BUSINESS WEB INC
S-1/A, 1996-06-25
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  AS FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION ON JUNE 25, 1996     
 
                                                     REGISTRATION NO. 333-04235
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                                 UNITED STATES
                      SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                            WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
 
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                             AMENDMENT NO. 2     
 
                                      TO
 
                                   FORM S-1
                            REGISTRATION STATEMENT
                                     UNDER
                          THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
 
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                                 ONEWAVE, INC.
            (EXACT NAME OF REGISTRANT AS SPECIFIED IN ITS CHARTER)
 
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           DELAWARE                         7379                        04-3249618
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 (STATE OR OTHER JURISDICTION        (PRIMARY STANDARD               (I.R.S. EMPLOYER
     OF INCORPORATION OR         INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION          IDENTIFICATION NO.)
        ORGANIZATION)                   CODE NUMBER)
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                            ONE ARSENAL MARKETPLACE
                        WATERTOWN, MASSACHUSETTS 02172
                                (617) 923-6500
  (ADDRESS, INCLUDING ZIP CODE, AND TELEPHONE NUMBER, INCLUDING AREA CODE, OF
                   REGISTRANT'S PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICES)
 
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                                KLAUS P. BESIER
                     PRESIDENT AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
                                 ONEWAVE, INC.
                            ONE ARSENAL MARKETPLACE
                        WATERTOWN, MASSACHUSETTS 02172
                                (617) 923-6500
(NAME, ADDRESS, INCLUDING ZIP CODE, AND TELEPHONE NUMBER, INCLUDING AREA CODE,
                             OF AGENT FOR SERVICE)
 
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                                  COPIES TO:
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    WILLIAM E. KELLY, ESQ.         JOHN J. EGAN III, ESQ.          MARK G. BORDEN, ESQ.
<S>                            <C>                            <C>
       PEABODY & ARNOLD         GOODWIN, PROCTER & HOAR LLP           HALE AND DORR
        50 ROWES WHARF                 EXCHANGE PLACE                60 STATE STREET
 BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02110    BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02109    BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02109
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  APPROXIMATE DATE OF COMMENCEMENT OF PROPOSED SALE TO THE PUBLIC: As soon as
practicable after this Registration Statement becomes effective.
 
  If any of the securities being registered on this Form are to be offered on
a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act of
1933, check the following box. [_]
 
  If this Form is filed to register additional securities for an offering
pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, please check the following
box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier
effective registration statement for the same
offering. [_]
 
  If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(c)
under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act
registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement
for the same offering. [_]
 
  If delivery of the prospectus is expected to be made pursuant to Rule 434,
please check the following box. [_]
 
  THE REGISTRANT HEREBY AMENDS THIS REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON SUCH DATE OR
DATES AS MAY BE NECESSARY TO DELAY ITS EFFECTIVE DATE UNTIL THE REGISTRANT
SHALL FILE A FURTHER AMENDMENT WHICH SPECIFICALLY STATES THAT THIS
REGISTRATION STATEMENT SHALL THEREAFTER BECOME EFFECTIVE IN ACCORDANCE WITH
SECTION 8(A) OF THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR UNTIL THE
REGISTRATION STATEMENT SHALL BECOME EFFECTIVE ON SUCH DATE AS THE SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION, ACTING PURSUANT TO SAID SECTION 8(A), MAY DETERMINE.
 
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                                 ONEWAVE, INC.
 
          CROSS-REFERENCE SHEET SHOWING LOCATION IN THE PROSPECTUS OF
                     THE RESPONSES TO THE ITEMS OF FORM S-1
                    (PURSUANT TO ITEM 501 OF REGULATION S-K)
 
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        FORM S-1 ITEM NUMBER OF CAPTION                  LOCATION OR HEADING IN PROSPECTUS
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<S>                                                  <C>
 1.Forepart of Registration Statement and Outside
     Front Cover of Prospectus...................... Outside Front Cover Page
 2.Inside Front and Outside Back Cover Pages of
     Prospectus..................................... Inside Front Cover Page and Outside
                                                      Back Cover Page of Prospectus;
                                                      Prospectus Summary; Risk Factors
 3.Summary Information, Risk Factors and Ratio of
     Earnings to Fixed Charges...................... Outside Front Cover Page;
                                                      Inside Front Cover Page;
                                                      Prospectus Summary; The Company;
                                                      Risk Factors; Business
 4.Use of Proceeds.................................. Use of Proceeds
 5.Determination of Offering Price.................. Outside Front Cover Page; Underwriting
 6.Dilution......................................... Dilution
 7.Selling Security Holders......................... Management; Principal and Selling
                                                      Stockholders
 8.Plan of Distribution............................. Outside Front Cover Page;
                                                      Inside Front Cover Page; Underwriting
 9.Description of Securities to be Registered....... Description of Capital Stock
10.Interests of Named Experts and Counsel........... Not Applicable
11.Information with Respect to the Registrant
  a.Description of Business.......................   Risk Factors; The Company; Use of
                                                      Proceeds; Management's Discussion
                                                      and Analysis of Financial Condition
                                                      and Results of Operations; Business
  b.Description of Property.......................   Business--Facilities
  c.Legal Proceedings.............................   Not Applicable
  d.Market Price of and Dividends on the
       Registrant's Common Equity and Related
       Stockholder Matters........................   Front Cover Page; Dividend Policy;
                                                      Underwriting; Principal and Selling
                                                      Stockholders; Shares Eligible for
                                                      Future Sale; Description of Capital Stock
  e.Financial Statements..........................   Financial Statements
  f.Selected Financial Data.......................   Selected Financial Data
  g.Supplementary Financial Information...........   Not Applicable
  h.Management's Discussion and Analysis of
       Financial Condition and Results of
       Operations.................................   Management's Discussion and Analysis of
                                                     Financial Condition and Results of
                                                     Operations
  i.Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants
       on Accounting and Financial Disclosures....   Not Applicable
  j.Directors and Executive Officers..............   Management
  k.Executive Compensation........................   Management; Certain Transactions
  l.Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial
       Owners and Management......................   Principal and Selling Stockholders
  m.Certain Relationships and Related
       Transactions...............................   Certain Transactions
12.Disclosure of Commission Position on
     Indemnification for Securities Act
     Liabilities.................................... Not Applicable
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++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
+INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN IS SUBJECT TO COMPLETION OR AMENDMENT. A         +
+REGISTRATION STATEMENT RELATING TO THESE SECURITIES HAS BEEN FILED WITH THE   +
+SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION. THESE SECURITIES MAY NOT BE SOLD NOR MAY  +
+OFFERS TO BUY BE ACCEPTED PRIOR TO THE TIME THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT        +
+BECOMES EFFECTIVE. THIS PROSPECTUS SHALL NOT CONSTITUTE AN OFFER TO SELL OR   +
+THE SOLICITATION OF AN OFFER TO BUY NOR SHALL THERE BE ANY SALE OF THESE      +
+SECURITIES IN ANY STATE IN WHICH SUCH OFFER, SOLICITATION OR SALE WOULD BE    +
+UNLAWFUL PRIOR TO REGISTRATION OR QUALIFICATION UNDER THE SECURITIES LAWS OF  +
+ANY SUCH STATE.                                                               +
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
                   
                SUBJECT TO COMPLETION, DATED JUNE 25, 1996     
 
 
                                3,750,000 SHARES
 
                                  ONEWAVE, INC.
 
                                  COMMON STOCK
 
                           (PAR VALUE $.001 PER SHARE)
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  Of the 3,750,000 shares of Common Stock offered hereby, 3,000,000 shares are
being sold by the Company and 750,000 shares are being sold by the Selling
Stockholders. See "Principal and Selling Stockholders". The Company will not
receive any of the proceeds from the sale of the shares being sold by the
Selling Stockholders.
 
  Prior to this offering, there has been no public market for the Common Stock
of the Company. It is currently estimated that the initial public offering
price per share will be between $13.00 and $15.00. For factors to be considered
in determining the initial public offering price, see "Underwriting".
 
  SEE "RISK FACTORS" ON PAGE 5 FOR CERTAIN CONSIDERATIONS RELEVANT TO AN
INVESTMENT IN THE COMMON STOCK.
   
  The Common Stock has been approved for quotation on the Nasdaq National
Market under the symbol "OWAV".     
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THESE  SECURITIES HAVE  NOT  BEEN  APPROVED OR  DISAPPROVED  BY THE  SECURITIES
AND   EXCHANGE  COMMISSION  OR   ANY  STATE   SECURITIES  COMMISSION  NOR   HAS
 THE SECURITIES  AND EXCHANGE  COMMISSION OR  ANY STATE  SECURITIES COMMISSION
 PASSED UPON  THE ACCURACY OR ADEQUACY OF THIS  PROSPECTUS. ANY REPRESENTATION
  TO THE CONTRARY IS A CRIMINAL OFFENSE.
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                                                  PROCEEDS
                     INITIAL PUBLIC UNDERWRITING     TO     PROCEEDS TO SELLING
                     OFFERING PRICE DISCOUNT(1)  COMPANY(2)    STOCKHOLDERS
                     -------------- ------------ ---------- -------------------
<S>                  <C>            <C>          <C>        <C>
Per Share...........      $             $           $               $
Total(3)............     $             $           $               $
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(1) The Company and the Selling Stockholders have agreed to indemnify the
    Underwriters against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the
    Securities Act of 1933. See "Underwriting".
(2) Before deducting estimated expenses of $1,100,000 payable by the Company.
(3) The Company has granted the Underwriters an option for 30 days to purchase
    up to an additional 562,500 shares at the initial public offering price per
    share, less the underwriting discount, solely to cover over-allotments. If
    such option is exercised in full, the total initial public offering price,
    underwriting discount and proceeds to Company will be $    , $    and $   ,
    respectively. See "Underwriting".
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  The shares offered hereby are offered severally by the Underwriters, as
specified herein, subject to receipt and acceptance by them and subject to
their right to reject any order in whole or in part. It is expected that
certificates for the shares will be ready for delivery in New York, New York,
on or about    , 1996, against payment therefor in immediately available funds.
 
GOLDMAN, SACHS & CO.                                           HAMBRECHT & QUIST
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                   The date of this Prospectus is     , 1996.
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  [Graphic depicts a three dimensional rectangular platform angled from the 
upper left to bottom right of the page, divided into three segments.  There is a
small gap between each of the platform segments.  The front edges of these 
segments are labeled, from right to left, "Data Access", "Functionality" and 
"Presentation".  The left end of the platform ends in a low brick wall, labeled 
"Firewall."  On the left side of the firewall is a cloud labeled "Internet".  
Beyond the "Internet" cloud are three personal computers, labeled "Distributor",
"Partner" and "Customer".  The screen of each computer says "Web Browser", and 
the top of each computer is labeled "OpenScape WebEngine Client".  There are 
arrows from each computer to the "Firewall".  On the "Presentation" platform 
segment there are two computers.  One is labeled "OpenScape WebEngine Client",
with the words "Web Browser" on its screen, and the other is labeled "OpenScape
WebEngine Client", with the words "Desktop Application" on its screen. There are
arrows between the "Firewall" and each of these computers to the box on the
"Functionality" platform segment. The "Functionality" segment is entirely
occupied by a box labeled "OpenScape Distributed WebEngine Data Integration &
Analysis". Attached to this box and extending across the gap and over a small
portion of the "Data Access" segment is a rectangular box with four cylinders
extending farther out over the "Data Access" segment labeled "OpenScape
OpenExtension". Placed on the "Data Access" segment, in front of each of these
cylinders, are four small rectangular boxes labeled (from back to front) "Legacy
System", "Client/Server System", "Database" and "Emerging Technologies". There
is an arrow from each of the "OpenExtension" cylinders to the box directly in
front of it. Behind the "Presentation" segment is the label "Intranet"; behind
the "Functionality" segment is the label "Enterprise"; and behind the "Data
Access" segment is the label "Current IT System."]
 

  OneWave's OpenScape products allow organizations to Web-enable business
applications through use of a distributed component, multi-tier client/server
architecture, where presentation, functionality and data access layers are
developed and deployed independently of each other. OpenScape products provide
the high-volume and real-time performance capabilities required by businesses
through the utilization of standard Internet protocols, component-based,
object-oriented technology, a scalable, multi-tier architecture and an
intuitive point-and-click development environment. The Company believes that
its products will enable organizations to achieve significant competitive
advantages by increasing responsiveness to changing business conditions, and
exploiting the low cost, flexibility and ease-of-use of Internet technologies.
 
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  IN CONNECTION WITH THIS OFFERING, THE UNDERWRITERS MAY OVER-ALLOT OR EFFECT
TRANSACTIONS WHICH STABILIZE OR MAINTAIN THE MARKET PRICE OF THE COMMON STOCK
OF THE COMPANY AT A LEVEL ABOVE THAT WHICH MIGHT OTHERWISE PREVAIL IN THE OPEN
MARKET. SUCH TRANSACTIONS MAY BE EFFECTED ON THE NASDAQ NATIONAL MARKET, IN
THE OVER-THE-COUNTER MARKET OR OTHERWISE. SUCH STABILIZING, IF COMMENCED, MAY
BE DISCONTINUED AT ANY TIME.
 
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  "OneWave" and all of the Company's logos and product names are trademarks of
the Company and are used throughout this document as such. This prospectus
also contains trademarks of other companies.
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                                    [4/c )
  [Graphic entitled "OneWave Solution" depicts a map of the United States, with 
images of buildings labeled as "Company Headquarters", "Company Sales Office", 
"Company Manufacturing Plant", "Company Distribution Center", "Company R&D 
Center" and "Company Southeast Regional Office", placed at various locations 
around the map, and encircled by arrows labeled "Intranet" in two places.  
Another arrow leads from "Company Headquarters" to "Company Sales Office".  
Another arrow leads from "Company Headquarters" to a brick wall labeled 
"Firewall" located in the upper left quarter of the graphic.  Beyond the 
"Firewall" there is a cloud labeled "Internet".  Beyond the cloud farther to the
left and top of the picture, there are nine buildings, arranged in three lines 
of three buildings each, with each building in the first line labeled 
"Distributors", in the second line labeled "Business Partners" and in the third 
line labeled "Customers".  There are arrows leading from each of the buildings 
which is first in each line into the "Internet" cloud.]

OneWave Inc. is a provider of "Web-enabled" software for the development and 
deployment of mission-critical business applications across an organization's 
disparate information technology ("IT") systems and the extension of those 
applications to Intranets and the Internet.  The Company's OpenScape products 
enable organizations to extend their current IT capabilities to conduct new, 
dynamic and interactive communications and transactions with key audiences in 
their extended enterprise, including customers, suppliers, distributors and 
business partners.

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                                   [4/C ART]
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                               PROSPECTUS SUMMARY
  The following summary should be read in conjunction with, and qualified in
its entirety by, the more detailed information and the Financial Statements and
Notes thereto appearing elsewhere in this Prospectus. Except as otherwise
noted, all information contained in this Prospectus, including share and per
share information, (i) assumes no exercise of the Underwriters' over-allotment
option, (ii) reflects the conversion upon the consummation of this offering of
all outstanding shares of the Company's Series B Redeemable Convertible
Preferred Stock ("Series B Preferred Stock") and Series C Convertible Preferred
Stock ("Series C Preferred Stock") into 1,775,194 shares of Common Stock, and
(iii) reflects a two-for-three reverse stock split of the Company's Common
Stock effected in May 1996. 
 
                                  THE COMPANY

  OneWave, Inc., formerly Business@Web, Inc. ("OneWave" or the "Company"), is a
provider of "Web-enabled" software for the development and deployment of
mission-critical business applications across an organization's disparate
information technology ("IT") systems and the extension of those applications
to Intranets and the Internet. The Company's OpenScape products enable
organizations to extend their current IT capabilities to conduct new, dynamic
and interactive communication and transactions with key audiences in their
"extended enterprise", including customers, suppliers, distributors and
business partners. OpenScape products provide the high-volume and real-time
performance capabilities required by businesses through the utilization of
standard Internet protocols, component-based, object-oriented technology, a
scaleable, multi-tier architecture and an intuitive point-and-click development
environment. The Company believes that its products will enable organizations
to achieve significant competitive advantages by increasing responsiveness to
changing business conditions, and exploiting the low cost, flexibility and
ease-of-use of Internet technologies. 
 
  In response to increased competitive pressures, businesses have engaged in
the reengineering of critical business processes in an attempt to realize
productivity and efficiency gains. A critical enabler of these reengineering
efforts has been the strategic use of information technology, such as legacy
and client/server systems. To date, the development and deployment of effective
enterprise-wide business applications have been limited by the proliferation of
multiple IT systems. The recent emergence of the World Wide Web and Internet
technologies offers businesses the opportunity to significantly improve
collaboration and communication both within the enterprise and with the
extended enterprise. Accordingly, organizations are increasingly seeking a
cost-effective IT solution which maximizes the value of their existing IT
infrastructure, while simultaneously capturing the strategic business benefits
of the Internet. Organizations are able to address this need through the use of
the Company's OpenScape development environment and its Distributed WebEngine,
WebEngine Client and OpenExtension products.
 
  The Company's objective is to be a leading provider of software which
supports the development and deployment of Web-enabled business applications.
The Company intends to integrate emerging technologies in future OpenScape
product releases and to continually introduce additional OpenExtensions,
specific preconfigured add-on products which enable communications with
proprietary environments. The Company also intends to develop multiple
distribution channels, focusing primarily on the Company's direct sales force,
and its strategic relationships with leading technology companies including
BBN, Baan, Deloitte & Touche/ICS, Hewlett-Packard, Informix, NEC, PeopleSoft
and SAP.
 
  The Company was incorporated in Delaware in January 1994. The Company's
executive offices are located at One Arsenal Marketplace, Watertown, MA 02172
and its telephone number is (617) 923-6500.
 
                                  THE OFFERING
 
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Common Stock offered by the Company....................   3,000,000 shares
Common Stock offered by the Selling Stockholders.......     750,000 shares
Common Stock to be outstanding after the offering......  14,844,890 shares(1)
Proposed Nasdaq National Market symbol.................  OWAV
Use of proceeds........................................  For working capital,
                                                         repayment of debt and
                                                         other general 
                                                         corporate purposes,
                                                         including possible
                                                         acquisitions.
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                             SUMMARY FINANCIAL DATA
                     (IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT PER SHARE DATA)
 
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                         JANUARY 19, 1994
                          (INCEPTION) TO      YEAR ENDED      THREE MONTHS
                         DECEMBER 31, 1994 DECEMBER 31, 1995 ENDED MARCH 31,
                         ----------------- ----------------- ----------------
                                                              1995     1996
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STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS
 DATA:
Total revenues..........      $  --             $6,070       $  416  $  2,381
Gross profit............         --              2,669          222     1,118
Operating loss..........      (1,180)           (2,621)        (290)   (8,497)
Net loss................      (1,180)           (2,698)        (290)   (8,515)
Pro forma net loss per
 common and common
 equivalent share(2)....                        $(.21)               $  (.65)
Pro forma weighted
 average number of
 common and common
 equivalent shares
 outstanding(2).........                        12,871                 13,141
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                                                      MARCH 31, 1996
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                                                                   PRO FORMA AS
                                            ACTUAL   PRO FORMA(3) ADJUSTED(3)(4)
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BALANCE SHEET DATA:
Cash and cash equivalents.................. $ 4,822    $ 4,792       $42,752
Working capital (deficit)..................    (925)      (955)       37,005
Total assets...............................   8,939      8,909        46,869
Redeemable preferred stock.................   7,380         --            --
Stockholders' equity (deficit).............  (6,933)       417        38,377
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(1) Based upon the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding as of June 24,
    1996 after giving effect to the conversion of all outstanding shares of
    Series C Preferred Stock into 799,994 shares of Common Stock and all
    outstanding shares of Series B Preferred Stock into 975,200 shares of
    Common Stock, in each case upon the consummation of this offering and, with
    respect to the Series B Preferred Stock, assuming an initial public
    offering price of $14.00 per share. If the initial public offering price
    varies from $14.00 per share, the number of shares of Common Stock issuable
    upon conversion of the Series B Preferred Stock is subject to adjustment
    from a maximum of 1,103,137 shares of Common Stock (in the event that the
    initial public offering price is $12.375 per share or less) to a minimum of
    888,085 shares of Common Stock (in the event that the initial public
    offering price is $15.375 per share or greater). Excludes (i) 4,150,000
    shares of Common Stock reserved for issuance pursuant to the Company's
    stock option plans, under which options for the purchase of an aggregate of
    3,356,600 shares were outstanding as of June 24, 1996, (ii) 150,000 shares
    of Common Stock reserved for issuance pursuant to the Company's Employee
    Stock Purchase Plan and (iii) 23,333 shares of Common Stock that may be
    issued upon the exercise of an outstanding Common Stock purchase warrant.
    See "Management--Stock Plans", "Description of Capital Stock--Authorized
    and Outstanding Capital Stock", "--Employee Stock Purchase Plan" and "--
    Warrant" and Note 6 of Notes to Financial Statements.     
(2) See Note 1(k) of Notes to Financial Statements for an explanation of the
    determination of the number of shares used in computing pro forma net loss
    per common and common equivalent share.
(3) Presented on a pro forma basis to give effect to (i) the sale subsequent to
    March 31, 1996 of 1,200,000 shares of Series C Preferred Stock and the
    receipt of $5,970,000 in net proceeds therefrom, (ii) the repurchase and
    retirement subsequent to March 31, 1996 of 800,000 shares of Common Stock
    for $6,000,000 and (iii) the automatic conversion of all outstanding shares
    of Series B Preferred Stock and Series C Preferred Stock into 1,775,194
    shares of Common Stock upon the consummation of this offering. See
    "Description of Capital Stock--Authorized and Outstanding Capital Stock".
(4) Adjusted to give effect to the sale of 3,000,000 shares of Common Stock
    offered by the Company at an assumed public offering price of $14.00 per
    share, after deduction of the estimated underwriting discount and estimated
    offering expenses payable by the Company.
 
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                                 RISK FACTORS
 
  This Prospectus contains certain forward-looking statements within the
meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934. The Company's actual results could differ
materially from those set forth in the forward-looking statements as a result
of certain of the risk factors set forth below and elsewhere in this
Prospectus. In addition to the other information contained in this Prospectus,
the following factors should be considered carefully in evaluating an
investment in the Common Stock offered by this Prospectus.
 
LIMITED OPERATING HISTORY; ACCUMULATED DEFICIT
 
  The Company was founded in January 1994 and introduced its first OpenScape
products on a commercial basis in late December 1995. Most of the Company's
revenues to date have been attributable to consulting and education services.
Accordingly, the Company has only a limited operating history upon which an
evaluation of the Company and its products and prospects can be based. The
Company's prospects must be considered in light of the risks, expenses and
difficulties frequently encountered by companies in their early stage of
development, particularly companies in new and rapidly evolving markets. To
address these risks, the Company must, among other things, respond to
competitive developments, continue to attract, retain and motivate qualified
management and other employees, continue to upgrade its technologies and
commercialize products and services which incorporate such technologies and
achieve market acceptance for its OpenScape products. There can be no
assurance that the Company will be successful in addressing such risks. The
Company has incurred net losses since inception and expects to continue to
operate at a loss for the foreseeable future. As of March 31, 1996, the
Company had an accumulated deficit of approximately $12,400,000. There can be
no assurance that the Company will achieve or sustain profitability. See
"Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of
Operations".
 
POTENTIAL FLUCTUATIONS IN QUARTERLY RESULTS
 
  The Company may experience significant fluctuations in future quarterly
operating results that may be caused by many factors, including demand for the
Company's products, introduction, enhancement or announcement of products by
the Company and its competitors, market acceptance of new products, size and
timing of significant orders, budgeting cycles of its customers, mix of
distribution channels, mix of products and services sold, mix of international
and North American revenues, changes in the level of operating expenses,
changes in the Company's sales incentive plans, customer order deferrals in
anticipation of enhancements or new products offered or announced by the
Company or its competitors, and general economic conditions. The Company
believes that a significant portion of its revenues may be derived from a
limited number of large orders, and the timing of such orders and their
fulfillment can be expected to cause material fluctuations in the Company's
operating results, particularly on a quarterly basis. In addition, the Company
intends to continue to expand its direct sales force. The timing of such
expansion and the rate at which new salespeople become productive could also
cause material fluctuations in the Company's quarterly financial condition and
operating results. As a result, the Company believes that period-to-period
comparisons of its results of operations are not necessarily meaningful and
should not be relied upon as any indication of future performance. In
addition, it is typical for software companies to recognize a substantial
portion of their revenues during the last few weeks of each quarter;
therefore, any delays in orders or shipments are likely to result in revenues
not being recognized until the following quarter. The Company's current
expense levels are based in part on its expectations of future revenues and,
as a result, net income for a given period could be disproportionately
affected by any reduction in revenues. There can be no assurance that the
Company will be able to achieve significant revenues, that the level of
revenues in the future will not decrease from past levels or that in some
future quarter the Company's revenues or operating results will not be below
the expectations of stock market securities analysts and investors. In such
event, the
 
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Company's profitability and price of its Common Stock could be materially and
adversely affected. See "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial
Condition and Results of Operations".
 
RECENT INTRODUCTION OF OPENSCAPE PRODUCTS; NEW RELEASES
 
  The Company introduced its first OpenScape products in late December 1995.
Sales of OpenScape products accounted for $488,000, or 20% of total revenues,
in the three months ended March 31, 1996. The Company's future success will
depend in large part on the Company's ability to increase sales of the
OpenScape product line which, in turn, will depend in part on the successful
development, introduction and market acceptance of new releases of OpenScape
products. To date, only a limited number of the Company's customers have
developed and deployed Internet applications using the Company's software. In
June 1996, the Company introduced Version 2.0 of its OpenScape product, which
provides additional capabilities for the effective development of Internet
applications. The Company anticipates that its future revenues will depend to
a significant degree on the successful introduction and market acceptance of
its OpenScape Version 2.0. In addition, the Company's future success will
depend on its ability to develop new OpenExtensions that enable applications
developed with the Company's products to integrate with various back-end
systems, applications and databases from vendors such as Baan, Informix,
PeopleSoft and SAP. There can be no assurance that any of the Company's
planned products will be successfully introduced or will achieve market
acceptance, and such failure to do so could have a material adverse effect on
the Company's business, prospects, financial condition and results of
operations.
 
DEVELOPING MARKET; UNPROVEN ACCEPTANCE OF THE COMPANY'S PRODUCTS
 
  The market for the Company's software and services has only recently begun
to develop, is rapidly evolving and is characterized by an increasing number
of market entrants who have introduced, developed or announced products and
services for communication, collaboration and commerce over Intranets and the
Internet. As is typical in the case of a new and rapidly evolving industry,
demand and market acceptance for recently introduced products and services are
subject to a high level of uncertainty. The industry is evolving and has few
proven products. While the Company believes that its software products offer
significant advantages for communication, collaboration and commerce over
Intranets and the Internet, there can be no assurance that the market for the
Company's products and services will develop, that the Company's products and
services will achieve market acceptance, or that Intranets, the Internet and
related technologies will achieve widespread acceptance by businesses. If the
market for the Company's software and services fails to develop, develops more
slowly than expected or becomes saturated with competitors, or if the
Company's products do not achieve market acceptance, the Company's business,
prospects, financial condition and results of operations will be materially
adversely affected.
 
DEPENDENCE ON THE INTERNET
 
  Sales of the Company's products will depend to a significant degree upon
development of robust demand for, and the infrastructure necessary to support,
commercial Internet access and traffic. The Internet may not prove to be a
viable commercial marketplace because of inadequate development of the
necessary infrastructure, such as a reliable network backbone or timely
development of complementary products, such as high speed modems. Because
communication, collaboration and commerce over Intranets and the Internet is
new and evolving, it is difficult to predict with any certainty whether the
infrastructure or complementary products necessary to make such applications
commercially viable will develop or, if developed, that there will be
sufficient commercial demand for the use of Intranets and the Internet. In
addition, critical issues concerning the commercial use of the Internet,
including security, reliability, cost, ease-of-use, access, and quality of
service, remain
 
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unresolved and may impact the growth of such use by businesses. Moreover, the
adoption of Intranets and the Internet for communications, collaboration and
commerce may be slowed as a result of enterprises that have already invested
substantial resources in other IT systems being particularly reluctant or slow
to adopt a new strategy or technology. If the infrastructure or complementary
products necessary for widespread business use of Intranets and the Internet
are not developed, or if Intranets or the Internet does not otherwise become
commercially viable, the Company's business, prospects, financial condition
and results of operations will be materially adversely affected.
 
COMPETITION
 
  The market for Internet-based software and services is new, intensely
competitive and subject to rapid technological change. The Company expects
competition to persist and intensify in the future. Almost all of the
Company's current and potential competitors have significantly greater
financial, technical and marketing resources than the Company. The Company's
competitors may be able to respond more quickly to new or emerging
technologies and changes in customer requirements or devote greater resources
than the Company to the development, promotion and sale of their products.
Also, many current and potential competitors have greater name recognition and
more extensive customer bases that could be leveraged to gain market share to
the Company's detriment.
 
  The Company expects to face additional competition as other established and
emerging companies enter the market for Internet-based solutions and new
products and technologies are introduced. Increased competition could result
in price reductions, fewer customer orders, reduced profitability and loss of
market share, any of which could materially adversely affect the Company's
business, prospects, financial condition and results of operations. In
addition, current and potential competitors may make strategic acquisitions or
establish cooperative relationships among themselves or with third parties,
thereby increasing their ability to deliver products which address the needs
of the Company's prospective customers. Current and potential competitors may
also be more successful than the Company in having their products or
technologies widely accepted. Accordingly, it is possible that new competitors
or alliances among current and new competitors may emerge and rapidly gain
significant market share. Such competition could materially adversely affect
the Company's ability to obtain and retain market acceptance for its products
and services. There can be no assurance that the Company will be able to
compete successfully against current and future competitors, and the failure
to do so could have a material adverse effect upon the Company's business,
prospects, financial condition and results of operations. See "Business--
Competition".
 
NEW PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT
 
  A substantial portion of the Company's future revenues is expected to be
derived from the license of its OpenScape software and the sale of related
services. Accordingly, broad acceptance of the Company's software products and
services by customers is critical to the Company's future success, as is the
Company's ability to design, develop, test and support new software products
and enhancements on a timely basis that meet changing customer needs and
respond to technological developments and emerging industry standards. There
can be no assurance that the Company will be successful in developing and
marketing new software products and enhancements that meet changing customer
needs and respond to such technological changes or evolving industry
standards. In addition, there can be no assurance that the Company will not
experience difficulties that could delay or prevent the successful
development, introduction and marketing of new products and enhancements, or
that its new products and enhancements will adequately meet the requirements
of the marketplace and achieve market acceptance. If any of the Company's
future enhancements or products experience delays in release dates, or if they
fail to achieve market acceptance, the Company's business, prospects,
financial condition and results of operations could be materially adversely
affected. In addition, the introduction or announcement of new product
offerings or
 
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enhancements by the Company or the Company's competitors may cause customers
to defer or forgo purchases of current versions of the Company's products
which could have a material adverse effect on the Company's business,
prospects, financial condition and results of operations. See "Business--
Products" and "--Research and Development".
 
RISK OF SOFTWARE DEFECTS
 
  Software products as internally complex as the Company's products frequently
contain errors or defects, especially when first introduced or when new
versions or enhancements are released. The Company introduced Version 2.0 of
OpenScape in June 1996. There can be no assurance that, despite testing by the
Company, defects and errors will not be found in OpenScape Version 2.0, the
Company's other current products, or future products and enhancements,
resulting in loss of revenues or delay in market acceptance, which in turn
could have a material adverse effect upon the Company's business, prospects,
financial condition and results of operations. See "Business--Research and
Development".
 
RELIANCE ON STRATEGIC RELATIONSHIPS
 
  A key element of the Company's business strategy is to develop relationships
with leading industry organizations in order to increase the Company's market
presence, expand distribution channels and broaden the Company's product line.
The Company believes that its continued success depends in large part on its
ability to develop and maintain such relationships. Many of the Company's
strategic relationships are informal and non-exclusive, and do not require the
other party to sell the Company's products or expend resources toward the
promotion of the Company's products. In addition, these relationships
generally can be terminated by either party at any time. There can be no
assurance that the Company's existing or future strategic partners will not
develop and market products in direct competition with the Company or
otherwise discontinue their relationships with the Company, or that the
Company will be able to successfully develop additional strategic
relationships. The failure of the Company's strategic partners to augment the
sales of the Company's products could have a material adverse effect on the
Company's business, prospects, financial condition and results of operations.
See "Business--Strategic Alliances".
 
MANAGEMENT OF GROWTH
   
  The rapid execution necessary for the Company to fully exploit the market
window for its products and services requires an effective planning and
management process. The Company's rapid growth has placed, and is expected to
continue to place, a significant strain on the Company's managerial,
operational and financial resources. The senior members of the Company's
management, including Klaus P. Besier, the Company's Chairman of the Board,
President and Chief Executive Officer, Mark Gallagher, the Company's Chief
Financial Officer, John Burke, the Company's Vice President of Sales, Carolyn
LoGalbo, the Company's Vice President of Marketing, John Coviello, the
Company's Vice President of Technology, and Joseph Grattadauria, the Company's
Vice President of Support Services and Quality, have joined the Company during
1996. In addition, most of the Company's development and engineering staff was
only recently hired. To manage its growth, the Company must continue to
implement and improve its operational and financial systems and to expand,
train and manage its employee base. The Company's future operating results
will also depend on its ability to expand its sales and marketing
organizations, implement and manage new distribution channels, penetrate
different and broader markets, and grow its services and support organizations
commensurate with the increasing base of its installed products. Further
strain could also be placed on the Company's resources should the Company
choose to make acquisitions of complementary businesses, products or
technologies. If the Company is unable to plan and manage its growth
effectively, the Company's business, prospects, financial condition and
results of operations could be materially adversely affected. See "Business--
Research and Development" and "-- Employees".     
 
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DEPENDENCE ON KEY PERSONNEL
 
  The Company's performance is substantially dependent on the performance of
its executive officers and key employees, most of whom have worked together
for only a short period of time. Given the Company's early stage of
development, the Company is dependent on its ability to retain and motivate
high quality personnel, especially its management and highly skilled
development teams. The loss of the services of Klaus P. Besier, the Company's
Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer, or any of its
executive officers or other key employees could have a material adverse effect
on the Company. The Company's future success also depends on its continuing
ability to identify, hire, train and retain other highly qualified technical
and managerial personnel. Competition for such personnel is intense, and there
can be no assurance that the Company will be able to attract, assimilate or
retain other highly qualified technical and managerial personnel in the
future. The inability to attract and retain the necessary technical and
managerial personnel could have a material adverse effect upon the Company's
business, prospects, financial condition and results of operations. See
"Business--Employees" and "Management".
 
EVOLVING DISTRIBUTION STRATEGY
 
  The Company's distribution strategy includes leveraging its strategic
relationships and expanding its direct sales force. The Company has received
limited commitments to assist in the marketing and sale of its products from
the organizations with which it has established strategic relationships, but
there can be no assurance that any such commitments will lead to sales of such
products. The Company plans to expand its direct sales and support
organization to pursue prospects generated through its strategic relationships
and marketing initiatives. There can be no assurance that such internal
expansion will be successfully completed, that the cost of such expansion will
not exceed the revenues generated, or that the Company's sales and marketing
organization will be able to successfully compete against the significantly
more extensive and well-funded sales and marketing operations of many of the
Company's current or potential competitors. The Company's inability to
effectively manage its internal expansion could have a material adverse effect
on the Company's business, prospects, financial condition and results of
operations.
 
  The Company also expects to augment its direct sales efforts by adding
value-added resellers ("VARs") and independent software vendors ("ISVs"). The
Company expects that any material increase in sales through VARs and ISVs as a
percentage of total revenues, especially in the percentage of sales through
VARs, will adversely affect the Company's average selling prices and gross
margins due to the lower unit prices that are typically received by the vendor
when selling through indirect channels. Agreements with VARs and ISVs
typically do not restrict VARs and ISVs from distributing competing products,
and in many cases may be terminated by either party without cause. The
Company's inability to recruit, manage or retain qualified VARs and ISVs, or
their inability to penetrate their respective market segments, could have a
material adverse effect on the Company's business, prospects, financial
condition and results of operations. See "Business--Sales and Marketing".
 
PROPRIETARY TECHNOLOGY; INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
 
  The Company's success and ability to compete is dependent in part upon its
proprietary technology. While the Company relies on a combination of
trademark, copyright and trade secret laws, employee and third-party
nondisclosure agreements and other methods to protect its technology, the
Company believes that factors such as the skills of its development personnel
are more essential to establishing and maintaining a technology leadership
position. The Company presently has no patents or patent applications pending.
There can be no assurance that competitors will not develop technologies that
are similar or superior to the Company's technology. The Company generally
enters into confidentiality or license agreements with its employees and
consultants, and generally controls access to and distribution of its source
code and other proprietary information. Despite these precautions, it may be
possible for a third party to copy or otherwise obtain and use the Company's
products or technology without authorization, or to develop similar technology
independently. In
 
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addition, effective copyright and trade secret protection may be unavailable
or limited in certain foreign countries, and the global nature of the Internet
makes it virtually impossible to control the ultimate destination of the
Company's products. Despite the Company's efforts to protect its proprietary
rights, unauthorized parties may attempt to copy aspects of the Company's
products or to obtain and use information that the Company regards as
proprietary. Policing unauthorized use of the Company's products is difficult.
There can be no assurance that the steps taken by the Company will prevent
misappropriation of its technology or that such agreements will be
enforceable. In addition, litigation may be necessary in the future to enforce
the Company's intellectual property rights, to protect the Company's trade
secrets, to determine the validity and scope of the proprietary rights of
others, or to defend against claims of infringement or invalidity. Such
litigation could result in substantial costs and diversion of resources and
could have a material adverse effect on the Company's business, prospects,
financial condition and results of operations.
 
DEPENDENCE ON THIRD-PARTY TECHNOLOGY
 
  Certain of the Company's products contain software that is licensed to the
Company by third parties. There can be no assurance that these third-party
software licenses will continue to be available to the Company on commercially
reasonable terms. For example, certain technology incorporated in the
Company's software, including InterGroup Technologies, Inc.'s VisualWare for
Windows and Mystic River Software, Inc.'s Softbridge Basic Language, is
licensed from third parties on a nonexclusive basis. The termination of any of
such licenses, or the failure of the third-party licensors to adequately
maintain or update their products, could result in significant delay in the
Company's ability to ship certain of its products while it seeks to implement
technology offered by alternative sources. In addition, any required
replacement licenses could prove more costly than the Company's current
license relationships and might not provide technology as powerful and
functional as the third-party technology currently licensed by the Company.
Also, any such delay could have a material adverse effect on the Company's
results of operations for that quarter. While it may be necessary or desirable
in the future to obtain other licenses relating to one or more of the
Company's products or relating to current or future technologies, there can be
no assurance that the Company will be able to do so on commercially reasonable
terms or at all. The loss of, or inability to maintain, any such software
could result in shipment delays or reductions until equivalent software could
be developed, identified, licensed and integrated which could materially
adversely affect the Company's business, prospects, financial condition and
results of operations. See "Business--Strategic Alliances" and "--Proprietary
Rights".
 
PRODUCT LIABILITY
 
  The Company markets its products and services to customers for the
development, deployment and management of critical business applications. The
Company's license agreements with its customers typically contain provisions
designed to limit the Company's exposure to potential product liability
claims. The Company may not, however, always be able to obtain adequate
contractual limitations on liability from its customers and end users and, in
any event, such provisions may not be effective as a result of existing or
future federal, state or local laws or ordinances or unfavorable judicial
decisions. Although the Company has not experienced any material product
liability claims to date, the sale and support of the Company's products may
entail the risk of such claims, which could be significant. A successful
product liability claim brought against the Company could have a material
adverse effect upon the Company's business, prospects, financial condition and
results of operations.
 
RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH GLOBAL OPERATIONS
 
  Since its inception, the Company has derived less than 17% of its total
revenues in each year from sales to customers outside of the United States.
The Company intends to expand its operations outside of the United States and
enter additional international markets, which will require significant
 
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management attention and financial resources. The Company's ability to expand
the acceptance and use of its core technologies internationally is limited by
the general acceptance of the Internet and Intranets in other countries. The
Company expects to commit additional time and development resources to
customizing its products for selected international markets and developing
international sales and support channels. There can be no assurance that such
efforts will be successful. In addition, as the Company increases its
international sales, its total revenues may also be affected to a greater
extent by seasonal fluctuations resulting from lower sales that typically
occur during the summer months in Europe and other parts of the world. See
"Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of
Operations". In addition, the use of encryption technologies in the Company's
products could subject such products to export and/or import restrictions. Any
such export or import limitations could have a material adverse effect on the
ability to sell the Company's products outside the United States.
 
GOVERNMENT REGULATION AND LEGAL UNCERTAINTIES
 
  The Company is not currently subject to direct regulation by any
governmental agency, other than regulations applicable to business generally,
and there are currently few laws or regulations directly applicable to access
to or commerce on the Internet. Due to the increasing popularity and use of
the Internet, however, it is possible that a number of laws and regulations
may be adopted with respect to the Internet, covering issues such as user
privacy, pricing and characteristics and quality of products and services. The
adoption of any such laws or regulations may decrease the growth of the
Internet, which could in turn decrease the demand for the Company's products
and increase the Company's cost of doing business or otherwise have a material
adverse effect on the Company's business, prospects, financial condition and
results of operations. Moreover, the applicability to the Internet of existing
laws governing issues such as property ownership, libel and personal privacy
is uncertain.
   
