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EICON TECHNOLOGY CREATES NEW AVIVA DIVISION

Aviva Product Line Evolves into Autonomous Division to More Aggressively Target Specific Requirements of Host Access Market.

MONTREAL, July 11, 2000 - Further to Eicon Technology's (TSE: EIC) announcement to restructure its business operations and strengthen its market position, this week the company released its strategy for the Aviva family of host access products. Effective immediately, Aviva will become a separate Division of Eicon Technology with its own distinct Research and Development, Sales, Marketing and Customer Support organizations.

"By creating a separate Division with its own dedicated infrastructure, Aviva will be able to truly focus on fulfilling the specific requirements of its unique market, customers and channels. This strategy is in keeping with Eicon's new business philosophy of providing better alignment between product development and specific market demand", stated Peter Brojde, President and CEO of Eicon Technology. "I am confident and enthusiastic about the opportunities that lie ahead for the Division and its product lines", Mr. Brojde added.

The Aviva Division will continue to provide highly reliable solutions that enable major organizations - within the finance/insurance, transportation and government sectors, amongst others - to find new ways to exploit the power of their host-based information and automate their business logic with unparalleled flexibility, security and reliability. In addition to enabling the secure delivery of host-based business information on-demand to corporations and to their internal and external customers, the Aviva Division will work very aggressively toward bringing to market new e-volutionary software for the changing requirements of the host access market, including wireless connectivity. The Aviva product line features Web-to-host, B2B, B2C and solutions for IBM S/390 and AS/400 platforms, and for DEC and UNIX systems.

"The spin-off of the Aviva product line into a separate Division of Eicon is extremely exciting and represents enormous potential for success", commented Larry Curran, currently Eicon's Chief Information Officer, and newly appointed General Manager of the Aviva Division. "More than ever, we are poised to provide our customers with exceptional products and services that will facilitate their successful implementations of new B2B and B2C initiatives".

To accelerate its expansion, Aviva is currently participating in the Capital Summit 2000 at the Palais des Congrès de Montréal from July 11 to 13, 2000. This is a major event for organizations seeking venture capital.

For more information on Aviva products, please visit http://www.eicon.com/aviva/.

AVIVA

AVIVA, a division of Eicon Technology Corporation, specializes in developing and marketing leading edge, innovative solutions that extend host information outward for B2B, B2C and wireless opportunities. With an installed base of over 2 million users worldwide, AVIVA features the most comprehensive range of flexible solutions for delivering secure host information on-demand to the desktop, Web browser or mobile device via SNA, IP or WAP networks.

Eicon Technology Corporation

Eicon Technology Corporation is a worldwide provider of Internet access products. The Company develops, markets and supports hardware and software products for connecting PCs and network servers to the Internet and corporate networks and supplies communications cards for unified messaging servers and voice over IP gateways. Eicon's products are sold in more than 80 countries through a network of channel partners, telecommunications companies and Original Equipment Manufacturers. Eicon's shares are traded on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol "EIC." Information about Eicon and its products is available at http://www.eicon.com.

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