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Visto Hires Doug Pratt to Lead Carrier Operations


(Redwood Shores, CALIF., July 30, 2003) – Visto Corporation (www.visto.com), the leading provider of personal and corporate mobile access solutions that are easy to install, administer and use, today announced the appointment of Doug Pratt as vice president of carrier operations and marketing. In this role, he will be responsible for directing the smooth integration of Visto’s solutions within a wireless operator’s infrastructure to facilitate broad adoption by enterprises and subscribers.

Mr. Pratt has more than 15 years of senior wireless engineering and management experience from positions within companies such as Vodafone, Hutchison Microtel Communications (now known as Orange), AT&T and Philips. Mr. Pratt’s proven record within successful international organizations includes Connex GSM in Romania where he was Chief Technology Officer and Country Manager. Over a seven year period, he also held senior positions in Japan, Portugal and the USA while working for Airtouch International. Mr. Pratt earned his MBA from Harvard Business School and has a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from the University of St Andrews.

“Visto leads the market in delivery of wireless corporate email solutions through wireless carriers; clearly an important reason to bring in Doug to lead our integration and operations efforts with those customers,” commented Brian Bogosian, chairman, president and CEO, Visto Corp. “Doug’s experience within Vodafone, AT&T and Orange will be of great advantage to Visto in enhancing current relationships and expanding sales to other carriers worldwide.”

About Visto Corporation
Established in 1996, Visto is the leading provider of wireless messaging solutions to mobile operators for personal and corporate use. Visto’s technology provides secure access to the most widely used corporate applications over any network and on a broad array of devices, and supports both browser-based as well as offline-capable devices. Visto Mobile Access Solution, Server Edition, provides departmental and enterprise access to corporate email. Visto MessageXpress provides individual access to corporate, Internet and POP3 email. Both Server Edition and MessageXpress are well suited to the “converged” wireless PDAs/phones using Palm OS, Pocket PC, SmartPhone, J2ME and Symbian platforms. Visto’s WirelessInbox, provides real time access to corporate and personal email via direct access through desktop computers via any wireless device’s browser and is well suited to wireless phones with only WAP browser capability. Leveraging a portfolio of eight granted patents in synchronization, access and security technologies, Visto’s platform is a proven, scalable solution that has supported more than 2.7 million users. Visto’s solutions are available through wireless operators worldwide, including AT&T Wireless, Bell Mobility, KPN, Manitoba Telecom Services, Nextel Communications, Inc., Rogers AT&T Wireless, SaskTel Mobility, SmarTone and TELUS Mobility. http://www.visto.com




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