CONCENTRATION OF STOCK OWNERSHIP; RELATED-PARTY TRANSACTIONS     
   
  Upon completion of this offering, the present directors, executive officers,
holders of 5% or more of the Common Stock, and their respective affiliates
will beneficially own approximately 66% of the outstanding Common Stock
assuming no exercise of the Underwriters' over-allotment option and 63% of the
outstanding Common Stock assuming full exercise of the Underwriters' over-
allotment option. As a result, these stockholders will be able to exercise
significant influence over all matters requiring stockholder approval,
including the election of directors and approval of significant corporate
transactions. Such concentration of ownership may also have the effect of
delaying or preventing a change in control of the Company. See "Principal and
Selling Stockholders" and "Description of Capital Stock--Delaware Law and
Certain Charter Provisions". In addition, the Company has in the past entered
into transactions with certain of its principal stockholders and their
affiliates. To the extent the Company enters into transactions with its
affiliates in the future, such transactions could result in conflicts of
interest. See "Certain Transactions".     
 
NO PRIOR PUBLIC MARKET; POSSIBLE VOLATILITY OF STOCK PRICE
 
  Prior to this offering, there has been no public market for the Company's
Common Stock, and there can be no assurance that an active public market for
the Common Stock will develop or be sustained after the offering. The initial
offering price was determined by negotiation between the Company and the
Underwriters based upon several factors. See "Underwriting" for a discussion
of the factors considered in determining the initial public offering price.
The market price of the Company's Common Stock is likely to be highly volatile
and could be subject to wide fluctuations in response to quarterly variations
in operating results, announcements of technological innovations or new
products by the Company or its competitors, changes in financial estimates by
securities analysts, or other events or factors. In addition, the stock market
has experienced significant price and volume fluctuations that have
particularly affected the market prices of equity securities of many high
technology companies and that have been unrelated to the operating performance
of such companies. In the past, following periods of volatility in the market
price of a company's securities, securities class
 
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action litigation has often been instituted against such a company. Such
litigation could result in substantial costs and a diversion of management's
attention and resources, which would have a material adverse effect on the
Company's business, prospects, financial condition and results of operations.
These broad market fluctuations may adversely affect the market price of the
Company's Common Stock. See "Underwriting".
 
SHARES ELIGIBLE FOR FUTURE SALE
 
  Sales of a substantial number of shares of Common Stock in the public market
following this offering could adversely affect the market price for the Common
Stock. See "Description of Capital Stock" and "Shares Eligible for Future
Sale".
 
EFFECT OF CERTAIN CHARTER PROVISIONS; ANTI-TAKEOVER EFFECTS OF RESTATED
CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION, RESTATED BY-LAWS AND DELAWARE LAW
 
  The Board of Directors has the authority to issue up to 5,000,000 shares of
Preferred Stock and to determine the price, rights, preferences, privileges
and restrictions, including voting rights, of those shares without any further
vote or action by the stockholders. The rights of the holders of Common Stock
will be subject to, and may be adversely affected by, the rights of the
holders of any Preferred Stock that may be issued in the future. The issuance
of Preferred Stock, while providing desirable flexibility in connection with
possible acquisitions and other corporate purposes, could have the effect of
making it more difficult for a third party to acquire a majority of the
outstanding voting stock of the Company. The Company has no present plans to
issue shares of Preferred Stock. Further, certain provisions of the Company's
Restated Certificate of Incorporation, including provisions that create a
classified board of directors, and of the Company's Restated By-laws and of
Delaware law could delay or make difficult a merger, tender offer or proxy
contest involving the Company. See "Management--Executive Officers and
Directors", "Description of Capital Stock--Preferred Stock" and "--Delaware
Law and Certain Charter Provisions".
 
DILUTION
 
  Investors in this offering will incur immediate, substantial dilution. To
the extent outstanding options to purchase the Company's Common Stock are
exercised, there will be further dilution. See "Dilution".
 
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                                USE OF PROCEEDS
 
  The net proceeds to the Company from the sale of the 3,000,000 shares of
Common Stock being offered by the Company in this offering are estimated to be
$37,960,000 ($45,283,750 if the Underwriters' over-allotment option is
exercised in full), assuming an initial public offering price of $14.00, and
after the deduction of the estimated underwriting discount and estimated
offering expenses payable by the Company. The Company will not receive any
proceeds from the sale of Common Stock by the Selling Stockholders. See
"Principal and Selling Stockholders".
 
  The principal purposes of this offering are to increase the Company's equity
capital, to create a public market for the Company's Common Stock, to
facilitate future access by the Company to public equity markets, to provide
liquidity to existing stockholders, to provide increased visibility and
credibility in a marketplace where many of its current and potential
competitors are or will be publicly held companies, and to enhance the ability
of the Company to use its Common Stock as consideration for acquisitions and
as a means of attracting and retaining key employees.
 
  The Company intends to use a portion of the net proceeds for the repayment
of a $2,000,000 principal amount term loan from State Street Bank and Trust
Company which matures in September 1996. The term loan bears interest at the
bank's prime rate plus 1% and the proceeds thereof were used to fund the
license fees due under a certain source code license agreement.
 
  The remainder of the net proceeds will be used for working capital and other
general corporate purposes. The amount actually expended by the Company for
working capital purposes will vary significantly depending upon a number of
factors, including future revenue growth, the amount of cash generated by the
Company's operations and the progress of the Company's product development
efforts. The Company may also use a portion of the net proceeds to fund
possible acquisitions of, or investments in, businesses, products and
technologies that are complementary to those of the Company. The Company has
no specific agreements, commitments or understandings with respect to any such
acquisitions or investments. Pending such uses, the Company intends to invest
the net proceeds of this offering in investment-grade, interest bearing
instruments. See "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition
and Results of Operations--Liquidity and Capital Resources".
 
                                DIVIDEND POLICY
 
  The Company has never declared or paid cash dividends on its Common Stock.
The Company currently intends to retain all of its earnings to finance future
growth and therefore does not anticipate paying any cash dividends on its
Common Stock in the foreseeable future. The Company is prohibited by its term
loan agreement from paying cash dividends.
 
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                                CAPITALIZATION
 
  The following table sets forth the capitalization of the Company as of March
31, 1996: (i) on an actual basis, (ii) on a pro forma basis as described in
Note 2 below and (iii) on a pro forma basis, as adjusted to give effect to the
sale of 3,000,000 shares of Common Stock offered by the Company at an assumed
initial public offering price of $14.00 per share. See "Use of Proceeds". The
capitalization information set forth in the table below is qualified by the
more detailed Financial Statements and Notes thereto appearing elsewhere in
this Prospectus.
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<CAPTION>
                                                    MARCH 31, 1996(1)
                                             ----------------------------------
                                                         PRO       PRO FORMA
                                              ACTUAL   FORMA(2)  AS ADJUSTED(2)
                                             --------  --------  --------------
                                                      (IN THOUSANDS)
<S>                                          <C>       <C>       <C>
Short-term debt............................. $  2,000  $  2,000     $  2,000
                                             ========  ========     ========
Series B Redeemable Convertible Preferred
 Stock, $1.00 par value; 1,332,127 shares
 authorized, issued or outstanding (actual);
 no shares authorized, issued or outstanding
 (pro forma and pro forma as adjusted)......    7,380       --           --
Stockholders' equity (deficit)(3):
Series C Convertible Preferred Stock, $1.00
 par value; 1,220,000 shares authorized, no
 shares issued or outstanding (actual); no
 shares authorized, issued or outstanding
 (pro forma and pro forma as adjusted)......      --        --           --
Preferred Stock, $1.00 par value;
 447,873 shares authorized, no shares issued
 or outstanding (actual); 5,000,000 shares
 authorized, no shares issued or outstanding
 (pro forma and pro forma as adjusted)......      --        --           --
Common Stock, $.001 par value;
 30,000,000 shares authorized, 10,803,030
  shares
 issued and outstanding (actual); 50,000,000
  shares
 authorized, 11,778,224 and 14,778,224
 shares issued and outstanding (pro forma
 and pro forma as adjusted)(3)..............       11        12           15
Additional paid-in capital..................    8,145    15,494       53,451
Note receivable from executive officer......   (2,560)   (2,560)      (2,560)
Deferred compensation.......................     (135)     (135)        (135)
Accumulated deficit.........................  (12,394)  (12,394)     (12,394)
                                             --------  --------     --------
Total stockholders' equity (deficit)........   (6,933)      417       38,377
                                             --------  --------     --------
Total capitalization........................ $    447  $    417     $ 38,377
                                             ========  ========     ========
</TABLE>
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(1) The Company's Certificate of Incorporation was amended on May 30, 1996 to
    increase the number of authorized shares of Common Stock and Preferred
    Stock to 50,000,000 and 5,000,000 shares, respectively. See "Description
    of Capital Stock" and Note 6 of Notes to Financial Statements.     
(2) Presented on a pro forma basis to give effect to (i) the sale subsequent
    to March 31, 1996 of 1,200,000 shares of Series C Preferred Stock and the
    receipt of $5,970,000 in net proceeds therefrom, (ii) the repurchase and
    retirement subsequent to March 31, 1996 of 800,000 shares of Common Stock
    for $6,000,000 and (iii) the automatic conversion of all outstanding
    shares of Series C Preferred Stock into 799,994 shares of Common Stock and
    all outstanding shares of Series B Preferred Stock into 975,200 shares of
    Common Stock, in each case upon the consummation of this offering and,
    with respect to the Series B Preferred Stock, assuming an initial public
    offering price of $14.00 per share. If the initial public offering price
    varies from $14.00 per share, the number of shares of Common Stock
    issuable upon conversion of the Series B Preferred Stock is subject to
    adjustment from a maximum of 1,103,137 shares of Common Stock (in the
    event that the initial public offering price is $12.375 per share or less)
    to a minimum of 888,085 shares of Common Stock (in the event that the
    initial public offering price is $15.375 per share or greater). See
    "Description of Capital Stock--Authorized and Outstanding Capital Stock"
    and "Statement of Redeemable Convertible Stock and Stockholders' Equity
    (Deficit)" contained on page F-5 of the Financial Statements.
   
(3) Excludes (i) 4,150,000 shares of Common Stock reserved for issuance
    pursuant to the Company's stock option plans, under which options for the
    purchase of an aggregate of 3,356,600 shares were outstanding as of June
    24, 1996, (ii) 150,000 shares of Common Stock reserved for issuance
    pursuant to the Company's Employee Stock Purchase Plan and (iii) 23,333
    shares of Common Stock that may be issued upon the conversion of an
    outstanding common stock warrant. See "Management--Stock Plans" and "--
    Employee Stock Purchase Plan", "Description of Capital Stock--Warrant" and
    Note 6 of Notes to Financial Statements.     
 
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                                   DILUTION
 
  As of March 31, 1996, the Company had a pro forma net tangible book value of
approximately $417,000 or $.04 per share of Common Stock. Pro forma net
tangible book value per share represents the Company's total tangible assets
less its total liabilities, divided by the aggregate pro forma number of
shares of Common Stock outstanding (after giving effect to the conversion of
the outstanding shares of Series C Stock and Series B Preferred Stock into
1,775,194 shares of Common Stock as described in Note 1 below, and the
repurchase of 800,000 shares of Common Stock by the Company). After giving
effect to the sale of the 3,000,000 shares of Common Stock offered by the
Company hereby at an assumed initial public offering price of $14.00 per share
and after deducting the estimated underwriting discount and estimated offering
expenses payable by the Company, the pro forma net tangible book value at
March 31, 1996 would have been approximately $38,377,000 or $2.60 per share of
Common Stock. This represents an immediate increase in pro forma net tangible
book value per share of $2.56 to existing stockholders and an immediate
dilution of $11.40 per share to the investors purchasing the shares of Common
Stock offered hereby. The following table illustrates such dilution per share:
 
<TABLE>
   <S>                                                            <C>   <C>
   Assumed initial public offering price per share...............       $14.00
    Pro forma net tangible book value per share as of March 31,
     1996........................................................ $ .04
    Increase per share attributable to this offering.............  2.56
   Pro forma net tangible book value per share after this offer-
    ing..........................................................         2.60
                                                                        ------
   Dilution per share to new investors...........................       $11.40
                                                                        ======
</TABLE>
 
  The following table summarizes, on a pro forma basis as of March 31, 1996,
the total number of shares of Common Stock purchased from the Company, the
total consideration paid, and the average price per share paid, by existing
stockholders and by new investors, based (for new investors) upon an assumed
initial public offering price of $14.00 per share (before deducting the
estimated underwriting discount and estimated offering expenses):
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                            SHARES PURCHASED  TOTAL CONSIDERATION
                           ------------------ ------------------- AVERAGE PRICE
                             NUMBER   PERCENT   AMOUNT    PERCENT   PER SHARE
                           ---------- ------- ----------- ------- -------------
<S>                        <C>        <C>     <C>         <C>     <C>
  Existing stockhold-
   ers(2)(3)               11,778,224   79.7% $14,440,784   25.6%    $ 1.23
  New investors(3)........  3,000,000   20.3   42,000,000   74.4      14.00
                           ----------  -----  -----------  -----
  Total................... 14,778,224  100.0% $56,440,784  100.0%
                           ==========  =====  ===========  =====
</TABLE>
- --------
(1) All outstanding shares of Series C Preferred Stock convert into 799,994
    shares of Common Stock and all outstanding shares of Series B Preferred
    Stock convert into 975,200 shares of Common Stock, in each case upon the
    consummation of this offering and, with respect to the Series B Preferred
    Stock, assuming an initial public offering of $14.00 per share. If the
    initial public offering price varies from $14.00 per share, the number of
    shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Series B Preferred
    Stock is subject to adjustment from a maximum of 1,103,137 shares of
    Common Stock (in the event that the initial public offering price is
    $12.375 per share or less) to a minimum of 888,085 shares of Common Stock
    (in the event that the initial public offering price is $15.375 per share
    or greater). See "Description of Capital Stock--Authorized and Outstanding
    Capital Stock".
   
(2) Does not includes an aggregate of 4,323,333 shares reserved for issuance
    under the Company's stock option plans, the Company's Employee Stock
    Purchase Plan and upon exercise of an outstanding Common Stock warrant.
    See "Management--Stock Plans" and "Description of Capital Stock--Warrant".
        
(3) Sales by the Selling Stockholders in this offering will reduce the number
    of shares held by existing stockholders to 11,028,224, or 74.6% (71.9% if
    the over-allotment option is exercised in full) of the total shares
    outstanding after this offering, and will increase the number of shares
    held by new investors to 3,750,000, or 25.4% of the total number of shares
    of Common Stock outstanding after this offering (4,312,500 or 28.1% of the
    total number of shares of Common Stock after this offering if the over-
    allotment option is exercised in full).
 
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<PAGE>
 
                            SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA
 
  The following selected financial data should be read in conjunction with
"Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of
Operations" and the Financial Statements of the Company, including the Notes
thereto, included elsewhere in this Prospectus. The statement of operations
data set forth below for the period from inception (January 19, 1994) to
December 31, 1994, and for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1995 and the
balance sheet data as of December 31, 1994 and 1995 are derived from the
Company's audited financial statements which have been audited by Arthur
Andersen LLP, independent public accountants, and which are included elsewhere
in this Prospectus. The statement of operations data for the three months
ended March 31, 1995 and 1996 and the balance sheet data as of March 31, 1996
are derived from unaudited financial statements of the Company and include, in
the opinion of the Company, all adjustments (consisting only of normal
recurring adjustments) necessary for a fair presentation of the Company's
results of operations for those periods. Operating results for the three month
period ended March 31, 1996 are not necessarily indicative of the results to
be expected for the year ending December 31, 1996. The historical results are
not necessarily indicative of the results of operations to be expected in the
future.
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                               JANUARY 19, 1994              THREE MONTHS ENDED
                                (INCEPTION) TO   YEAR ENDED       MARCH 31,
                                 DECEMBER 31,   DECEMBER 31, -------------------
                                     1994           1995       1995      1996
                               ---------------- ------------ --------- ---------
                                     (IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT PER SHARE DATA)
<S>                            <C>              <C>          <C>       <C>
STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS DATA:
Revenues:
  Software license and main-
   tenance...................      $   --         $ 2,151     $    43   $   710
  Consulting and education
   services..................          --           3,919         373     1,671
                                   -------        -------     -------   -------
    Total revenues...........          --           6,070         416     2,381
Cost of Revenues:
  Software license and main-
   tenance...................          --             717          22       289
  Consulting and education
   services..................          --           2,684         172       974
                                   -------        -------     -------   -------
    Total cost of revenues...          --           3,401         194     1,263
    Gross profit.............          --           2,669         222     1,118
Operating Expenses:
  Selling, general and admin-
   istrative.................          286          2,108         337     1,701
  Research and development...          894          3,182         175       399
  Compensation to executive
   officer...................          --             --          --      7,515
                                   -------        -------     -------   -------
    Total operating ex-
     penses..................        1,180          5,290         512     9,615
                                   -------        -------     -------   -------
    Operating loss...........       (1,180)        (2,621)       (290)   (8,497)
Interest Expense, net........          --             (77)        --        (18)
                                   -------        -------     -------   -------
    Net loss.................      $(1,180)       $(2,698)    $  (290)  $(8,515)
                                   =======        =======     =======   =======
Pro forma net loss per common
 and common equivalent
 share(1)....................                     $  (.21)              $  (.65)
Pro forma weighted average
 number of common and common
 equivalent shares
 outstanding(1)..............                      12,871                13,141
<CAPTION>
                                       DECEMBER 31,                    PRO FORMA
                               ----------------------------- MARCH 31, MARCH 31,
                                     1994           1995       1996     1996(2)
                               ---------------- ------------ --------- ---------
<S>                            <C>              <C>          <C>       <C>
BALANCE SHEET DATA:
Cash and cash equivalents....      $   --         $   105     $ 4,822   $ 4,792
Working capital (deficit)....         (932)        (1,967)       (925)     (955)
Total assets.................           63          2,626       8,939     8,909
Redeemable convertible pre-
 ferred stock................          --             --        7,380       --
Stockholders' equity (defi-
 cit)........................         (868)        (2,804)     (6,933)      417
</TABLE>
- -------
(1) See Note 1(k) of Notes to Financial Statements for an explanation of the
    determination of the number of shares used in computing pro forma net loss
    per common and common equivalent share.
(2) Presented on a pro forma basis to give effect to (i) the sale subsequent
    to March 31, 1996 of 1,200,000 shares of Series C Preferred Stock and the
    receipt of $5,970,000 in net proceeds therefrom, (ii) the repurchase and
    retirement subsequent to March 31, 1996 of 800,000 shares of Common Stock
    for $6,000,000 and (iii) the automatic conversion of all outstanding
    shares of Series C Convertible Preferred Stock into 799,994 shares of
    Common Stock and all outstanding shares of Series B Preferred Stock into
    975,200 shares of Common Stock, in each case upon the consummation of this
    offering and, with respect to the Series B Preferred Stock, assuming an
    initial public offering price of $14.00 per share. If the initial public
    offering price varies from $14.00 per share, the number of shares of
    Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Series B Preferred Stock is
    subject to adjustment from a maximum of 1,103,137 shares of Common Stock
    (in the event that the initial public offering price is $12.375 per share
    or less) to a minimum of 888,085 shares of Common Stock (in the event that
    the initial public offering price is $15.375 per share or greater). See
    "Description of Capital Stock--Authorized and Outstanding Capital Stock".
 
                                      16
<PAGE>
 
                    MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF
                 FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
 
OVERVIEW
 
  The Company was incorporated in Delaware in January 1994 (under the name
Object Power, Incorporated) and changed its name to Business@Web, Inc. in
February 1996 and to OneWave, Inc. in June 1996. In 1994, the Company focused
on research and development and did not generate revenues. In 1995, the
Company began generating revenues through the reselling of software licenses
of a related party and associated maintenance and providing consulting and
education services. These revenues contributed to the funding of increased
research and development and the creation of market awareness for its
OpenScape product line. The Company began shipping OpenScape products in late
December 1995. Total revenues from the sale of OpenScape products in 1995 were
$609,000, which included a sale to Hewlett-Packard of $490,000, or 80% of
total 1995 OpenScape revenues. For the three months ended March 31, 1996, the
Company generated total revenues of $2,381,000, of which $710,000, or 30%,
were software license and maintenance revenues and $1,671,000, or 70%, were
consulting and education services revenues. The OpenScape product line
accounted for 69% of total software license and maintenance revenues for the
three months ended March 31, 1996, with the remaining software license and
maintenance revenues generated through reselling related party software
licenses and maintenance. In June 1996, the Company introduced Version 2.0 of
its OpenScape product, which provides additional capabilities for the
effective development of Internet applications. As a result, the Company
anticipates that its future revenues will depend to a significant degree on
successful introduction and market acceptance of OpenScape Version 2.0.
 
  In 1996, the Company intends to increase its research and development
expenses and selling, general and administrative expenses. The Company's
expected levels of research and development expenditures are based on a plan
for current product enhancements and new product development. Selling and
marketing expenses are expected to increase significantly as a result of
continued expansion of distribution channels, strategic relationships,
headcount, and marketing programs. Increases in general and administrative
expenses are planned as the Company expands its executive management, finance
and administration support, information systems and other administrative
functions required to support the Company's operations.
 
  The Company has a limited operating history upon which an evaluation of the
Company and its prospects can be based. The Company and its prospects must be
considered in light of the risks, expenses and difficulties frequently
encountered by companies in their early stage of development, particularly
companies in new and rapidly evolving markets and technologies. To address
these risks, the Company must, among other things, respond to competitive
developments, continue to attract, retain and motivate qualified management
and other employees, continue to upgrade its technologies and commercialize
products and services which incorporate such technologies, and achieve market
acceptance for its OpenScape products. There can be no assurance that the
Company will be successful in addressing such risks. The Company has achieved
only limited revenues to date and its ability to generate significant revenues
is subject to substantial uncertainty. The limited operating history of the
Company makes the prediction of future results of operations difficult or
impossible, and therefore, there can be no assurance that the Company will
sustain revenue growth or achieve profitability. The Company has incurred net
losses since inception and expects to continue to incur losses on a quarterly
and annual basis for the foreseeable future. Due to all of the foregoing
factors, it is possible that in some future quarter, the Company's operating
results may be below the expectations of public market analysts and investors.
In such event, the price of the Company's Common Stock may be materially
adversely affected.
 
RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
 
  The following table sets forth certain operational data as a percentage of
total revenues for the year ended December 31, 1995 and the three months ended
March 31, 1995 and 1996. The table does not set forth such operational data as
a percentage of total revenues for the period from inception
 
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<PAGE>
 
to December 31, 1994, as the Company did not generate revenues in such period
and therefore such information is not meaningful.
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                            THREE MONTHS
                                               YEAR ENDED  ENDED MARCH 31,
                                              DECEMBER 31, -------------------
                                                  1995      1995       1996
                                              ------------ -------    --------
<S>                                           <C>          <C>        <C>
Revenues:
  Software license and maintenance...........      35%          10%         30%
  Consulting and education services..........      65           90          70
                                                  ---      -------    --------
    Total revenues...........................     100          100         100
Cost of Revenues:
  Software license and maintenance...........      12            5          12
  Consulting and education services..........      44           41          41
                                                  ---      -------    --------
    Total cost of revenues...................      56           47          53
    Gross profit.............................      44           53          47
Operating Expenses:
  Selling, general and administrative........      35           81          71
  Research and development...................      52           42          17
  Compensation to executive officer..........      --           --         316
                                                  ---      -------    --------
    Total operating expenses.................      87          123         404
                                                  ---      -------    --------
    Operating loss...........................     (43)         (70)       (357)
Interest Expense, net........................       1          --            1
                                                  ---      -------    --------
    Net loss.................................     (44)%        (70)%      (358)%
                                                  ===      =======    ========
</TABLE>
 
 THREE MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31, 1996 COMPARED WITH THREE MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31,
 1995
 
  REVENUES. Total revenues increased $1,965,000 to $2,381,000, for the three
months ended March 31, 1996 from $416,000 for the comparable quarter in 1995.
The increase was due primarily to the introduction and expansion of the
Company's product offerings, including consulting and education services,
related party software licenses and the OpenScape product line. For the three
months ended March 31, 1996, revenues consisted of 30% from software license
and maintenance revenues and 70% from consulting and education services
revenues compared with 10% and 90%, respectively, for the comparable period
for the prior year. For the three months ended March 31, 1996, OpenScape
software license and maintenance revenues were $488,000, representing 69% of
software license and maintenance revenues and 20% of total revenues. For the
three months ended March 31, 1995, the Company's software license and
maintenance revenues consisted solely of sales of software licenses of a
related party and associated maintenance. The Company has achieved only
limited revenues from OpenScape products and there can be no assurance that
the Company will sustain revenue growth or market acceptance for these or
other products which it markets.
 
  COST OF REVENUES. Cost of software license and maintenance revenues consists
of the cost of software and maintenance purchased for resale from a related
party, distribution costs and support personnel costs. The cost of consulting
and education services consists primarily of consulting and support personnel
salaries, related costs and fees to third-party service providers. Total cost
of revenues increased $1,069,000 to $1,263,000 for the three months ended
March 31, 1996 from $194,000 for the comparable prior period. Total cost of
revenues as a percentage of total revenues was 47% and 53% for the three
months ended March 31, 1995 and 1996, respectively. The cost of revenues as a
percentage of associated software license and maintenance revenues for the
three months ended March 31, 1996 and 1995 were 41% and 52%, respectively. The
cost of software license and maintenance revenues as a percentage of
associated revenues has decreased due to an increase in revenues derived from
the sale of the Company's OpenScape products, which have a lower cost of
revenues than the resale of related party software licenses and maintenance.
The cost
 
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<PAGE>
 
of revenues as a percentage of associated consulting and education services
revenues for the three months ended March 31, 1996 and 1995 were 58% and 46%,
respectively. The cost of consulting and education services revenues increased
as a percentage of associated revenues due to the greater costs associated
with consulting services, which the Company commenced offering in the third
quarter of 1995. Consulting service revenues generally have a higher cost of
associated revenue as compared with education service revenues. The Company
believes that cost of revenues comparisons are not meaningful or
representative of future results. In future periods, cost of revenues may be
affected by several factors, including distribution channels, price
reductions, competition, increases in cost of revenues, changes in product mix
and other factors.
 
  SELLING, GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES. Selling, general and
administrative expenses consist of payroll costs related to executive
management, finance, administration, sales and marketing personnel, and costs
for advertising, marketing and related administrative support. Selling,
general and administrative expenses increased to $1,701,000 for the three
months ended March 31, 1996 from $337,000 for the comparable prior period,
representing 71% and 81% of total revenues, respectively. The total dollar
increase reflects the Company's increased sales, marketing and distribution
efforts through increased headcount and related staffing expenditures. The
Company expects such total dollar increases to continue throughout 1996 and
future periods.
 
  RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT EXPENSES. Research and development expenses
primarily consist of payroll-related costs, fees to independent contractors
and purchases of technology. To date, the Company has expensed all software
development costs as incurred. Research and development expenses increased to
$399,000 for the three months ended March 31, 1996 from $175,000 for the
comparable prior period, representing 17% and 42% of total revenues,
respectively. The total dollar increase is attributable to increased headcount
and related costs which reflect the Company's efforts to enhance the
functionality of its products. The Company believes that it will be necessary
to make continued significant expenditures on research and development to
remain competitive.
 
  COMPENSATION TO EXECUTIVE OFFICER. During the three months ended March 31,
1996, certain of the Company's controlling stockholders sold 960,000 shares of
Common Stock to Klaus Besier for an aggregate purchase price of $1,440,000,
and agreed to make certain payments to Mr. Besier to secure his services as
the Company's Chief Executive Officer. In accordance with generally accepted
accounting principles, the Company recorded a non-cash expense of $7,515,000
relating to these transactions. This non-cash expense consists of: (i)
$5,760,000, which represents the difference between the purchase price paid by
Mr. Besier for the shares of Common Stock that he purchased and the fair
market value of those shares at that time; (ii) $1,000,000, relating to a
payment received by Mr. Besier from one of the Company's controlling
stockholders; and (iii) $755,000, representing the value of a payment that
such stockholder agreed to make to Mr. Besier in the event of a decline in the
value of certain stock appreciation rights held by Mr. Besier on capital stock
of his former employer. In the event of fluctuations in the value of these
stock appreciation rights, the Company may record additional non-cash charges
or credits, which could be significant, through September 30, 1996. See Note
10 of Notes to the Financial Statements.
 
  INTEREST EXPENSE, NET. For the three months ended March 31, 1996, the
Company recorded net interest expense of $18,000. This expense is comprised of
interest on the Company's $1,000,000 notes payable to stockholders and
$2,000,000 advance under its secured term note with a bank, offset by interest
income of approximately $16,000 on the Company's cash and cash equivalents.
The Company did not have any outstanding debt for the comparable period in the
prior year. In March 1996, the outstanding notes payable to stockholders were
repaid in full.
 
 FISCAL YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1995 COMPARED WITH THE PERIOD FROM INCEPTION
 (JANUARY 19, 1994) TO DECEMBER 31, 1994
 
  REVENUES. In 1994, the Company focused on research and development and did
not generate revenues. In 1995, the Company began generating revenues through
the reselling of related-party
 
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<PAGE>
 
software licenses and associated maintenance and providing consulting and
education services. These revenues contributed to the funding of increased
research and development and creation of market awareness for its OpenScape
product line. The Company began shipping OpenScape in late December 1995.
Total revenues in 1995 were $6,070,000, of which 35%, or $2,151,000, were
software license and maintenance revenues and 65%, or $3,919,000, were
consulting and education services revenues. Software license revenues includes
$500,000 from a non-recurring sale of source code for an application unrelated
to the OpenScape product line to a related party. See "Certain Transactions"
and Note 7 of Notes to Financial Statements. In 1995, OpenScape software
license and maintenance revenues were $609,000, which represented 28% of total
software license and maintenance revenues for the year. Total 1995 OpenScape
revenues included a sale to Hewlett-Packard of $490,000, or 80% of total 1995
OpenScape revenues. The Company has achieved only limited revenues from
OpenScape products and there can be no assurance that the Company will sustain
revenue growth or market acceptance for these or other products which it
markets.
 
  COST OF REVENUES. The Company did not generate revenues in 1994 and
therefore did not incur cost of revenues in this period. Total cost of
revenues as a percentage of total revenues was 56% in 1995. Total software
license and maintenance costs and consulting and education services costs as a
percentage of associated revenues were 33% and 68%, respectively, in 1995.
 
  SELLING, GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES. Selling, general and
administrative expenses increased to $2,108,000 in 1995 from $286,000 for the
prior year. Selling, general and administrative expenses represented 35% of
total revenues in 1995. The total dollar increase in selling, general and
administrative expenses reflected the Company's increased sales, marketing and
distribution efforts from increased headcount and related staffing. The
Company expects such total dollar increases to continue throughout 1996 and
future periods.
 
  RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT EXPENSES. Research and development expenses
increased to $3,182,000 in 1995 from $894,000 for the prior year. Research and
development expenses represented 52% of total revenues in 1995. To date, the
Company has expensed all software development costs as incurred. Research and
development expenses in 1994 included $350,000 relating to the purchase of
technology rights and $373,000 for independent contractors. The total dollar
increase is attributable to increased headcount and related costs which
reflect the Company's efforts to enhance the functionality of products. During
1995, the Company recorded non-recurring expenses of $2,550,000 for purchases
of technology rights to incorporate in its OpenScape products. See Note 1 of
Notes to Financial Statements.
 
  INTEREST EXPENSE, NET. For the year ended December 31, 1995, the Company
recorded net interest expense of $77,000. This expense is comprised of
interest on the Company's $1,000,000 debt to stockholders. The Company did not
have any outstanding debt for the period from inception to December 31, 1994.
 
                                      20
<PAGE>
 
 SELECTED QUARTERLY OPERATING RESULTS
 
  The following table sets forth statement of operations data for each of the
five quarters in the period ended March 31, 1996, as well as the percentage of
the Company's total revenues represented by each item. This unaudited
quarterly information has been prepared on the same basis as the audited
financial statements appearing elsewhere in this Prospectus and in the opinion
of management, all necessary adjustments (consisting only of normal recurring
adjustments) have been included to present fairly the unaudited quarterly
results when read in conjunction with the Company's audited financial
statements and the notes thereto appearing elsewhere in this Prospectus. The
operating results for any quarter are not necessarily indicative of the
results for any future period.
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                             THREE MONTHS ENDED
                               --------------------------------------------------
                                                               DEC.
                               MARCH 31, JUNE 30,  SEPT. 30,    31,     MARCH 31,
                                 1995      1995      1995      1995       1996
                               --------- --------  ---------  -------   ---------
                                               (IN THOUSANDS)
<S>                            <C>       <C>       <C>        <C>       <C>
STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS:
Revenues:
  Software license and main-
   tenance...................    $  43    $  --     $  400    $ 1,708    $   710
  Consulting and education
   services..................      373      598      1,629      1,319      1,671
                                 -----    -----     ------    -------    -------
    Total revenues...........      416      598      2,029      3,027      2,381
Cost of Revenues:
  Software license and main-
   tenance...................       22      --         208        487        289
  Consulting and education
   services..................      172      407      1,170        935        974
                                 -----    -----     ------    -------    -------
    Total cost of revenues...      194      407      1,378      1,422      1,263
    Gross profit.............      222      191        651      1,605      1,118
Operating Expenses:
  Selling, general and admin-
   istrative.................      337      313        440      1,018      1,701
  Research and development...      175      139        331      2,537        399
  Compensation to executive
   officer...................      --       --         --         --       7,515
                                 -----    -----     ------    -------    -------
    Total operating ex-
     penses..................      512      452        771      3,555      9,615
    Operating loss...........     (290)    (261)      (120)    (1,950)    (8,497)
Interest Expense, net........      --        17         20         40         18
                                 -----    -----     ------    -------    -------
    Net loss.................    $(290)   $(278)    $ (140)   $(1,990)   $(8,515)
                                 =====    =====     ======    =======    =======
<CAPTION>
<S>                            <C>       <C>       <C>        <C>       <C>
PERCENTAGE OF TOTAL REVENUES:
Revenues:
  Software license and main-
   tenance...................       10%     -- %        20%        56%        30%
  Consulting and education
   services..................       90      100         80         44         70
                                 -----    -----     ------    -------    -------
    Total revenues...........      100      100        100        100        100
Cost of Revenues:
  Software license and main-
   tenance...................        5      --          10         16         12
  Consulting and education
   services..................       41       68         58         31         41
                                 -----    -----     ------    -------    -------
    Total cost of revenues...       47       68         68         47         53
    Gross profit.............       53       32         32         53         47
Operating Expenses:
  Selling, general and admin-
   istrative.................       81       52         22         34         71
  Research and development...       42       23         16         84         17
  Compensation to executive
   officer...................      --       --         --         --         316
                                 -----    -----     ------    -------    -------
    Total operating ex-
     penses..................      123       76         38        117        404
    Operating loss...........      (70)     (44)        (6)       (64)      (357)
Interest Expense, net........      --         3          1          1          1
                                 -----    -----     ------    -------    -------
    Net loss.................      (70)%    (46)%       (7)%      (66)%     (358)%
                                 =====    =====     ======    =======    =======
</TABLE>
 
  Software license and maintenance revenues and consulting and education
services revenues commenced in the three months ended March 31, 1995, and
increased significantly in the second half
 
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<PAGE>
 
of 1995. Software license and maintenance revenues increased in the three
months ended December 31, 1995 as a result of the $500,000 non-recurring sale
of source code for an application unrelated to the OpenScape product line to a
related party; the $490,000 license of OpenScape to Hewlett-Packard; and
increased revenues from the resale of software licenses from a related party
and associated maintenance. Software license and maintenance revenues for the
three months ended March 31, 1996 decreased from the prior three month period
due to the $500,000 nonrecurring sale in the prior three month period, and a
decrease in revenues from resale activities, partially offset by an increase
in OpenScape software license revenues. Consulting and education services
revenues increased significantly in the three months ended September 30, 1995
primarily as a result of increased consulting activities and to a lesser
extent an increase in education services. Consulting and education services
revenues decreased in the three months ended December 31, 1995 and increased
in the three months ended March 31, 1996, primarily due to seasonal
fluctuations in education service activities, while consulting activities
remained relatively stable. Operating expenses increased in the second half of
1995 primarily due to the increase in personnel and the purchase of technology
in the three months ended December 31, 1995.
 
  The Company may experience significant fluctuations in future quarterly
operating results that may be caused by many factors including, among others,
the timing or introduction of, or enhancement to, the Company's products or
services, the demand for the Company's products or services, the distribution
of the Company's products and services, the timing of introduction of products
or services by the Company's competition, the mix of products and services
that the Company provides, the rate of market acceptance of Internet
technology, the timing and rate at which the Company increases its expenses to
support projected growth, competitive conditions in the industry and general
economic conditions. The Company believes that period-to-period comparisons of
its operating results are not meaningful and should not be relied upon as any
indication of future performance. Due to the foregoing factors, among others,
it is possible that the Company's future quarterly operating results from time
to time will not meet the expectations of market analysts or investors, which
may have an adverse effect on the price of the Company's Common Stock.
 
LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES
 
  Historically, the Company has funded its cash requirements principally
through the sale of its equity securities, borrowings from its stockholders
and bank borrowings. From inception through March 31, 1996, the Company had
raised net proceeds of approximately $7,842,000 from the private sale of
equity securities, including approximately $6,780,000 in the three months
ended March 31, 1996. The Company, as of March 31, 1996, had cash and cash
equivalents of $4,822,000 and a working capital deficit of $925,000. In April
1996, the Company issued 1,200,000 shares of Series C Preferred Stock at a
price of $5.00 per share for net proceeds of $5,970,000 and repurchased and
retired 800,000 shares of outstanding Common Stock at $7.50 per share. In
addition, in April 1996, the Company received $100,000 upon the exercise of an
option to purchase 66,666 shares of Common Stock at $1.50 per share.
 
  In February 1996, the Company entered into a financing agreement with a
bank. The agreement provides for a revolving line of credit, an equipment line
of credit and a secured term note. As of May 1, 1996, the Company had no
outstanding balances under the revolving line of credit or the equipment line
of credit. Borrowings under the revolving line of credit are limited to the
lesser of $2,500,000 or 80% of qualified accounts receivable and bear interest
at either the bank's prime rate plus 1% or LIBOR. Borrowings under the
equipment line are limited to $500,000 for the purchase of new equipment.
Advances under the equipment line of credit will be repaid over a three-year
period. Borrowings under the equipment line bear interest at either the bank's
cost of funds plus 3 1/2% or the bank's prime rate plus 1 1/2%. In March 1996,
the Company borrowed the $2,000,000 under the secured term note, which was
used to pay for source code technology purchased from a related party. The
secured term note is repayable on September 30, 1996. Borrowings under the
secured term note bear interest at the bank's prime rate plus 1%. The
revolving line of credit and equipment line of credit
 
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expire on June 30, 1997. The financing agreement contains certain restrictive
covenants regarding, among other items, minimum levels of tangible net worth.
The agreement is collateralized by all assets of the Company and is guaranteed
by certain stockholders.
 
  The Company's operating activities utilized cash and cash equivalents of
approximately $236,000, $1,495,000 and $1,801,000 in the period from inception
to December 31, 1994, the year ended December 31, 1995 and the three months
ended March 31, 1996, respectively.
 
  The Company's investing activities, which consisted of purchases of property
and equipment, utilized cash and cash equivalents of approximately $76,000,
$150,000 and $1,261,000 in the period from inception to December 31, 1994, the
year ended December 31, 1995 and the three months ended March 31, 1996,
respectively.
 
  The Company's financing activities provided cash and cash equivalents of
approximately $312,000, $1,750,000 and $7,780,000 in the period from inception
to December 31, 1994, the year ended December 31, 1995 and the three months
ended March 31, 1996, respectively, primarily from the private issuance of
equity securities, borrowings under its secured term note payable and
borrowings under its long term debt agreements with stockholders.
 
  The Company has agreed to loan to an executive officer up to $2,560,000 for
payment of his anticipated income tax liability resulting from his purchase of
960,000 shares of the Company's Common Stock from a significant stockholder
for a purchase price less than its then current fair market value. The Company
believes that it will fund the amounts under the loan agreement in the first
quarter of 1997. See "Certain Transactions". The Company has no other
significant commitments other than obligations under its secured term note
payable and operating leases.
 
  At December 31, 1995, the Company had net operating loss carryforwards for
federal and state income tax purposes of approximately $3,020,000. These
losses are available to reduce federal and state taxable income, if any, in
future years. See Note 4 of Notes to Financial Statements.
 
  The Company estimates that capital expenditures in 1996 will be
approximately $2,000,000 to $3,000,000. In the event that the public offering
contemplated by this Prospectus is not consummated, the Company believes that
its existing capital resources are adequate to meet its cash requirements
through December 31, 1996. In addition, certain stockholders have committed,
in the event that the public offering is not consummated, to provide the
necessary funding to allow the Company to operate through December 31, 1996 if
the existing capital resources are not sufficient to fund the Company's
operations. See "Certain Transactions".
 
  The Company currently anticipates that the net proceeds of this offering,
existing cash balances and borrowings available under the Company's bank
agreement will be sufficient to meet its anticipated working capital and
capital expenditure requirements for the next 18 months. Thereafter, the
Company may need to raise additional funds. The Company may need to raise
additional funds sooner in order to fund more rapid expansion, to develop new
or enhanced products or services, to respond to competitive pressures or to
acquire complementary businesses or technologies. If additional funds are
raised through the issuance of equity securities, the percentage ownership of
the stockholders of the Company will be reduced, stockholders may experience
additional dilution, or such equity securities may have rights, preferences or
privileges senior to those of the holders of the Company's Common Stock. There
can be no assurance that additional financing will be available when needed on
terms favorable to the Company or at all. If adequate funds are not available
or are not available on acceptable terms, the Company may be unable to develop
or enhance products or services, take advantage of future opportunities, or
respond to competitive pressures, which could have a material adverse effect
on the Company's business, financial condition or operating results.
 
