AlphaNet Solutions Joins Tumbleweed Channel Alliance Program

AlphaNet to Offer Customers Tumbleweed's Leading Email Policy Management and Security Software Suite

REDWOOD CITY, CA - July 11, 2001 - AlphaNet Solutions, Inc. (NASDAQ:ALPH), a leading IT professional services firm providing network design, operation, management, and security, and Tumbleweed® Communications Corp. (NASDAQ:TMWD), a leading provider of mission-critical messaging software, announced today that AlphaNet has joined the Tumbleweed Channel Alliance Program. As a new Channel Partner, AlphaNet will offer its customers products from Tumbleweed's suite of messaging management security solutions.

"AlphaNet's continued monitoring of our client networks showed an increasing threat to business communications from email," said Vince Tinebra, President and Chief Operating Officer. "Our agreement with Tumbleweed allows us to address this threat and expand on our promise of delivering secure information computing environments to our clients. AlphaNet delivers both point and fully managed solutions for email management using the Tumbleweed product to complement our experience."

AlphaNet offers a full range of networking products and services for small to large enterprise customers across a number of vertical industries. As a Tumbleweed Channel Alliance partner, AlphaNet will offer customers Tumbleweed Messaging Management System™ (MMS™), a set of email security management products that enables companies to protect sensitive business data on the Internet. Using MMS, companies can set and implement policies for Internet communication, including email and browser-based communications, by applying content control, encryption, access control, attachment management, virus scanning and digital signature policies that are administered centrally and enforced universally across their enterprise. "AlphaNet has built a strong reputation on meeting the networking and security infrastructure needs of its customers and we are pleased that they have chosen to become a Channel Alliance partner," said Robert Krauss, Vice President, Channel Alliance Program at Tumbleweed Communications Corp.

About AlphaNet Solutions
AlphaNet Solutions, Inc. (NASDAQ:ALPH) is a leading IT professional services firm providing business consulting, infrastructure design, managed services, business continuity planning, and security. AlphaNet Solutions also offers enterprise solutions including remote network management and call center support, as well as professional development. For information on the Company's complete range of services, please visit AlphaNet's web site at www.alphanetsolutions.com.

About Tumbleweed
Tumbleweed Communications (NASDAQ:TMWD) is a leading provider of mission critical messaging software that enables organizations to manage and secure online business communications and processes. Tumbleweed's customers use the company's solutions to define secure communication networks, to centrally control and monitor the corporate communications stream and to create a foundation for automated preparation and secure Internet delivery of sensitive business information. Companies that rely on Tumbleweed Communications solutions include American Express, JP Morgan Chase & Co., Chevron, Datek Online, the European Union's Joint Research Council, FDA, 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. More information can be found at www.tumbleweed.com.

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.