New Personal Bandwidth Management Software
Debuts at DEMOfall 07

Propel Software announces Propel®PBM™ -- targets growing market of
individuals using VoIP and other time-sensitive network applications

San Jose, Calif. and San Diego, Calif. – September 24, 2007 – Propel Software Corporation today announced Propel PBM software, the first application providing personal bandwidth management for individual PC users. Propel PBM automatically optimizes and prioritizes network access for time-sensitive applications, improving the performance of VoIP, video calls, online games, and streaming media.

Propel PBM is targeted at the rapidly growing market of individuals who use these network-intensive, time-sensitive applications.  One example, Skype®, now has more than 500 million downloads and 220 million registered users as reported by Skype’s parent company, eBay.

A Propel PBM subscription service provides updated traffic shaping policies, protecting high-priority network applications, like Skype, against current and new software applications. Propel PBM also includes a network traffic monitor to display bandwidth utilization in real-time, enabling users to monitor their bandwidth usage, as well as to detect potential malware.

Propel PBM software’s public debut takes place during DEMOfall 07 held today through Wednesday, September 26, at the Sheraton San Diego Hotel and Marina.  The DEMO conference is one of the world's premier forums for new technology innovations and focuses on emerging technologies and new products, which are hand-selected from across the spectrum of the technology marketplace.

“We’ve developed an easy-to-use, powerful application for helping individual PC users get the most from their network connection,” said David Murray, president and CEO of Propel Software. “By using Propel PBM, PC users for the first time can be assured their high-priority, time-sensitive applications will run simultaneously with low-priority applications and maintain optimal performance in any given network condition.”

Automatic Prioritization of Application Traffic

The typical PC today has dozens of programs that access the network.  Propel PBM prioritizes all the traffic on a PC automatically, so that time-sensitive traffic gets higher priority than other traffic. Propel PBM’s automatic behavior is based on policy definitions that are updated automatically, much like a virus protection program that periodically downloads new virus definitions.

For example, a Skype call taken during a file upload can result in outgoing voice traffic suffering significant time delays or blockages as the two tasks compete for outgoing network bandwidth. The Skype traffic is higher priority because interfering with its packets can degrade the call quality.  In contrast, the file upload is lower priority – the file transfer will not break if preference is given to the Skype traffic.  An individual can try to protect high-priority networking applications like Skype from low-priority ones by turning them off manually, but this is often inconvenient and can waste time.

“Propel PBM is breakthrough software for individual PC users who demand high quality when using bandwidth-sensitive applications like VoIP or online gaming,” said Chris Shipley, executive producer of DEMOfall 07.  “As more and more applications compete for use of an individual PC’s network connection, Propel PBM will become must-have software for PC users.”

Propel PBM for Windows will be available Fall 2007.  To sign up for an invitation-only beta program, please visit www.propelpbm.com.

About Propel Software Corporation
Propel Software Corporation is a leading provider of award-winning Internet acceleration and network optimization software. Propel’s flagship product, Propel Accelerator, provides a high-speed experience for users of 802.11 hotspots, wireless data, low-speed broadband and dial-up connections. Propel Accelerator is deployed by hundreds of ISPs in more than 75 countries, making an improved Internet experience available to more than 34 million users. Propel was founded in 1999 by well-known serial technology entrepreneurs Steven Kirsch, David Murray and a team of seasoned Silicon Valley executives. For more information, visit www.propel.com.

Propel, Propel PBM, PBM and the Propel logos are trademarks of Propel Software Corporation and may be registered in certain jurisdictions. Skype is a trademark of Skype Technologies S.A. in Luxembourg and other countries. All other trademarks shown are trademarks of their respective owners. No use of any trade name or trademark is intended to convey any affiliation with or endorsement of Propel PBM software.

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Company Contact
Mike Samboy
Propel Software Corporation
408/571-6343
mike.samboy@propel.com