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                                   BUSINESS
 
  OneWave, Inc., formerly Business@Web, Inc. ("OneWave" or the "Company"), is
a provider of "Web-enabled" software for the development and deployment of
mission-critical business applications across an organization's disparate
information technology ("IT") systems and the extension of those applications
to Intranets and the Internet. The Company's OpenScape products enable
organizations to extend their current IT capabilities to conduct new, dynamic
and interactive communication and transactions with key audiences in their
"extended enterprise" including customers, suppliers, distributors and
business partners. OpenScape products provide the high-volume and real-time
performance capabilities required by businesses through the utilization of
standard Internet protocols, component-based, object-oriented technology, a
scaleable, multi-tier architecture and an intuitive point-and-click
development environment. The Company believes that its products will enable
organizations to achieve significant competitive advantages by increasing
responsiveness to changing business conditions, and exploiting the low cost,
flexibility and ease-of-use of Internet technologies.
 
INDUSTRY BACKGROUND
 
 BUSINESS REENGINEERING AND THE USE OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
 
  In response to increased competitive pressures, businesses in recent years
have engaged in the extensive reengineering of critical business processes in
an attempt to reduce operating costs, shorten product development cycles and
time-to-market, improve product quality and increase responsiveness to the
demands of customers and business partners. To date, these reengineering
efforts have primarily focused on realizing productivity and efficiency gains
within internal business processes, such as finance, order entry,
manufacturing and resource planning. Businesses have begun to shift the focus
of their reengineering efforts from internal to external business processes,
such as supply chain and distribution channel management. A key enabler of
reengineering efforts has been the deployment and effective use of IT systems
to manage critical business processes and information. Historically, most
organizations addressed their IT requirements through legacy systems, which
are highly customized, proprietary mainframe or mini-computer systems. The
limitations of legacy systems, such as cost and lack of flexibility, have led
organizations to utilize powerful and relatively inexpensive personal
computers and networking technologies to deploy departmental client/server IT
systems.
 
  Organizations' ability to develop and deploy effective, enterprise-wide
business applications has been limited by the proliferation of disparate IT
systems. The lack of interoperability across different systems has introduced
inefficiencies by creating isolated islands of information which are
inaccessible from certain locations within an organization. Such problems are
dramatically compounded when organizations attempt to extend business
applications to connect their IT systems with the disparate IT systems of
their "extended enterprise", including customers, suppliers, distributors and
business partners.
 
 THE EMERGENCE OF THE INTERNET AND INTRANETS
 
  The recent emergence of the World Wide Web ("Web") and Internet technologies
offers businesses the opportunity to significantly improve collaboration and
communication both within the enterprise and with the extended enterprise.
Unlike current legacy and client/server IT solutions, Internet technologies
enable data exchange and collaboration based on cost-effective, easily
deployable and non-proprietary technology. The Company believes that
businesses will be able to realize substantial productivity and efficiency
gains by using the Internet to conduct business transactions with key
audiences of the extended enterprise. The Company also believes that
significant gains will be realized by organizations deploying "Intranets",
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Internet technologies and protocols. Intranets exploit the openness, ease-of-
use and cross-platform functionality of Internet technologies to facilitate
information dissemination, communication and collaboration within the
enterprise.
 
 MARKET OPPORTUNITY
 
  The Company believes that significant demand exists for a solution which not
only integrates business applications with legacy systems, client/server
systems and databases, but also seamlessly extends those applications across
the enterprise to internal users via Intranets or to users in the extended
enterprise through the Internet. The Company believes that an effective IT
solution must address the following challenges:
 
  .  LACK OF ENTERPRISE-WIDE SOLUTIONS FOR THE EXTENDED ENTERPRISE. Current
     legacy and client/server systems generally do not adequately integrate
     an organization's enterprise-wide business applications with the
     constituents of its extended enterprise. Historically, business-to-
     business electronic transactions have been limited to inflexible,
     platform-specific electronic data interchange ("EDI") links. The
     emergence of the Internet has made the development of more dynamic
     applications for business-to-business communication and transactions
     possible. However, current Internet business applications addressing the
     extended enterprise require expertise in multiple, complex Web-related
     programming languages, the costly use of multiple Web servers and the
     difficult integration of those servers and applications across disparate
     IT systems.
 
  .  ABSENCE OF FLEXIBLE DEVELOPMENT ENVIRONMENT. Most current development
     and application frameworks are designed for specific IT systems and do
     not provide a migration path for extending business applications from
     one IT infrastructure to another. For example, a business application
     developed for a client/server system would typically require substantial
     redevelopment in order to be deployed in an Intranet or Internet
     environment.
 
  .  LACK OF HIGH-PERFORMANCE INTERNET BUSINESS SOLUTIONS. Effective use of
     the Internet for mission-critical business processes requires that
     existing Web technologies be enhanced to accommodate the high volume and
     performance requirements of most business transactions. For example,
     most current Web technologies rely on the retrieval of "static" Web
     pages from a dedicated Web server. As a result, such technologies do not
     allow the development of a business application with a robust, real-
     time, direct connection between a business user in the extended
     enterprise and the necessary database, application server, legacy or
     client/server system within an enterprise, Intranet or Internet
     environment.
 
  .  SIGNIFICANT CONTINUED USE OF LEGACY SYSTEMS. Many businesses seeking to
     implement Web-enabled solutions must do so while preserving their
     significant investments in legacy systems. Legacy systems continue to
     play an integral role in IT infrastructures of numerous organizations
     due to the importance of the functions managed by those systems, the
     desire to preserve the integrity and validity of the data in those
     systems, and the cost and/or time constraints of migrating those systems
     to a client/server framework.
 
  .  EXISTENCE OF INACCESSIBLE ISLANDS OF INFORMATION. Businesses with IT
     infrastructures based on legacy or client/server frameworks often deploy
     several different hardware, software and networking technologies in the
     attempt to capture the benefits of the best components from multiple
     vendors. Current development environments have limited ability to
     address this "best-of-breed" approach, which results in limited
     operability across systems and applications and has created isolated
     islands of information throughout an organization.
 
  .  NEED TO ACCELERATE APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT. Organizations are
     increasingly seeking flexible IT solutions that enable the rapid
     development and deployment of robust business
 
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     applications. Rapid application development is currently limited by the
     need for recoding each time a new application is developed. Object-
     oriented computing provides the benefit of reusable software, but is
     limited by the necessity of using complex programming languages.
     Although current object-oriented application development tools enable
     the creation of shareable, reusable software components, few such tools
     offer rapid development and deployment capabilities across the
     enterprise, Intranet and Internet environments.
 
THE ONEWAVE SOLUTION
 
  The Company's OpenScape product line enables organizations to develop and
deploy business applications which take advantage of the low cost, ease-of-use
and flexibility of Internet technologies. OpenScape solutions not only
integrate existing legacy systems, client/server systems and databases within
the enterprise, but also extend applications on those systems through Intranet
and Internet environments. The Company's products allow organizations to reach
beyond the enterprise and conduct new, dynamic and interactive transactions
with key audiences in the extended enterprise. The Company believes that its
products and services offer businesses a number of key benefits, including the
following:
 
  .  ENABLE RAPID ADOPTION AND MIGRATION OF INTRANET AND INTERNET
     STRATEGIES. The Company's OpenScape development environment, based upon
     a distributed component, multi-tiered architecture, allows the
     development of enterprise-wide applications which can be easily
     integrated with disparate legacy and client/server systems, existing
     business applications and emerging technologies. The integration and
     extension capabilities of OpenScape provide organizations with the
     ability to rapidly adopt an Intranet or Internet strategy which is
     highly customized to current business needs and flexible enough to be
     reconfigured to meet future business requirements and evolving
     technology standards.
 
  .  SUPPORT HIGH PERFORMANCE INTERNET BUSINESS APPLICATIONS. Unlike current
     Web technologies, OpenScape allows development of applications with the
     high volume and real-time performance capabilities required by
     businesses. For example, using OpenScape and a Web browser, suppliers in
     the extended enterprise can directly access the necessary business
     application on their manufacturer's legacy or client/server system
     without being routed through a Web server. This direct access can
     provide the speed and robustness required for high performance business
     transactions.
 
  .  LEVERAGE EXISTING IT INVESTMENTS. The open, standards-based nature of
     the Company's products allows businesses to maximize the value of their
     existing IT systems. The Company's "Web-enabled" application framework
     provides organizations with an inexpensive and efficient method for
     developing new applications and modifying existing applications to
     access current legacy and client/server systems and extend those
     applications to Intranets and the Internet. The Company's powerful and
     easy-to-use development and deployment products also allow organizations
     to extend their IT capabilities while preserving investments in training
     and personnel.
 
  .  CONNECT ISOLATED ISLANDS OF INFORMATION. Through OpenScape's open,
     standards-based architecture and its broad, cross-platform operability,
     the Company is able to bridge the traditional communication gaps between
     disparate systems within an organization. In addition, organizations are
     able to rapidly develop and deploy enterprise-wide business applications
     that access multiple information sources and business applications
     through an Intranet or Internet environment.
 
  .  ACCELERATE APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT. The Company's OpenScape development
     products utilize distributed component, object-oriented technology which
     provides an intuitive point-and-click development environment. These
     products enable organizations to rapidly develop
 
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     shareable, reusable software components by utilizing existing skills
     without requiring mastery of complex programming languages. Once
     business applications have been developed, they can be easily modified
     with little or no recoding through component sharing and reuse. The use
     of OpenScape components can create competitive advantages for
     organizations by reducing the time-to-market of future business
     applications, increasing responsiveness to changing business conditions
     and increasing return on IT investments.
 
THE ONEWAVE STRATEGY
 
  OneWave's objective is to be a leading provider of "Web-enabled" software
that supports the development and deployment of mission-critical business
applications across disparate IT systems and extends those applications to
Intranets and the Internet. To achieve this objective, the Company is focusing
on the following key elements of its business strategy:
     
  .  CONTINUALLY RELEASE NEW PRODUCTS TO INTEGRATE EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES. The
     Company's OpenScape products are able to access a wide variety of
     environments and applications. Due to the modular nature of the
     Company's core OpenScape technology, the Company can rapidly develop
     OpenExtensions--specific add-on products which enable communication with
     proprietary environments, such as SAP R/3--and continually integrate new
     capabilities such as improved security mechanisms and component
     repositories. The Company intends to release OpenExtensions for Baan and
     PeopleSoft applications during the fall of 1996 and regularly introduce
     additional OpenScape products for emerging environments and
     applications.     
 
  .  SUPPORT MULTIPLE POINTS OF ENTRY. The Company's OpenScape products have
     been designed to provide organizations with a flexible and comprehensive
     Internet solution regardless of their current IT infrastructure.
     Business applications developed with OpenScape products support multiple
     points of entry due to their ability to function in enterprise, Intranet
     and Internet environments. The Company's products utilize Internet
     protocols and a scalable multi-tier architecture which provide
     organizations with the built-in capability of extending an enterprise
     solution to an Intranet or the Internet at a later date. This
     flexibility allows the Company's solution to be adapted to changing
     business needs and the evolving Internet environment.
 
  .  LEVERAGE RELATIONSHIPS WITH LEADING TECHNOLOGY COMPANIES. The Company
     believes that a key element to the success of delivering a complete Web-
     enabled business solution is to leverage the use of its technologies
     through the development of strategic relationships with leading
     technology companies. To this end, the Company has developed
     relationships with third-party technology implementors such as Deloitte
     & Touche/ICS, software application vendors such as Baan, PeopleSoft and
     SAP, an Internet service provider, BBN, and other technology providers
     such as Hewlett-Packard, NEC and Informix. These strategic relationships
     provide the Company with the opportunity to market its products to a
     large installed base of organizations in need of Web-enabling extensions
     and enhancements for their current IT infrastructure.
 
  .  DEVELOP MULTIPLE CHANNELS OF DISTRIBUTION. To reach a broad potential
     customer base, the Company believes that it must develop multiple
     distribution channels. The Company anticipates that its direct sales
     force will focus on large and mid-sized customers and leverage the
     Company's strategic relationships to access particular vertical markets
     of target organizations. Through its strategic relationships with system
     integrators, hardware vendors, application providers and database
     vendors, the Company expects to gain access to a large installed base of
     potential customers. Over time, the Company intends to extend the depth
     and breadth of its product penetration by augmenting its direct selling
     efforts and strategic relationships with additional indirect
     distribution channels, including VARs and ISVs.
 
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TECHNOLOGY
 
 OVERVIEW
 
  The Company's OpenScape products allow organizations to Web-enable business
applications through the use of a distributed component architecture employing
a multi-tier client/server infrastructure, where presentation, functionality
and data access are developed and deployed as independent layers. In this
multi-tier architecture, each tier may be expanded in a modular fashion by
adding components which are reusable and shareable across applications.
Client-based components are handled by the Company's WebEngine Client and the
server-based components are run using the Company's Distributed WebEngine.
OpenScape components can be partitioned, or split apart, placing the
appropriate application logic on the server or client.
 

  [Graphic depicts a rectangle divided into three segments. There is a small gap
between each of the segments. The front edges of these segments are labeled,
from right to left, "Data Access", "Functionality" and "Presentation". The left
end of the rectangle contains a low brick wall, labeled "Firewall." In the
"Presentation" segment to the left side of the firewall are three personal
computers, labeled "Distributor", "Partner" and "Customer". The screen of each
computer says "Web Browser", and the top of each computer is labeled "OpenScape
WebEngine Client". There are arrows from each computer to the "Firewall". On
the "Presentation" segment to the right of the firewall there are two computers.
One is labeled "OpenScape WebEngine Client", with the words "Web Browser on its
screen, and the other is labeled "OpenScape WebEngine Client" with the words
"Desktop Application" on its screen. There are arrows between the Firewall and
each of these computers to the box on the "Functionality" segment. The
"Functionality" segment is entirely occupied by a box labeled "OpenScape
Distributed WebEngine Data Integration & Analysis". Attached to this box and
extending across the gap and over a small portion of the "Data Access" segment
is a rectangular box with four cylinders extending farther out over the "Data
Access" segment labeled "OpenScape OpenExtension". Placed on the "Data Access"
segment, next to each of these cylinders, are four small rectangular boxes
labeled (from back to front) "Legacy System", "Client/Server System",
"Database" and "Emerging Technologies". There is an arrow from each of the
"OpenExtension" cylinders to the box next to it. Above the "Presentation"
segment is the label "Intranet"; above the "Functionality" segment is the label
"Enterprise; and above the "Data Access" segment is the label "Current IT
System".]


  Presentation components within the WebEngine Client run on the client
machine and provide the screens and dialogs needed for highly interactive
applications. When deployed, OpenScape presentation components require minimal
processing power from the client machine, allowing standard desktop PCs to
access an organization's business applications. The presentation layer
implemented in OpenScape may be used in multiple Web browsers as well as other
client environments to allow for support of multiple deployment environments
and migration of enterprise applications towards Web-enabled solutions.
 
  Functionality components implement the business logic of an application and
support several types of requesting clients such as enterprise, Intranet or
Internet users. The separation of the functionality layer from the
presentation and data access layers allows modification of the functionality
layer independent from the other layers. Functionality components run on
either the WebEngine Client or the Distributed WebEngine, but are typically
server-based to simplify management and to leverage the server's processing
capabilities.
 
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  Data access components running in the Distributed WebEngine are used to
retrieve data from databases and other sources such as legacy applications.
Functionality components which utilize this information are not dependent on
the actual data source, but only the results which are supplied by the data
access components. This independence allows data sources to be changed without
requiring modifications to the business logic. The Distributed WebEngine
supports data translation and local calculations with retrieved data, thereby
facilitating the creation of consistent results from different data sources.
To reduce the amount of traffic between the client and the server, and thereby
increase the performance of the Web-enabled application, the Distributed
WebEngine transfers only necessary data to the client.
 
  OpenScape's distributed component architecture allows disparate back-end
information systems to be "plugged-in" to the same application framework. For
example, OneWave products allow development of an application with seamless
access to data from both an SAP R/3 system and a mainframe database. Access to
each system is provided through the Company's Distributed WebEngine, which
regulates, manages and secures all application traffic from the clients. The
Company's OpenExtensions provide pre-configured connectivity to each back-end
system managed by the Distributed WebEngine. The code libraries and processes
that are typically required for integrating with a target back-end IT system
need only reside on the server with the OpenExtension, which simplifies
licensing and management and eliminates the need for installation on the
client machine. Any number of OpenExtensions may be incorporated into an
application as required. OpenExtensions also may be used to support access to
connectivity standards such as Microsoft's OLE (Object Linking and Embedding)
and the Open Software Foundation's DCE (Distributed Computing Environment).
The Company will continually develop additional OpenExtensions to support
connectivity to new systems and standards as they evolve.
 
 DEVELOPMENT
 
  Components for all application tiers are developed and defined within the
OpenScape Workbench, a graphical environment designed to simplify and
accelerate application development by minimizing, and often eliminating,
programming tasks. The OpenScape development environment is extensible to
accommodate rapid changes in technology. OpenScape provides the following
capabilities during the development process:
 
  .  RAPID APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT. Components may be run and debugged within
     the Workbench to facilitate testing and iterative development. Most
     aspects of the OpenScape scripting language and visual components are
     compatible with Visual Basic for Applications ("VBA"), allowing an
     organization to leverage the existing programming skills of its
     application developers.
 
  .  VISUAL COMPONENT REUSE. OpenScape utilizes a modular building block
     approach to development where complex components are assembled from sets
     of more basic components. Once a visual component has been developed for
     an application, the same component can be embedded in additional
     components or deployed in the original application for use in the
     enterprise, Intranet or Internet without any additional recoding.
 
  .  EASE OF INTEGRATION. OpenExtensions directly import function definitions
     from back-end systems using point-and-click operations. The same
     scripting language can be used to access all back-end systems and
     components regardless of the original development environment. This
     significantly reduces the complexity typically involved in creating
     applications with numerous back-end systems.
 
  .  LOCAL AND REMOTE TRANSPARENCY. The scripting language used to access a
     client-based or server-based component with OpenScape is the same.
     Applications that have been configured for a specific environment, such
     as Microsoft's desktop environment, do not have to be significantly
     rewritten to accommodate a different configuration, such as NetScape's
     Navigator.
 
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  .  THIRD-PARTY COMPONENTS. Components from other vendors, such as
     Microsoft's ActiveX controls, may be used as part of an OpenScape
     project for enhanced functionality. In addition, interoperability with
     productivity applications, such as Microsoft Excel, allows these
     applications to be utilized as part of an OpenScape solution.
 
 DEPLOYMENT
 
  Once developed, an application's components are deployed onto an
organization's server platforms. The visual components of an application are
deployed onto the Web server, and are stored there with the organization's Web
pages. The components in the functionality and data access layers are
typically deployed onto a separate server that hosts the Distributed
WebEngine.
 
  Once an application has been deployed, it can be accessed over the Internet
through an organization's Web site. The visual components are downloaded on
demand to a Web browser using the standard Internet HTTP protocol. This
process ensures that the client always runs the most current version of an
application. To minimize download time, only the necessary components need be
downloaded initially; additional components may be transferred and run by an
application as needed. Multiple browser standards are supported for running
components, such as ActiveX from Microsoft and the plug-in capabilities of
Netscape. An external viewer is also available for browsers that do not
support component standards or to run downloaded applications independently
from a browser. Desktop environments are also supported by OpenScape
components using OLE or OCX standards.
 
  Once the client application is downloaded, the Web server does not need to
be contacted for further application functions. Web page access and delivery
is separated from back-end integration and multiple geographically dispersed
servers may be accessed directly from the client. All application
communication occurs via an encrypted, secure connection between the WebEngine
Client on the Internet client machine and the Distributed WebEngine on the
application server hardware. The Distributed WebEngine supports multiple
security standards for different customer needs and can be expanded to
accommodate additional standards as they emerge. The Distributed WebEngine is
multi-threaded, which enables high performance for many simultaneous users.
 
  While the Company's other current products have certain limited development
capabilities for Internet applications, the Company in June 1996 introduced
OpenScape Version 2.0, which provides additional capabilities for the
effective development of Internet applications. See "Risk Factors-- Recent
Introduction of OpenScape Products; New Releases".
 
PRODUCTS
 
 DEVELOPMENT PRODUCTS
   
  The Company's development products are designed to facilitate the rapid
development of multi-tiered enterprise, Intranet and Internet applications
from a single platform. Except as otherwise noted, all of the development
products described below are currently available. OpenScape development
products include the following:     
 
  OPENSCAPE. OpenScape provides a single environment for building all tiers of
a distributed enterprise, Intranet or Internet business application. OpenScape
includes the OpenScape Workbench, the Visual Component Builder, the
OpenExtension for OLE Automation and the OpenExtension for Open Database
Connectivity ("ODBC"). The OpenScape Workbench acts as a repository for
storing and managing multiple applications while providing the ability to
share and reuse components between applications. The Visual Component Builder
provides a point-and-click development environment for the creation of
reusable graphical user interface screens. The Visual Component Builder's
integrated development environment, with application programming and debugging
features, provides the ability to write application code in a VBA compatible
language. Application components built with the Visual Component Builder can
also incorporate off-the-shelf user interface controls, such as Microsoft's
ActiveX controls, and can integrate with off-the-shelf productivity
applications, such as Microsoft Excel and Lotus Notes. The OpenExtension for
OLE Automation automatically imports function and interface
 
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information from existing OLE Automation servers. The OpenExtension for ODBC
provides graphical database browsing and query-building tools for quickly
exposing ODBC-compliant data sources as logical components.
 
  OPENSCAPE OPENEXTENSIONS. OpenExtensions communicate with targeted back-end
systems using each system's native protocols, while providing a single,
standard interface to the end-users of integrated OpenScape business
applications. The following environments are currently accessible via
OpenExtensions: Open Software Foundation's DCE, ODBC, OLE Automation, SAP R/3
and Open Environment's Entera. OneWave is currently developing additional
OpenExtensions, which will allow OpenScape applications to communicate with
Baan and PeopleSoft applications, the Illustra multimedia database from
Informix, and CORBA systems.
   
  OPENSCAPE VIRTUAL DATABASE SOLUTION. The OpenScape Virtual Database
solution, which the Company expects to incorporate in Version 2.0 and have
available in the third quarter of 1996, allows multiple disparate data sources
to be accessed through a unified view, which simplifies the development and
deployment of applications that access multiple data sources. The Virtual
Database does not rely upon batch feeds or data extracts to provide the common
data view. Instead, live connections are maintained with master production
data to ensure that OpenScape applications access current data.     
 
 DEPLOYMENT PRODUCTS
   
  The OpenScape deployment architecture enables reusable components to be
managed, stored and accessed across an enterprise; provides organizations with
the flexibility to create applications on demand through a Web server; and
encrypts application data for transmission over an Intranet or the Internet.
While the Company's other current products have certain limited development
capabilities for Internet applications, the Company in June 1996 introduced
OpenScape Version 2.0, which provides additional capabilities for the
effective development of Internet applications. See "Risk Factors--Recent
Introduction of OpenScape Products; New Releases". All of the deployment
products described below are currently available. OpenScape deployment
products include the following:     
 
  OPENSCAPE WEBENGINE CLIENT. The OpenScape WebEngine Client is a freely
distributable runtime library that allows Intranet or Internet users to
execute OpenScape user interfaces within leading Web browsers. The WebEngine
Client also allows OpenScape visual components to run in other desktop
applications, such as Visual Basic and Lotus Notes. In addition, the WebEngine
Client facilitates secure communications over the Internet to and from an
OpenScape visual component. Other key features of the WebEngine Client
include: 16-bit and 32-bit platform support; the exposure of visual components
such as Netscape plug-ins, ActiveX Internet controls or Desktop OLE objects;
the ability of individual users to restrict downloaded applications from
performing unwanted actions (such as local file access); and facilitation of
secure, encrypted Internet connections with Distributed WebEngines.
 
  OPENSCAPE DISTRIBUTED WEBENGINE. The OpenScape Distributed WebEngine is a
server-based runtime process that provides application and integration
services to OpenScape WebEngine Clients. The Distributed WebEngine manages all
network communication in OpenScape applications and facilitates the
appropriate levels of security for applications on the Internet. Because all
WebEngine Clients access information via the Distributed WebEngine, third-
party networking or client software is only necessary on the application
server, and not on Internet client machines. Other key features of the
Distributed WebEngine include: multi-threaded operation for high-performance
and scaleability; the ability to facilitate RSA-encrypted communications with
the Web; the ability to distribute onto multiple application servers for
optimal load-balancing; and the ability to support single-log-on for systems
which integrate multiple enterprise applications and databases. The Company is
also integrating NEC's workflow product that will plug into the Distributed
WebEngine and allow multiple organizations to participate in integrated
workflow processes over the Internet.
 
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  The Company first began shipping OpenScape development and deployment
products in December 1995 and has achieved only limited revenues from such
sales to date. Prior to sales of OpenScape products, the Company generated
revenues through the reselling of software licenses of a related party and
associated maintenance and providing consulting and education services. See
"Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of
Operations".     
 
 PRICING
   
  OpenScape development license fees are priced on a per developer basis. Each
developer on a corporate application development team is required to purchase
an OpenScape license. Each developer who accesses specific back-end systems is
required to purchase an appropriate OpenExtension license. Total development
license fees are expected to range from $5,000 (for an OpenScape license only)
to $35,000 (for certain OpenExtensions) per named developer for a specific
project. The pricing of the development licenses is intended to facilitate
broader use of the Company's products by software application developers and
thereby accelerate market penetration of the Company's products.     
   
  For enterprise and Intranet applications, OpenScape deployment license fees
are priced on a simultaneous user basis. For Internet applications, OpenScape
deployment license fees are based on server hardware capacity. All costs are
associated with the Distributed WebEngine on the server; there is no
deployment fee for the WebEngine Client. Depending on the number of
simultaneous users accessing the system, the license fees for OpenScape
deployment products are expected to range from $25,000 to $250,000. Given the
relatively low price point of the Company's development products and the
Company's initial focus on large and mid-sized customers, the Company
anticipates that, to be successful, a substantial portion of its revenues must
be generated from sales of deployment licenses for large numbers of
simultaneous users.     
   
  The Company's product pricing for its OpenScape products is new and
evolving. There can, therefore, be no assurance that the Company's pricing
strategy will be accepted in the marketplace or that it will not be subject to
change in response to market or other conditions.     
 
 CUSTOMER SUPPORT AND MAINTENANCE
 
  The Company offers a wide range of customer support options which can be
packaged to meet the specific needs of customers and business partners. The
Company's Professional Services Group ("PSG") provides technical support to
customers, distributors and strategic partners throughout the implementation
cycle of a OneWave solution as well as on an on-going basis. Support service
offerings include direct telephone consulting support by experienced technical
account representatives, toll-free telephone customer support, 24-hour pager
access, e-mail and fax support, Internet access to the Company's knowledge
repository, case study updates and discussion group access. The Company's
maintenance support services are typically charged at an annual maintenance
fee equal to approximately 20% of the then-current list price of the licensed
products. In addition, this maintenance fee entitles customers to receive
software enhancements to their licensed versions of software.
 
SERVICES
 
  The Company's consulting and education services are designed to educate the
Company's potential customers and support its customers and strategic alliance
partners in implementing the Company's software solutions. The Company
believes that its services play a significant role in generating demand for
its solutions by demonstrating the capabilities and advantages of its software
solutions. Historically, the Company's consulting and education services have
generated the vast majority of the Company's revenues, representing 65% of the
Company's revenues in 1995. The Company expects that the percentage of its
revenues resulting from sales of software licenses will increase over time,
resulting in a corresponding decrease in the percentage of revenues derived
from its services.
 
 CONSULTING SERVICES
 
  OneWave's consulting services are designed to minimize the implementation
cycle of the Company's software solutions. The range of services offered
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implementation of the Company's products and comprehensive solutions. A
critical portion of the Company's consulting service strategy is to leverage
the skills and reach of the Company's strategic alliance partners,
supplemented by the Company's internal consulting personnel. The Company's
consulting services personnel are highly trained and experienced in
identifying and delivering system architecture analysis, design plans and
implementation strategies for organizations worldwide.
 
 EDUCATION SERVICES
 
  OneWave's education services are used primarily to educate potential
customers on the strategic business benefits of the Company's technologies and
to support current customers at any stage of the implementation cycle of the
Company's software solutions. The Company's education services may be
purchased individually or in a packaged form through open enrollment sessions
or focused programs delivered at on-site customer locations. The Company
anticipates broadening its education services offerings to support future
product releases and target specific industry segments. A key responsibility
of the education services group is to actively engage in certifying third-
party implementation providers to facilitate accelerated adoption of its
software-based business solutions and to assure that the highest quality of
service is provided to the Company's customers.
 
STRATEGIC RELATIONSHIPS
 
  The Company is actively developing a network of strategic relationships in
order to accelerate the adoption of the Company's products and to assist the
Company in delivering complete business solutions to its customers. The
Company believes that these relationships allow it to focus on developing,
marketing, distributing and supporting its core software products, while also
accelerating the introduction of those products into major customer accounts
and providing those customers with additional sources of established
implementation support and consulting services.
   
  The Company believes that its relationships with hardware systems vendors,
such as Hewlett-Packard and NEC, help to accelerate the introduction of the
Company's products to new customers. For example, Hewlett-Packard trained over
100 of its Information Integration Solutions Practice consultants to deliver
solutions on the Company's software. Additional Hewlett-Packard service groups
are marketing the Company's software in connection with their Internet, Baan,
PeopleSoft and SAP practices. Hewlett-Packard is sponsoring numerous one-day
seminars around the world to market the use of the Company's products to major
Hewlett-Packard customers, and Hewlett-Packard and the Company have jointly
developed service engagements as an immediate follow-on to the seminars. NEC
and the Company are jointly developing workflow application software for the
Internet based on OpenScape and NEC's current workflow application StarOffice.
NEC will be marketing, selling and supporting the installation of this
workflow software in the Pacific Rim. Both Hewlett-Packard and NEC have made
equity investments of $1,000,000 each in the Company.     
 
  The Company believes that its relationships with major applications
providers such as Baan, PeopleSoft and SAP will help such providers improve
the speed and flexibility of their implementations. Baan, PeopleSoft and SAP
are educating their organizations on the Company's products, as well as
marketing the products externally to their customers through trade shows, user
group meetings and joint demonstrations. In addition, the Company believes
that these application providers benefit from these relationships because the
Company provides an effective means for them to bring their applications onto
the Web.
 
  The Company is seeking to establish relationships with major and regional
systems integrators. The objective of these alliances with solutions providers
is to establish a large number of trained experts who will incorporate the
Company's products into their business solutions projects. Deloitte &
Touche/ICS, for example, has trained a group of consultants to offer the
Company's solutions to its installed base of SAP users. Deloitte & Touche/ICS
is sponsoring marketing seminars jointly implementing the Company's solutions.
The Company has also entered into an alliance agreement with Computer Sciences
Corporation to jointly market their products.
 
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  The Company is seeking to establish relationships with other industry
software leaders. For instance, the Company has developed a sales, marketing
and technology alliance with Informix based upon Informix's new Illustra
server. The Company is engaged in joint development efforts with Informix,
will be showcased at their user conference and plans to introduce their joint
capabilities to Informix channel partners. Informix has made an equity
investment of $1,000,000 in the Company.     
 
  The Company is seeking to establish relationships with major Internet
service providers ("ISPs"). ISPs offer managed Internet access and value-added
services to corporations planning to establish and maintain an Internet
presence. The Company believes that its technology can be published by ISPs as
part of their Internet service, further expanding the reach and reuse of the
Company's component technology. In particular, the Company has a strategic
alliance with BBN and is marketing its capabilities with BBN through a series
of seminars.
 
SALES AND MARKETING
 
  To reach a broad potential customer base, the Company believes that it must
pursue multiple distribution channels. The Company's direct sales force will
focus on large and mid-sized customers and leverage the Company's strategic
relationships to access target organizations within particular vertical
markets of target organizations. The Company will also seek to develop and
maintain a sales force with expertise in specific industries and intends to
open two additional U.S. regional offices to support its sales force. The
Company's strategic relationships with hardware vendors, systems integrators,
application providers and database vendors are expected to provide the Company
with access to a large installed based of potential customers. The Company
will engage in joint marketing programs and targeted industry events. Over
time, the Company intends to extend the depth and breadth of its product
penetration by augmenting direct selling efforts and strategic relationships
with additional indirect distribution channels including VARs and ISVs. The
Company also intends to promote general awareness for its products and
services among business and trade press and industry analysts and to advertise
in selected business media and target industry press.
 
CUSTOMERS AND MARKETS
 
  As of May 1, 1996, the Company has sold software, consulting services and
education services to customers in a wide variety of industries. In an effort
to generate demand for its solutions by demonstrating the capabilities and
advantages of its software solutions, the Company has provided consulting and
education services to over 80 customers. Although the Company expects that the
number of purchasers of its software will increase over time, to date the
Company has had limited software sales. In 1994, no individual customer
accounted for more than 10% of the Company's total revenues. In 1995,
approximately 21% and 10% of the Company's revenues were derived from sales of
services and products to Hewlett-Packard and Shell Oil, respectively.
 
  The following examples illustrate how organizations are using OneWave
products to provide "Web-enabled" IT solutions for their extended enterprises:
 
 WHOLESALE SALES AND DISTRIBUTION
 
  Associated Foods, a large, regional food wholesaler and distributor, is
working with the Company to create an on-line Intranet application to analyze
retail sales. The purpose of the application is to provide the wholesaler with
the capability to quickly consolidate store purchase data from the over 700
independent stores which it services and transform the data into useable,
easily accessible information. Using OpenScape's reusable object-oriented
technology, the wholesaler will be able to efficiently distribute an accurate
database of store performance. The application will enable accurate reporting,
providing valuable statistical analysis of buying trends and performance while
presenting the information in a clear, easy-to-use manner for store managers,
regional directors, managers and executives.
 
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 EDUCATION
 
  Babson College, a New England college with over 1,600 undergraduate students
and various graduate and executive education programs, is working with the
Company to implement an on-line grading system via an Intranet which will
eliminate all forms and enable faculty members to submit grades
electronically. In addition, the college is implementing a workflow process
which will route the "virtual forms" to the appropriate faculty members for
input and approval. It is anticipated that the workflow application will be
expanded to include a "to do" list of activities that will circulate to
relevant faculty members as workflow processes are completed. The new system
will interact with the college's existing reengineering initiatives. A college
official anticipates that the new system will improve communication between
departments by sharing existing information, eliminating redundancy of data
and reducing both faculty and administrative time. Currently, the college is
completing the implementation and is expecting a fully operational on-line
grading system in 1996. Following this Intranet implementation, the college
plans to extend the system to the Internet by building an on-line college
handbook that allows any student on or off campus to review course material
and register for classes.
 
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
 
  The Company believes that its future success will depend in large part on
its ability to enhance its OpenScape product line, develop new products,
maintain technological leadership, and satisfy continually changing customer
requirements for Web-based business application development. The Company's
product management and development groups are responsible for product
architecture, functionality and quality assurance. This group is also
responsible for expanding OpenScape's ability to integrate with emerging
industry standards, additional third-party application packages and leading
database management systems as well as for new product definition and
development.
 
  The Company has made substantial investments in product development and
technology integration. The OpenScape product line has been developed
primarily by the Company's internal development staff. Certain technologies
also have been purchased and integrated into OpenScape products. The Company
spent approximately $894,000 and $3,182,000 on research and development
activities in 1994 and 1995, respectively (including purchased technology
rights of approximately $350,000 in 1994 and $2,550,000 in 1995). See
"Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of
Operations".
   
  During 1996, the Company intends to extend OpenScape's functionality by
adding support for Macintosh browser platforms and UNIX server platforms,
creating additional OpenExtensions for Baan, PeopleSoft, CORBA and Informix
Illustra applications, and enabling the product to accommodate Japanese
character sets. There can be no assurance that the Company will not experience
difficulties that could delay or prevent the successful development,
introduction and marketing of new products and enhancements, or that its new
products and enhancements will adequately meet the requirements of the
marketplace and achieve market acceptance.     
 
COMPETITION
 
  The market for Internet-based technologies is new, intensely competitive and
subject to rapid technological change. The Company expects competition to
persist and intensify in the future. The Company has experienced and expects
to continue to experience increased competition from current and future
competitors, many of whom have significantly greater financial, technical,
marketing and other resources than the Company. The Company's current and
potential competitors include, among others: software companies which offer
proprietary all-in-one development tools, such as Dynasty, Forte, NeXT, Spider
and Gradient; established client/server tools and database vendors who may
transfer their technology to take advantage of the Internet, such as Borland
(which has recently announced an agreement to acquire Open Environment), Parc
Place and Sybase; companies which develop electronic commerce and automated
service software products and services, such as Edify,
 
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Open Market and Premenos; major systems vendors such as DEC, IBM and Sun
Microsystems; packaged application developers such as Baan and SAP; software
industry leaders such as Microsoft, Netscape and Oracle; and emerging
alliances between industry participants such as the recently announced
alliances between Microsoft and SAP; Digital, MCI and Microsoft; and GE and
Netscape.
 
  The Company's competitors may be able to respond more quickly to new or
emerging technologies and changes in customer requirements or devote greater
resources to the development, promotion and sale of their products than the
Company. Also, many current and potential competitors have greater financial
or management resources or name recognition or more extensive customer bases
that could be leveraged, thereby gaining market share to the Company's
detriment. The Company expects to face additional competition as other
established and emerging companies enter the market for Internet-based
technologies and new products and technologies are introduced. Increased
competition could result in price reductions, fewer customer orders, reduced
gross margins and loss of market shares, any of which could materially
adversely affect the Company's business, operating results and financial
condition. In addition, current and potential competitors may make strategic
acquisitions or establish cooperative relationships among themselves or with
third parties, thereby increasing the ability of their products to address the
needs of the Company's prospective customers. Current and potential customers
may also be more successful than the Company in having their products or
technologies accepted as industry standards. Accordingly, it is possible that
new competitors or alliances among current and new competitors may emerge and
rapidly gain significant market share. Such competition could materially
adversely affect the Company's ability to obtain and retain support for the
Company's products and services. There can be no assurance that the Company
will be able to compete successfully against current and future competitors
and the failure to do so could have a material adverse effect upon the
Company's business, operating results and financial condition.
 
  The principal competitive factors affecting the market for the Company's
products and services are ease of application development, deployment and
management functionality and features, product architecture, product
performance, reliability and scaleability, product quality, price and customer
support. The Company believes it presently competes favorably with respect to
each of these factors. However, the Company's market is still evolving and
there can be no assurance that the Company will be able to compete
successfully against current and future competitors. The failure to compete
successfully could have a material adverse affect upon the Company's business,
operating results and financial condition.
 
PROPRIETARY TECHNOLOGY
 
  The Company relies on a combination of trademark, copyright and trade secret
laws, employee and third-party nondisclosure agreements and other methods to
protect its proprietary rights in its products. Many products are distributed
in object code form only, and all end-user license agreements prohibit the
reverse engineering or decompiling of the Company's software. The Company is
considering the possibility of obtaining patents covering its technology, and
the Company intends to file applications for registration of its various
trademarks in the near future. There can be no assurance that any trademark or
patent applications will result in issued patents or trademarks or that, if
issued, such patents or trademarks would be upheld if challenged.
 
  There can be no assurance that the Company's competitors will not
independently develop technologies that are substantially equivalent or
superior to the Company's technology. There can also be no assurance that the
measures taken by the Company to protect its proprietary rights will be
adequate to prevent misappropriation of its technology or independent
development by others of similar technology. In addition, the laws of various
countries in which the Company's products may be sold may not protect the
Company's products and intellectual property rights to the same extent as the
laws of the United States.
 
  There can be no assurance that third parties will not assert intellectual
property infringement claims against the Company or that any such claims will
not require the Company to enter into royalty
 
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arrangements or result in costly litigation. The Company is not the subject of
any legal action alleging that the Company's products infringe on any
copyright or trademark rights of any person or of any violation of trade
secrets or other proprietary rights claimed by any third party relating to the
Company or the Company's products, nor is the Company aware of any threatened
litigation with regard thereto. However, the computer software market is
characterized by frequent and substantial intellectual property litigation.
Intellectual property litigation is complex and expensive, and the outcome of
such litigation is difficult to predict.     
 
  The Company believes that, due to the rapid pace of technological innovation
for software products, the Company's ability to establish and maintain a
position of technology leadership in the industry is dependent more upon the
skills of its development personnel than upon the legal protections afforded
its existing technology.
 
  Certain of the Company's products contain software that is licensed to the
Company by third parties. There can be no assurance that these third-party
software licenses will continue to be available to the Company on commercially
reasonable terms. The loss of, or inability to maintain, any such software
could result in shipment delays or reductions until equivalent software could
be independently developed or licensed from a third party and integrated,
which could materially adversely affect the Company's business operating
results and financial condition.
 
