NEC Fielding joins with Tumbleweed for Secure Content Management

NEC Fielding selects to sell and market Tumbleweed Secure Mail as an Internet and Email management tool for Internet Security

REDWOOD CITY, CA - November 5, 2001 - NEC Fielding, Ltd., a leading IT solutions company providing network design, operations, support, management and security consulting and services announced today that it has entered into a channel alliance program with TumbleweedŽ Communications KK, a leading provider of secure content management solutions for enabling the business Internet. NEC Fielding will begin offering to its customers Tumbleweed Secure Mail as part of the secure content management solution offerings to enable protection of the network and secure their business communications over the Internet, starting from November 2, 2001.

Tumbleweed Secure Mail, a content security and policy management solution for Internet email, is part of Tumbleweed's Secure Guardian framework that offers a wide range of security solutions that protect and extend enterprise networks, and enable secure communications with customers, partners and suppliers over the Internet. Enterprises can use Secure Mail to set and implement policies for communicating with their partners, suppliers and customers over the Internet, including email and browser-based communications. With Secure Mail, the following functions can be administered and applied centrally and universally across an enterprise: content filtering, encryption, access control, attachment management, virus scanning and digital signature policies. It is a comprehensive solution that is easy to install and transparent to the end-users.

According to IDC, secure content management is a new and fast growing market which is expected to grow to $4.2 billion by 2005 from $1.7 billion in 2000. NEC Fielding was quick to identify corporate customers' need for an Internet management solution that can manage all of their security applications, protect their internal networks, and manage and secure Web content and email communications leaving and entering the enterprise provided through centralized security and policy framework. With Tumbleweed Secure Mail, NEC Fielding will offer a full spectrum of networking and security products and secure content management solutions as business processes move to the Internet.

About NEC Fielding, Ltd.
NEC Fielding is a leading provider of IT solutions which includes network design, operations, support, management and security consulting and services handling personal to mainframe computers.

About Tumbleweed
About Tumbleweed CommunicationsTumbleweed is a leading provider of solutions for managing secure communication and collaboration to enable the business Internet. Tumbleweed's robust policy-based framework empowers organizations to safely share and protect critical information, increase customer loyalty and privacy and dramatically reduce costs. Tumbleweed is trusted by 1,000 blue-chip customers including American Express, JP Morgan Chase & Co., Chevron, Datek Online, the European Union's Joint Research Council, US Food and Drug Administration, John Deere, Merrill Lynch, Nike, Northern Trust, NTT, Salomon Smith Barney, Travelers, United Parcel Service, and seven of the world's largest postal services. Tumbleweed Communications was founded in 1993 and is headquartered in Redwood City, CA with offices around the world.

Except for the historical information contained herein, the matters discussed in this press release may constitute forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected, particularly with respect to the security features of Tumbleweed's products and the activities of any third party. In some cases, forward-looking statements can be identified by terminology such as "may," "will," "should," "potential," "continue," "expects," "anticipates," "intends," "plans," "believes," "estimates," and similar expressions. For further cautions about the risks of investing in Tumbleweed, we refer you to the documents Tumbleweed files from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission, particularly Tumbleweed's Form 10-K filed March 30, 2001 and Form 10-Q filed November 13, 2001. Tumbleweed assumes no obligation to update information contained in this press release.