, including statements relating to the success of OneBridge Mobile Groupware and the Company's ongoing relationship with Sord Data Systems. These statements are subject to risks and uncertainties. These risks and uncertainties include the success of the Company's customer relationships and other key business relationships, overall economic conditions and the level of information technology spending by existing and potential customers, the timing of purchases by significant customers, the perceived and realized benefits of mobile devices, the timely development and acceptance of new products and technologies, the risks associated with development of new products and product enhancements, the impact of competitive products and pricing, continued growth in the markets for our products, and other risks as detailed from time-to-time in the Company's SEC filings, including its 2004 Annual Report on Form 10-K filed on September 29, 2004 and 2005 Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q.