EMPLOYEES
 
  As of June 1, 1996, the Company had a total of 114 employees, 33 of whom
were engaged in sales, marketing and alliance management, 32 were in research
and development, 29 were in professional services and 20 were in general and
administration. The Company's future success depends in significant part upon
the continued service of its key technical and senior management personnel and
its continuing ability to attract and retain highly qualified technical and
managerial personnel. Competition for highly qualified personnel is intense
and there can be no assurance that the Company will be able to retain its key
managerial and technical employees or that it will be able to attract and
retain additional and highly technical and managerial personnel in the future.
None of the Company's employees is represented by a labor union. The Company
has not experienced any work stoppages and considers its relations with its
employees to be good.
 
  The rapid execution necessary for the Company to fully exploit the market
opportunity for its products and services requires an effective planning and
management process. The Company's rapid growth has placed, and is expected to
continue to place, a significant strain on the Company's managerial,
operational and financial resources. The senior members of the Company's
management, including Klaus P. Besier, the Company's Chairman of the Board,
President and Chief Executive Officer, John Burke, the Company's Vice
President of Sales, Carolyn LoGalbo, the Company's Vice President of
Marketing, and Joseph Gruttadauria, the Company's Vice President of Support
Services and Quality, joined the Company during 1996. In addition, most of the
Company's development and engineering staff was only recently hired. To manage
its growth, the Company must continue to implement and improve its operational
and financial systems and to expand, train and manage its employee base. The
Company's future operating results also will depend on its ability to expand
its sales and marketing organizations, implement and manage new distribution
channels to penetrate different and broader markets and expand its support
organization commensurate with the increasing base of its installed products.
If the Company is unable to manage growth effectively, the Company's business,
operating results and financial condition could be materially adversely
affected.
 
FACILITIES
 
  The Company leases approximately 26,000 square feet of office space in
Watertown, Massachusetts under a five-year lease agreement which commenced in
March 1996. Depending on its future growth, the Company may need to expand its
existing facilities or obtain additional space prior to the end of 1996.
Management believes that adequate facilities for expansion will be available,
if necessary, in the greater Boston area at competitive rates.
 
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                                  MANAGEMENT
 
EXECUTIVE OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS
 
  The executive officers, key employees and directors of the Company are as
follows:
 
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NAME                          AGE POSITION
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Klaus P. Besier..............  44 Chairman of the Board, President and
                                  Chief Executive Officer
John Burke...................  36 Vice President of Sales
John Coviello................  50 Vice President of Technology
William Cullen...............  37 Director of Product Development
Mark Gallagher...............  41 Chief Financial Officer
Joseph Gruttadauria..........  36 Vice President of Support Services and Quality
Carolyn LoGalbo..............  45 Vice President of Marketing
Craig Newfield...............  36 General Counsel and Secretary
James Nondorf................  28 Vice President of Strategic Alliances
Eric Sockol..................  35 Vice President of Finance and Treasurer
Albert Carnesale(1)..........  59 Director
Manuel Diaz..................  62 Director
Stephen R. Levy(2)...........  56 Director
Ofer Nemirovsky(2)...........  38 Director
Sundar Subramaniam(1)........  30 Director
</TABLE>    
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(1) Member of Compensation Committee
(2) Member of Audit Committee
 
  Klaus P. Besier has served as Chairman, President and Chief Executive
Officer of the Company since February 1996. Mr. Besier has more than 20 years
of experience in international management and computer services. From 1994 to
1996, Mr. Besier was the Chief Executive Officer of SAP America, Inc., a
business application software vendor. From 1992 to 1993, Mr. Besier served as
the President of SAP America, Inc. From 1991 to 1992, Mr. Besier was Vice
President of Sales of SAP America, Inc. From 1977 to 1990, Mr. Besier held
various senior management positions, including General Manager and Corporate
Vice President, with various affiliates of Hoechst Celanese in Germany, Italy
and the U.S.
 
  John Burke has served as Vice President of Sales of the Company since April
1996. From 1994 to 1996, Mr. Burke served as Senior Vice President of SAP
America, Inc. and was responsible for the Midwest region. From 1990 to 1994,
Mr. Burke held various senior sales management positions with SAP America,
Inc. From 1981 to 1990, Mr. Burke held management and sales positions at Dun
and Bradstreet Software (formerly Management Science America, Inc.) and
International Business Machines.
   
  John Coviello has served as Vice President of Technology since June 1996.
From 1994 to 1996, Mr. Coviello served as Vice President of Technology,
Planning & Architecture for SABRE of AMR Corporation, the parent corporation
of American Airlines. From 1992 to 1994, Mr. Coviello served as Director of
Open Systems Marketing of Amdahl Corporation. Prior to 1992, Mr. Coviello
served as Amdahl's Director of Open Systems Development.     
 
  William Cullen has served as Director of Product Development of the Company
since May 1995. From May 1994 to April 1995, Mr. Cullen served as a Software
Architect for Progress Software Corporation, a 4GL software tools provider.
From June 1993 to April 1994, Mr. Cullen served as Project Leader/Senior
Software Engineer of Information Resources, Inc. From January 1991 to May
1993, Mr. Cullen was a software consultant at Softbridge Microsystems, Inc.
 
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  Mark Gallagher has served as Chief Financial Officer since June 1996. From
December 1995 to June 1996, Mr. Gallagher served as Vice President and Chief
Financial Officer of Gel Services, Inc. From 1988 to 1995, Mr. Gallagher
served as a Vice President of Finance & Administration and Chief Financial
Officer of Parametic Technology Corp.     
 
  Joseph Gruttadauria has served as Vice President of Support Services and
Quality of the Company since April 1996. From March 1995 to April 1996, Mr.
Gruttadauria served as Director of Customer Services for SAP America, Inc. Mr.
Gruttadauria was responsible for building and managing SAP America's worldwide
customer service and support organization. From 1989 to 1995, Mr. Gruttadauria
served as Vice President of Services and Manufacturing for SoftSwitch, Inc., a
supplier of enterprise electronic mail products.
 
  Carolyn LoGalbo has served as Vice President of Marketing of the Company
since March 1996. From 1993 to 1995, Ms. LoGalbo served as Chief Marketing
Officer of MFS Intelenet Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of MFS Communications
Company. From 1990 to 1993, Ms. LoGalbo served as Category Manager at Kraft
General Foods and was responsible for segmented coffee brands. From 1988 to
1990, Ms. LoGalbo served as Group Product Manager at Kraft General Foods and
was responsible for Maxwell House Coffee. Prior to Kraft General Foods, Ms.
LoGalbo served as Marketing Manager at Nestle Corporation.
 
  Craig Newfield has served as General Counsel to the Company since April 1996
and as Secretary of the Company since May 1996. From February 1993 to April
1996, Mr. Newfield served as in-house counsel for Marcam Corporation, a
business application software vendor. From 1990 to 1993, Mr. Newfield was
employed as an associate at the law firm of Jager, Smith, Stetler & Arata,
P.C. From 1987 to 1990, Mr. Newfield was employed as an associate at the law
firm of Brown, Rudnick, Freed & Gesmer.
 
  James Nondorf has served as Vice President of Strategic Alliances of the
Company since February 1996. From 1995 to 1996, Mr. Nondorf served as the
President and a director of the Company. From 1994 to 1996, Mr. Nondorf served
as the Company's Chief Executive Officer. From 1990 to 1994, Mr. Nondorf
served as the Chief Operating Officer of Cambridge Technology Group, a
provider of technology seminars and executive training services. Mr. Nondorf
also serves as a director of Open Environment Corporation.
   
  Eric Sockol has served as Vice President of Finance of the Company since
June 1996 and as Treasurer of the Company since October 1995. From October
1995 to June 1996, Mr. Sockol served as Chief Financial Officer of the
Company. From May 1995 to October 1995, Mr. Sockol served as Finance Director
for Stream International Inc. (a merger of Corporate Software and Global
Software Services), a manufacturer and reseller of PC software and related
services. From June 1990 to May 1995, Mr. Sockol served as Finance Director
and Corporate Controller for Corporate Software. Mr. Sockol is a Certified
Public Accountant.     
 
  Albert Carnesale has served as a director of the Company since April 1996.
Dr. Carnesale is the Don K. Price Professor of Public Policy at Harvard
University. Since July 1994, Dr. Carnesale has been Provost of Harvard
University. From July 1991 through December 1995, Dr. Carnesale served as the
Dean of the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. From
1981 to 1991, Dr. Carnesale served as the Academic Dean of the John F. Kennedy
School of Government of Harvard University. Dr. Carnesale has held positions
with Martin Marietta Corporation from 1957 to 1962 and the United States Arms
Control and Disarmament Agency from 1969 to 1972. He is also a member of the
Council on Foreign Relations and of the International Institute for Strategic
Studies. Dr. Carnesale also serves as a director of Open Environment
Corporation and Teradyne, Inc.
 
  Manuel Diaz has served as a director of the Company since May 1996. Since
1993, Mr. Diaz has been a Vice President for Hewlett-Packard Company and
general manager of worldwide sales,
 
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marketing and services for its Computer Systems Organization ("CSO"). Mr. Diaz
joined HP Mexicana in Mexico City as its general manager in 1982, and was
promoted to managing director of HP Latin America in 1986. In 1991, Mr. Diaz
was named sales and marketing manager of CSO for the US, Canada and Latin
America, and in 1993 named to his current position. Prior to joining HP,
Mr. Diaz was director general of Infodinamica S.A. de C.V. in Mexico City,
executive vice president of Bancomer, S.A. and general manager of IBM
Corporation's Northern Latin America Region.
 
  Stephen R. Levy has served as a director of the Company since May 1996.
Since 1995, Mr. Levy has been a private investor. Mr. Levy is presently a
director of BBN Corporation (formerly Bolt Beranek and Newman Inc.) and
previously served BBN as President and Chief Executive Officer from 1976 to
1983, as Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer from 1983 to 1993,
as Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer in 1993, and
as Chairman of the Board from 1994 to 1995. Mr. Levy also serves as a director
of ThermoOptek Corporation.
 
  Ofer Nemirovsky has served as a director of the Company since March 1996.
Since December 1988, Mr. Nemirovsky has been a Vice President of, and a
general partner of the respective general partners of several investment funds
managed by, Hancock Venture Partners, Inc. ("HVP"). Prior to joining HVP in
1986, Mr. Nemirovsky held various computer sales and marketing positions at
Hewlett-Packard. He is currently a director of NETCOM On-Line Communications
Services, Inc. and AXENT Technologies, Inc., as well as several privately held
companies.
 
  Sundar Subramaniam has been a director of the Company since January 1994.
Since 1994, Mr. Subramaniam has been President of Cambridge Technology
Enterprise, a group of companies which focus on the development of emerging
technology and new markets. He is also Chairman of International Integration
Incorporated ("I-Cube") and of Integrated Computing Engines ("ICE") and
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Finance at Brandeis University. He served as
Chairman of the Company from 1995 to 1996. From 1993 to 1994, Mr. Subramaniam
was President and Chief Executive Officer of Open Environment Corporation, and
from 1990 through 1993 he held various executive and management positions with
Cambridge Technology Group.
 
  Officers of the Company are elected by, and serve at the discretion of, the
Board of Directors.
 
  There are no family relationships among any of the executive officers or
directors of the Company.
 
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
 
  Each director holds office until that director's successor has been elected
and qualified. The Company's Board of Directors is divided into three classes.
Messrs. Nemirovsky and Subramaniam serve in the class whose term expires in
1997; Messrs. Carnesale and Levy serve in the class whose term expires in
1998; and Messrs. Besier and Diaz serve in the class whose term expires in
1999. Upon expiration of the term of each class of director, directors
comprising such class will be elected for a three-year term at the annual
meeting of stockholders in the year of which such term expires.
 
  Mr. Nemirovsky was nominated and elected to the Board of Directors pursuant
to a voting agreement among certain stockholders of the Company. This
agreement will terminate upon consummation of this offering. See "Certain
Transactions".
 
  The Company's Board of Directors has established an Audit Committee (the
"Audit Committee") and a Compensation Committee (the "Compensation
Committee"). The Audit Committee recommends the firm to be appointed as
independent accountants to audit the Company's financial statements and to
perform services related to the audit, reviews the scope and results of the
audit with the independent accountants, reviews with management and the
independent accountants the Company's year-end operating results and considers
the adequacy of the Company's internal accounting procedures. The
 
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Audit Committee consists of Messrs. Levy and Nemirovsky. The Compensation
Committee, which consists of Messrs. Carnesale and Subramanian, reviews and
recommends the compensation arrangements for all directors and officers and
approves such arrangements for other senior level employees. The Compensation
Committee also administers and takes such other action as may be required in
connection with the incentive plans of the Company, including the 1995 Stock
Plan and the 1996 Stock Plan.
 
DIRECTOR COMPENSATION
 
  Non-employee directors receive $1,250 for each Board of Directors meeting
attended in addition to reimbursement for reasonable out-of-pocket expenses
incurred. Non-employee directors are eligible to participate in the Company's
1996 Stock Plan under which each non-employee director will receive an initial
option to purchase 7,000 shares upon first joining the board and thereafter
receive an automatic grant to purchase 1,700 shares on each January 1,
beginning in 1997, that such director is a member of the Board of Directors.
In addition, all of the current non-employee directors who joined the Board of
Directors in 1996 shall be entitled to receive an option to purchase 7,000
shares of Common Stock upon consummation of this offering at a per share
exercise price equal to the initial public offering price. All such options
will vest equally over four years and have an exercise price equal to the fair
market value of the Common Stock on the date of grant. See "--Stock Plans".
 
EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION
 
  The following table sets forth all compensation paid by the Company during
the fiscal year ended December 31, 1995 to the person who was employed during
the fiscal year ended December 31, 1995 as the Company's Chief Executive
Officer (the "Named Executive Officer"). No officer or employee of the Company
received annual compensation exceeding $100,000 in 1995.
 
                          SUMMARY COMPENSATION TABLE
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                     LONG-TERM
                                                          ANNUAL    COMPENSATION
                                                       COMPENSATION   AWARDS(1)
                                                       ------------ ------------
                                                                     SECURITIES
                                                                     UNDERLYING
                                                  YEAR    SALARY      OPTIONS
                                                  ---- ------------ ------------
<S>                                               <C>  <C>          <C>
James Nondorf...................................  1995   $39,086      266,666
 Former President and Chief Executive Officer(2)
</TABLE>
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(1) The Company did not grant any restricted stock awards or stock
    appreciation rights (SARs) or make any long-term incentive plan payouts
    during the fiscal year ended December 31, 1995.
(2) Mr. Nondorf became Vice President of Strategic Alliances in February 1996.
    His current annual base salary is $110,000.
   
  The following information with regard to executive compensation is provided
for the Company's current Chief Executive Officer and for the five other
current most highly compensated officers of the Company:     
 
  Klaus P. Besier joined the Company as Chairman, President and Chief
Executive Officer in February 1996. Mr. Besier's annual salary is set at
$200,000 for the years 1996 through 1998. Mr. Besier has been granted options
to purchase 330,000 shares of Common Stock, at an exercise price of $7.50 per
share, in lieu of receiving cash bonuses for the years 1996 through 1998. The
options vest as follows: (i) an option for 180,000 shares vesting equally over
three years and (ii) an option for 150,000 shares vesting equally in
six annual installments subject, in each case, to accelerated vesting upon the
occurrence of certain events.
 
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  In connection with his employment, Mr. Besier purchased 960,000 shares of
Common Stock from a principal stockholder of the Company for an aggregate
purchase price of $1,440,000. At the time of that purchase, the fair market
value of the Common Stock that Mr. Besier purchased exceeded the purchase
price paid by him and the Company agreed to lend Mr. Besier up to $2,560,000
to fund his income tax liability on account of such purchase. See "Certain
Transactions".
 
  Mr. Besier also received (i) a $1,000,000 payment from a principal
stockholder of the Company and (ii) an agreement from such stockholder to
provide him with a payment related to changes in the value of his interest in
the SAP Phantom Convertible Debenture Appreciation Rights 1994/2004 Program.
See "Certain Transactions".
   
  John Burke joined the Company as Vice President of Sales in April 1996. Mr.
Burke's annual salary is set at $200,000 for the years 1996 through 1998. Mr.
Burke has been granted an option to purchase 70,000 shares of Common Stock, at
an exercise price of $7.50 per share, in lieu of receiving cash bonuses for
the years 1996 through 1998. In addition Mr. Burke was granted an option to
purchase 333,333 shares of Common Stock at an exercise price of $7.50 per
share. The options vest as follows: (i) an option for 220,000 shares vesting
over three years and (ii) an option for 183,333 shares vesting equally in six
annual installments subject, in each case, to accelerated vesting at varying
rates upon the occurrence of certain events.     
   
  John Coviello joined the Company as Vice President of Technology in June
1996. Mr. Coviello's current base salary is $215,000 with a bonus of up to
$64,500 for 1996. Mr. Coviello was granted options to purchase, in the
aggregate, 250,000 shares of Common Stock at an exercise price of $12.00 per
share. The options vest as follows: (i) an option for 50,000 shares vesting
six months from the date of hire and (ii) an option for 200,000 shares vesting
equally over four years from the date of hire.     
   
  Mark Gallagher joined the Company as Chief Financial Officer in June 1996.
Mr. Gallagher's annual salary is $200,000 for 1996. Mr. Gallagher was granted
options to purchase, in the aggregate, 400,000 shares of Common Stock at an
exercise price of $12.00 per share. The options vest as follows: (i) an option
for 75,000 shares vesting six months from date of hire, (ii) an option for
125,000 shares vesting 24 months from the date of hire, (iii) an option for
100,000 shares vesting 30 months from the date of hire subject to accelerated
vesting upon the occurrence of certain events and (iv) an option for 100,000
shares vesting 42 months from the date of hire subject to accelerated vesting
upon the occurrence of certain events.     
 
  Joseph Gruttadauria joined the Company as Vice President of Support Services
and Quality in April 1996. Mr. Gruttadauria's current base salary is $132,000
with a bonus of $80,000 for 1996. Mr. Gruttadauria was granted an option to
purchase 46,666 shares of Common Stock at an exercise price of $7.50 per
share, of which options for 13,333 shares vest within six months of grant and
the remaining options vest in equal installments over four years.
 
  Carolyn LoGalbo joined the Company as Vice President of Marketing in March
1996. Ms. LoGalbo's annual salary is $175,000 plus a guaranteed cash bonus of
$50,000 for 1996. Ms. LoGalbo was granted an option to purchase, in the
aggregate, 233,333 shares of Common Stock at an exercise price of $7.50 per
share. The options vest as follows: (i) an option for 200,000 shares vesting
over two years and (ii) an option for 33,333 shares vesting equally in six
annual installments subject, in each case, to accelerated vesting upon the
occurrence of certain events.
       
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OPTION GRANTS
 
  The following table sets forth certain information regarding stock options
granted during the fiscal year ended December 31, 1995 by the Company to the
Named Executive Officer. The Company granted no SARs during the fiscal year
ended December 31, 1995.
 
                       OPTION GRANTS IN LAST FISCAL YEAR
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                            POTENTIAL REALIZABLE VALUE AT
                                                                               ASSUMED ANNUAL RATES OF
                                                                               STOCK PRICE APPRECIATION
                                        INDIVIDUAL GRANTS(1)                      FOR OPTION TERM(2)
                         -------------------------------------------------- -----------------------------
                                           PERCENT OF
                            NUMBER OF    TOTAL OPTIONS  EXERCISE
                           SECURITIES       GRANTED      PRICE
                           UNDERLYING     TO EMPLOYEES    PER    EXPIRATION
                         OPTIONS GRANTED IN FISCAL YEAR SHARE(3)  DATE(4)        5%             10%
                         --------------- -------------- -------- ---------- -----------------------------
<S>                      <C>             <C>            <C>      <C>        <C>           <C>
James Nondorf...........      66,666          5.41%      $1.50    03/01/05  $      62,889 $       159,373
                             200,000         16.22%      $4.50    10/01/05       $566,055      $1,434,368
</TABLE>
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(1) All options were granted at an exercise price equal to market value as
    determined by the Board of Directors of the Company on the date of grant.
    The Board of Directors determined the market value of the Common Stock
    based on various factors, including the illiquid nature of an investment
    in the Company's Common Stock, the Company's historical financial
    performance, the preferences (including liquidation) of the Company's
    outstanding Preferred Stock, the Company's future prospects and the price
    paid for securities of the Company in arms-length transactions with third
    parties.
(2) Amounts represent hypothetical gains that could be achieved for the
    respective options if exercised at the end of the option term. These gains
    are based upon assumed rates of share price appreciation set by the
    Securities and Exchange Commission of 5% and 10% compounded annually from
    the date the respective options were granted to their expiration date. The
    gains shown are net of the option exercise price, but do not include
    deductions for taxes or other expenses associated with the exercise.
    Actual gains, if any, are dependent on the performance of the Common Stock
    and the date on which the option is exercised. There can be no assurance
    that the amounts reflected will be achieved.
(3) The exercise price equals the fair market value of the Common Stock on the
    date of grant as determined by the Company's Board of Directors.
(4) The vesting schedule for the option to purchase 66,666 shares of Common
    Stock was accelerated so as to become fully exercisable on February 19,
    1996. The option to purchase 200,000 shares of Common Stock became
    exercisable with respect to 66,666 shares on March 8, 1996, and with
    respect to the remaining 133,333 shares will become exercisable when the
    Common Stock is listed for trading on the Nasdaq National Market.
 
AGGREGATED OPTION EXERCISES IN LAST FISCAL YEAR AND FISCAL YEAR-END OPTION
VALUES
 
  The following table sets forth certain information with respect to the
unexercised stock options held as of December 31, 1995 by the Named Executive
Officer.
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                       VALUE OF UNEXERCISED IN-
                               NUMBER OF UNEXERCISED           THE-MONEY
                                      OPTIONS           OPTIONS AT DECEMBER 31,
                               AT DECEMBER 31, 1995(1)          1995(1)
                             ------------------------- -------------------------
NAME
- ----                         EXERCISABLE UNEXERCISABLE EXERCISABLE UNEXERCISABLE
<S>                          <C>         <C>           <C>         <C>
James Nondorf...............   16,666       250,000     $100,000     $900,000
</TABLE>
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(1) Calculated on the basis of the fair market value of the underlying
    securities at December 31, 1995 of $7.50 per share, as determined by the
    Company's Board of Directors, minus the per share exercise price.
 
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COMPENSATION COMMITTEE INTERLOCKS AND INSIDER PARTICIPATION
 
  Prior to May 1996, the Company did not have a Compensation Committee and
decisions relating to executive compensation were made by the Board of
Directors. On May 10, 1996, the Board of Directors established a Compensation
Committee, consisting of Messrs. Carnesale and Subramaniam and delegated to
the Compensation Committee responsibility for decisions concerning executive
compensation.
 
STOCK PLANS
   
  The Company's 1995 Stock Plan (the "1995 Plan") was adopted by the Board of
Directors and approved by the stockholders of the Company in March 1995. The
Company's 1996 Stock Plan (the "1996 Plan", and collectively with the 1995
Plan, the "Stock Plans") was adopted by the Board of Directors and approved by
the stockholders in May 1996, and an amendment to the 1996 Plan was adopted by
the Board of Directors and approved by the stockholders in June 1996. The
Company has reserved an aggregate of 4,150,000 shares of Common Stock for
issuance under the Stock Plans. The Company's Stock Plans permit the grant of
(i) options to purchase shares of Common Stock intended to qualify as
incentive stock options under Section 422 of the Internal Revenue Code of
1986, as amended, (the "Code"), (ii) options that do not so qualify, and (iii)
shares of Common Stock. Each non-employee director first joining the Board of
Directors in the future will receive an automatic option grant to purchase
7,000 shares of Common Stock when such director is first elected or appointed
to the Board of Directors. In addition, each non-employee director will
receive an automatic option grant to purchase 1,700 shares of Common Stock on
each January 1 that such director is a member of the Board of Directors. All
option shares granted to non-employee directors will vest in equal annual
installments over a four-year period. All option grants to non-employee
directors will be at a per share exercise price equal to the fair market value
of the Common Stock at the time of grant. The Stock Plans are designed and
intended as a performance incentive for officers, directors, employees,
consultants and other key persons performing services for the Company to
encourage such persons to acquire or increase a proprietary interest in the
success of the Company. The Stock Plans are administered by the Compensation
Committee as appointed by the Board of Directors from time to time. The
Compensation Committee determines the terms of each individual stock option
and stock award, subject to the terms of the Stock Plans, including the
exercise price or purchase price of such awards. The exercise price for
incentive stock options must be equal to the fair market value of the Common
Stock on the date of grant. The exercise price for non-qualified stock options
and the purchase price for Common Stock awards is determined at the discretion
of the Compensation Committee. As of June 24, 1996, options to purchase
3,356,600 shares of Common Stock were outstanding and an additional 726,734
shares of Common Stock were available for issuance under the Stock Plans.     
 
EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN
 
  The Company's Employee Stock Purchase Plan ("ESPP") was adopted by the Board
of Directors and approved by the stockholders of the Company in May 1996. The
Company has reserved a total of 150,000 shares of Common Stock for issuance
under the ESPP. The ESPP, which is intended to qualify under Section 423(b) of
the Code permits eligible employees of the Company to purchase Common Stock
through payroll deductions of up to ten percent of their salaries. The price
of Common Stock purchased under the ESPP will be 85% of the lower of the fair
market value of the Common Stock on the first or last day of each six-month
purchase period. The ESPP will be administered by the Compensation Committee
of the Board of Directors. Employees are eligible to participate if they are
customarily employed by the Company or any designated subsidiary for at least
20 hours per week.
 
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                      PRINCIPAL AND SELLING STOCKHOLDERS
 
  The following table sets forth the beneficial ownership of the Company's
Common Stock as of May 1, 1996, and as adjusted to reflect the sale of the
Company's Common Stock offered hereby at an assumed initial public offering
price of $14.00 per share, by (i) each person or entity known to the Company
to own beneficially more than 5% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock and
certain other principal stockholders of the Company, (ii) each of the
Company's directors, (iii) the Named Executive Officer, (iv) all directors and
executive officers of the Company as a group and (v) each of the other Selling
Stockholders. Except as indicated in the footnotes to this table, the Company
believes that the persons named in this table have sole voting and investment
power with respect to the shares of Common Stock indicated.
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                            SHARES BENEFICIALLY            SHARES BENEFICIALLY
                            OWNED PRIOR TO THIS              OWNED AFTER THIS
                               OFFERING(1)(2)               OFFERING(1)(2)(3)
                            --------------------           --------------------
                                                 NUMBER OF
DIRECTORS, OFFICERS                               SHARES
AND 5% STOCKHOLDERS          NUMBER   PERCENTAGE  OFFERED   NUMBER   PERCENTAGE
- -------------------         --------- ---------- --------- --------- ----------
<S>                         <C>       <C>        <C>       <C>       <C>
Sundar Subramaniam(4).....  3,332,000   28.13%    200,000  3,132,000   21.10%
 219 Vassar Street
 Cambridge, MA 02139
Harrington Trust Limited,
 as Trustee of the Appleby
 Trust....................  3,009,697   25.41     287,574  2,722,123   18.34
 Cedar House, 41 Cedar Av-
  enue
 Hamilton, Bermuda HM 12
J&S Limited Partner-
 ship(5)..................  1,100,000    9.29     118,022    981,978    6.61
 219 Vassar Street
 Cambridge, MA 02139
Legacy Investment Partner-
 ship(6)..................  1,333,333   11.26         --   1,333,333    8.98
 219 Vassar Street
 Cambridge, MA 02139
 
 
Klaus P. Besier...........  1,026,667    8.67         --   1,026,667    6.92
 c/o OneWave, Inc.
 One Arsenal Marketplace
 Watertown, MA 02172
Entities Managed by
 Hancock Venture Partners,
  Inc. (7)................    528,567    4.46         --     528,567    3.56
 One Financial Center,
  44th Floor
 Boston, MA 02111
James Nondorf(8)..........     66,666       *         --      66,666       *
Albert Carnesale..........        --      --          --         --      --
Manuel Diaz...............        --      --          --         --      --
Stephen R. Levy(9)........     33,333       *         --      33,333       *
Ofer Nemirovsky(10).......    528,567    4.46         --     528,567    3.56
All directors and execu-
 tive officers as a group
 (10 persons)(8)..........  4,987,233   41.87     200,000  4,787,233   32.10
OTHER SELLING STOCKHOLDERS
- --------------------------
Pantio Holding Ltd.(11)...    132,142    1.12     120,337     11,805       *
Lorenzo Cue(12)...........     26,428       *      24,067      2,361       *
</TABLE>
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* Less than one percent (1%).
 
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<PAGE>
 
(1) Beneficial ownership is determined in accordance with rules of the
    Securities and Exchange Commission and includes general voting power
    and/or investment power with respect to securities. Shares of Common Stock
    subject to options currently exercisable or exercisable within 60 days
    after May 1, 1996 ("Currently Exercisable Options") are deemed outstanding
    for computing the percentage of a person holding such options but are not
    deemed outstanding for computing the percentage of any other person. For
    purposes of this table, stock options subject to acceleration upon the
    occurrence of events other than the passage of time are not deemed to be
    Currently Exercisable Options.
(2) The conversion of the Series B Preferred Stock is based on an assumed
    initial public offering price of $14.00 per share. If the initial public
    offering price varies from $14.00 per share, the number of shares of
    Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Series B Preferred Stock is
    subject to adjustment from a maximum of 1,103,137 shares (in the event
    that the initial public offering price is $12.375 per share or less) to a
    minimum of 888,085 shares (in the event that the initial public offering
    price is $15.375 per share or greater).
(3) Assumes no exercise of the Underwriters' over-allotment option.
(4) Does not include 1,100,000 shares held by J&S Limited Partnership in which
    Mr. Subramaniam holds a 50% beneficial interest but over which Mr.
    Subramaniam exercises no voting or investment power.
(5) John J. Donovan, Sr. is the president and sole stockholder of Controller
    Corp., Inc., the general partner of J&S Limited Partnership, and, as such,
    may be deemed the beneficial owner of these shares.
(6) John J. Donovan, Jr. is the managing partner of Legacy Investment
    Partnership and, as such, has exclusive voting and investment power over
    these shares.
(7) Includes (i) 502,139 shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of
    Series B Preferred Stock held by Hancock Venture Partners IV-Direct Fund
    L.P. and (ii) 26,428 shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of
    Series B Preferred Stock held by Falcon Ventures II L.P. Hancock Venture
    Partners, Inc. is the managing general partner of the respective general
    partners of such entities.
(8) Includes 66,666 shares of Common Stock which may be purchased within 60
    days of May 1, 1996 upon the exercise of stock options.
(9) Includes 33,333 shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of Series
    C Preferred Stock.
(10) Includes (i) 502,139 shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of
     Series B Preferred Stock held by Hancock Venture Partners IV-Direct Fund
     L.P. and (ii) 26,428 shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of
     Series B Preferred Stock held by Falcon Ventures II, L.P., of which
     partnerships Mr. Nemirovsky is a general partner of the respective
     general partners, but as to which Mr. Nemirovsky disclaims beneficial
     ownership.
(11) Includes 132,142 shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of
     Series B Preferred Stock.
(12) Includes 26,428 shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of Series
     B Preferred Stock.
 
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<PAGE>
 
                             CERTAIN TRANSACTIONS
 
  Certain of the Company's principal stockholders are affiliated with each
other through family and other relationships. Sundar Subramaniam, a director
of the Company, and John J. Donovan, Sr., are limited partners, and Mr.
Donovan, Sr. is the sole stockholder and president of the corporate general
partner, of J&S Limited Partnership ("J&S"). Mr. Donovan Sr.'s adult children
are the ultimate beneficial owners of the shares of Common Stock held by
Harrington Trust Limited, as Trustee of the Appleby Trust ("Appleby"), and
Legacy Investment Partnership ("Legacy") and one of his sons, John J. Donovan,
Jr., was the President of the Company from its inception through June 1995 and
a director of the Company from its inception through March 1996. See
"Principal and Selling Stockholders".
 
  On May 3, 1995, the Company issued 6% 5-year convertible subordinated notes
to each of J&S (in the original principal amount of $250,000) and Appleby (in
the original principal amount of $750,000). On November 30, 1995, Appleby
converted the promissory note held by it into 1,136,363 shares of Common
Stock. In March 1996, the Company repaid in full the promissory note held by
J&S. On December 29, 1995, Appleby loaned the Company the principal sum of
$750,000 under a 9% 5-year subordinated note. The Company prepaid this note,
in full, in March 1996.
 
  From its inception through March 1, 1996, the Company shared office
facilities in Cambridge, Massachusetts with Cambridge Technology Group, Inc.
("CTGroup"). John J. Donovan, Sr. is the President, sole director and sole
stockholder of CTGroup. During the period from the Company's inception until
December 1995, CTGroup provided a variety of technical and support services
for the Company and, from time to time, advanced funds to meet the Company's
operating expenses. The Company has reimbursed CTGroup, at cost, for all
services rendered and has repaid in full all amounts advanced for its benefit
by CTGroup. For use of the shared office facilities in Cambridge, the Company
reimbursed CTGroup for the Company's pro rata share (based on head count) of
the lease and maintenance costs of the facilities. The Cambridge facilities
are owned by a partnership in which Messrs. Donovan Sr. and Jr. are the
partners. A number of the Company's employees are former employees of CTGroup.
 
  On July 28, 1995, in connection with the establishment by CTGroup of a
credit facility for $2,500,000 with the State Street Bank and Trust Company
("State Street"), the Company gave an unlimited guaranty of all of CTGroup's
obligations to State Street. The Company's obligations under the unlimited
guaranty were terminated on February 16, 1996.
 
  In connection with the establishment by the Company of credit facilities in
the aggregate amount of $5,000,000 with State Street on February 16, 1996,
John J. Donovan, Sr., John J. Donovan, Jr. and J&S each gave an unlimited
guaranty of all of the Company's obligations to State Street. The guaranty of
J&S is secured by a pledge of 520,000 shares of common stock of Open
Environment Corporation ("OEC"). At April 30, 1996, the total amount
outstanding under the Company's credit facilities with State Street was
$2,000,000. Upon completion of this offering, the Company intends to request
that State Street terminate the guaranty obligations of Messrs. Donovan Sr.
and Jr. and J&S. The Company intends to use a portion of the proceeds of this
offering to repay the amounts borrowed under the $2,000,000 term loan portion
of this credit facility upon maturity in September 1996. See "Use of
Proceeds". John J. Donovan, Sr. has also personally guaranteed the performance
by the Company of its obligations under the lease of the Company's
headquarters in Watertown, Massachusetts. Mr. Donovan's obligation under the
lease guaranty will terminate upon consummation of this offering. Legacy, J&S
and Mr. Subramaniam have also agreed with the Company that, in the event this
offering is not successful, they will provide the funding, if any, necessary
to sustain the Company's operations through December 31, 1996. The terms on
which such funding would be provided would be determined by negotiation
between such stockholders and the Company at the time of any such funding.
 
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<PAGE>
 
  In connection with the Company's offer of employment to Klaus P. Besier as
President and Chief Executive Officer, J & S made a $1,000,000 payment to Mr.
Besier. The Company incurred no liability for such payment. As a former
employee of SAP America, Mr. Besier continues to be a participant in the SAP
Phantom Convertible Debenture Appreciation Right 1994/2004 Program (the "SAP
Plan") pursuant to which he holds a phantom stock appreciation right
evidencing the right to receive the appreciation in value of a specified
number of shares of SAP Preferred Stock. In connection with the Company's
offer of employment and as an inducement to Mr. Besier, J&S also agreed to pay
Mr. Besier an amount equal to the amount, if any, by which the value of his
stock appreciation right decreases between the date of such offer and
September 30, 1996. The Company has no liability or responsibility to make any
payment to Mr. Besier in connection with the SAP Plan. In addition, Appleby
sold 960,000 shares of Common Stock to Mr. Besier for a purchase price of
$1.50 per share, for an aggregate purchase price of $1,440,000. At the time of
this stock purchase, the Common Stock had a fair market value of $7.50 per
share. As an inducement to Mr. Besier to accept the Company's employment
offer, the Company agreed to lend Mr. Besier up to $2,600,000 to fund the
amount of income tax liability incurred by Mr. Besier in connection with this
stock purchase based upon the difference between the purchase price for the
shares and the fair market value of the shares at the time of such purchase.
 
  The Company and OEC are parties to a Software, Education, Services
Distribution Agreement dated June 21, 1995 (as amended, the "Distribution
Agreement"), pursuant to which the Company is authorized to distribute, on a
non-exclusive basis, worldwide (except Japan) OEC's software products and
services. The Distribution Agreement expires on June 21, 1997, subject to
annual renewals by mutual consent. Under the Distribution Agreement, the
Company purchased, for $260,000, a master copy of OEC's software products and
received the right to make 25 copies of such software for resale during the
term of the Distribution Agreement. The Company is entitled to purchase for
resale additional copies of OEC software products at a discount of 50% below
OEC's list price, and to resell OEC services and education products at a
discount of 25% below OEC's list price. Under the Distribution Agreement, the
Company is prohibited from marketing, reselling or advocating products or
services competitive with the products or services of OEC. At the time the
Company entered into the Distribution Agreement, John J. Donovan, Jr. was
President and a director of the Company and a director of OEC and John J.
Donovan, Sr. was the Chairman of the Board of OEC. Sundar Subramaniam is a
former President and former director of OEC. James G. Nondorf, formerly
President and a director of the Company and currently the Company's Vice
President of Strategic Alliances, is a director of OEC. Appleby, Legacy, J&S
and Mr. Subramaniam are principal stockholders of OEC. A number of the
Company's employees are former employees of OEC.
 
  On October 31, 1995, the Company sold to OEC the source code for certain
software technology relating to the customization and enhancement of SAP
software products. OEC paid the Company an initial fee of $500,000 under the
agreement by which the source code was transferred, and agreed to pay the
Company a royalty in an amount equal to 20% of the first $1,000,000 of sales
revenue recognized by OEC related to products incorporating components of the
transferred source code and 10% of such sales revenues in excess of
$1,000,000. OEC's royalty obligations expire on the earlier of October 1, 1997
or the date on which OEC's aggregate sales revenues related to products
incorporating components of the transferred source code exceed $3,000,000.
 
  The Company and OEC are also parties to an OEM Source Code License Agreement
dated as of December 29, 1995 (the "OEM Agreement"), pursuant to which the
Company holds a perpetual, non-exclusive license to incorporate certain OEC
software products into, or bundle such products with, the Company's software
products and has received the source code for such OEC products. The Company
paid a license fee of $2,200,000 to OEC under the OEM Agreement. The Company
has allocated the cost of the source code to research and development expenses
in 1995.
 
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  The Company, from time to time, sub-contracts consulting services from
International Integration Incorporated ("I-Cube"), a provider of systems
integration, implementation and application development services. Sundar
Subramaniam is a significant stockholder and the Chairman of the Board of
Directors of I-Cube. During the fiscal year ended December 31, 1995, fees for
system migration and integration consulting services provided by I-Cube
totaled $662,000.     
 
  During April 1996, the Company repurchased an aggregate of 800,000 shares of
Common Stock from four stockholders, at a price of $7.50 per share. Of these
shares, 66,667 shares were repurchased from James Nondorf, a former President
and director of the Company and the current Vice President of Strategic
Alliances, for an aggregate price of $500,000; 233,333 shares were repurchased
from J&S, for an aggregate price of $1,750,000; and 233,333 shares were
repurchased from Appleby, for an aggregate price of $1,750,000. The remaining
266,667 shares were repurchased from Len Hafetz for an aggregate price of
$2,000,000, pursuant to a Stock Purchase Agreement between Mr. Hafetz and John
Donovan, Sr., who assigned his rights and obligations under such agreement to
the Company.
 
  Since February 29, 1996, the Company has sold 1,332,127 shares of Series B
Preferred Stock at a purchase price per share of $5.54 and 1,200,000 shares of
Series C Preferred Stock at a purchase price per share of $5.00. Such shares
of Preferred Stock will be converted into shares of Common Stock as provided
by a formula set forth in the Company's Restated Certificate of Incorporation.
See "Description of Capital Stock--Authorized and Outstanding Capital Stock".
All of the Convertible Preferred Stock has been granted registration rights by
the Company. See "Description of Capital Stock--Registration Rights".
 
  In connection with the purchase of Series B Preferred Stock, certain
purchasers of such stock and certain common stockholders agreed that such
stockholders would vote their shares to elect one director to the Board of
Directors designated by the holders of the Series B Preferred Stock. Pursuant
to such agreement, Ofer Nemirovsky, a general partner of the general partners
of certain investment funds which participated in such offering, was nominated
and elected to the Board of Directors. This Agreement will terminate upon
consummation of this offering.
 
  In connection with its purchase of Series B Preferred Stock, Hewlett-Packard
Company was granted a right of first refusal, for as long as it owns at least
36,603 shares of Common Stock, with respect to securities of the Company which
the Company proposes to sell in private placements to designated computer
hardware manufacturers and other companies that derive a majority of their
revenues from the sale of computer hardware.
   
CONFLICTS OF INTEREST     
   
  Conflicts of interest may arise in the course of business transactions
between the Company, its officers, directors and principal stockholders, and
their affiliates. The Company believes that the transactions described above
were at terms no less favorable than the Company would have obtained from
unaffiliated third parties. See Note 7 of Notes to Financial Statements. The
Company has adopted a policy that all future transactions between the Company
and its officers, directors or other affiliates (other than compensation and
employment matters) be reviewed by the Board of Directors on an on-going basis
and submitted to the Audit Committee or other comparable body for review where
appropriate.     
 
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                         DESCRIPTION OF CAPITAL STOCK
 
  The description of the capital stock below is qualified in its entirety by
reference to the Company's Third Amended and Restated Certificate of
Incorporation (the "Restated Certificate of Incorporation") and Amended and
Restated By-Laws ("Restated By-Laws" together with the Restated Certificate of
Incorporation, the "Charter Documents"), copies of which are filed as exhibits
to the Registration Statement of which this Prospectus is a part. See
"Additional Information".
 
AUTHORIZED AND OUTSTANDING CAPITAL STOCK
 
  Immediately following the consummation of this offering, the authorized
capital stock of the Company will consist of 50,000,000 shares of Common
Stock, par value $.001 per share ("Common Stock"), and 5,000,000 shares of
Preferred Stock, par value $1.00 per share ("Preferred Stock"). Prior to the
commencement of this offering, the Company's authorized capital stock included
the following shares: 30,000,000 shares of Common Stock, of which 10,069,696
shares were issued and outstanding, 1,332,127 shares of Series B Redeemable
Convertible Preferred Stock, par value $1.00 per share ("Series B Preferred
Stock"), of which 1,332,127 shares were issued and outstanding, and 1,220,000
shares of Series C Convertible Preferred Stock, par value $1.00 per share
("Series C Preferred Stock"), of which 1,200,000 were issued and outstanding.
Upon consummation of this offering, all of the issued and outstanding shares
of Series C Preferred Stock will convert into 799,994 shares of Common Stock.
Upon consummation of this offering at an offering price of $14.00 per share,
all of the issued and outstanding shares of Series B Preferred Stock will
convert into 975,200 shares of Common Stock. If the initial public offering
price varies from $14.00 per share, the number of shares of Common Stock
issuable upon conversion of the Series B Preferred Stock is subject to
adjustment from a maximum of 1,103,137 shares (in the event that the initial
public offering price is $12.375 per share or less) to a minimum of 888,085
shares (in the event that the initial public offering price is $15.375 per
share or greater). Immediately following such conversion, all such shares of
the Preferred Stock shall have been cancelled, retired and eliminated from the
Company's authorized capital stock. At May 1, 1996, the Company's Series B
Preferred Stock, Series C Preferred Stock and Common Stock were held of record
by 32 stockholders.
 
COMMON STOCK
 
  Holders of Common Stock are entitled to one vote per share on all matters to
be voted on by stockholders. Holders of Common Stock are not entitled to
cumulative voting rights. Therefore, the holders of a majority of the shares
voted in the election of directors can elect all of the Directors then
standing for election, subject to the rights of the holders of Preferred
Stock, if and when issued. The holders of Common Stock have no preemptive or
other subscription rights.
 
  The holders of Common Stock are entitled to receive such dividends, if any,
as may be declared from time to time by the Board of Directors from funds
legally available therefor, with each share of Common Stock sharing equally in
such dividends. The possible issuance of Preferred Stock with a preference
over Common Stock as to dividends could impact the dividend rights of holders
of Common Stock. See "Dividend Policy".
 
  There are no redemption or sinking fund provisions with respect to the
Common Stock. All outstanding shares of Common Stock, including the shares
offered hereby, are, or will be upon completion of this offering, fully paid
and non-assessable.
 
  The Restated By-laws provide, subject to the rights of the holders of the
Preferred Stock, if and when issued, that the number of directors shall be
fixed by the Board of Directors. The directors, other than those who may be
elected by the holders of Preferred Stock, if and when issued, are divided
into three classes, as nearly equal in number as possible, with each class
serving for a three-year term,
 
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except with respect to the initial term of each class of directors which shall
be for the period described under "Management--Board of Directors". Subject to
any rights of the holders of Preferred Stock, if and when issued, to elect
directors, and to remove any director whom the holders of any such stock had
the right to elect, any director of the Company may be removed from office
only with cause and by the affirmative vote of at least two-thirds of the
total votes eligible to be cast by stockholders in the election of such
director.
 
UNDESIGNATED PREFERRED STOCK
 
  Upon consummation of this offering, the Board of Directors of the Company
will be authorized, without further action of the stockholders of the Company,
to issue up to 5,000,000 shares of Preferred Stock in classes or series and to
fix the designation, voting powers, preferences and the relative,
participating optional and other special rights of the shares of each series
and any qualifications, limitations and restrictions thereon as set forth in
the Restated Certificate of Incorporation. Any such Preferred Stock issued by
the Company may rank prior to the Common Stock as to dividend rights,
liquidation preferences or both, may have full or limited voting rights and
may be convertible into shares of Common Stock.
 
  The purpose of authorizing the Board of Directors to issue Preferred Stock
is, in part, to eliminate delays associated with a stockholder vote on
specific issuances. The issuance of Preferred Stock could have the effect of
making it more difficult for a third party to acquire, or of discouraging a
third party from acquiring or seeking to acquire, a significant portion of the
outstanding stock of the Company.
 
WARRANT
 
  On February 16, 1996, in connection with the establishment of a bank credit
facility, the Company issued to SSB Investments, Inc. a warrant (the
"Warrant") to purchase 23,333 shares of Common Stock at an exercise price per
share of $8.31. The Warrant is exercisable in whole or in part, at any time on
or before February 15, 2003.
 
CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF THE COMPANY'S CHARTER DOCUMENTS
 
  A number of provisions of the Company's Restated Certificate of
Incorporation and Restated By-laws concern matters of corporate governance and
the rights of stockholders. Certain of these provisions, as well as the
ability of the Board of Directors to issue shares of Preferred Stock and to
set the voting rights, preferences and other terms thereof, may be deemed to
have an anti-takeover effect and may discourage takeover attempts not first
approved by the Board of Directors (including takeovers which certain
stockholders may deem to be in their best interests). These provisions,
together with the classified Board of Directors and the ability of the Board
of Directors to issue Preferred Stock without further stockholder action, also
could delay or frustrate the removal of incumbent directors or the assumption
of control by stockholders, even if such removal or assumption would be
beneficial to stockholders of the Company. These provisions also could
discourage or make more difficult a merger, tender offer or proxy contest,
even if they could be favorable to the interests of stockholders, and could
potentially depress the market price of the Common Stock and deprive
stockholders of an opportunity to receive a premium for their shares. The
Board of Directors of the Company believes that these provisions are
appropriate to protect the interests of the Company and all of its
stockholders. The Board of Directors has no present plans to adopt any other
measures or devices which may be deemed to have an "anti-takeover effect".
 
  MEETINGS OF STOCKHOLDERS. The Restated By-laws provide that a special
meeting of stockholders may be called only by the Board of Directors unless
otherwise required by law. The Restated By-laws provide that only those
matters set forth in the notice of the special meeting may be considered or
acted upon at that special meeting, unless otherwise provided by law. In
addition, the Restated By-laws set forth certain advance notice and
informational requirements and time limitations on any director nomination or
any new business which a stockholder wishes to propose for consideration at an
annual meeting of stockholders.
 
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  NO STOCKHOLDER ACTION BY WRITTEN CONSENT. The Restated Certificate of
Incorporation provides that any action required or permitted to be taken by
the stockholders of the Company at an annual or special meeting of
stockholders must be effected at a duly called meeting and may not be taken or
effected by a written consent of stockholders in lieu thereof.
 
  INDEMNIFICATION AND LIMITATION OF LIABILITY. The Restated By-laws provide
that directors and officers of the Company shall be, and in the discretion of
the Board of Directors non-officer employees may be, indemnified by the
Company to the fullest extent authorized by Delaware law, as it now exists or
may in the future be amended, against all expenses and liabilities reasonably
incurred in connection with service for or on behalf of the Company. The
Restated By-laws also provide that the right of directors and officers to
indemnification shall be a contract right and shall not be exclusive of any
other right now possessed or hereafter acquired under any by-law, agreement,
vote of stockholders or otherwise. The Restated Certificate of Incorporation
contains a provision permitted by Delaware law that generally eliminates the
personal liability of directors for monetary damages for breaches of their
fiduciary duty, including breaches involving negligence or gross negligence in
business combinations, unless the director has breached his or her duty of
loyalty failed to act in good faith, engaged in intentional misconduct or a
knowing violation of law, paid a dividend or approved a stock repurchase in
violation of the Delaware General Corporation Law or obtained an improper
personal benefit. This provision does not alter a director's liability under
the federal securities laws. In addition, this provision does not affect the
availability of equitable remedies, such as an injunction or rescission, for
breach of fiduciary duty.
 
  AMENDMENT OF RESTATED CERTIFICATE. The Restated Certificate of Incorporation
provides that an amendment thereof must first be approved by a majority of the
Board of Directors and (with certain exceptions) thereafter approved by the
holders of a majority of the total votes eligible to be cast by holders of
voting stock with respect to such amendment or repeal; provided however, that
the affirmative vote of not less than 80% of the total votes eligible to be
cast by holders of voting stock, voting together as a single class, is
required to amend the provisions described above.
 
  AMENDMENT OF RESTATED BY-LAWS. The Restated Certificate of Incorporation
provides that the Restated By-laws may be amended or repealed by the Board of
Directors or by the stockholders. Such action by the Board of Directors
requires the affirmative vote of a majority of the directors then in office.
Such action by the stockholders requires the affirmative vote of the holders
of at least two-thirds of the total votes eligible to be cast by holders of
voting stock with respect to such amendment or repeal at an annual meeting of
stockholders or a special meeting called for such purpose, unless the Board of
Directors recommends that the stockholders approve such amendment or repeal at
such meeting, in which case such amendment or repeal shall only require the
affirmative vote of a majority of the total votes eligible to be cast by
holders of voting stock with respect to such amendment or repeal.
 
STATUTORY BUSINESS COMBINATION PROVISION
 
  Upon completion of the offering, the Company will be subject to the
provisions of Section 203 of the Delaware General Corporation Law ("Section
203"). Section 203 provides, with certain exceptions, that a Delaware
corporation may not engage in any of a broad range of business combinations
with a person, or affiliate or associate of such person, who is an "interested
stockholder" for a period of three years from the date that such person became
an interested stockholder unless: (i) the transaction resulting in a person
becoming an interested stockholder, or the business combination, is approved
by the board of directors of the corporation before the person becomes an
interested stockholder, (ii) the interested stockholder acquired 85% or more
of the outstanding voting stock of the corporation in the
 
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same transaction that makes it an interested stockholder (excluding shares
owned by persons who are both officers and directors of the corporation, and
shares held by certain employee stock ownership plans) or (iii) on or after
the date the person becomes an interested stockholder, the business
combination is approved by the corporation's board of directors and by the
holders of at least 66% of the corporation's outstanding voting stock at an
annual or special meeting, excluding shares owned by the interested
stockholder. Under Section 203, an "interested stockholder" is defined (with
certain limited exceptions) as any person that is (i) the owner of 15% or more
of the outstanding voting stock of the corporation or (ii) an affiliate or
associate of the corporation that was the owner of 15% or more of the
outstanding voting stock of the corporation at any time within the three-year
period immediately prior to the date on which it is sought to be determined
whether such person is an interested stockholder.
 
  A corporation may, at its option, exclude itself from the coverage of
Section 203 by amending its certificate of incorporation or by-laws by action
of its stockholders to exempt itself from coverage, provided that such charter
or by-law amendment shall not become effective until twelve months after the
date it is adopted. Neither the Restated Certificate of Incorporation nor the
Restated By-laws of the Company contains any such exclusion, although the
Board of Directors has excluded the stockholders of the Company prior to the
offering from the coverage of Section 203.
 
REGISTRATION RIGHTS
 
  The holders of the Company's Series B Preferred Stock (the "Series B
Investors") and the holders of the Company's Series C Preferred Stock (with
the Series B Investors, the "Preferred Registration Rights Holders") who
collectively will own a total of 1,630,790 shares of Common Stock (the
"Preferred Registrable Securities") upon the closing of this offering at an
initial offering price of $14.00 per share, and SSB Investments, Inc., the
Warrant Holder (with the Preferred Registration Rights Holders, the
"Registration Rights Holders") who will have the right to under the Warrant to
acquire 23,333 shares of Common Stock (with the Preferred Registrable
Securities, the "Registrable Securities"), are parties to agreements with the
Company under which each has certain rights with respect to the registration
under the Securities Act, for resale to the public, of such Registrable
Securities. If the Company proposes to register any of its securities under
the Securities Act, either for its own account or for the account of other
security holders, the Registration Rights Holders are entitled to notice of
such registration and to include their shares of Registrable Securities
therein, subject to certain conditions and limitations, which include the
right of the managing underwriter of any such offering to exclude some or all
of such shares from such registration. Each of the Preferred Registration
Rights Holders had these so-called "piggy-back" registration rights with
respect to this offering and the shares of Common Stock being sold in this
offering by Pantio Holding Ltd. and Lorenzo Cue have been included pursuant to
the exercise of such rights. Additionally, the Series B Investors have certain
demand registration rights pursuant to which they may require the Company on
two occasions to register all or part of their shares of Registrable
Securities for resale to the public under the Securities Act, subject to
certain conditions and limitations, including the requirement that the
anticipated aggregate price of the shares to be registered exceeds $10,000,000
and the right of the Company not to effect such requested registration within
180 days after the effective date of a registration statement filed by the
Company covering a firm commitment underwritten public offering of the
securities of the Company under the Securities Act. Further, the Series B
Investors may require the Company to file additional registration statements
on Form S-3 if the Company qualifies for the use of such form, subject to
certain conditions and limitations. The Company is required to bear the
expenses of all such registrations (except underwriting discounts and
commissions) and to use its best efforts to effect such registrations.
 
TRANSFER AGENT AND REGISTRAR
 
  The Company has selected State Street Bank and Trust Company as the transfer
agent and registrar for the Common Stock.
 
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                        SHARES ELIGIBLE FOR FUTURE SALE
   
  Upon completion of this offering, the Company will have outstanding
14,844,890 shares of Common Stock (assuming no exercise of outstanding options
after May 1, 1996). Of these shares, the 3,750,000 shares sold in this
offering will be freely transferable without restriction or further
registration under the Securities Act unless purchased by "affiliates" of the
Company as that term is defined in Rule 144 of the Securities Act (an
"Affiliate"), which shares will be subjected to the resale limitations of Rule
144 adopted under the Securities Act. The remaining 11,094,890 shares
outstanding upon completion of this offering and held by existing stockholders
will be "Restricted Securities" as that term is defined under Rule 144 (the
"Restricted Shares"). Restricted Shares may be sold in the public market only
if registered or if they qualify for an exemption from registration under
Rules 144 or 701 promulgated under the Securities Act, which rules are
summarized below. As a result of the contractual restrictions described below,
and the provisions of Rules 144 and 701, additional shares will be available
for sale in the public market as follows: (i) 233,113 shares issuable upon the
exercise of stock options granted under the 1995 Plan and the 1996 Plan that
are vested or will vest and, if exercised, will become eligible for sale
without lock-up restrictions on various dates prior to 180 days following the
date of this Prospectus, (ii) 7,113,978 currently outstanding shares will be
eligible for sale upon expiration of lock-up agreements 180 days after the
date of this Prospectus (as well as 749,111 additional shares issuable upon
the exercise of stock options granted under the 1995 Plan and the 1996 Plan
that will be vested as of such date) and (iii) 3,980,922 additional currently
outstanding shares will be eligible for sale upon expiration of their
respective two-year holding periods, subject in the case of shares held by
affiliates to compliance with certain volume restrictions.     
 
  In general, under Rule 144 as currently in effect, a person (or persons
whose shares are aggregated) who has beneficially owned Restricted Shares for
at least two years (and, with respect to non-affiliates of the Company, a
person who has beneficially owned Restricted Securities less than three
years), will be entitled to sell in any three-month period a number of shares
that does not exceed the greater of (i) 1% of the then outstanding shares of
the Company's Common Stock (approximately 148,448 shares immediately after the
offering) or (ii) the average weekly trading volume of the Company's Common
Stock in the Nasdaq National Market during the four calendar weeks immediately
preceding the date on which notice of the sale is filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission. Such sales pursuant to Rule 144 are subject to
certain requirements relating to manner of sale, notice and availability of
current public information about the Company. A person (or persons whose
shares are aggregated) who is not deemed to have been an affiliate of the
Company at any time during the 90 days immediately preceding the sale and who
has beneficially owned Restricted Shares for at least three years is entitled
to sell such shares pursuant to Rule 144(k) without regard to the limitations
described above. The Securities and Exchange Commission has recently proposed
to reduce the two and three year holding periods under Rule 144 to one and two
years, respectively. If enacted, such modification will have a material effect
on the timing of when certain shares of Common Stock become eligible for
resale.
 
  In addition, following the offering, the holders of 1,630,790 shares of
outstanding Common Stock and 23,333 shares of Common Stock issuable upon
exercise of a certain warrant will have rights under certain circumstances to
require the Company to register their shares for future sale. See "Description
of Capital Stock--Registration Rights".
 
  Rule 701 permits resales of shares in reliance upon Rule 144 but without
compliance with certain restrictions, including the holding period
requirement, of Rule 144. Any employee, officer or director of or consultant
to the Company who purchased his or her shares pursuant to a written
compensatory plan or contract may be entitled to rely on the resale provisions
of Rule 701. Rule 701 permits affiliates to sell their Rule 701 shares under
Rule 144 without complying with the holding period requirements of Rule 144.
Rule 701 further provides that non-affiliates may sell such shares in reliance
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without having to comply with the holding period, public information, volume
limitation or notice provisions of Rule 144. All holders of Rule 701 shares
are required to wait until 90 days after the date of this Prospectus before
selling such shares.
 
  Persons who will hold approximately 10,975,081 shares of the Company's
Common Stock after completion of the offering, including all officers and
directors and certain securityholders of the Company, have agreed with the
Representatives and/or the Company that, for a period of 180 days following
the date of this Prospectus, they will not sell, offer to sell, contract to
sell, grant any option to purchase, make any short sale or otherwise dispose
of any shares of Common Stock of the Company, or any options or warrants to
purchase any shares of Common Stock of the Company, or any securities
convertible into or exchangeable for shares of Common Stock of the Company,
whether now owned or hereinafter acquired, by such holders or with respect to
which they have beneficial ownership within the rules and regulations of the
SEC. The Company has also agreed not to sell, offer to sell, contract to sell,
grant any option to purchase or otherwise dispose of any shares of Common
Stock or any securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for
Common Stock or any rights to acquire Common Stock for a period of 180 days
following the date of this Prospectus without the prior written consent of
Goldman, Sachs & Co. on behalf of the Underwriters, subject to certain limited
exceptions. The lockup agreements may be released at any time as to all or any
portion of the shares subject to such agreements at the sole discretion of
Goldman, Sachs & Co. on behalf of the Underwriters.
 
  Promptly following the consummation of this offering, the Company intends to
file a Registration Statement on Form S-8 to register the shares of Common
Stock issuable upon exercise of options granted under the 1995 Plan, the 1996
Plan and the ESPP. Following the filing of the Form S-8, shares of Common
Stock issued under the 1995 Plan, the 1996 Plan and the ESPP will be available
for sale in the public market upon vesting and exercise of such options,
subject to lock-up restrictions described above and the Rule 144 volume
limitations applicable to affiliates.
 
  Prior to this offering, there has been no prior public market for the Common
Stock and there is no assurance a significant public market for the Common
Stock will develop or be sustained after this offering. Sales of a substantial
amount of Common Stock in the public market could adversely affect the market
price of the Common Stock and could impair the Company's future ability to
raise capital through the sale of its equity securities. See "Risk Factors".
 
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                                 LEGAL MATTERS
 
  The validity of the shares of Common Stock offered by this Prospectus will
be passed upon for the Company and the Selling Stockholders by Peabody &
Arnold, Boston, Massachusetts. Certain other legal matters in connection with
this offering will be passed upon for the Company by Goodwin, Procter & Hoar
llp, Boston, Massachusetts, for the Selling Stockholders by Peabody & Arnold
and for the Underwriters by Hale and Dorr, Boston, Massachusetts.
 
                                    EXPERTS
 
  The financial statements and schedule for the period from inception (January
19, 1994) to December 31, 1994 and the year ended December 31, 1995 included
in this Prospectus and elsewhere in the Registration Statement have been
audited by Arthur Andersen LLP, independent public accountants, as indicated
in their reports with respect thereto, and are included herein in reliance
upon the authority of said firm as experts in giving said reports.
 
                            ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
 
  The Company has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
"Commission") a Registration Statement on Form S-1 (of which this Prospectus
is a part) under the Securities Act, with respect to the Common Stock offered
hereby. This Prospectus does not contain all of the information set forth in
the Registration Statement and the exhibits and schedules thereto, certain
parts of which are omitted in accordance with the rules and regulations of the
Commission. For further information about the Company and the securities
offered by this Prospectus, reference is made to the Registration Statement,
including the exhibits and schedules filed as a part thereof. Statements made
in this Prospectus as to the contents of any document referred to are not
necessarily complete, and in each instance, if such document is filed as an
exhibit, reference is made to such exhibit and each such statement is
qualified in its entirety by such reference.
 
  The Registration Statement, including exhibits and schedules thereto, filed
by the Company with the Commission may be inspected, without charge, and
copied at the public reference facilities maintained by the Commission at 450
Fifth Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20549, Room 1024; 7 World Trade Center,
New York, New York 10048, Room 1400; and 500 West Madison Street, Chicago,
Illinois 60661, Suite 1400. Copies of such materials also may be obtained from
the Public Reference Section of the Commission at 450 Fifth Street, N.W.,
Washington, D.C. 20549, Room 1024, at prescribed rates. In addition, the
Company is required to file electronic versions of these documents with the
Commission through the Commission's Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis, and
Retrieval (EDGAR) system. The Commission maintains a World Wide Web site at
http:/ /www.sec.gov that contains reports, proxy and information statements
and other information regarding registrants that file electronically with the
Commission.
 
  The Company intends to furnish its stockholders with annual reports
containing audited financial statements and an opinion thereon expressed by
independent auditors and with quarterly reports for the first three quarters
of each fiscal year containing unaudited summary financial information.
 
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                                 ONEWAVE, INC.
 
                         INDEX TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
 
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Report of Independent Public Accountants..................................  F-2
Balance Sheets as of December 31, 1994 and 1995, March 31, 1996 (unau-
 dited) and
 Pro Forma as of March 31, 1996 (unaudited)...............................  F-3
Statements of Operations for the Period from Inception (January 19, 1994)
 to
 December 31, 1994 for the Year Ended December 31, 1995 and for the Three-
 Months Ended March 31, 1995 and 1996 (unaudited).........................  F-4
Statements of Redeemable Convertible Preferred Stock and Stockholders'
 Equity (Deficit)
 for the Period from Inception (January 19, 1994) to December 31, 1994,
 for the Year Ended December 31, 1995, for the Three-Months Ended March
 31, 1996 (unaudited) and Pro Forma as of March 31, 1996 (unaudited)......  F-5
Statements of Cash Flows for the Period from Inception (January 19, 1994)
 to December 31, 1994, for the Year Ended December 31, 1995 and the Three-
 Months Ended March 31, 1995 and 1996 (unaudited).........................  F-6
Notes to Financial Statements.............................................  F-7
</TABLE>
 
                                      F-1
<PAGE>
 
                   REPORT OF INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS
 
To OneWave, Inc.:
 
  We have audited the accompanying balance sheets of OneWave, Inc. (a Delaware
corporation, formerly Business@Web, Inc.) as of December 31, 1994 and 1995,
and the related statements of operations, redeemable convertible preferred
stock and stockholders' equity (deficit) and cash flows for the period from
inception (January 19, 1994) to December 31, 1994 and for the year ended
December 31, 1995. These financial statements are the responsibility of the
Company's management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these
financial statements based on our audits.
 
  We conducted our audits in accordance with generally accepted auditing
standards. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to
obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of
material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence
supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit
also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant
estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial
statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis
for our opinion.
 
  In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly,
in all material respects, the financial position of OneWave, Inc. as of
December 31, 1994 and 1995, and the results of its operations and its cash
flows for the period from inception (January 19, 1994) to December 31, 1994
and for the year ended December 31, 1995, in conformity with generally
accepted accounting principles.
 
                                          Arthur Andersen LLP
 
Boston, Massachusetts
March 12, 1996 (except with respect to the
matters discussed in Note 6
as to which the date is May 20, 1996)
 
                                      F-2
<PAGE>
 
                                 ONEWAVE, INC.
 
                                 BALANCE SHEETS
 
<TABLE>   
<CAPTION>
                               DECEMBER 31,              MARCH 31, 1996
                          ------------------------  --------------------------
                                                                   PRO FORMA
                             1994         1995         ACTUAL       (NOTE 1)
                          -----------  -----------  ------------  ------------
                                                           (UNAUDITED)
<S>                       <C>          <C>          <C>           <C>
ASSETS
Current Assets:
 Cash and cash equiva-
  lents (Note 1)......... $        70  $   104,622  $  4,822,127  $  4,792,127
 Accounts receivable,
  less reserve of
  $100,000 and $150,000
  at December 31, 1995
  and March 31, 1996,
  respectively...........         --     1,908,541     1,775,199     1,775,199
 Inventories (Note 1)....         --       292,000       227,000       227,000
 Prepaid expenses and
  other current assets...         --       157,333       573,329       573,329
 Due from affiliates
  (Note 7)...............         --           --        168,793       168,793
                          -----------  -----------  ------------  ------------
     Total current as-
      sets...............          70    2,462,496     7,566,448     7,536,448
                          -----------  -----------  ------------  ------------
Property and Equipment,
 at cost (Note 1):
 Computer and office
  equipment..............      76,078      226,550     1,074,336     1,074,336
 Furniture and fix-
  tures..................         --           --        371,978       371,978
 Leasehold improve-
  ments..................         --           --         41,252        41,252
                          -----------  -----------  ------------  ------------
                               76,078      226,550     1,487,566     1,487,566
 Less--Accumulated
  depreciation and
  amortization...........      12,680       63,118       115,483       115,483
                          -----------  -----------  ------------  ------------
     Net property and
      equipment..........      63,398      163,432     1,372,083     1,372,083
                          -----------  -----------  ------------  ------------
     Total assets........ $    63,468  $ 2,625,928  $  8,938,531  $  8,908,531
                          ===========  ===========  ============  ============
LIABILITIES AND STOCK-
 HOLDERS' EQUITY (DEFI-
 CIT)
Current Liabilities:
 Accounts payable........ $   275,000  $   575,575  $  2,153,072  $  2,153,072
 Note payable to a bank
  (Note 2)...............         --           --      2,000,000     2,000,000
 Due to affiliates 
  (Note 7)...............     656,844    2,938,086       553,302       553,302
 Accrued expenses
  (Note 10)..............         --       637,613     3,467,396     3,467,396
 Deferred revenues 
  (Note 1)...............         --       278,572       317,421       317,421
                          -----------  -----------  ------------  ------------
     Total current lia-
      bilities...........     931,844    4,429,846     8,491,191     8,491,191
                          -----------  -----------  ------------  ------------
Long-Term Debt to
 Stockholders (Note 3)...         --     1,000,000           --            --
Commitments (Note 9)
Redeemable Convertible
 Preferred Stock
 (Note 5)................         --           --      7,379,984           --
                          -----------  -----------  ------------  ------------
Stockholders' Equity
 (Deficit) (Note 6):
 Preferred stock, $1.00
  par value--
   Authorized--5,000,000
    shares
   Issued and outstand-
    ing--no shares.......         --           --            --            --
 Common stock, $.001 par
  value--
   Authorized--50,000,000
    shares
   Issued and
    outstanding--
    7,933,333 shares at
    December 31, 1994,
    10,803,030 shares at
    December 31, 1995 and
    March 31, 1996 and
    11,778,224 shares at
    March 31, 1996
    pro forma............       7,933       10,803        10,803        11,778
 Additional paid-in cap-
  ital...................     303,967    1,230,597     8,145,597    15,494,606
 Note receivable from
  executive officer......         --           --     (2,560,000)   (2,560,000)
 Deferred compensation...         --      (166,594)     (135,480)     (135,480)
 Accumulated deficit.....  (1,180,276)  (3,878,724)  (12,393,564)  (12,393,564)
                          -----------  -----------  ------------  ------------
     Total stockholders'
      equity (deficit)...    (868,376)  (2,803,918)   (6,932,644)      417,340
                          -----------  -----------  ------------  ------------
     Total liabilities
      and stockholders'
      equity (deficit)... $    63,468  $ 2,625,928  $  8,938,531  $  8,908,531
                          ===========  ===========  ============  ============
</TABLE>    
 
   The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
 
                                      F-3
<PAGE>
 
                                 ONEWAVE, INC.
 
                            STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                         PERIOD FROM
                                          INCEPTION
                                      (JANUARY 19, 1994)                THREE MONTHS ENDED
                                              TO          YEAR ENDED         MARCH 31,
                                         DECEMBER 31,    DECEMBER 31,  ----------------------
                                             1994            1995        1995        1996
                                      ------------------ ------------  ---------  -----------
                                                                            (UNAUDITED)
<S>                                   <C>                <C>           <C>        <C>
Revenues (Note 1):
 Software license and maintenance...     $       --      $ 2,150,735   $  42,940  $   710,181
 Consulting and education services..             --        3,918,927     373,495    1,670,520
                                         -----------     -----------   ---------  -----------
    Total revenues..................             --        6,069,662     416,435    2,380,701
                                         -----------     -----------   ---------  -----------
Cost of Revenues (Note 1):
 Software license and maintenance...             --          716,392      22,400      288,980
 Consulting and education services..             --        2,684,216     171,920      974,244
                                         -----------     -----------   ---------  -----------
    Total cost of revenues..........             --        3,400,608     194,320    1,263,224
                                         -----------     -----------   ---------  -----------
    Gross profit....................             --        2,669,054     222,115    1,117,477
                                         -----------     -----------   ---------  -----------
Operating Expenses:
 Selling, general and
  administrative....................         285,962       2,107,956     337,488    1,701,196
 Research and development (Note 1)..         894,314       3,181,972     174,723      398,592
 Compensation to executive officer
  (Note 10).........................             --              --          --     7,515,000
                                         -----------     -----------   ---------  -----------
    Total operating expenses........       1,180,276       5,289,928     512,211    9,614,788
                                         -----------     -----------   ---------  -----------
    Operating loss..................      (1,180,276)     (2,620,874)   (290,096)  (8,497,311)
Interest Expense, net...............             --           77,574         --        17,529
                                         -----------     -----------   ---------  -----------
    Net loss........................     $(1,180,276)    $(2,698,448)  $(290,096) $(8,514,840)
                                         ===========     ===========   =========  ===========
Pro Forma Net Loss per Common and
 Common Equivalent Share (Note 1)...                     $     (.21)              $     (.65)
                                                         ===========              ===========
Pro Forma Weighted Average Number of
 Common and Common Equivalent Shares
 Outstanding (Note 1)...............                      12,871,554               13,140,961
                                                         ===========              ===========
</TABLE>
 
 
 
   The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
 
                                      F-4
<PAGE>
 
                                 ONEWAVE, INC.
 
              STATEMENTS OF REDEEMABLE CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCK
                       AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY (DEFICIT)
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                         REDEEMABLE
                        CONVERTIBLE
                      PREFERRED STOCK
                   -----------------------
                     NUMBER
                       OF       CARRYING
                     SHARES       VALUE
                   ----------  -----------
<S>                <C>         <C>
Initial issuance
 of stock at
 inception at
 $.0015 per
 share...........         --   $       --
 Contribution
  from
  stockholders
  for purchase of
  Series A
  preferred
  stock..........         --           --
 Net loss........         --           --
                   ----------  -----------
Balance, December
 31, 1994........         --           --
 Issuance of
  common stock at
  $.0015 per
  share..........         --           --
 Issuance of
  Series A
  preferred stock
  at $1.20 per
  share..........         --           --
 Conversion of
  Series A
  preferred stock
  into common
  stock..........         --           --
 Conversion of
  long-term debt
  to stockholders
  into common
  stock at $.66
  per share......         --           --
 Deferred
  compensation
  related to
  grant of stock
  options........         --           --
 Compensation
  expense related
  to stock
  options........         --           --
 Net loss........         --           --
                   ----------  -----------
Balance, December
 31, 1995........         --           --
 Issuance of
  Series B
  redeemable
  convertible
  preferred stock
  at $5.54 per
  share, net of
  issuance costs
  of $600,000....   1,332,127    7,379,984
 Compensation
  expense to
  executive
  officer........         --           --
 Issuance of note
  receivable from
  executive
  officer........         --           --
 Compensation
  expense related
  to stock
  options........         --           --
 Net loss........         --           --
                   ----------  -----------
Balance,
 March 31, 1996
 (Unaudited).....   1,332,127    7,379,984
 Pro forma effect
  of issuance of
  Series C
  convertible
  preferred stock
  at $5.00 per
  share, net of
  issuance costs
  of $30,000
  (unaudited)....         --           --
 Pro forma effect
  of repurchase
  and retirement
  of common stock
  at $7.50 per
  share
  (unaudited)....         --           --
 Pro forma effect
  of conversion
  of redeemable
  convertible
  preferred stock
  and convertible
  preferred stock
  into common
  stock
  (unaudited)....  (1,332,127)  (7,379,984)
                   ----------  -----------
Pro Forma
 Balance, March
 31, 1996
 (Unaudited).....         --   $       --
                   ==========  ===========
<CAPTION>
                                                         STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY (DEFICIT)
                   -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                        CONVERTIBLE
                      PREFERRED STOCK           COMMON STOCK                      NOTE
                   ------------------------ ---------------------              RECEIVABLE                                  TOTAL
                     NUMBER                   NUMBER              ADDITIONAL      FROM                                 STOCKHOLDERS'
                       OF         $1.00         OF        $.001     PAID-IN     EXECUTIVE     DEFERRED   ACCUMULATED      EQUITY
                     SHARES     PAR VALUE     SHARES    PAR VALUE   CAPITAL      OFFICER    COMPENSATION   DEFICIT       (DEFICIT)
                   ----------- ------------ ----------- --------- ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------- -------------
<S>                <C>         <C>          <C>         <C>       <C>          <C>          <C>          <C>           <C>
Initial issuance
 of stock at
 inception at
 $.0015 per
 share...........         --   $       --    7,933,333   $ 7,933  $     3,967  $       --    $     --    $        --    $    11,900
 Contribution
  from
  stockholders
  for purchase of
  Series A
  preferred
  stock..........         --           --          --        --       300,000          --          --             --        300,000
 Net loss........         --           --          --        --           --           --          --      (1,180,276)   (1,180,276)
                   ----------- ------------ ----------- --------- ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------- -------------
Balance, December
 31, 1994........         --           --    7,933,333     7,933      303,967          --          --      (1,180,276)     (868,376)
 Issuance of
  common stock at
  $.0015 per
  share..........         --           --       66,667        67           33          --          --             --            100
 Issuance of
  Series A
  preferred stock
  at $1.20 per
  share..........     250,000      250,000         --        --      (250,000)         --          --             --            --
 Conversion of
  Series A
  preferred stock
  into common
  stock..........    (250,000)    (250,000)  1,666,667     1,667      248,333          --          --             --            --
 Conversion of
  long-term debt
  to stockholders
  into common
  stock at $.66
  per share......         --           --    1,136,363     1,136      748,864          --          --             --        750,000
 Deferred
  compensation
  related to
  grant of stock
  options........         --           --          --        --       179,400          --     (179,400)           --            --
 Compensation
  expense related
  to stock
  options........         --           --          --        --           --           --       12,806            --         12,806
 Net loss........         --           --          --        --           --           --          --      (2,698,448)   (2,698,448)
                   ----------- ------------ ----------- --------- ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------- -------------
Balance, December
 31, 1995........         --           --   10,803,030    10,803    1,230,597          --     (166,594)    (3,878,724)   (2,803,918)
 Issuance of
  Series B
  redeemable
  convertible
  preferred stock
  at $5.54 per
  share, net of
  issuance costs
  of $600,000....         --           --          --        --      (600,000)         --          --             --       (600,000)
 Compensation
  expense to
  executive
  officer........         --           --          --        --     7,515,000          --          --             --      7,515,000
 Issuance of note
  receivable from
  executive
  officer........         --           --          --        --           --    (2,560,000)        --             --     (2,560,000)
 Compensation
  expense related
  to stock
  options........         --           --          --        --           --           --       31,114            --         31,114
 Net loss........         --           --          --        --           --           --          --      (8,514,840)   (8,514,840)
                   ----------- ------------ ----------- --------- ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------- -------------
Balance,
 March 31, 1996
 (Unaudited).....         --           --   10,803,030    10,803    8,145,597   (2,560,000)   (135,480)   (12,393,564)   (6,932,644)
 Pro forma effect
  of issuance of
  Series C
  convertible
  preferred stock
  at $5.00 per
  share, net of
  issuance costs
  of $30,000
  (unaudited)....   1,200,000    1,200,000         --        --     4,770,000          --          --             --      5,970,000
 Pro forma effect
  of repurchase
  and retirement
  of common stock
  at $7.50 per
  share
  (unaudited)....         --           --     (800,000)     (800)  (5,999,200)         --          --             --     (6,000,000)
 Pro forma effect
  of conversion
  of redeemable
  convertible
  preferred stock
  and convertible
  preferred stock
  into common
  stock
  (unaudited)....  (1,200,000)  (1,200,000)  1,775,194     1,775    8,578,209          --          --             --      7,379,984
                   ----------- ------------ ----------- --------- ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------- -------------
Pro Forma
 Balance, March
 31, 1996
 (Unaudited).....         --   $       --   11,778,224   $11,778  $15,494,606  $(2,560,000)  $(135,480)  $(12,393,564)  $   417,340
                   =========== ============ =========== ========= ============ ============ ============ ============= =============
</TABLE>
 
   The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
 
                                      F-5
<PAGE>
 
                                 ONEWAVE, INC.
 
                            STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                              THREE MONTHS ENDED
                         PERIOD FROM INCEPTION  YEAR ENDED         MARCH 31,
                         (JANUARY 19, 1994) TO DECEMBER 31,  ----------------------
                           DECEMBER 31, 1994       1995        1995        1996
                         --------------------- ------------  ---------  -----------
                                                                  (UNAUDITED)
<S>                      <C>                   <C>           <C>        <C>
Cash Flows from Operat-
 ing Activities:
 Net loss..............       $(1,180,276)     $(2,698,448)  $(290,096) $(8,514,840)
 Adjustments to
  reconcile net loss to
  net cash provided by
  (used in) operating
  activities--
   Depreciation and
    amortization of
    property and
    equipment..........            12,680           50,438       6,413       52,365
   Compensation expense
    to executive
    officer............               --               --          --     7,515,000
   Compensation expense
    related to stock
    options............               --            12,806         --        31,114
   Changes in operating
    assets and
    liabilities--
     Accounts receiv-
      able.............               --        (1,908,541)   (224,305)     133,342
     Inventories.......               --          (292,000)        --        65,000
     Prepaid expenses
      and other current
      assets...........               --          (157,333)        --      (415,996)
     Due from affili-
      ates.............               --               --          --      (168,793)
     Accounts payable..           275,000          300,575     (42,846)   1,577,497
     Due to affili-
      ates.............           656,844        2,281,242     463,167   (2,384,784)
     Accrued expenses..               --           637,613     104,126      269,783
     Deferred reve-
      nues.............               --           278,572         --        38,849
                              -----------      -----------   ---------  -----------
      Net cash provided
       by (used in)
       operating
       activities......          (235,752)      (1,495,076)     16,459   (1,801,463)
                              -----------      -----------   ---------  -----------
Cash Flows from Invest-
 ing Activities:
 Purchases of property
  and equipment........           (76,078)        (150,472)        --    (1,261,016)
                              -----------      -----------   ---------  -----------
      Net cash used in
       investing
       activities......           (76,078)        (150,472)        --    (1,261,016)
                              -----------      -----------   ---------  -----------
Cash Flows from Financ-
 ing Activities:
 Proceeds from (pay-
  ments on) long-term
  debt to stockhold-
  ers..................               --         1,750,000         --    (1,000,000)
 Proceeds from secured
  note payable to a
  bank.................               --               --          --     2,000,000
 Net proceeds from
  issuance of preferred
  stock................           300,000              --          --     6,779,984
 Proceeds from issuance
  of common stock......            11,900              100         100           --
                              -----------      -----------   ---------  -----------
      Net cash provided
       by financing
       activities......           311,900        1,750,100         100    7,779,984
                              -----------      -----------   ---------  -----------
Net Increase in Cash
 and Cash Equivalents..                70          104,552      16,559    4,717,505
Cash and Cash Equiva-
 lents, beginning of
 period................               --                70          70      104,622
                              -----------      -----------   ---------  -----------
Cash and Cash Equiva-
 lents, end of period..       $        70      $   104,622   $  16,629  $ 4,822,127
                              ===========      ===========   =========  ===========
Supplemental Disclosure
 of Cash Flow Informa-
 tion:
  Cash paid during the
 period for interest...       $       --       $    25,843   $     --   $    13,336
                              ===========      ===========   =========  ===========
Supplemental Disclosure
 of Noncash Financing
 Activities:
 Conversion of long-
  term debt to stock-
  holders into common
  stock................       $       --       $   750,000   $     --   $       --
                              ===========      ===========   =========  ===========
 Issuance of note re-
  ceivable from execu-
  tive officer.........       $       --       $       --    $     --   $ 2,560,000
                              ===========      ===========   =========  ===========
</TABLE>
 
 
   The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
 
                                      F-6
<PAGE>
 
                                 ONEWAVE, INC.
 
                         NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
 
               (INCLUDING DATA APPLICABLE TO UNAUDITED PERIODS)
 
(1)OPERATIONS AND SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
 
  (a) Organization
 
    OneWave, Inc. (the Company) was incorporated in Delaware (under the
    name Object Power, Incorporated) and commenced operations on January
    19, 1994 and changed its name to Business@Web, Inc. in February 1996
    and to OneWave, Inc. in June 1996. The Company is a provider of "Web-
    enabled" software which allows the development and deployment of
    mission-critical business applications across an organization's
    disparate information technology systems and the extension of those
    applications to Intranets and the Internet.
 
    The Company is subject to risks common to rapidly growing, technology-
    based companies, including rapid technological change, the need to
    raise equity capital, competition from substitute products and larger
    companies, and the successful development and marketing of commercial
    products and services. At March 31, 1996, the Company had cash and cash
    equivalents of approximately $4,822,000 and a working capital deficit
    of approximately $925,000. Based upon its current operating plan, the
    Company believes that it had sufficient capital resources on hand at
    March 31,1996 to sustain operations through December 31, 1996. In
    addition, in the event that the proposed initial public offering is not
    consummated, certain stockholders have committed to provide the
    necessary funding to allow the Company to operate through December 31,
    1996 if the existing capital resources are not sufficient to fund the
    Company's operations.
 
  (b) Interim Financial Statements
 
    The accompanying balance sheet as of March 31, 1996, the statements of
    operations and cash flows for the three months ended March 31, 1995 and
    1996, and the statement of redeemable convertible preferred stock and
    stockholders' equity (deficit) for the three months ended March 31,
    1996 are unaudited, but, in the opinion of management, have been
    prepared on a basis substantially consistent with the audited financial
    statements and include all adjustments, consisting only of normal
    recurring adjustments, necessary for a fair presentation of the results
    of these interim periods. The results of the three months ended March
    31, 1996 are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected
    for the year ended December 31, 1996.
 
  (c) Unaudited Pro Forma Presentation
 
    The unaudited pro forma balance sheet and unaudited statement of
    redeemable convertible preferred stock and stockholders' equity
    (deficit) as of March 31, 1996 reflect (i) the issuance of 1,200,000
    shares of Series C convertible preferred stock at $5.00 per share to
    new stockholders for net proceeds of $5,970,000; (ii) the repurchase
    and retirement of 800,000 shares of common stock from existing
    stockholders at $7.50 per share, for an aggregate cost of $6,000,000;
    and (iii) the automatic conversion of all outstanding shares of
    Series B redeemable convertible preferred stock and Series C
    convertible preferred stock into an aggregate of 1,775,194 shares of
    common stock, upon the closing of the Company's proposed initial public
    offering.
 
  (d)Revenue Recognition
 
    The Company recognizes revenue in accordance with the provisions of
    Statement of Position No. 91-1 (SOP 91-1), Software Revenue
    Recognition. The Company generates software and maintenance revenues
    from licensing the rights to use its software products and the resale
    of
 
                                      F-7
<PAGE>
 
                                 ONEWAVE, INC.
 
                  NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--(CONTINUED)
 
               (INCLUDING DATA APPLICABLE TO UNAUDITED PERIODS)

(1) OPERATIONS AND SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (CONTINUED)
 
  (d)Revenue Recognition (Continued)
 
    software products licensed from a related party (see Note 7(b)). The
    Company also generates service revenues from the sale of consulting and
    education services.
       
    Revenues from software license fees are recognized upon delivery, net
    of estimated returns, provided there are no significant postdelivery
    obligations, and payment is due within one year and is probable of
    collection. If acceptance is required, software license revenues are
    recognized upon customer acceptance. Fees for consulting and education
    services are recognized upon customer acceptance or over the period in
    which services are provided if customer acceptance is not required and
    the revenues are fixed and determinable. Maintenance revenues are
    deferred at the time of software license revenue recognition and are
    recognized ratably over the term of the support period, which is
    typically one year.     
 
    Deferred revenues primarily relate to prepaid maintenance fees.
 
    Cost of software license and maintenance revenues consists of the cost
    of software and maintenance purchased for resale from a related party;
    distribution costs; and support personnel costs. Cost of consulting and
    education services consists primarily of consulting and support
    personnel salaries and related costs and fees to third party service
    providers.
 
  (e)Cash and Cash Equivalents
 
    The Company classifies all short-term, highly liquid investments with
    original maturities at purchase of three months or less as cash
    equivalents. The Company accounts for its investments in accordance
    with Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (SFAS) No. 115,
    Accounting for Certain Investments in Debt and Equity Securities. Under
    SFAS No. 115, the Company's cash equivalents are classified as held-to-
    maturity securities and recorded at amortized cost. At March 31, 1996,
    cash equivalents consisted of an overnight repurchase agreement with a
    bank.
 
  (f)Property and Equipment
 
    Property and equipment are stated at cost. Depreciation and
    amortization expense is computed using the straight-line method over
    the estimated useful lives of the assets (three to five years).
 
  (g)Research and Development and Software Development Costs
 
    In accordance with SFAS No. 86, Accounting for the Costs of Software To
    Be Sold, Leased or Otherwise Marketed, the Company has evaluated the
    establishment of technological feasibility of its various products
    during the development phase. Due to the dynamic changes in the market,
    the Company has concluded that it cannot determine technological
    feasibility until a fully functional working model is complete. The
    time period during which costs could be capitalized from the point of
    reaching technological feasibility until the time of general product
    release is very short, and consequently, the amounts that could be
    capitalized are not material to the Company's financial position or
    results of operations. In addition, the Company believes that the
    estimated useful life of any potential product is uncertain due to the
    rapid
 
                                      F-8
<PAGE>
 
                                 ONEWAVE, INC.
 
                  NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--(CONTINUED)
 
               (INCLUDING DATA APPLICABLE TO UNAUDITED PERIODS)
 
(1) OPERATIONS AND SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (CONTINUED)
 
  (g)Research and Development and Software Development Costs (Continued)
 
    technological change in the industry. Therefore, the Company charges
    all research and development expenses to operations in the period
    incurred. Included in research and development expenses for the period
    from inception (January 19, 1994) to December 31, 1994 and the year
    ended December 31, 1995 is $350,000 and $2,550,000, respectively,
    relating to purchases of technology, of which $2,200,000 was purchased
    from a related party in 1995 (see Note 7(b)).
 
  (h)Inventories
 
    Inventories are stated at the lower of cost or market and consist of
    purchased software products of a related party held for resale. (See
    Note 7(b))
 
  (i)Postretirement Benefits
 
    The Company has no obligations for postretirement benefits.
 
  (j)Concentration of Credit Risk
 
    SFAS No. 105, Disclosure of Information About Financial Instruments
    with Off-Balance-Sheet Risk and Financial Instruments with
    Concentrations of Credit Risk, requires disclosure of any significant
    off-balance-sheet and credit risk concentrations. Financial instruments
    that potentially subject the Company to concentrations of credit risk
    are accounts receivable. Concentration of credit risk with respect to
    accounts receivable is limited to two customers that accounted for 21%
    and 10%, respectively, of total revenues in the year ended December 31,
    1995. One of these customers accounted for approximately 14% of total
    revenues for the three months ended March 31, 1996. In the year ended
    December 31, 1995 and the three months ended March 31, 1996, sales
    outside the United States accounted for approximately 17% and 11% of
    total revenues, respectively. To reduce risk, the Company routinely
    assesses the financial strength of its customers and, as a consequence,
    believes that its accounts receivable credit risk exposure is limited.
    The Company maintains an allowance for potential credit losses but has
    not experienced any significant losses related to individual customers
    or groups of customers in any particular industry or geographic area.
 
  (k)Pro Forma Net Loss per Common and Common Equivalent Share
 
    For the year ended December 31, 1995 and the three months ended March
    31, 1996, pro forma net loss per common and common equivalent share is
    computed by dividing the net loss by the pro forma weighted average
    number of common and common equivalent shares outstanding during the
    period, which consist of (i) the weighted average number of common
    shares outstanding, (ii) the number of shares of common stock issuable
    upon conversion of all outstanding shares of Series B redeemable
    convertible preferred stock and Series C convertible preferred stock,
    and (iii) stock options granted after March 31, 1995, which have been
    reflected as outstanding for all periods presented using the treasury
    stock method as required by the Securities and Exchange Commission.
    Common stock equivalents issued in earlier periods have not been
    included as their effect would be antidilutive. Historical net loss per
    share data have not been presented, as such information is not
    considered to be relevant or meaningful.
 
                                      F-9
<PAGE>
 
                                 ONEWAVE, INC.
 
                  NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--(CONTINUED)
 
               (INCLUDING DATA APPLICABLE TO UNAUDITED PERIODS)

(1) OPERATIONS AND SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (CONTINUED)
 
  (l)Use of Estimates in the Preparation of Financial Statements
 
    The preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally
    accepted accounting principles requires management to make estimates
    and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and
    liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the
    date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues
    and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ
    from those estimates.
 
  (m)New Accounting Standard
 
    In October 1995, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued
    SFAS No. 123, Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation. The Company has
    determined that it will continue to account for stock-based
    compensation for employees under Accounting Principles Board Opinion
    No. 25 and elect the disclosure-only alternative under SFAS No. 123.
    The Company will be required to disclose the pro forma net income or
    loss and per share amounts in the notes to the financial statements
    using the fair-value-based method beginning in the year ending
    December 31, 1996, with comparable disclosures for the year ended
    December 31, 1995. The Company has not determined the impact of these
    pro forma adjustments.
 
  (n)Financial Instruments
 
    The estimated fair value of the Company's financial instruments, which
    include cash equivalents, accounts receivable and long-term debt,
    approximates their carrying value.
 
(2)BANK AGREEMENT
 
  In February 1996, the Company entered into a financing agreement with a
  bank. The agreement provides for a revolving line of credit, an equipment
  line of credit and a secured term note. Borrowings under the revolving line
  of credit are limited to the lesser of $2,500,000 or 80% of qualified
  accounts receivable and bear interest at either the bank's prime rate plus
  1%, or LIBOR. Borrowings under the equipment line are limited to $500,000
  for the purchase of new equipment. Advances under the equipment line of
  credit will be repaid over a three-year period. Borrowings under the
  equipment line bear interest at either the bank's cost of funds plus 3 1/2%
  or the bank's prime rate plus 1 1/2%. The secured term note of $2,000,000
  was used for the repayment of the amount payable for purchased technology
  (see Note 7(b)). In March 1996, the Company borrowed the $2,000,000 under
  the secured term note. The secured term note is repayable on September 30,
  1996. Borrowings under the secured term note bear interest at the bank's
  prime rate plus 1%. The revolving line of credit and equipment line of
  credit expire on June 30, 1997. The financing agreement contains certain
  restrictive covenants, including among other items, minimum levels of
  tangible net worth. The agreement is collateralized by all assets of the
  Company and is guaranteed by certain stockholders.
 
(3)LONG-TERM DEBT TO STOCKHOLDERS
 
  In May 1995, the Company issued a $250,000 subordinated note payable to a
  stockholder. The note bore interest at 6% per annum and was payable on
  April 30, 2000.
 
  In December 1995, the Company issued a $750,000 subordinated note payable
  to a stockholder. The note bore interest at 9% per annum and was payable on
  December 31, 2000.
 
  Both notes were outstanding as of December 31, 1995 and were repaid in full
  in March 1996.
 
 
                                     F-10
<PAGE>
 
                                 ONEWAVE, INC.
 
                  NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--(CONTINUED)
 
               (INCLUDING DATA APPLICABLE TO UNAUDITED PERIODS)
 
(4)INCOME TAXES
 
  The Company accounts for income taxes in accordance with SFAS No. 109,
  Accounting for Income Taxes. Under SFAS No. 109, a deferred tax asset or
  liability is measured by the enacted tax rates expected to be in effect
  when the differences between the financial statement and tax bases of
  assets and liabilities reverse.
 
  As of December 31, 1995, the Company had available net operating loss
  carryforwards of approximately $3,020,000 to reduce future federal and
  state income taxes, if any. These carryforwards expire through 2010 and are
  subject to review and possible adjustment by the Internal Revenue Service.
  The Tax Reform Act of 1986 contains provisions that may limit the amount of
  net operating loss carryforwards that the Company may utilize in any one
  year in the event of certain cumulative changes in ownership over a three
  year period in excess of 50%, as defined.
 
  The approximate income tax effect of each type of temporary difference and
  carryforward is as follows:
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                  DECEMBER 31,
                                               --------------------  MARCH 31,
                                                 1994       1995        1996
                                               --------  ----------  ----------
   <S>                                         <C>       <C>         <C>
   Net operating loss carryforwards........... $221,000  $1,208,000  $4,265,000
   Other temporary differences................  268,000     275,000     372,000
                                               --------  ----------  ----------
                                                489,000   1,483,000   4,637,000
   Valuation allowance........................ (489,000) (1,483,000) (4,637,000)
                                               --------  ----------  ----------
   Net deferred tax asset..................... $    --   $      --   $      --
                                               ========  ==========  ==========
</TABLE>
 
  It is the Company's objective to become a profitable enterprise and to
  realize the benefits of its deferred tax assets. However, in evaluating the
  realizability of these deferred tax assets, management has considered the
  Company's short operating history, the volatility of the market in which it
  competes, and the operating losses incurred to date, and believes that,
  given the significance of this evidence, a full valuation reserve against
  its deferred tax asset is required as of December 31, 1994 and 1995 and
  March 31, 1996.
 
(5)REDEEMABLE CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCK
 
  In March 1996, the Company authorized and issued 1,332,127 shares of Series
  B redeemable convertible preferred stock (Series B Preferred Stock) at
  $5.54 per share, less offering costs of $600,000 for net proceeds of
  $6,779,984.
 
  The Series B Preferred Stock has the following rights, preferences and
  privileges:
 
  Redemption
 
  At any time after December 31, 2002, the holders of a majority of the
  outstanding shares of Series B Preferred Stock may require the Company to
  redeem all of the outstanding Series B Preferred Stock in three annual
  installments of 33 1/3% per year.
 
  The redemption price per share is $5.54 plus any accrued but unpaid
  dividends.
 
                                     F-11
<PAGE>
 
                                 ONEWAVE, INC.
 
                  NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--(CONTINUED)
 
               (INCLUDING DATA APPLICABLE TO UNAUDITED PERIODS)
 
(5)REDEEMABLE CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCK (CONTINUED)
 
  Conversion and Antidilution
 
  The Series B Preferred Stock is convertible into common stock at a rate of
  two shares of common stock for every three shares of preferred stock. The
  conversion rate of all preferred stock is adjustable for certain dilutive
  events, including the issuance of shares below $15.375 in an initial public
  offering. Assuming the sale price of the Company's common stock is $14.00
  in the proposed initial public offering, the conversion rate of Series B
  Preferred Stock adjusts to .732 shares of common stock for each share of
  Series B Preferred Stock. The actual number of shares issuable upon
  conversion could vary from a maximum of 1,103,137 to a minimum of 888,085
  depending on the price at which the shares of common stock are sold in the
  proposed initial public offering. The conversion is at the option of a
  majority of the outstanding stockholders but becomes automatic upon the
  closing of a an initial public offering at a per share price that is at
  least $12.375 per share and generates aggregate proceeds to the Company of
  at least $15,000,000.
 
  Voting Rights
 
  The holders of the Series B Preferred Stock shall be entitled to vote on
  all matters and shall be entitled to the number of votes equal to the
  number of shares of common stock into which each share of the Series B
  Preferred Stock could be converted.
 
  Dividends
 
  Dividends accrue on outstanding shares of Series B Preferred Stock at an
  annual rate of $0.3324 per share. Additional dividends may be paid on the
  Series B Preferred Stock when declared by the Board of Directors.
 
  Liquidation Preference
 
  The holders of the preferred stock have preference in the event of
  liquidation or dissolution of the Company at a rate of $5.54 per share of
  Series B Preferred Stock and thereafter participate with the holders of the
  Series C Preferred Stock and common stock on a share for share basis in the
  distribution of the remaining assets of the Company, as if there were no
  Series C Preferred Stock liquidation preference.
 
(6)STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY (DEFICIT)
 
  (a) Authorized Capital Stock
 
    As of March 31, 1996, the Company's authorized capital stock consisted
    of 30,000,000 shares of common stock $.001, par value per share, and
    3,000,000 of preferred stock, $1.00 par value per share. Of the
    preferred stock 1,431,412 shares were designated Series B preferred
    stock (Series B Preferred Stock) and 1,568,588 shares were
    undesignated. In April 1996, the Company amended its Articles of
    Incorporation to decrease the number of designated shares of Series B
    Preferred Stock to 1,332,127 shares, to decrease the number of
    undesignated shares of preferred stock to 447,873 and to designate
    1,220,000 shares for the issuance of Series C convertible preferred
    stock (Series C Preferred Stock). All shares of preferred stock that
    had been designated Series A convertible preferred stock had been
    surrendered for conversion into common stock and retired.
 
 
                                     F-12
<PAGE>
 
                                 ONEWAVE, INC.
 
                  NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--(CONTINUED)
 
               (INCLUDING DATA APPLICABLE TO UNAUDITED PERIODS)

(6)STOCKHOLDERS' DEFICIT (CONTINUED)
 
  (a) Authorized Capital Stock (Continued)
 
    On May 20, 1996, the Company's stockholders approved an increase in the
    number of authorized shares of common stock to 50,000,000 shares, $.001
    par value and authorized the issuance of 5,000,000 shares of $1.00 par
    value preferred stock.
 
  (b) Common Stock
 
    In May 1995, the Company issued a convertible note payable to a
    stockholder for $750,000. In accordance with the provisions of the note
    payable agreement, the outstanding principal of the note was converted
    into 1,136,362 shares of common stock in November 1995.
 
  (c) Preferred Stock
 
    In December 1994, certain stockholders contributed $300,000 to the
    Company for the purchase of 250,000 shares of Series A convertible
    preferred stock. The shares of Series A convertible preferred stock
    were issued to the stockholders in February 1995 and were subsequently
    converted to 1,666,667 shares of common stock in November 1995.
 
    In April 1996, the Company issued 1,200,000 shares of Series C
    Preferred Stock at a price of $5.00 per share, less offering costs of
    30,000, for net proceeds of $5,970,000.
 
    The Series C Preferred Stock has the following rights, preferences and
    privileges:
 
    Conversion and Antidilution
 
    The Series C Preferred Stock is convertible into common stock at a rate
    of two shares of common stock for every three shares of preferred
    stock. The conversion rate is adjustable for certain dilutive events,
    including the issuance of shares below the effective conversion price
    of the preferred stock. The conversion is at the option of a majority
    of the outstanding stockholders but becomes automatic upon the closing
    of a public offering at a per share price that is at least $12.375 per
    share and generates aggregate proceeds to the Company of at least
    $15,000,000.
 
    Voting Rights
 
    The holders of the Series C Preferred Stock are entitled to vote on all
    matters and shall be entitled to the number of votes equal to the
    number of shares of common stock into which each share of the preferred
    stock could be converted.
 
    Liquidation Preference
 
    The holders of the Series C Preferred Stock have preference in the
    event of liquidation or dissolution of the Company at a rate of $5.00
    per share of Series C Preferred Stock, payable only after the full
    liquidation preference of the holders of Series B Preferred Stock has
    been paid or reserved; thereafter the remaining assets of the Company
    are to be distributed to the holders of Series C Preferred Stock and
    common stock on a share for share basis.
 
                                     F-13
<PAGE>
 
                                 ONEWAVE, INC.
 
                  NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--(CONTINUED)
 
               (INCLUDING DATA APPLICABLE TO UNAUDITED PERIODS)

(6)STOCKHOLDERS' DEFICIT (CONTINUED)
 
  (d)Stock Split
 
    In February 1995, the Company effected a 10-for-1 stock split of the
    common stock in the form of a stock dividend. On May 20, 1996, the
    Company effected a 2-for-3 reverse stock split. The accompanying
    financial statements and notes have been retroactively adjusted to
    reflect the stock splits.
 
  (e)1995 Stock Plan
 
    The Company has a stock plan (the 1995 Plan) that provides for the
    issuance of incentive stock options (ISOs), nonqualified stock options
    and shares of common stock. Under the terms of the 1995 Plan,
    nonqualified options may be granted at a price not less than the lesser
    of (i) the book value per share of common stock as of the end of the
    fiscal year of the Company immediately preceding the date of such
    grant, or (ii) 50% of the fair market value per share of common stock
    on the date of such grant and, in the case of ISOs, not less than the
    fair market value per share at the date of grant. Options generally
    vest over a four-year period, commencing one year after the date of the
    grant. In 1995, the Company granted an option to purchase 40,000 shares
    of common stock to an employee at an exercise price of $.015 per share.
    The difference between the estimated fair market value of the common
    stock and the aggregate exercise price of $179,400 will be charged to
    operations as these options vest. All other options have been granted
    at exercise prices that represent the estimated fair market value of
    the common stock as determined by the Company's Board of Directors at
    the time of the grant and accordingly the Company has not recorded any
    compensation on these option grants. In March 1996, the Company granted
    options to purchase 366,666 shares of common stock at $7.50 per share
    to several key executives which vest ratably over a 6-year period and
    are subject to acceleration based on the Company achieving certain
    levels of market capitalization. In addition, the vesting of options to
    purchase 133,333 shares of Common Stock held by an officer of the
    Company will accelerate upon the effectiveness of the Company's
    proposed initial public offering.
 
    The following table summarizes incentive and nonqualified stock option
    activity under the 1995 Plan:
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                         NUMBER OF   PRICE PER
                                                          SHARES       SHARE
                                                         ---------  -----------
     <S>                                                 <C>        <C>
     Balance, December 31, 1994.........................       --   $       --
     Options granted.................................... 1,219,533   .015--4.50
                                                         ---------  -----------
     Balance, December 31, 1995......................... 1,219,533   .015--4.50
     Options granted.................................... 1,281,333         7.50
     Options canceled...................................   (23,400)  1.50--4.50
                                                         ---------  -----------
     Balance, March 31, 1996............................ 2,477,467  $.015--7.50
                                                         =========  ===========
     Exercisable, March 31, 1996........................   199,603  $.015--7.50
                                                         =========  ===========
</TABLE>
    In April 1996, an officer of the Company exercised an option to
    purchase 66,666 shares at a price of $1.50 per share.
 
  (f) Warrants
 
    In February 1996, the Company issued a warrant to purchase 23,333
    shares of common stock at a price of $8.31 per share in connection with
    the Company's financing agreement as discussed in Note 2.
 
                                     F-14
<PAGE>
 
                                 ONEWAVE, INC.
 
                  NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--(CONTINUED)
 
               (INCLUDING DATA APPLICABLE TO UNAUDITED PERIODS)

(6)STOCKHOLDERS' DEFICIT (CONTINUED)
 
  (g)Employee Stock Purchase Plan
 
    On May 17, 1996, the stockholders approved the Company's Employee Stock
    Purchase Plan (ESPP). The Company has reserved 150,000 shares for
    issuance under the ESPP. The ESPP permits eligible employees of the
    Company to purchase common stock through payroll deductions of up to
    10% of their total compensation. The price of common stock purchased
    under the ESPP will be 85% of the lower of the fair market value of the
    common stock on the first or last day of each six-month purchase
    period.
 
  (h)1996 Stock Plan
       
    On May 17, 1996, the Board of Directors and stockholders approved the
    Company's 1996 Stock Plan (the 1996 Plan). Each nonemployee director
    will receive an option grant to purchase 7,000 shares of common stock,
    at the then fair market value, when such director is first appointed or
    elected to the Board of Directors. In addition, each nonemployee
    director will receive an option grant to purchase 1,700 shares of
    common stock, at the then fair market value, on each June 30 that such
    director is a member of the Board of Directors. The Company has
    reserved 4,150,000 shares of Common Stock for issuance under the 1995
    Plan and the 1996 Plan. Subsequent to March 31, 1996, the Company
    granted options to purchase 951,800 and 667 shares at $12.00 and $7.50
    per share, respectively, under the 1996 Plan.     
 
(7)RELATED-PARTY TRANSACTIONS
 
  (a)Cambridge Technology Group, Inc.
 
    During 1994, 1995 and the first two months of 1996, the Company shared
    office space with Cambridge Technology Group, Inc. (CTGroup), a company
    under the control of a significant stockholder of the Company. CTGroup
    charged the Company for a portion of certain common costs incurred in
    addition to any specific items paid by CTGroup on the Company's behalf.
    These costs were allocated based on head count or actual cost incurred.
    During the years ended December 31, 1994 and 1995 and the three months
    ended March 31, 1995 and 1996, CTGroup charged the Company $956,844,
    $1,013,142, $271,702 and $117,442, respectively, for these costs.
 
    During 1995, the Company sold software and services to CTGroup
    amounting to $104,993. In addition, during 1995 and the three months
    ended March 31, 1996, the Company fulfilled certain obligations of
    CTGroup under education, service and product contracts, including the
    resale of software discussed in Note 7(b), for which the Company
    recorded revenues of $2,403,235 and $100,000, respectively.
 
    During the three months ended March 31, 1996, the Company purchased
    $125,000 of computer equipment from CTGroup.
 
    In July 1995, the Company gave an unlimited guarantee of all of
    CTGroup's obligations under its credit facility. The Company's
    obligations under the unlimited guaranty were terminated in February
    1996.
 
    Amounts (due to) from CTGroup for these costs were $(656,844),
    $(169,939) and $218,793 at December 31, 1994 and 1995 and March 31,
    1996, respectively.
 
    The Company believes that the transactions described above were at
    terms no less favorable than the Company would have obtained from
    unaffiliated third parties.
 
 
                                     F-15
<PAGE>
 
                                 ONEWAVE, INC.
 
                  NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--(CONTINUED)
 
               (INCLUDING DATA APPLICABLE TO UNAUDITED PERIODS)

(7)RELATED-PARTY TRANSACTIONS (CONTINUED)
 
  (b)Open Environment Corporation
 
    In 1995, the Company entered into a reseller agreement with Open
    Environment Corporation (OEC) to license software developed by OEC, an
    entity that was founded by significant stockholders of the Company.
    These stockholders continue to hold an ownership interest in OEC at
    December 31, 1995 and March 31, 1996. In addition, an executive of the
    Company serves on OEC's Board of Directors. During the year ended
    December 31, 1995 and the three months ended March 31, 1996, the
    Company generated software license and maintenance revenues of
    $1,111,992 and $222,617, respectively, from the resale of OEC products
    and services. Total expenses relating to purchases of OEC software and
    OEC software bundled with the Company's product and related maintenance
    contracts totaled $716,392 and $288,980, in the year ended December 31,
    1995 and the three months ended March 31, 1996, respectively. In
    addition, the Company subcontracted consulting services from OEC
    totaling $398,271 in 1995.
 
    On December 29, 1995, the Company and OEC entered into a $2,200,000 OEM
    source code license agreement which will provide the Company with a
    certain source code developed by OEC. At the time of the purchase, the
    Company intended to embed this source code into certain of the
    Company's future software products which are currently under
    development. In accordance with SFAS No. 86, the Company has charged
    the cost of this source code to research and development expenses in
    the year ended December 31, 1995.
 
    On October 31, 1995, the Company sold to OEC the source code for
    certain software technology relating to the customization and
    enhancement of SAP software products. OEC paid the Company an initial
    software license fee of $500,000 under the agreement by which the
    source code was transferred, and agreed to pay the Company a royalty in
    an amount equal to 20% of the first $1,000,000 of sales revenue
    recognized by OEC related to products incorporating components of the
    transferred source code and 10% of such sales revenues in excess of
    $1,000,000. OEC's royalty obligations expire on the earlier of October
    1, 1997 or the date on which OEC's aggregate sales revenues related to
    products incorporating components of the transferred source code exceed
    $3,000,000. This amount is included in 1995 software license revenues.
    To date the Company has not received any royalties under this
    arrangement.
 
    The total accounts payable to OEC at December 31, 1995 and March 31,
    1996 was $2,490,133 and $375,288, respectively.
 
    The Company believes that the transactions described above were at
    terms no less favorable than the Company would have obtained from
    unaffiliated third parties.
 
  (c)International Integration, Incorporated
 
    The Company subcontracted consulting services from International
    Integration, Incorporated, a company controlled by a significant
    stockholder of the Company. During 1995, these consulting services
    totaled $662,000 and are included in cost of revenues. At December 31,
    1995 and March 31, 1996, the Company had outstanding accounts payable
    to this entity of $274,444 and $174,444, respectively.
 
    The Company believes that the transactions described above were at
    terms no less favorable than the Company would have obtained from
    unaffiliated third parties.
 
 
                                     F-16
<PAGE>
 
                                 ONEWAVE, INC.
 
                  NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--(CONTINUED)
 
               (INCLUDING DATA APPLICABLE TO UNAUDITED PERIODS)
 
(8)EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN
 
  The Company's employees participate in an employee benefit plan under
  Section 401(k) of the Internal Revenue Code, sponsored by CTGroup. The plan
  is available to substantially all employees. The plan allows for employees
  to make contributions up to a specified percentage of their compensation.
  For all participants with greater than one year of continuous service, the
  Company contributes 25% of the first 6% of employees' pay contributed to
  the plan. The Company contributed $1,851 during the year ended December 31,
  1995 and $1,741 during the three months ended March 31, 1996.
 
(9)COMMITMENTS
 
  In March 1996, the Company executed a noncancelable operating lease for
  office space. Future minimum rental payments for this lease are as follows:
 
<TABLE>
      <S>                                                             <C>
      1996........................................................... $  310,000
      1997...........................................................    463,000
      1998...........................................................    463,000
      1999...........................................................    463,000
      2000...........................................................    463,000
      Thereafter.....................................................     77,000
                                                                      ----------
      Total.......................................................... $2,239,000
                                                                      ==========
</TABLE>
 
(10)COMPENSATION TO EXECUTIVE OFFICER
 
  In January 1996, a significant stockholder of the Company entered into an
  agreement with the Company's Chief Executive Officer (CEO) under which the
  CEO purchased 960,000 shares of the Company's common stock held by the
  stockholder at a price of $1.50 per share. To fund the purchase, the CEO
  entered into a $1,440,000 note payable agreement with the stockholder. The
  note payable accrues interest at 6.56% per annum and provides for full
  recourse against the CEO. At the time of this sale transaction, the fair
  market value of the Company's common stock was $7.50 per share. The Company
  has recorded the aggregate difference between the fair market value of the
  common stock and the price paid by the CEO, $5,760,000, in compensation to
  executive officer in the accompanying statement of operations for the three
  months ended March 31, 1996. In connection with this purchase, the Company
  agreed to loan the CEO $2,560,000 which represents the CEO's estimated tax
  liability resulting from the compensation on the purchase of shares at less
  than fair market value. The Company has recorded this commitment as an
  accrued expense and a corresponding note receivable from executive officer
  in the accompanying balance sheet as of March 31, 1996. The Company expects
  to fund this commitment in the first quarter of 1997. Borrowings under the
  loan will be secured by shares of Common Stock purchased, will accrue
  interest at 6.21% per annum and will be due and payable no later than
  December 31, 2001.
 
  In connection with the employment of the CEO in January 1996, the CEO
  received a nonrefundable $1,000,000 cash payment from a significant
  stockholder. The Company believes the nature of this payment to be a sign-
  on bonus. Accordingly, the Company has recorded a $1,000,000 charge to
  compensation to executive officer in the accompanying statement of
  operations for the three months ended March 31, 1996 with a corresponding
  contribution to additional paid-in capital.
 
 
                                     F-17
<PAGE>
 
                                 ONEWAVE, INC.
 
                  NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--(CONTINUED)
 
               (INCLUDING DATA APPLICABLE TO UNAUDITED PERIODS)

(10)COMPENSATION TO EXECUTIVE OFFICER (CONTINUED)
 
  Also in connection with the employment of the CEO, that significant
  stockholder agreed to reimburse the CEO for any potential decline in value
  (from January 1996 to the date of exercise) for certain stock appreciation
  rights held by the CEO in an unrelated company. At the time this agreement
  was entered into, the unrealized appreciation on the stock appreciation
  rights was approximately $4,400,000. The stock appreciation rights are
  exercisable by the CEO in September 1996. At March 31, 1996, the value of
  the stock of the unrelated company had declined to the extent that if the
  stock rights were exercised on that date, the stockholder would be required
  to reimburse the CEO approximately $755,000 for the decline in
  appreciation. Accordingly, the Company has recorded a $755,000 charge to
  compensation to executive officer in the accompanying statement of
  operations for the three months ended March 31, 1996, with a corresponding
  contribution to additional paid-in capital. To the extent that the value of
  the stock fluctuates below the value agreed to by the CEO and the
  stockholder, the Company will continue to record charges or credits to the
  accompanying statement of operations until the stock appreciation right is
  exercised by the CEO.
 
                                     F-18
<PAGE>
 
                                 UNDERWRITING
 
  Subject to the terms and conditions of the Underwriting Agreement, the
Company and the Selling Stockholders have agreed to sell to each of the
Underwriters named below, and each of such Underwriters, for whom Goldman,
Sachs & Co. and Hambrecht & Quist LLC are acting as representatives, has
severally agreed to purchase from the Company and the Selling Stockholders,
the respective number of shares of Common Stock set forth opposite its name
below:
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                       NUMBER OF
                                                                       SHARES OF
                                                                        COMMON
                              UNDERWRITER                                STOCK
                              -----------                              ---------
<S>                                                                    <C>
 Goldman, Sachs & Co..................................................
 Hambrecht & Quist LLC................................................
                                                                       ---------
  Total............................................................... 3,750,000
                                                                       =========
</TABLE>
 
  Under the terms and conditions of the Underwriting Agreement, the
Underwriters are committed to take and pay for all of the shares offered
hereby, if any are taken.
 
  The Underwriters propose to offer the shares of Common Stock in part
directly to the public at the initial public offering price set forth on the
cover page of this Prospectus and in part to certain securities dealers at
such price less a concession of $   per share. The Underwriters may allow, and
such dealers may reallow, a concession not in excess of $   per share to
certain brokers and dealers. After the shares of Common Stock are released for
sale to the public, the offering price and other selling terms may from time
to time be varied by the representatives.
 
  The Company has granted the Underwriters an option exercisable for 30 days
after the date of this Prospectus to purchase up to an aggregate of 562,500
additional shares of Common Stock to cover over-allotments, if any. If the
Underwriters exercise their over-allotment option, the Underwriters have
severally agreed, subject to certain conditions, to purchase approximately the
same percentage thereof that the number of shares to be purchased by each of
them, as shown in the foregoing table, bears to the 3,750,000 shares of Common
Stock offered.
 
  The Company has agreed that, subject to certain exceptions, during the
period beginning from the date of this Prospectus and continuing to and
including the date 180 days after the date of this Prospectus, it will not
offer, sell, contract to sell or otherwise dispose of any securities of the
Company (other than pursuant to employee stock option or purchase plans
existing, or on the conversion or exchange of convertible or exchangeable
securities outstanding on the date of this Prospectus) which are substantially
similar to the shares of Common Stock or which are convertible or exchangeable
into securities which are substantially similar to the shares of Common Stock
without the prior written consent of the representatives, except for the
shares of Common Stock offered in connection with the offering. The Company's
executive officers and directors and certain securityholders of the Company
(including the Selling Stockholders), who in the aggregate will hold
approximately 10,975,081 shares of Common Stock after completion of the
offering, have agreed not to offer, sell, contract to sell or otherwise
dispose of or agree to dispose of any shares of Common Stock or substantially
similar securities owned beneficially by them for a period of 180 days after
the date of this Prospectus, without the prior written consent of the
representatives, except for the shares of Common Stock offered hereby. See
"Shares Eligible for Future Sale".
 
  The representatives of the Underwriters have informed the Company that they
do not expect sales to accounts over which the Underwriters exercise
discretionary authority to exceed five percent of the total number of shares
of Common Stock offered by them.
 
 
                                      U-1
<PAGE>
 
  Prior to the offering, there has been no public market for the shares. The
initial public offering price will be negotiated among the Company, the
Selling Stockholders and the representatives. Among the factors to be
considered in determining the initial public offering price of the Common
Stock, in addition to prevailing market conditions, will be the Company's
historical performance, estimates of the business potential and earnings
prospects of the Company, an assessment of the Company's management and the
consideration of the above factors in relation to market valuation of
companies in related businesses.
   
  The Common Stock has been approved for quotation on the Nasdaq National
Market under the symbol "OWAV".     
 
  The Company and the Selling Stockholders have agreed to indemnify the
several Underwriters against certain liabilities, including liabilities under
the Securities Act of 1933.
 
                                      U-2
<PAGE>
 
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  NO PERSON HAS BEEN AUTHORIZED TO GIVE ANY INFORMATION OR TO MAKE ANY
REPRESENTATIONS OTHER THAN THOSE CONTAINED IN THIS PROSPECTUS, AND, IF GIVEN
OR MADE, SUCH INFORMATION OR REPRESENTATIONS MUST NOT BE RELIED UPON AS HAVING
BEEN AUTHORIZED. THIS PROSPECTUS DOES NOT CONSTITUTE AN OFFER TO SELL OR THE
SOLICITATION OF AN OFFER TO BUY ANY SECURITIES OTHER THAN THE SECURITIES TO
WHICH IT RELATES OR AN OFFER TO SELL OR THE SOLICITATION OF AN OFFER TO BUY
SUCH SECURITIES IN ANY CIRCUMSTANCES IN WHICH SUCH OFFER OR SOLICITATION IS
UNLAWFUL. NEITHER THE DELIVERY OF THIS PROSPECTUS NOR ANY SALE MADE HEREUNDER
SHALL, UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES, CREATE ANY IMPLICATION THAT THERE HAS BEEN NO
CHANGE IN THE AFFAIRS OF THE COMPANY SINCE THE DATE HEREOF OR THAT THE
INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN IS CORRECT AS OF ANY TIME SUBSEQUENT TO ITS DATE.
 
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                               TABLE OF CONTENTS
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                          PAGE
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<S>                                                                       <C>
Prospectus Summary.......................................................   3
Risk Factors.............................................................   5
Use of Proceeds..........................................................  13
Dividend Policy..........................................................  13
Capitalization...........................................................  14
Dilution.................................................................  15
Selected Financial Data..................................................  16
Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results
 of Operations...........................................................  17
Business.................................................................  24
Management...............................................................  38
Principal and Selling Stockholders.......................................  45
Certain Transactions.....................................................  47
Description of Capital Stock.............................................  50
Shares Eligible for Future Sale..........................................  54
Legal Matters............................................................  56
Experts..................................................................  56
Additional Information...................................................  56
Index to Financial Statements............................................ F-1
Underwriting............................................................. U-1
</TABLE>
 
  THROUGH AND INCLUDING      , 1996 (THE 25TH DAY AFTER THE DATE OF THIS
PROSPECTUS), ALL DEALERS EFFECTING TRANSACTIONS IN THE COMMON STOCK, WHETHER
OR NOT PARTICIPATING IN THIS DISTRIBUTION, MAY BE REQUIRED TO DELIVER A
PROSPECTUS. THIS IS IN ADDITION TO THE OBLIGATION OF DEALERS TO DELIVER A
PROSPECTUS WHEN ACTING AS UNDERWRITERS AND WITH RESPECT TO THEIR UNSOLD
ALLOTMENTS OR SUBSCRIPTIONS.
 
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                               3,750,000 SHARES
 
                                 ONEWAVE, INC.
 
                                 COMMON STOCK
                          
                       (PAR VALUE $.001 PER SHARE)     
 
 
 
                              ------------------
 
                                  PROSPECTUS
 
                              ------------------
 
                             GOLDMAN, SACHS & CO.
 
                               HAMBRECHT & QUIST
 
 
                      REPRESENTATIVES OF THE UNDERWRITERS
 
 
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<PAGE>
 
                                    PART II
 
                    INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS
 
ITEM 13.OTHER EXPENSES OF ISSUANCE AND DISTRIBUTION
 
  The following table sets forth the costs and expenses, other than
underwriting discounts and commissions payable in connection with the sale of
Common Stock being registered. All amounts are estimates, except the
registration fee, the NASD filing fee and the Nasdaq National Market listing
fee.
 
<TABLE>
     <S>                                                             <C>
     SEC registration fee...........................................     22,307
     NASD filing fee................................................      6,969
     Nasdaq National Market listing fee.............................     50,000
     Printing and distribution expenses.............................    100,000
     Accounting fees and expenses...................................    175,000
     Legal fees and expenses........................................    400,000
     Blue Sky fees and expenses.....................................     20,000
     Transfer agent's fees and expenses.............................     10,000
     Directors' and Officers' insurance expenses....................    150,000
     Miscellaneous..................................................    165,724
                                                                     ----------
       Total........................................................ $1,100,000
                                                                     ==========
</TABLE>
 
The Registrant intends to pay all expenses of registration, issuance and
distribution, excluding the Underwriters' discount and commissions, with
respect to shares being sold by the Selling Stockholders.
 
ITEM 14.INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS
 
  Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law provides that a
corporation may indemnify a director, officer, employee or agent against
expenses (including attorneys' fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in
settlement in respect of or in successful defense of any action, suit or
proceeding if he acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to
be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and, with
respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to
believe his conduct was unlawful.
 
  Article VII of the Registrant's Restated Certificate of Incorporation
provides that a director of the Registrant shall not be personally liable to
the Registrant or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of
fiduciary duty as a director, except (to the extent provided by applicable
law) for liability (i) for any breach of the director's duty of loyalty to the
Registrant or its stockholders, (ii) for acts or omissions not in good faith
or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (iii)
pursuant to Section 174 of the Delaware General Corporation Law or any
amendment or successor provisions thereto, or (iv) for any transaction from
which the director derived an improper personal benefit. If the Delaware
General Corporation Law is amended to authorize corporate action further
eliminating or limiting the personal liability of directors, then the
liability of a director of the Registrant shall be eliminated or limited to
the fullest extent permitted by the Delaware General Corporation Law, as so
amended. Any repeal or modification of Article VII of the Registrant's
Restated Certificate of Incorporation shall not adversely affect any right or
protection of a director of the Registrant existing at the time of such repeal
or modification.
 
  Article V of the Registrant's Restated By-laws provides that the Registrant
shall indemnify each person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made
a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding,
whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, by reason of the
fact that he is, or was, a director, officer or employee of the Registrant, or
is or was serving at
 
                                     II-1
<PAGE>
 
the request of the Registrant, as a director, officer or employee of any
subsidiary of the Company or in any other capacity with any other corporation,
partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against expenses
(including attorney's fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement
reasonably incurred by him in connection with such action, suit or proceeding
to the maximum extent permitted by the Delaware General Corporation Law. The
terms of Article V substantially incorporate the provisions of Section 145 of
the Delaware General Corporation Law. The indemnification provided for in
Article V is expressly not exclusive of any other rights of indemnification to
which any such director or officer may be entitled under any by-law,
agreement, vote of stockholders or directors or otherwise.
 
  In the Underwriting Agreement relating to the securities being offered
hereby (the form of which is attached as Exhibit 1.1 to this Registration
Statement), the Registrant and the Selling Stockholders have agreed to
indemnify each Underwriter and each person, if any, who controls the
Underwriter within the meaning of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
"Securities Act"), or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, against certain
types of civil liabilities arising in connection with the Registration
Statement or the Prospectus.
 
ITEM 15.RECENT SALES OF UNREGISTERED SECURITIES.
 
  Described below are all unregistered securities which have been issued and
sold by the Registrant since the Registrant's incorporation on January 19,
1994. No underwriters were engaged with respect to any of the following
transactions and no underwriting discounts or commissions paid in connection
with the sale of any such securities, except where specifically noted below.
All numbers have been adjusted to give effect to the 2-for-3 reverse stock
split to be effected prior to the effectiveness of this offering.
 
    1. On January 19, 1994, the Registrant sold 3,333,333 shares of Common
  Stock to Sundar Subramaniam at a price of $0.0015 per share.
 
    2. On January 19, 1994, the Registrant sold 1,333,333 shares of Common
  Stock to J&S Limited Partnership at a price of $0.0015 per share.
 
    3. On January 19, 1994, the Registrant sold 1,333,333 shares of Common
  Stock to Legacy Investment Partnership at a price of $0.0015 per share.
 
    4. On January 19, 1994, the Registrant sold 1,666,667 shares of Common
  Stock to Harrington Trust Limited, as Trustee of The Appleby Trust at a
  price of $0.0015 per share.
 
    5. On January 19, 1994, the Registrant sold 266,667 shares of Common
  Stock to Len Hafetz at a price of $0.0015 per share.
 
    6. On January 1, 1995, the Registrant sold 66,667 shares of Common Stock
  to James G. Nondorf at a price of $0.0015 per share.
 
    7. On March 1, 1995, the Registrant sold 250,000 shares of Series A
  Convertible Preferred Stock to Harrington Trust Limited, as Trustee of The
  Appleby Trust, at a price of $1.20 per share. All shares of Series A
  Preferred Stock were subsequently surrendered for conversion into Common
  Stock (at the rate of 6.67 shares of Common Stock for each share of Series
  A Convertible Preferred Stock) and retired. Upon the filing of the
  Registrant's Restated Certificate of Incorporation on March 6, 1996, the
  series of Preferred Stock designated as Series A Preferred Stock was
  cancelled and eliminated from the shares which the Registrant is authorized
  to issue.
 
    8. On May 3, 1995, the Registrant sold, at face value of $750,000, a 6%
  5-year convertible subordinated note to Harrington Trust Limited, as
  Trustee of The Appleby Trust. This Note was converted, at the rate of $0.66
  per share, into 1,136,362 shares of Common Stock, on October 30, 1995.
 
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<PAGE>
 
    9. On May 3, 1995, the Registrant sold, at face value of $250,000, a 6%
  5-year convertible subordinated note to J&S Limited Partnership. This Note,
  which was convertible into shares of Common Stock at the rate of $0.66 per
  share, was subsequently repaid in full on March 1996 and no shares of
  Common Stock were issued in respect thereof.
 
    10. On December 29, 1995, the Registrant sold, at face value of $750,000,
  a 9% 5-year subordinated note to Harrington Trust Limited, as trustee of
  The Appleby Trust. This Note was subsequently repaid in full in March 1996.
 
    11. On February 16, 1996, in connection with the establishment of the
  Registrant's credit facility with State Street Bank and Trust Company, the
  Registrant issued to SSB Investments, Inc., an affiliate of State Street
  Bank and Trust Company, a warrant for the purchase 23,333 shares of Common
  Stock at an exercise price of $8.31 per share. The warrant may be
  exercised, in whole or in part, at any time on or before February 15, 2003.
     
    12. On March 6, 1996, the Registrant sold an aggregate of 1,146,212
  shares of Series B Redeemable Convertible Preferred Stock to Falcon
  Ventures II, L.P., Hancock Venture Partners IV-Direct Fund L.P., Pantio
  Holding Ltd., Juilliard Investments, Inc., Jan Baan, J.G. Paul Baan,
  Lorenzo Cue and Tom C. Tinsley at a price of $5.54 per share. Cowen and
  Company acted as the Registrant's placement agent in connection with these
  sales and was paid a fee of $500,000.     
 
    13. On March 8, 1996, the Registrant sold 180,506 shares of Series B
  Redeemable Convertible Preferred Stock to Hewlett-Packard Company at a
  price of $5.54 per share.
 
    14. On March 30, 1996, the Registrant sold 5,409 shares of Series B
  Redeemable Convertible Preferred Stock to John C. Howe at a price of $5.54
  per share.
 
    15. On April 5, 1996, the Registrant sold 66,667 shares of Common Stock
  to James G. Nondorf upon the exercise by Mr. Nondorf of an Incentive Stock
  Option under the Registrant's 1995 Stock Plan at an exercise price of $1.50
  per share.
 
    16. On April 15, 1996, the Registrant sold 1,200,000 shares of Series C
  Convertible Preferred Stock to Maritime Capital Partners, L.P., David A.
  Duffield Trust, Margaret L. Taylor, Alex. Brown Leasing Services Company,
  Stephen R. Levy, Onelux, Inc., Anthony Harris, Les Hayman, Juergan Sattler,
  John McKenna, Randa Pehl, Ulrich Schell and Informix Corporation at a price
  of $5.00 per share.
 
    17. On April 20, 1996, the Registrant sold 200,000 shares of Series C
  Convertible Preferred Stock to NEC Corporation at a price of $5.00 per
  share.
 
    All transactions described above were effected in reliance upon the
  exemption from registration requirements of the Securities Act contained in
  Section 4(2) of the Securities Act and the rules and regulations
  promulgated thereunder on the basis that such transactions did not involve
  any public offering. All of the foregoing securities are deemed to be
  restricted securities for purposes of the Securities Act. Other exemptions
  from registration may also be available for such issuances and sales.
     
    18. The Registrant has granted options to purchase shares of its Common
  Stock to certain directors, officers, employees and consultants pursuant to
  the 1995 Stock Plan and the 1996 Stock Plan as follows:     
 
      (a) Incentive Stock Options for an aggregate of 135,166 shares were
    granted by the Registrant to twelve employees on March 1, 1995 at an
    exercise price of $1.50 per share.
 
      (b) Non-Qualified Stock Options for an aggregate of 136,666 shares
    were granted by the Registrant to thirty-seven employees and
    consultants on March 1, 1995 at an exercise price of $1.50 per share.
 
      (c) Incentive Stock Options for an aggregate of 166,933 shares were
    granted by the Registrant to forty-six employees on August 1, 1995 at
    an exercise price of $1.50 per share.
 
 
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<PAGE>
 
      (d) Non-Qualified Stock Options for an aggregate of 87,833 shares
    were granted by the Registrant to fifteen employees and consultants on
    August 1, 1995 of which, 84,500 shares were granted at an exercise
    price of $1.50 per share and 3,333 shares were granted at an exercise
    price of $4.50 per share.
 
      (e) Non-Qualified Stock Options for an aggregate of 10,000 shares
    were granted by the Registrant to three employees of one of the
    Registrant's strategic partners on September 13, 1995 at an exercise
    price of $3.00 per share. These grants were subsequently rescinded.
 
      (f) Incentive Stock Options for an aggregate of 344,600 shares were
    granted by the Registrant to sixty employees (including one director
    and executive officer) on October 1, 1995 at an exercise price of $4.50
    per share.
 
      (g) Non-Qualified Stock Options for an aggregate of 351,667 shares
    were granted by the Registrant to sixty-five officers, employees and
    consultants on October 1, 1995, of which 311,667 shares were granted at
    an exercise price of $4.50 per share and 40,000 shares were granted at
    an exercise price of $0.015 per share. Of these, an option for 3,333
    shares granted to an employee of one of the Registrant's strategic
    partners was subsequently rescinded.
 
      (h) Incentive Stock Options for an aggregate of 358,000 shares were
    granted by the Registrant to seventy-three employees on March 15, 1996
    at an exercise price of $7.50 per share.
 
      (i) Non-Qualified Stock Options for an aggregate of 923,333 shares
    were granted by the Registrant to fifteen directors, officers,
    employees and consultants on March 15, 1996 at an exercise price of
    $7.50 per share.
       
      (j) Incentive Stock Options for an aggregate of 667 shares were
    granted by the Registrant to an employee on April 1, 1996 at an
    exercise price of $7.50 per share.     
       
      (k) Incentive Stock Options for an aggregate of 951,800 shares were
    granted by the Registrant to twenty-three officers and employees on
    June 24, 1996 at an exercise price of $12.00 per share.     
   
  The securities described in paragraphs 18(a) through 18(k) were issued in
reliance upon the exemption from registration under the Securities Act
contained in Rule 701 promulgated thereunder, in that they were offered and
sold pursuant to a written compensatory benefit plan or written contract
relating to compensation; however, other exemptions from registration may also
be available for such issuances and sales.     
 
ITEM 16.EXHIBITS AND FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES.
 
  (A) EXHIBITS:
 
<TABLE>   
<CAPTION>
 EXHIBIT
   NO.                                 DESCRIPTION
 -------                               -----------
 <C>     <S>
  * 1.1  Proposed Form of Underwriting Agreement
  * 3.1  Restated Certificate of Incorporation
  * 3.2  Certificate of Amendment to Restated Certificate of Incorporation
  * 3.3  Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation.
  * 3.3A Certificate of Amendment to Second Amended and Restated Certificate of
         Incorporation
  * 3.4  Form of Third Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the
         Registrant to be filed with the Secretary of State of Delaware upon
         consummation of the offering
  * 3.5  By-Laws of the Registrant
  * 3.6  Amended and Restated By-laws of the Registrant
 ** 4.1  Specimen Common Stock Certificate
 ** 5.1  Opinion of Peabody & Arnold with respect to legality of the Common
         Stock
  *10.1  1995 Stock Plan, as amended
 **10.2  1996 Stock Plan
  *10.3  Employee Stock Purchase Plan
</TABLE>    
 
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<TABLE>   
<CAPTION>
 EXHIBIT
   NO.                                 DESCRIPTION
 -------                               -----------
 <C>      <S>
  *10.4   Lease for One Arsenal Marketplace, Watertown, Massachusetts
  *10.5   Source Code License Agreement dated as of August 8, 1995 between the
          Registrant and InterGroup Technologies, Inc.
  *10.6   Software License Agreement dated as of August 8, 1995 between the
          Registrant and InterGroup Technologies, Inc.
  *10.6A  Agreements dated as of May 21, 1996 and May 22, 1996 amending the
          Source Code License Agreement and Software License Agreement between
          the Registrant and InterGroup Technologies, Inc.
  *10.7   Source Code License Agreement dated as of February 8, 1996 between
          the Registrant and Mentor Communications Limited
  *10.8   Software License Agreement dated as of August 10, 1995 between the
          Registrant and Mystic River Software, Inc.
 **10.9   Software, Education, Services Distribution Agreement dated June 21,
          1995 between the Registrant and Open Environment Corporation
 **10.10  "SAP Customization Software" Agreement dated October 1, 1995 between
          the Registrant and Open Environment Corporation
 **10.11  OEM Source License Agreement dated as of December 29, 1995 between
          the Registrant and Open Environment Corporation
 **10.12  Joint Marketing Agreement effective as of February 27, 1996 between
          the Registrant and Hewlett-Packard Company
  *10.13  Loan Agreement dated February 16, 1996 between the Registrant and
          State Street Bank and Trust Company, together with Guaranty
          (unlimited) of J&S Limited Partnership
  *10.14  Warrant Purchase Agreement dated as of February 16, 1996 between the
          Registrant and SSB Investments, Inc.
  *10.15  Common Stock Purchase Warrant dated as of February 16, 1996 issued to
          SSB Investments, Inc.
  *10.16  Series B Convertible Preferred Stock Purchase Agreement dated
          February 27, 1996 between the Company and Hewlett-Packard Company
  *10.17  Amendment to Series B Convertible Preferred Stock Purchase Agreement
          dated as of March 6, 1996 between the Registrant and Hewlett-Packard
          Company
 **10.17A Amendment No. 1 to Series B Convertible Preferred Stock Purchase
          Agreement dated as of June 7, 1996 between the Registrant and
          Hewlett-Packard Company
  *10.18  Series B Convertible Preferred Stock Purchase Agreement dated March
          6, 1996 among the Company and the purchasers named therein
  *10.19  Registration Rights Agreement dated March 6, 1996 among the Company
          and the investors named therein
  *10.20  Co-Sale Rights Agreement dated as of March 6, 1996 among the
          investors and holders of shares of the Company's Common Stock named
          therein
  *10.21  Voting Agreement dated March 6, 1996 among the investors and holders
          of shares of the Company's Common Stock named therein
  *10.22  Series C Convertible Preferred Stock Purchase Agreement dated as of
          March 29, 1996 among the Company and the purchasers named therein
  *10.23  Registration Rights Agreement dated as of March 29, 1996 among the
          Company and the investors named therein
  *10.24  Stock Purchase Agreement dated as of February 1996 between John J.
          Donovan and Len Hafetz
  *10.25  Assignment and Assumption Agreement dated as of March 15, 1996
          between John J. Donovan and the Registrant
  *10.26  Stock Repurchase Agreement dated as of April 4, 1996 between the
          Registrant and
          James Nondorf
  *10.27  Stock Repurchase Agreement dated as of April 15, 1996 between the
          Registrant and J&S Limited Partnership
  *10.28  Stock Repurchase Agreement dated as of April 15, 1996 between the
          Registrant and Harrington Trust Limited as Trustee of The Appleby
          Trust
  *10.29  Five-Year 9% Subordinated Note dated December 29, 1995 issued to
          Harrington Trust Limited as Trustee of The Appleby Trust in the
          principal amount of 750,000
  *10.30  Five-Year 6% Convertible Subordinated Note dated May 3, 1995 issued
          to Harrington Trust Limited as Trustee of The Appleby Trust in the
          principal amount of $750,000
  *10.31  Five-Year 6% Convertible Subordinated Note dated May 3, 1995 issued
          to J&S Limited Partnership in the principal amount of $250,000
  *10.32  Loan Agreement dated as of March 31, 1996 between Klaus P. Besier and
          the Registrant
   *11    Statement Regarding Computation of Per Share Earnings
</TABLE>    
 
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<PAGE>
 
<TABLE>   
<CAPTION>
 EXHIBIT
   NO.                         DESCRIPTION
 -------                       -----------
 <C>     <S>
  **23.1 Consent of Peabody & Arnold (included in Exhibit No. 5)
  **23.2 Consent of Arthur Andersen LLP
   *24   Power of Attorney
   *27   Financial Data Schedule
</TABLE>    
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*  Previously filed
** Filed herewith
       
  (B) FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES:
 
  Schedule II--Valuation and Qualifying Accounts
 
  All other schedules for which provision is made in the applicable accounting
regulations of the Commission are not required under the related instructions
or are not applicable, and therefore have been omitted.
 
ITEM 17.UNDERTAKINGS
 
  (a) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes to provide to the
Underwriters at the closing specified in the Underwriting Agreement
certificates in such denominations and registered in such names as required by
the Underwriters to permit prompt delivery to each purchaser.
 
  (b) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities
Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the
Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant
has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission
such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act and is,
therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification
against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses
incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the
Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is
asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with
the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of
its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a
court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by
it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by
the final adjudication of such issue.
 
  (c) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that:
 
    (1) For purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act,
  the information omitted from the form of Prospectus filed as part of this
  Registration Statement in reliance upon Rule 430A and contained in a form
  of Prospectus filed by the Registrant pursuant to Rule 424(b)(1) or (4) or
  497(h) under the Securities Act shall be deemed to be part of this
  Registration Statement as of the time it was declared effective.
 
    (2) For the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities
  Act, each post-effective amendment that contains a form of Prospectus shall
  be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities
  offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be
  deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
 
                                     II-6
<PAGE>
 
                                  SIGNATURES
   
  Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant
has duly caused this Amendment to the Registration Statement to be signed on
its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized in the City of
Boston, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, on June 24, 1996.     
 
                                          OneWave, Inc.
 
                                                   /s/ Klaus P. Besier
                                          By: _________________________________
                                                     KLAUS P. BESIER
                                          CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD, PRESIDENT AND
                                                 CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
 
  Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the
capacities and on the dates indicated:
 
              SIGNATURE                         TITLE                 DATE
 
         /s/ Klaus P. Besier           Chairman of the Board,       
- -------------------------------------  President and Chief       June 24, 1996
           KLAUS P. BESIER             Executive Officer             
                                       (Principal Executive
                                       Officer)
 
                  *                                             
- -------------------------------------  Vice President of         June 24, 1996
             ERIC SOCKOL               Finance and Treasurer         
                                       (Principal Financial
                                       and Accounting
                                       Officer) 
 
                  *                    Director                     
- -------------------------------------                            June 24, 1996
          ALBERT CARNESALE                                           
 
                                     II-7
<PAGE>
 
                                        Director
- -------------------------------------
             MANUEL DIAZ
 
                  *                     Director                    
- -------------------------------------                            June 24, 1996
            STEPHEN LEVY                                             
 
                  *                     Director                    
- -------------------------------------                            June 24, 1996
           OFER NEMIROVSKY                                           
 
                  *                     Director                    
- -------------------------------------                            June 24, 1996
         SUNDAR SUBRAMANIAM                                          
 
         /s/ Klaus P. Besier
* By: _______________________________
  KLAUS P. BESIER, ATTORNEY-IN-FACT
 
                                      II-8
<PAGE>
 
             REPORT OF INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS ON SCHEDULE
 
To OneWave, Inc:
 
  We have audited, in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards,
the balance sheets of OneWave, Inc. (formerly Business@Web, Inc.) as of
December 1994 and 1995 and the related statements of operations, redeemable
convertible preferred stock and stockholders' equity (deficit) and cash flows
for the period from inception (January 19, 1994) to December 31, 1994 and the
year ended December 31, 1995, included in this Registration Statement, and
have issued our report thereon dated March 12, 1996 (except with respect to
the matters discussed in Note 6, as to which the date is May 20, 1996). Our
audits were made for the purpose of forming an opinion on the basic financial
statements taken as a whole. The schedule listed in S-2 is the responsibility
of the Company's management and is presented for the purposes of complying
with the Securities and Exchange Commission's rules and is not part of the
basic financial statements. This schedule has been subjected to the auditing
procedures applied in our audits of the basic financial statements and, in our
opinion, fairly states in all material respects, the financial data required
to be set forth therein in relation to the basic financial statements taken as
a whole.
 
                                          Arthur Andersen LLP
 
Boston, Massachusetts
March 12, 1996 (except with respect to the
 matters discussed in 6, as to which
 the date is May 20, 1996)
 
                                      S-1
<PAGE>
 
                                                                     SCHEDULE II
 
                                 ONEWAVE, INC.
                       VALUATION AND QUALIFYING ACCOUNTS
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                      BALANCE AT                    BALANCE AT
                                      BEGINNING  BAD DEBT  WRITE-      END
   ALLOWANCE FOR DOUBTFUL ACCOUNTS    OF PERIOD  EXPENSE    OFFS    OF PERIOD
   -------------------------------    ---------- -------- --------  ----------
<S>                                   <C>        <C>      <C>       <C>
Period from inception (January 19,
 1994) to December 31, 1994 .........   $ --     $   --   $    --    $    --
Year ended December 31, 1995 ........     --     143,000   (43,000)   100,000
</TABLE>
 
                                      S-2
<PAGE>
 
                                 EXHIBIT INDEX
<TABLE>   
<CAPTION>
 EXHIBIT
   NO.                              DESCRIPTION                            PAGE
 -------                            -----------                            ----
 <C>      <S>                                                              <C>
  * 1.1   Proposed Form of Underwriting Agreement
  * 3.1   Restated Certificate of Incorporation
  * 3.2   Certificate of Amendment to Restated Certificate of
          Incorporation
  * 3.3   Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation
  * 3.3A  Certificate of Amendment to Second Amended and Restated
          Certificate of Incorporation
  * 3.4   Form of Third Amended and Restated Certificate of
          Incorporation of the Registrant to be filed with the Secretary
          of State of Delaware upon consummation of the offering
  * 3.5   By-Laws of the Registrant
  * 3.6   Amended and Restated By-laws of the Registrant
 ** 4.1   Specimen Common Stock Certificate
 ** 5.1   Opinion of Peabody & Arnold with respect to legality of the
          Common Stock
  *10.1   1995 Stock Plan, as amended
 **10.2   1996 Stock Plan
  *10.3   Employee Stock Purchase Plan
  *10.4   Lease for One Arsenal Marketplace, Watertown, Massachusetts
  *10.5   Source Code License Agreement dated as of August 8, 1995
          between the Registrant and InterGroup Technologies, Inc.
  *10.6   Software License Agreement dated as of August 8, 1995 between
          the Registrant and InterGroup Technologies, Inc.
  *10.6A  Agreements dated as of May 21, 1996 and May 22, 1996 amending
          the Source Code License Agreement and Software License
          Agreement between the Registrant and InterGroup Technologies,
          Inc.
  *10.7   Source Code License Agreement dated as of February 8, 1996
          between the Registrant and Mentor Communications Limited
  *10.8   Software License Agreement dated as of August 10, 1995 between
          the Registrant and Mystic River Software, Inc.
 **10.9   Software, Education, Services Distribution Agreement dated
          June 21, 1995 between the Registrant and Open Environment
          Corporation
 **10.10  "SAP Customization Software" Agreement dated October 1, 1995
          between the Registrant and Open Environment Corporation
 **10.11  OEM Source License Agreement dated as of December 29, 1995
          between the Registrant and Open Environment Corporation
 **10.12  Joint Marketing Agreement effective as of February 27, 1996
          between the Registrant and Hewlett-Packard Company
  *10.13  Loan Agreement dated February 16, 1996 between the Registrant
          and State Street Bank and Trust Company, together with
          Guaranty (unlimited) of J&S Limited Partnership
  *10.14  Warrant Purchase Agreement dated as of February 16, 1996
          between the Registrant and SSB Investments, Inc.
  *10.15  Common Stock Purchase Warrant dated as of February 16, 1996
          issued to SSB Investments, Inc.
  *10.16  Series B Convertible Preferred Stock Purchase Agreement dated
          February 27, 1996 between the Company and Hewlett-Packard
          Company
  *10.17  Amendment to Series B Convertible Preferred Stock Purchase
          Agreement dated as of March 6, 1996 between the Registrant and
          Hewlett-Packard Company
 **10.17A Amendment No. 1 to Series B Convertible Preferred Stock
          Purchase Agreement dated as of June 7, 1996 between the
          Registrant and Hewlett-Packard Company
  *10.18  Series B Convertible Preferred Stock Purchase Agreement dated
          March 6, 1996 among the Company and the purchasers named
          therein
</TABLE>    
<PAGE>
 
<TABLE>   
<CAPTION>
 EXHIBIT
   NO.                              DESCRIPTION                            PAGE
 -------                            -----------                            ----
 <C>      <S>                                                              <C>
   *10.19 Registration Rights Agreement dated March 6, 1996 among the
          Company and the investors named therein
   *10.20 Co-Sale Rights Agreement dated as of March 6, 1996 among the
          investors and holders of shares of the Company's Common Stock
          named therein
   *10.21 Voting Agreement dated March 6, 1996 among the investors and
          holders of shares of the Company's Common Stock named therein
   *10.22 Series C Convertible Preferred Stock Purchase Agreement dated
          as of March 29, 1996 among the Company and the purchasers
          named therein
   *10.23 Registration Rights Agreement dated as of March 29, 1996 among
          the Company and the investors named therein
   *10.24 Stock Purchase Agreement dated as of February 1996 between
          John J. Donovan and Len Hafetz
   *10.25 Assignment and Assumption Agreement dated as of March 15, 1996
          between John J. Donovan and the Registrant
   *10.26 Stock Repurchase Agreement dated as of April 4, 1996 between
          the Registrant and
          James Nondorf
   *10.27 Stock Repurchase Agreement dated as of April 15, 1996 between
          the Registrant and J&S Limited Partnership
   *10.28 Stock Repurchase Agreement dated as of April 15, 1996 between
          the Registrant and Harrington Trust Limited as Trustee of The
          Appleby Trust
   *10.29 Five-Year 9% Subordinated Note dated December 29, 1995 issued
          to Harrington Trust Limited as Trustee of The Appleby Trust in
          the principal amount of $750,000
   *10.30 Five-Year 6% Convertible Subordinated Note dated May 3, 1995
          issued to Harrington Trust Limited as Trustee of The Appleby
          Trust in the principal amount of $750,000
   *10.31 Five-Year 6% Convertible Subordinated Note dated May 3, 1995
          issued to J&S Limited Partnership in the principal amount of
          $250,000
   *10.32 Loan Agreement dated as of March 31, 1996 between Klaus P.
          Besier and the Registrant
   *11    Statement Regarding Computation of Per Share Earnings
  **23.1  Consent of Peabody & Arnold (included in Exhibit No. 5)
  **23.2  Consent of Arthur Andersen LLP
   *24    Power of Attorney
   *27    Financial Data Schedule
</TABLE>    
- --------
*  Previously filed
** Filed herewith
       

<PAGE>
 
                                                                     EXHIBIT 4.1


NUMBER                                                               SHARES

OW

                                                             SEE REVERSE FOR
COMMON STOCK                 OneWave, Inc. (with Logo)       CERTAIN DEFINITIONS

THIS CERTIFICATE IS TRANSFERABLE
IN BOSTON, MA OR NEW YORK, NY

   INCORPORATED UNDER THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE    CUSIP 123234-10-6


THIS CERTIFIES THAT



IS THE OWNER OF

              FULLY PAID AND NON-ASSESSABLE SHARES OF COMMON STOCK
                         $.001 PAR VALUE PER SHARE, OF

                                 OneWave, Inc.

transferable on the books of the Company by the holder hereof in person or by
its duly authorized attorney upon surrender of this Certificate properly
endorsed or assigned.  This Certificate and the shares represented hereby are
issued and shall be held subject to the laws of the State of Delaware and the
provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation and the By-laws of the Company,
as amended from time to time, to which the holder by acceptance hereof assents.
This Certificate is not valid unless countersigned and registered by the
Transfer Agent and Registrar.

     Witness the facsimile seal of the Company and the facsimile signatures of
its duly authorized officers.

     Dated:

     Countersigned and Registered:     (OneWave, Inc.  /s/ Klaus P. Besier
                                                       -------------------
        STATE STREET BANK              CORPORATE SEAL       Chairman
        AND TRUST COMPANY               INCORPORATED
              TRANSFER AGENT           1994 DELAWARE)
                  AND REGISTRAR
     BY                                               /s/ Mark Gallagher
                                                      ------------------
                                                          Treasurer
            AUTHORIZED SIGNATURE
<PAGE>
 
                                 OneWave, Inc.

The Company is authorized to issue more than one class or series of stock. Upon
written request the Company will furnish without charge to each stockholder a
copy of the powers, designations, preferences and relative, participating,
optional or other special rights of each class of stock or series thereof and
the qualifications, limitations or restrictions of such preferences and/or
rights.

     The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on the face of
this Certificate, shall be construed as though they were written out in full
according to applicable laws or regulations:

TEN COM - as tenants in common       UNIF GIFT MIN ACT ------Custodian-------
TEN ENT -as tenants by the entireties                  (Cust)         (Minor)
JT TEN - as joint tenants with right of               under Uniform Gifts to
     survivorship and not as tenants                  Minors Act_____________
     in common                                                    (State)


    Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list.

For value received,_____________________hereby sell, assign and transfer unto

PLEASE INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY OR OTHER
  IDENTIFYING NUMBER OF ASSIGNEE



- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(PLEASE PRINT OR TYPEWRITE NAME AND ADDRESS, INCLUDING ZIP CODE OF ASSIGNEE)

- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

- ------------------------------------------------------------------------Shares
of the common stock represented by the within Certificate, and do hereby
irrevocably constitute and appoint

- ----------------------------------------------------------------------Attorney
to transfer the said stock on the books of the within named Company with full
power of substitution in the premises.

Dated______________________


 
                              _____________________________________________

                              NOTICE: THE SIGNATURE TO THIS ASSIGNMENT MUST
                              CORRESPOND WITH THE NAME AS WRITTEN UPON THE FACE
                              OF THE CERTIFICATE IN EVERY PARTICULAR, WITHOUT
                              ALTERATION OR ENLARGEMENT OR ANY CHANGE WHATEVER.


SIGNATURE(S) GUARANTEED:

________________________________________________
THE SIGNATURE(S) SHOULD BE GUARANTEED BY AN ELIGIBLE GUARANTOR
INSTITUTION (BANKS, STOCKBROKERS, SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATIONS
AND CREDIT UNIONS WITH MEMBERSHIP IN AN APPROVED SIGNATURE
GUARANTEE MEDALLION PROGRAM), PURSUANT TO S.E.C. RULE 17Ad-15.

<PAGE>
 
                                                                     EXHIBIT 5.1


                               PEABODY & ARNOLD

                               COUNSELORS AT LAW

                                50 ROWES WHARF

                       BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02110-3342

                           TELEPHONE (617) 951-2100

                              FAX (617) 951-2125




                                                                 (617) 951-2005
 
                                                                  June 25, 1996

  ONE CITIZENS PLAZA 8TH FL
PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND 02903
  TELEPHONE (401) 831-8330
    FAX (401) 831-8359

OneWave, Inc.
One Arsenal Marketplace
Watertown, Massachusetts  02172

Gentlemen:

          We have assisted in the preparation and filing with the Securities and
Exchange Commission of a Registration Statement on Form S-1, File No. 333-04235
(with the Amendments thereto, the "Registration Statement"), related to
4,312,500 shares of Common Stock, $0.001 par value per share (the "Shares") of
OneWave, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), to be offered to the
public.  Of the Shares, up to 3,562,500 Shares will be issued and sold by the
Company (the "New Shares") and 750,000 (the "Outstanding Shares") will be sold
by the current holders thereof (the "Selling Stockholders").

          We have examined (i) the Third Amended and Restated Certificate of
Incorporation and the Amended and Restated By-Laws of the Company, (ii) the
Underwriting Agreement among the Company, the Selling Stockholders and Goldman,
Sachs & Co. and Hambrecht & Quist LLC, as Representatives of the Underwriters
(the "Underwriting Agreement"), and (iii) originals, or copies certified to our
satisfaction, of such records of meetings of the directors and stockholders of
the Company, documents and other instruments as in our judgment are necessary or
appropriate to enable us to render the opinion expressed below.

          In examination of the foregoing documents, we have assumed the
genuiness of all signatures and the authenticity of all documents submitted to
us as originals, the conformity to original documents of all documents submitted
to us as certified or photostatic copies, and the authenticity of the originals
of such latter documents.

          Based on the foregoing, we are of the opinion (i) that the New Shares
have been duly authorized for issuance and, after payment therefor in accordance
with the terms and provisions of the Underwriting Agreement and issuance of the
certificates therefor by the Company, will be legally issued, fully paid and
nonassessable and (ii) that the Outstanding Shares are duly authorized, legally
issued, fully paid and nonassessable.
<PAGE>
 
PEABODY & ARNOLD

One Wave, Inc.
June 25, 1996
Page 2

          We hereby consent to the use of our name in the Registration Statement
and under the caption "Legal Matters" in the related Prospectus and consent to
the filing of this opinion as an Exhibit to the Registration Statement.

                                                 Very truly yours,

                                                 /s/ Peabody & Arnold

                                                 Peabody & Arnold

<PAGE>
 
                                                                    EXHIBIT 10.2



                              BUSINESS@WEB, INC.

                                1996 Stock Plan


     1.  Purpose.  This 1996 Stock Plan (the "Plan") is intended to provide
         -------                                                           
incentives: (a) to employees of Business@Web, Inc. (the "Company"), any present
or future parent or subsidiaries of the Company and any corporations or other
entities now or hereafter under common control with the Company (collectively,
"Related Corporations") by providing them with opportunities to purchase stock
in the Company pursuant to options granted hereunder which qualify as "incentive
stock options" under Section 422(b) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
amended (the "Code") ("ISO" or "ISOs"); (b) to directors, officers, employees
and consultants of the Company and Related Corporations by providing them with
opportunities to purchase stock in the Company pursuant to options granted
hereunder which do not qualify as ISOs ("Non-Qualified Option" or Non-Qualified
Options"); (c) to directors, officers, employees and consultants of the Company
and Related Corporations by providing them with opportunities to make direct
purchases of stock in the Company ("Purchases"). Both ISOs and Non-Qualified
Options are referred to hereafter individually as an "Option" and collectively
as "Options".  Options, Awards and authorizations to make Purchases are referred
to hereafter collectively as "Stock Rights".  As used herein, the terms "parent"
and "subsidiary" mean "parent corporation" and "subsidiary corporation",
respectively, as those terms are defined in Section 424 of the Code.

     2.  Administration of the Plan.
         -------------------------- 

         A.  The Plan shall be administered by a stock plan committee (the
"Committee") of not less than two directors of the Company appointed by the
Board of Directors of the Company (the "Board") each of whom is (1) not an
employee of the Company or any Related Corporation and who qualifies as a
"disinterested person" within the meaning of Rule 16b-3(c)(2)(i) promulgated
under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, (the "Act") on and after
the effective date of the Company's initial public offering and (2) an "outside
director" within the meaning of Section 162(m) of the Code on and after the date
the Plan becomes subject to such section.  Subject to the terms of the Plan, the
Committee shall have the authority to (i) determine the employees of the Company
and Related Corporation (from among the class of employees eligible under
paragraph 4 to receive ISOs) to whom ISOs may be granted, and to determine (from
among the class of individuals and entities eligible under paragraph 4 to
receive Non-Qualified Options and Awards and to make Purchases) to whom Non-
Qualified Options, Awards and authorizations to make Purchases may be granted;
(ii) determine the time or times at which Options or Awards may be granted or
Purchases made; (iii) determine the option price of shares subject to each
Option, which price shall not be less than the minimum price specified in
paragraph 7, and the purchase price of shares subject to each Purchase; (iv)
determine whether each Option granted shall be an ISO or a
<PAGE>
 
Non-Qualified Option; (v) determine (subject to paragraph 8) the time or times
when each Option shall become exercisable and the duration of the exercise
period; (vi) determine, at the time of grant, what percentage of shares
underlying an Option can be accelerated upon the occurrence of any event set
forth in paragraph 14; (vii) determine whether restrictions such as repurchase
options are to be imposed on shares subject to Options, Awards and Purchases and
the nature of such restrictions, if any, and (viii) interpret the Plan and
prescribe and rescind rules and regulations relating to it.  If the Committee
determines to issue a Non-Qualified Option, it shall take whatever actions it
deems necessary, under Section 422 of the Code and the regulations promulgated
thereunder, to ensure that such Option is not treated as an ISO. The
interpretation and construction by the Committee of any provisions of the Plan
or of any Stock Rights granted under it shall be final and binding upon all
parties.  The Committee may from time to time adopt such rules and regulations
for carrying out the Plan as it may deem best.  No member of the Committee shall
be liable for any action or determination made in good faith with respect to the
Plan or any Stock Right granted under it.

         B. The Committee may select one of its members as its chairman, and
shall hold meetings at such time and places as it may determine. Acts by a
majority of the Committee, or acts reduced to or approved in writing by a
majority of the members of the Committee, shall be the valid acts of the
Committee.

     3.  Option Grants to Non-Employee Directors.
         --------------------------------------- 

         A. Each individual who first becomes a member of the Board after the
date of adoption of this Plan by the Board of Directors and is not an employee
of the Company or any Related Corporation (a "Non-Employee Director") shall be
granted on the date such individual first joins the Board a Non-Qualified Option
to acquire 7,000 shares of Common Stock.

         B. Each Non-Employee Director who first became a member of the Board in
1996 but prior to the date of adoption of this Plan by the Board of Directors,
shall be granted a Non-Qualified Option to acquire 7,000 shares of Common Stock
upon the consummation of a firm commitment underwritten public offering pursuant
to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act of 1993, as
amended, covering the offer and sale of Common Stock to the public.

         C. Each Non-Employee Director who is serving as Non-Employee Director
of the Company on each January 1, beginning with January 1, 1997, shall
automatically be granted on such day a Non-Qualified Option to acquire 1,700
shares of Common Stock.

         D. The exercise price per share for the Common Stock covered by an
Option granted hereunder shall be equal to the "fair market value" of the Common
Stock on the date the Option is granted, which shall, with respect to Options
granted under Section 3.B

                                       2
<PAGE>
 
above, be the consummation of the initial public offering.  An Option granted
under this paragraph 3 shall vest in four equal annual installments commencing
one year following the grant date.  No option issued under this paragraph 3
shall be exercisable after the expiration of ten years from the date upon which
such option is granted.

         E. The rights of an Non-Employee Director in an Option granted under
this paragraph 3 shall terminate 90 days after such Director ceases to be a
Director of the Company or the specified expiration date, if earlier, provided,
however, that any Option granted to a Non-Employee Director and outstanding on
the date of his death may be exercised by the legal representative or legatee of
the optionee for a period of twelve months from the date of death or until the
expiration of the stated term of the option, if earlier.

         F. Options granted under this paragraph 3 may be exercised only by
written notice to the Company specifying the number of shares to be purchased.
Payment of the full purchase price of the shares to be purchased may be made by
one or more of the methods specified in paragraph 15. An individual shall have
the rights of a stockholder only as to shares acquired upon the exercise of a
option and not as to unexercised options.

         G. The provisions of this paragraph 3 shall apply only to Options
granted or to be granted to Non-Employee Directors, and shall not be deemed to
modify, limit or otherwise apply to any other provision of this Plan or to any
Option issued under this Plan to an individual who is not an Non-Employee
Director of the Company. To the extent inconsistent with the provisions of any
other paragraph of this Plan, the provisions of this paragraph 3 shall govern
the rights and obligations of the Company and Non-Employee Directors respecting
options granted or to be granted to Non-Employee Directors. The provisions of
this paragraph 3 which affect the price, date of exercisability, option period
or amount of shares of Common Stock under an Option shall not be amended more
than once in any six-month period, other than to comport with changes in the
Code or the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended.

     4.  Eligible Employees and Others.  ISOs may be granted to any employee of
         -----------------------------                                         
the Company or any parent or subsidiary of the Company.  Those officers and
directors of the Company who are not employees may not be granted ISOs under the
Plan.  Non-Qualified Options, Awards and authorizations to make Purchases may be
granted to any director (whether or not an employee), officer, employee or
consultant of the Company or any Related Corporation.  The Committee may take
into consideration a recipient's individual circumstances in determining whether
to grant an ISO, a Non-Qualified Option or an authorization to make a Purchase.
Granting of any Stock Right to any individual or entity shall neither entitle
that individual or entity to, nor disqualify him from, participation in any
other grant of Stock Rights.

                                       3
<PAGE>
 
     5.  Stock.  The stock subject to Options, Awards and Purchases shall be
         -----                                                              
authorized but unissued shares of Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share, of
the Company (the "Common Stock"), or shares of Common Stock reacquired by the
Company in any manner. The aggregate number of shares which may be issued
pursuant to the Plan is 1,745,867, and on and after the date the Plan becomes
subject to Section 162(m) of the Code no more than 333,333 Options may be
granted to any one individual participant during any calendar year period.  Such
numbers shall be subject to adjustment as provided in paragraph 14.  Any shares
issued hereunder may be issued as ISOs, Non-Qualified Options or Awards, or to
persons or entities making Purchases, so long as the number of shares so issued
does not exceed the aggregate number of shares subject to the Plan.  If any
Option granted under the Plan shall expire, be canceled or otherwise terminate
for any reason without having been exercised in full or shall cease for any
reason to be exercisable in whole or in part, or if the Company shall reacquire
any unvested shares issued pursuant to Awards or Purchases, the unpurchased
shares subject to such Options and any unvested shares so reacquired by the
Company shall again be available for grants of Stock Rights under the Plan.

     6.  Granting of Stock Rights.  Stock Rights may be granted under the Plan
         ------------------------                                             
at any time on or after May 20, 1996 and prior to May 20, 2006.  The date of
grant of a Stock Right under the Plan will be the date specified by the
Committee at the time it grants the Stock Right; provided, however, that such
date shall not be prior to the date on which the Committee acts to approve the
grant.  The Committee shall have the right, with the consent of the optionee, to
convert an ISO granted under the Plan to a Non-Qualified Option pursuant to
paragraph 17.

     7.  Minimum Option Price; ISO Limitations.
         ------------------------------------- 

         A. The price per share specified in the agreement relating to each Non-
Qualified Option granted under the Plan shall in no event be less than the
lesser of (i) the book value per share of Common Stock as of the end of the
fiscal year of the Company immediately preceding the date of such grant, or (ii)
50 percent of the fair market value per share of Common Stock on the date of
such grant.

         B. The price per share specified in the agreement relating to each ISO
granted under the Plan shall not be less than the fair market value per share of
Common Stock on the date of such grant. In the case of an ISO to be granted to
an employee owning stock possessing more than ten percent of the total combined
voting power of all classes of stock of the Company or any Related Corporation,
the price per share specified in the agreement relating to such ISO shall not be
less than 110 percent of the fair market value per share of Common Stock on the
date of grant.

         C. In no event shall the aggregate fair market value (determined at the
time an ISO is granted) of Common Stock for which ISOs granted to any employee
are exercisable

                                       4
<PAGE>
 
for the first time by such employee during any calendar year (under all stock
option plans of the Company and any Related Corporation) exceed $100,000;
provided that this paragraph 7(C) shall have no force or effect if its inclusion
in the Plan is not necessary for Options issued as ISOs to qualify as ISOs
pursuant to Section 422(b)(7) of the Code.

         D. If, at the time an Option is granted under the Plan, the Company's
Common Stock is publicly traded, "fair market value" shall be determined as of
the last business day for which the prices or quotes discussed in this sentence
are available prior to the date such Option is granted and shall mean (i) the
last reported sale price (on that date) of the Common Stock on the principal
national securities exchange on which the Common Stock is traded, if the Common
Stock is then traded on a national securities exchange; or (ii) the last
reported sale price (on that date) of the Common Stock on the NASDAQ National
Market System, if the Common Stock is not then traded on a national securities
exchange; or (iii) the closing bid price (or average of bid prices) last quoted
(on that date) by an established quotation service for over-the-counter
securities, if the Common Stock is not reported on the NASDAQ National Market
System. However, if the Common Stock is not publicly traded at the time an
Option is granted under the Plan, "fair market value" shall be deemed to be the
fair value of the Common Stock as determined by the Committee after taking into
consideration all factors which it deems appropriate, including, without
limitation, recent sale and offer prices of the Common Stock in private
transactions negotiated at arm's length. Notwithstanding the foregoing, "fair
market value" on the effective date of the Company's initial public offering
shall be the offering price to the public of the Common Stock on such date.

     8.  Option Duration.  Subject to earlier termination as provided in
         ---------------                                                
paragraphs 10 and 11, each Option shall expire on the date specified by the
Committee, but not more than (i) ten years and one day from the date of grant in
the case of Non-Qualified Options, (ii) ten years from the date of grant in the
case of ISOs generally, and (iii) five years from the date of grant in the case
of ISOs granted to an employee owning stock possessing more than ten percent of
the total combined voting power of all classes of stock of the Company or any
Related Corporation.  Subject to earlier termination as provided in paragraphs
10 and 11, the term of each ISO shall be the term set forth in the original
instrument granting such ISO, except with respect to any part of such ISO that
is converted into a Non-Qualified Option pursuant to paragraph 17.

     9.  Exercise of Option.  Subject to the provisions of paragraphs 10 through
         ------------------                                                     
13, each Option granted under the Plan shall be exercisable as follows:

          A. The Option shall either be fully exercisable on the date of grant
or shall become exercisable thereafter in such installments as the Committee may
specify.

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          B. Once an installment becomes exercisable it shall remain exercisable
until expiration or termination of the Option, unless otherwise specified by the
Committee.

          C. Each Option or installment may be exercised at any time or from
time to time, in whole or in part, for up to the total number of shares with
respect to which it is then exercisable.

          D. The Committee shall have the right to accelerate the date of
exercise of any installment of any Option.


     10.  Termination of Employment.  If an ISO optionee ceases to be employed
          -------------------------                                           
by the Company and all Related Corporations other than by reason of death or
disability as defined in paragraph 11, no further installments of his ISOs shall
become exercisable, and his ISOs shall terminate after the passage of three
months from the date of termination of his employment, but in no event later
than on their specified expiration dates, except to the extent that such ISOs
(or unexercised installments thereof) have been converted into Non-Qualified
Options pursuant to paragraph 17.  Employment shall be considered as continuing
uninterrupted during any bona fide leave of absence such as those attributable
to illness, military obligations or governmental service) provided that the
period of such leave does not exceed 90 days or, if longer, any period during
which such optionee's right to reemployment is guaranteed by statute.  A bona
fide leave of absence with the written approval of the Committee shall not be
considered an interruption of employment under the Plan, provided that such
written approval contractually obligates the Company or any parent or subsidiary
of the Company to continue the employment of the optionee after the approved
period of absence.  ISOs granted under the Plan shall not be affected by any
change of employment within or among the Company or any parent or subsidiary of
the Company, so long as the optionee continues to be an employee of the Company
or any parent or subsidiary of the Company.  Nothing in the Plan shall be deemed
to give any grantee of any Stock Right the right to be retained in employment or
other service by the Company or any Related Corporation for any period of time.

     11.  Death; Disability.
          ----------------- 

          A. If an ISO optionee ceases to be employed by the Company and all
parents and subsidiaries of the Company by reason of his death, any ISO of his
may be exercised, to the extent of the number of shares with respect to which he
could have exercised it on the date of his death by his estate, personal
representative or beneficiary who has acquired the ISO by will or by the laws of
descent and distribution, at any time prior to the earlier of the ISO's
specified expiration date or 360 days from the date of the optionee's death.

          B. If an ISO optionee ceases to be employed by the Company and all
parents and subsidiaries of the Company by reason of his disability, he shall
have the right to

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exercise the ISO held by him on the date of termination of employment, to the
extent of the number of shares with respect to which he could have exercised it
on that date, at any time prior to the earlier of the ISO's specified expiration
date or 360 days from the date of the termination of the optionee's employment.
For the purposes of the Plan, the term "disability" shall mean "permanent and
total disability" as defined in Section 22(e)(3) of the Code or successor
statute.

     12.  Assignability.  No Stock Right shall be assignable or transferable by
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the grantee except by will or by the laws of descent and distribution, and
during the lifetime of the grantee each Stock Right shall be exercisable only by
him.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Committee may provide in an Option
agreement that the optionee may transfer, without consideration for the
transfer, his Non-Qualified Options to members of his immediate family, to
trusts for the benefit of such family members and to partnerships in which such
family members are the only partners.  Shares of Common Stock issued upon
exercise of Stock Rights shall be subject to such rights of first refusal,
repurchase rights and other restrictions on transfer in favor of the Company as
the Committee may determine at the time such Stock Rights are granted.

     13.  Terms and Conditions of Options.  Options shall be evidenced by
          -------------------------------                                
instruments (which need not be identical) in such forms as the Committee may
from time to time approve. Such instruments shall conform to the terms and
conditions set forth in paragraphs 7 and 12 hereof and may contain such other
provisions as the Committee deems advisable which are not inconsistent with the
Plan, including restrictions applicable to shares of Common Stock issuable upon
exercise of Options.  In granting any Non-Qualified Option, the Committee may
specify that such Non-Qualified Option shall be subject to the restrictions set
forth herein with respect to ISOs, or to such other termination and cancellation
provisions as the Committee may determine.  The Committee may from time to time
confer authority and responsibility on one or more of its own members and/or one
or more officers of the Company to execute and deliver such instruments.  The
proper officers of the Company are authorized and directed to take any and all
action necessary or advisable from time to time to carry out the terms of such
instruments.

     14.  Adjustments.  Upon the occurrence of any of the following events, an
          -----------                                                         
optionee's rights with respect to Options granted to him hereunder shall be
adjusted as hereinafter provided, unless otherwise specifically provided in the
written agreement between the optionee and the Company relating to such Option:

          A. If the shares of Common Stock shall be subdivided or combined into
a greater or smaller number of shares or if the Company shall issue any shares
of Common Stock as a stock dividend on its outstanding Common Stock, the number
of shares of Common Stock deliverable upon the exercise of Options shall be
appropriately increased or decreased

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proportionately, and appropriate adjustments shall be made in the purchase price
per share to reflect such subdivision, combination or stock dividend.

          B.  If the Company is to be consolidated with or acquired by another
entity in a merger, sale of all or substantially all of the Company's assets or
otherwise (an "Acquisition"), the Plan and all Stock Rights granted hereunder
shall terminate unless the Committee or the board of directors of any entity
assuming the obligations of the Company hereunder (the "Successor Board"), in
connection with the Acquisition, make provision for the assumption of Stock
Rights heretofore granted, or the substitution of such Stock Rights with new
Stock Rights of the successor entity or parent thereof with appropriate
adjustment as to the number and kind of shares and, if appropriate, the per
share exercise prices. In the event of such termination, each optionee shall be
permitted to exercise for a period of at least 15 days prior to the date of such
termination (1) all Options held by such optionee which are then exercisable,
and (2) such number of additional Options held by such optionee, to the extent
such options are not then exercisable, as may be specified in the relevant
option agreement, if any.

          C.  In the event of a recapitalization or reorganization of the 
Company (other than a transaction described in subparagraph B above) pursuant to
which securities of the Company or of another corporation are issued with
respect to the outstanding shares of Common Stock, an optionee upon exercising
an Option shall be entitled to receive for the purchase price paid upon such
exercise the securities he would have received if he had exercised his Option
prior to such recapitalization or reorganization.

          D.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, any adjustments made pursuant to
subparagraphs A, B or C with respect to ISOs shall be made only after the
Committee, after consulting with counsel for the Company, determines whether
such adjustments would constitute a "modification" of such ISOs (as that term is
defined in Section 424 of the Code) or would cause any adverse tax consequences
for the holders of such ISOs.  If the Committee determines that such adjustments
made with respect to ISOs would constitute a modification of such ISOs, it may
refrain from making such adjustments.

          E.  In the event of the proposed dissolution or liquidation of the
Company, each Option will terminate immediately prior to the consummation of
such proposed action or at such other time and subject to such other conditions
as shall be determined by the Committee.

          F.  Except as expressly provided herein, no issuance by the Company of
shares of stock of any class, or securities convertible into shares of stock of
any class, shall affect, and no adjustment by reason thereof shall be made with
respect to, the number or price of shares subject to Options.  No adjustments
shall be made for dividends paid in cash or in property other than securities of
the Company.

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          G. No fractional shares shall be issued under the Plan and the
optionee shall receive from the Company cash in lieu of such fractional shares.

          H. Upon the happening of any of the foregoing events described in
subparagraphs A, B or C above, the class and aggregate number of shares set
forth in paragraph hereof that are subject to Stock Rights which previously have
been or subsequently may be granted under the Plan shall also be appropriately
adjusted to reflect the events described in such subparagraphs. The Committee or
the Successor Board shall determine the specific adjustments to be made under
this paragraph 14 and, subject to paragraph 2, its determination shall be
conclusive.

          I. If any person or entity owning restricted Common Stock obtained by
exercise of a Stock Right made hereunder receives shares or securities or cash
in connection with a corporate transaction described in subparagraphs A, B or C
above as a result of owning such restricted Common Stock, such shares or
securities or cash shall be subject to all of the conditions and restrictions
applicable to the restricted Common Stock with respect to which such shares or
securities or cash were issued, unless otherwise determined by the Committee or
the Successor Board.

          J. The Committee may grant Stock Rights under the Plan in substitution
for stock and stock based awards held by employees of another corporation who
concurrently become employees of the Company or a Related Corporation as the
result of a merger or consolidation of the employing corporation with the
Company or a Related Corporation or the acquisition by the Company or a Related
Corporation of property or stock of the employing corporation. The Committee may
direct that the substitute awards be granted on such terms and conditions as the
Committee considers appropriate in the circumstances.

     15.  Means of Exercising Stock Right.  A Stock Right (or any part or
          -------------------------------                                
installment thereof) shall be exercised by giving written notice to the Company
at its principal office address.  Such notice shall identify the Stock Right
being exercised and specify the number of shares as to which such Stock Right is
being exercised, accompanied by full payment of the purchase price therefor
either (a) in United States dollars in cash or by check, or (b) if authorized by
the applicable Option agreement or at the discretion of the Committee, through
delivery of shares of Common Stock that the optionee has beneficially owned for
more than six months and which the optionee may freely transfer having a fair
market value equal as of the date of the exercise to the cash exercise price of
the Stock Right, or (c) at the discretion of the Committee, by delivery of the
grantee's personal recourse note bearing interest payable not less than annually
at no less than 100% of the lowest applicable federal rate, as defined in
Section 1274(d) of the Code, (d) by the optionee delivering to the Company a
properly executed exercise notice together with irrevocable instructions to a
broker to promptly deliver to the Company cash or a check payable and acceptable
to the Company to pay the purchase price; provided that in the event the
optionee chooses to pay the purchase price as so provided,

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the optionee and the broker shall comply with such procedures and enter into
such agreements of indemnity and other agreements as the Committee shall
prescribe as a condition of such payment procedure or (e) at the discretion of
the Committee, by any combination of (a), (b), (c) and (d) above.  If the
Committee exercises its discretion to permit payment of the exercise price of an
ISO by means of the methods set forth in clauses (b), (c) or (d) of the
preceding sentence, such discretion shall be exercised in writing at the time of
the grant of the ISO in question.  The holder of a Stock Right shall not have
the rights of a shareholder with respect to the shares covered by his Stock
Right until the date of issuance of a stock certificate to him for such shares.
Except as expressly provided above in paragraph 14 with respect to changes in
capitalization and stock dividends, no adjustment shall be made for dividends or
similar rights for which the record date is before the date such stock
certificate is issued. Notwithstanding the foregoing, each employee, director or
stockholder of the Company who is subject to Section 16(a) or (b) of the Act may
not sell the security underlying a stock right granted hereunder within six
months of the grant of such stock right.

     16.  Term and Amendment of Plan.
          -------------------------- 

          A.  This Plan shall become effective upon approval by the holders of a
majority of the shares of Common Stock of the Company present or represented and
entitled to vote at a meeting of stockholders.  Subject to such approval by the
stockholders and to the requirement that no Common Stock may be issued hereunder
prior to such approval, Stock Rights may be granted hereunder on and after
adoption of this Plan by the Board.

          B.  The Board may terminate or amend the Plan in any respect at any
time, except that, without the approval of the stockholders obtained within 12
months before or after the Board adopts a resolution authorizing any of the
following actions: (a) the total number of shares that may be issued under the
Plan may not be increased (except by adjustment pursuant to paragraph 14); (b)
the provisions of paragraph 4 regarding eligibility for grants of ISOs may not
be modified; (c) the provisions of paragraph 7(B) regarding the exercise price
at which shares may be offered pursuant to ISOs may not be modified (except by
adjustment pursuant to paragraph 14); (d) the expiration date of the Plan may
not be extended; and (e) if and to the extent determined by the Committee to be
required by the Act to ensure that Stock Rights granted under the Plan are
exempt under Rule 1116b-3 promulgated under the Act, or that ISOs granted under
the Plan are qualified under Section 422 of the Code. Except as provided in the
fourth sentence of this paragraph 16, in no event may action of the Board or
stockholders alter or impair the right of a grantee, without his consent, under
any Stock Right previously granted to him.

     17.  Conversion of ISOs into Non-Qualified Options; Termination of ISOs.
          ------------------------------------------------------------------  
The Committee, at the written request of any optionee, may in its discretion
take such actions as may be necessary to convert such optionee's ISO (or any
installments or portions of installments thereof) that have been exercised on
the date of conversion into Non-Qualified

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Options at any time prior to the expiration of such ISOs, regardless of whether
the optionee is an employee of the Company or a Related Corporation at the time
of such conversion.  Such actions may include, but not be limited to, extending
the exercise period or reducing the exercise price of the appropriate
installments of such Options.  At the time of such conversion, the Committee
(with the consent of the optionee) may impose such conditions on the exercise of
the resulting Non-Qualified Options as the Committee in its discretion may
determine, provided that such conditions shall not be inconsistent with this
Plan.  Nothing in the Plan shall be deemed to give any optionee the right to
have such optionee's ISOs converted into Non-Qualified Options, and no such
conversion shall occur until and unless the Committee takes appropriate action.
The Committee, with the consent of the optionee, may also terminate any portion
of any ISO that has not been exercised at the time of such termination.

     18.  Application of Funds.  The proceeds received by the Company from the
          --------------------                                                
sale of shares pursuant to Options granted and Purchases authorized under the
Plan shall be used for general corporate purposes.

     19.  Governmental Regulation.  The Company's obligation to sell and deliver
          -----------------------                                               
shares of the Common Stock under this Plan is subject to the approval of any
governmental authority required in connection with the authorization, issuance
or sale of such shares.

     20.  Withholding of Additional Income Taxes.  Upon the exercise of a Non-
          --------------------------------------                             
Qualified Option, the grant of an Award, the making of a Purchase of Common
Stock for less than its fair market value, or the vesting of restricted Common
Stock acquired on the exercise of a Stock right hereunder, the Company, in
accordance with Section 3402(a) of the Code, may require the optionee, Award
recipient or purchaser to pay additional withholding taxes in respect of the
amount that is considered compensation includable in such person's gross income.
The Committee in its discretion may condition (i) the exercise of an Option,
(ii) the grant of an Award, (iii) the making of a Purchase of Common Stock for
less than its fair market value, or (iv) the vesting of restricted Common Stock
acquired by exercising a Stock Right on the grantee's payment of such additional
withholding taxes.

          A.  A participant may elect to have his tax withholding obligation
satisfied, in whole or in part, by (i) authorizing the Company to withhold from
shares of Common Stock to be issued pursuant to any Stock Right number of shares
with an aggregate fair market value that would satisfy the withholding amount
due, or (ii) transferring to the Company shares of Common Stock owned by the
participant with an aggregate fair market value that would satisfy the
withholding amount due.  With respect to any optionee who is subject to Section
16 of the Act, the following additional restrictions shall apply:

              (i)    the election to satisfy tax withholding obligations
     relating to a Stock Right in the manner permitted by this paragraph shall
     be made either (1) during the period beginning on the third business day
     following the date of release of quarterly

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     or annual summary statements of sales and earnings of the Company and
     ending on the twelfth business day following such date, or (2) at least six
     months prior to the date as of which the receipt of such a Stock Right
     first becomes a taxable event for Federal income tax purposes;

              (ii)   such election shall be irrevocable;

              (iii)  such election shall be subject to the consent or
          disapproval of the Committee; and

              (iv)   the Common Stock withheld to satisfy tax withholding must
          pertain to an option or grant which has been held by the participant
          for at least six months from the date of grant of the Stock Right.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, the provisions of paragraph 20(A)(i)(1) shall not
be applicable until the Company has been subject to the reporting requirements
of Section 13(a) of the Act for at least a year prior to the election and has
filed all reports and statements required to be filed pursuant to that Section
for that year.

     21.  Notice to Company of Disqualifying Disposition.  Each employee who
          ----------------------------------------------                    
receives an ISO must agree to notify the Company in writing immediately after
the employee makes a Disqualifying Disposition of any Common Stock acquired
pursuant to the exercise of an ISO. A Disqualifying Disposition is any
disposition (including any sale) of such Common Stock before the later of (a)
two years after the date the employee was granted the ISO, or (b) one year after
the date the employee acquired Common Stock by exercising the ISO.  If the
employee has died before such stock is sold, these holding period requirements
do not apply and no Disqualifying Disposition can occur thereafter.

     22.  Governing Law; Construction.  The validity and construction of the
          ---------------------------                                       
Plan and the instruments evidencing Stock Rights shall be governed by the laws
of the State of Delaware.  In construing this Plan, the singular shall include
the plural and the masculine gender shall include the feminine and neuter,
unless the context otherwise requires.

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                                                     EXHIBIT 10.9


                         SOFTWARE, EDUCATION, SERVICES
                            DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT
                         BETWEEN OEC AND OBJECT POWER


This agreement is made this 21st day of June, 1995, by OPEN ENVIRONMENT
CORPORATION ("OEC"), a Delaware corporation, whose address is 25 Travis Street,
Boston, Massachusetts, and Object Power Inc. ("OP"), a Delaware Corporation,
whose address is 219 Vassar Street, Cambridge, MA 02139.

Whereas, OEC has a line of software products and related services, and OP
desires to market these in the defined territory in accordance with the terms
and conditions hereof,

Now, therefore, it is mutually agreed:

I.    DEFINITIONS

      1.  The "products" shall mean the software programs, education courses and
          other services to be resold under the terms of this agreement listed
          in Appendix A.

      2.  The "Territory" is defined as the specific countries and territories
          listed in Appendix B.

      3.  "Sales within the Territory" shall mean customer purchases that
          originate and which take delivery of Products within the defined
          Territory  for use only within the Territory.

      4.  The "standard warranty" is defined as OEC's current standard warranty
          on any of OP products and services and will be attached as Appendix C.

      5.  The "price" and "discount to OP" of various OEC software, education
          and service products shall be defined in Appendix D of this agreement.

II.   RELATIONSHIP OF PARTIES

      1.  Neither OP nor OEC is authorized to act on the behalf of the other or
          to bind the other in anyway outside of the specific terms of this
          Agreement.

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      2.  OEC hereby appoints OP as OP a non-exclusive distributor of the
          Products in the Territory, with authority to make Sales within the
          Territory.  OEC reserves the right to restrict or modify the territory
          from time to time.

      3.  OP shall not market, resell, or otherwise advocate products and
          services that compete with similar products from OEC, unless permitted
          by OEC to do so in writing, in OEC's sole discretion.

      4.  OP shall confine OP business activities related to this Agreement
          within the Territory.

III.  RIGHTS GRANTED

      OEC shall grant to OP the rights to use all OEC trademarked logos, and
      other marketing and advertising symbols to conduct OP marketing.

IV.   TERMS OF SALE OF OEC PRODUCTS TO OP

      1.  OEC agrees to sell the Products to OP as outlined in Appendix D.

      2.  Sales from OEC to OP will be payable forty-five (45) days after
          delivery unless otherwise agreed.

      3.  OP is responsible for payment to OEC for products and services
          delivered, regardless of any external conditions, such as lack of
          payment by OP's customer(s), except as noted in this Agreement.

V.    PERFORMANCE OF OEC

      OEC agrees to support OP's marketing and sales activities in every
      reasonable way, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, OEC
      agrees:

      1.  To provide OP with a reasonable number of licenses for the purposes of
          demonstrations and training classes.  Further, OEC shall provide to OP
          up to 20 free education seats each year in any of the regularly
          conducted DolT and TEP courses (or similar successor courses). OP
          shall be responsible for any travel, living or miscellaneous expenses
          of OP personnel at OEC courses.

      2.  To provide OP with 12 days of OEC Consulting Services throughout 1995.
          OP will pay for all associated expenses.

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      3.  To make available to OP, free of charge a reasonable quantity of
          Product literature and promotional materials used by OEC in the US.

      4.  To ship OEC software Products from its Boulder, CO facilities to OP
          customer, after receipt of a purchase order from OP.

      5.  To promptly answer any queries which OP may submit to OEC concerning
          the Products or applications thereof in connection with the proposed
          marketing campaigns or contemplated sales.

VII.  PERFORMANCE OF OP

      1.  OP agrees to make an initial purchase at the signing of this
          agreement.
 
          a)   OP shall take delivery of a master copy of OEC software products
               listed in Appendix A on June 21st, 1995.  OEC shall grant the
               right to OP to create 25 software product licenses from this
               master copy, to be sold over the course of this Agreement.

          b)   OP shall pay OEC US $260,000.00 for this software.

VIII. TERM AND TERMINATION

      1.  This Agreement will expire two years from the effective date.

          a)   OEC and OP agree that ninety (90) days prior to the natural
               termination of this Agreement, the parties will meet to mutually
               determine a continuation of this agreement.

          b)   This Agreement can be renewed for up to three (3) additional one
               (1) year terms by the mutual consent of the related parties.

      2.  This Agreement can be terminated by either party:

          a)   Forwith upon a judicial determination of insolvency or bankruptcy
               of the other party; or

          b)   Upon failure of the other party to comply with any of the
               provisions of this Agreement, provided the aggrieved party

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               has served upon the other party at least (30) days prior notice
               of such noncompliance.

      3.  In the event of termination (or at the end of the natural term of this
          agreement):

          a)   OEC will hereafter stand wholly freed and discharged, and OP
               hereby expressly releases and discharges OEC of and from any and
               all obligations or liability whatsoever, where arising hereunder
               or from, or in connection with, any manner or thing relating to,
               or in any manner connected with, the subject matter of this
               Agreement.

          b)   The foregoing right of termination and the additional right of
               non-renewal at the end of the stated term are absolute, and
               neither OEC nor OP will be liable to the other because of
               termination or non-renewal hereof (whether with or without
               clause) for compensation, reimbursement, or damages on account of
               expenditures, investments, leases, or commitments in connection
               with the business of goodwill of OEC or OP, or for any other
               reason whatsoever.

          c)   OP will not be relieved however of any obligation for unpaid
               balances for goods shipped and services performed hereunder prior
               to termination or expiration.

IX.   WARRANTY POLICY

      OEC's obligations with respect to the Products are strictly limited to
      OEC's standard warranty contained in Appendix C.

X.    TRADEMARKS

      1.  OEC hereby grants permission to OP to use the trademark "OEC" in
          relation to the Products at OP's place of business and otherwise as
          may be appropriate to market and sell the Products.

XI.   CONFIDENTIALITY

      1.  The parties agree to keep strictly confidential, and to bind their
          respective directors, officers, and employees to like covenants, the

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          terms of this Agreement and all matters relating thereto, and to the
          Products.  All parties undertake not to disclose any of those terms or
          matters to any other person except as may be necessary for the
          furtherance of this Agreement.

      2.  OP explicitly agrees that OEC may disclose the existence and general
          terms of this Agreement, with OP customers, suppliers, underwriters,
          attorneys, accountants, government agencies, and others in the
          financial community.

XII.  GOVERNING LAW

      This Agreement shall be interpreted in accordance with laws o the state of
      Massachusetts.

XIII. GENERAL PROVISIONS

      1.  This Agreement contains all the understandings and representations
          between the parties relating to the matters referred to herein,
          supersedes any arrangements previously entered into between them with
          respect thereto, and can be amended only by a written supplement, duly
          executed on behalf of the respective parties.

      2.  No term or condition of this Agreement will ever be considered as
          waived unless reduced to writing and duly executed by an officer of
          the waiving party.

      3.  The effective date of this Agreement will be set forth in the
          beginning hereof; any approvals of any of the terms or conditions of
          this Agreement required by the laws of the Territory will be obtained
          by OP.

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      In witness whereof, this Agreement has been executed by the duly
authorized officers of the respective parties, as of the date first above
written.

OEC                                 OP

Adam Honig, VP NA OP's              Peter Sliwkowski
- ----------------------------                        
Full Name, Title                    Vice President of Technology
                                    -----------------------------------
                                    Full Name, Title


/s/ Adam Honig                      /s/ Peter Sliwkowski
- ----------------------------        -----------------------------------
Signature                           Signature


6/21/95                             6/21/95
- ----------------------------        -----------------------------------
Date                                Date

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APPENDIX A


Object Power shall have the right to sell all software products listed on the
OEC Price Sheet.

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APPENDIX B

The "territory" in this agreement shall be all countries, with the exception 
of:


               -    Japan

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APPENDIX C


OEC's Standard Warranty and License Agreement are inserted here. . .

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APPENDIX D

Pricing and Discounting

      I.  SOFTWARE

          For purposes of this agreement, two types of software are defined:

          a)   "OEC Developed Software"; defined as software products developed
               solely by OEC.

          b)   "OEC OEM Software"; defined as software products developed by
               third party software companies, marketed under the OEC name.

          The actual sales price of the OEC products shall be set by OP.  OP
          shall pay OEC a royalty on each sales, based on the Territory list
          price of the Product delivered.

          c)   The distributor price payable by OP to OEC shall be 65% of the
               list price of OEC Developed Software.

          d)   This distributor price payable by OP to OEC shall be 90% of the
               list price of OEC OEM Software.

II.   EDUCATION

          a)   OEC hereby grants OP a 30% referral fee for each enrollee in an
               OEC education program.

          b)   By mutual agreement of the parties, OEC shall license OP to
               conduct its education programs.

          c)   Subject to available resources.  OEC hereby grants OP the right
               to resell OEC services.  The distributor price payable by OP to
               OEC shall be 90% of the list price of the services.

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                                                          EXHIBIT 10.10

                    "SAP CUSTOMIZATION SOFTWARE" AGREEMENT
                   BETWEEN OPEN ENVIRONMENT AND OBJECT POWER


       This Agreement is made this 1st day of October, 1995, by OPEN ENVIRONMENT
CORPORATION ("OEC"), a Delaware corporation, whose address is 25 Travis Street,
Boston, Massachusetts, and Object Power Inc. ("OPI"), a Delaware corporation,
whose address is 219 Vassar Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139.

       Whereas, OPI has a software technology, and OEC desires to purchase this
technology to create software products with in the terms and conditions hereof,

       Now, therefore, it is mutually agreed:

I.     DEFINITIONS

       1.   The "Software" shall mean the source code of the "SAP customization
            and enhancement software", in its present form.

       2.   "Derived Products" shall mean any products that will be created by
            OEC which include various components of the Software developed by
            OPI.

II.    RELATIONSHIP OF PARTIES

       Neither OPI nor OEC is authorized to act on the behalf of the other or to
bind the other in any way outside of the specific terms of this Agreement.

III.   RIGHTS GRANTED

       OPI grants OEC the right to modify, change or create new products out of
the Software.  These Derived Products shall be the exclusive property of OEC.

IV.    TERMS AND SALE OF OPI PRODUCTS TO OEC

       1.   OPI agrees to sell the Software to OEC for $500,000 (five-hundred
            thousand dollars).

       2.   OEC shall pay OPI a royalty on OEC's sales revenue of the Derived
            Products for two years, beginning with the effective date of this
            Agreement.

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       The royalty payment shall be as follows:

            (a)  For the first $1,000,000 (one million dollars) of sales revenue
                 recognized by OEC related to the Derived Products, OEC shall
                 pay OPI a 20% royalty.

            (b)  When OEC's revenue from the Derived Products exceeds $1,000,000
                 (one million dollars), OEC shall pay OPI a 10% royalty on sales
                 revenue recognized by OEC related to the Derived Products.

            (c)  OEC's obligation to pay royalties to OPI shall cease upon the
                 earlier of:

                 .    the date when OEC's aggregate revenue from the Derived
                      Products exceeds $3,000,000 (three million dollars), or

                 .    two years from the execution date of this Agreement.

       3.   OEC shall make royalty payments to OPI within forty-five days of the
            end of its quarterly reporting periods.

V.     PERFORMANCE OF OPI

       1.   OPI agrees to promptly answer any queries which OPI may submit to
            OEC concerning the Software or applications thereof in connection
            with creating the Derived Products.

       2.   OPI agrees to promptly deliver the Software to OEC within ten days
            of the execution of this Agreement.

       3.   The resale of the Software or Derivative Products by OPI shall be
            governed by the existing "OEC/OP Reseller Contract."

       4.   This Agreement does not in any way prevent OPI from developing
            products which interact with SAP Software.

VI.    TERM AND TERMINATION

       This Agreement will expire two years from the effective date. Termination
of this Agreement shall have no impact on the rights granted to OEC under this
Agreement.

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VII.   CONFIDENTIALITY

       1.   The parties agree to keep strictly confidential, and to bind their
            respective directors, officers, and employees to like covenants, the
            terms of this Agreement and all matters relating thereto, and to the
            Products. All parties undertake not to disclose any of those terms
            or matters to any other person except as may be necessary for the
            furtherance of this Agreement.

       2.   OPI explicitly agrees that OEC may disclose the existence and
            general terms of this Agreement with OEC's underwriters, attorneys,
            accountants, government agencies, and others in the financial
            community.

VIII.  GOVERNING LAW

       This Agreement shall be interpreted in accordance with the laws of the
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

IX.    GENERAL PROVISIONS

       1.   This Agreement contains all the understandings and representations
            between the parties relating to the matters referred to herein,
            supersedes any arrangements previously entered into between them
            with respect thereto, and can be amended only by a written
            supplement, duly executed on behalf of both of the respective
            parties.

       2.   No term or condition of this Agreement will ever be considered as
            waived unless reduced to writing and duly executed by an officer of
            the waiving party.

       3.   The effective date of this Agreement will be set forth in the
            beginning hereof; any approvals of any of the terms or conditions of
            this Agreement required by the laws of the Territory will be obtined
            by OPI.

       In witness whereof, this Agreement has been executed by the duly
authorized officers of the respective parties, as of the date first above
written.

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OEC                                 OPI


/s/ Nathan Morton                         /s/ James Nondorf
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Nathan Morton, CEO                        Jim Nondorf, President


/s/ Jim Driscoll                          /s/ Michael Fan
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Jim Driscoll, Vice President              Michael Fan, Vice President


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                                                         EXHIBIT 10.11






                                CERTIFIED COPY
                                      OF
                         OEM SOURCE LICENSE AGREEMENT
                               DECEMBER 29, 1995



I have seen the original of this agreement and certify that this is a true and
                                 correct copy.
        December 29, 1995 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Middlesex County
                      /s/ Michael E. Lee   Notary Public
                     ---------------------              
                     My Commission expires:  April 6, 2001
<PAGE>
 
                         OPEN ENVIRONMENT CORPORATION

                         OEM SOURCE LICENSE AGREEMENT


     Open Environment Corporation has appointed the entity named below as an
Original Equipment Manufacturer on the terms and conditions set forth in the
attached OEM License Agreement:

OEM:        Object Power Inc.

Territory:  Worldwide



EXHIBITS
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Exhibit A:  Licensed Software and Platform

Exhibit B:  Fee Schedule

Exhibit C:  Support Agreement

Exhibit D:  Support Attachment
<PAGE>
 
                         OPEN ENVIRONMENT CORPORATION

                             OEM SOURCE AGREEMENT
                             --------------------


This OEM Source License Agreement (the "Agreement") is dated as of the 29th day
of December 1995 (the "Agreement Date"), and is entered by and between Open
Environment Corporation, a Delaware corporation with its principal offices at 25
Travis Street, Boston, Massachusetts (the "Licensor"), and Object Power Inc., a
Delaware corporation with its principal offices at 219 Vassar Street, Cambridge,
Massachusetts ("OEM").

The PURPOSE of this Agreement is to establish a low end, mass market product to
gain entry into a new market segment for Open Environment, provide a new entry
point for Open Environment enterprise software and Object Power services, and
propagate the Open Environment three-tiered client/server message and base
technology through the industry. These additional products will increase market
awareness of the power of three-tiered environment, specifically in the
important and rapidly growing Internet market.

WHEREAS, the Licensor has developed and owns certain computer software; and

WHEREAS, OEM desires to develop, distribute and sublicense software products
based on such software and the Licensor is willing to grant to OEM a non-
exclusive right to develop and distribute such software products on the terms
and conditions set forth herein.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of these premises and the mutual covenants
herein contained, the parties hereby agree as follows:

1.   Definitions.
     ----------- 

     1.1   "Platform" means that operating system software listed on Exhibit A
           attached hereto.

     1.2   "End User" means the ultimate user of the License Product who has
           obtained such Licensed Product pursuant to an End User Sublicense
           Agreement.

     1.3   "Documentation" means the user manuals, handbooks and other written
           or electronic material relating to the Licensed Software delivered by
           the Licensor which is intended for use by End Users.

     1.4   "End User Sublicense Agreement" means a sublicense agreement granting
           an End User the right to use the Licensed Products internally but not
           to further distribute or sublicense such Licensed Products, which
           agreement meets the requirements of Section 2.4(a).

     1.5   "Intellectual Property" means all patent, copyright, trademark, trade
           secret and other industrial and intellectual property rights.
<PAGE>
 
     1.6   "Licensed Products" means the Licensed Software and the Documentation
           relating thereto.

     1.7   "Licensed Software" means the software described in Exhibit A
           attached hereto in Source Code Form and Object Code Form, as well as
           any other software (whether or not Licensor markets such software
           under the indicated names or repackages or renames such software)
           developed by the licensor during the term of the Agreement as a
           substitute for the Licensed Software or which incorporates the
           functionality of the Licensed Software.

     1.8   "OEM Product" means software developed, owned or licensed by the OEM
           using, incorporating or bundled with the Licensed Software and any
           associated documentation.

     1.9   "Reseller" means any OEM, dealer, reseller, distributor or other
           entity authorized by OEM pursuant to a Reseller Sublicense Agreement,
           meeting the requirements of Section 2.4(b), to sublicense the use of
           and distribute the Licensed Products to End Users or other
           intermediate parties, such as dealers, in the distribution chain to
           End Users.

     1.10  "Licensed Programs" means those software programs (including
           modifications and enhancements) included in the Licensed Software
           which were developed and owned by the Licensor.

     1.11  "Territory" means the territory or territories set forth on the Cover
           Page hereto.

     1.12  "Updates" means a new revision of the Licensed Software that includes
           corrections and modifications.

     1.13  "Upgrades" means a new revision of the Licensed Software that
           includes enhancements.

     1.14  "Object Code Form" means a form of software code resulting from the
           translation or processing of Source Code by a computer into machine
           language or intermediate code, which thus is in a form that would not
           be convenient to human understanding of the program logic, but which
           is appropriate for execution or interpretation by a computer.

     1.15  "Source Code Form" means a form in which a computer program's logic
           is easily deduced by a human being with skill in the art, such as a
           printed listing of the program or a form from which a printed listing
           can be easily generated.

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     1.16  "System Documentation" means the literature, programmer's notes and
           other materials that are provided by the Licensor to the OEM that
           specify or describe the functions, characteristics, performance,
           structure, sequence, organization and operation of the Licensed
           Software, and any updates, enhancements, extensions or revisions
           thereto provided by the Licensor during the term of this Agreement.

     1.17  "Derivative Work" means a work based that is based upon one or more
           preexisting works, such as a revision, modification, translation,
           abridgment, condensation, expansion, or any other form in which a
           preexisting work may be recast, transformed, or adapted. A work
           consisting of editorial revisions, annotations, elaboration's, or
           other modifications which, as a whole, represent an original work of
           authorship is a "Derivative Work."

2.   Licenses.

     2.1   Development License.  Subject to the terms and conditions contained
herein, the Licensor grants the OEM, and the OEM accepts, a perpetual, non-
exclusive right license to use, copy, modify, and prepare Derivative Works of
the Licensed Software in Source Code Form and Object Code Form on any and all
Platforms in the Territory, for the sole purpose of incorporating the Licensed
Products into or bundling the Licensed Products with OEM Products.

     2.2   Distribution License.  Subject to the terms and conditions herein,
the Licensor grants the OEM, and the OEM accepts, a perpetual, non-exclusive
right and license in the Territory to copy and distribute the Licensed Software
(in Object Code form only), incorporated into or bundled with the OEM Products,
to End Users and Resellers, provided that the Licensed Software and OEM Products
are distributed to End Users and Resellers pursuant to End User Sublicense
Agreements or Reseller Sublicense Agreements meeting the requirements of Section
2.4 below.

     2.3   Documentation.  Subject to the terms and conditions contained herein,
the Licensor grants to OEM, and the OEM accepts, a perpetual, non-exclusive
right and license to use, copy, distribute and prepare Derivative Works of the
Documentation solely for distribution to End Users of the Licensed Software.

     2.4   Sublicense Agreement Requirements.

           (a)  End User Sublicense Agreements. The Licensed Software shall be
     distributed to each End User under a Sublicense Agreement entered into by
     such End User which may be a shrinkwrap or break-the-seal agreement which
     shall include the material substance of the following terms and conditions:

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                (1)  to use the Licensed Software (in Object Code Form only) and
           the End User Documentation for its own internal business purposes;

                (2)  not to copy the Licensed Products in whole or in part,
           except as permitted under applicable law, for use as licensed by the
           OEM, and then only with the inclusion of all copyright, proprietary
           and other notices; and

                (3)  not to decompile, disassemble or otherwise reviser engineer
           the Licensed Software.

           (b)  Reseller Sublicense Agreements. Each Reseller shall execute a
     Reseller Sublicense Agreement which shall include the material substance of
     the following terms and conditions pursuant to which it shall agree:

                (1)  directly or indirectly to distribute the Licensed Software
           or Derivative Works thereof in the Territory or portion thereof in
           Object Code Form only, to End Users who are bound by End Users
           Sublicense Agreements, and to use, copy or distribute the Licensed
           Software, directly or indirectly, for any other purpose or for the
           benefit of any other person or entity; and

                (2)  not to decompile, reverse engineer or otherwise inspect the
           functionality or derive a Source Code Form version of the Licensed
           Software.

           (c)  U.S. Government Agencies. If the End User or Reseller is an
     agency of the United States government, the OEM shall grant such agency
     only "restricted rights" or "limited rights" (as defined in the applicable
     Federal Acquisition Regulations) to the Licensed Products, and the OEM
     shall take all actions reasonably necessary to protect the Licensor's
     rights and interest in the Licensed Products in accordance with such
     regulations and successor regulations including, but not limited to, the
     placement of appropriate legends on the OEM Product or Licensed Products
     distributed by the OEM.

     2.5   Trademarks.

           (a)  Ownership.  OEM acknowledges and agrees that the Licensor is the
     sole and exclusive owner of all right, title and interest in and to the
     following trademarks (the "Trademarks"):  [insert trademarks] and that the
     Licensor is the exclusive licensing agent of the Trademarks.

     OEM recognizes the value of the Trademarks and the good will associated
with the Trademarks.  OEM agrees that its use of the Trademarks and any good
will arising therefrom shall inure to the benefit of the Licensor.  Nothing
contained herein shall create, nor shall be construed as an assignment of, any
right, title or interest in or to the Trademarks to OEM,

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other than the grant of a license in Section 2.5(c) below; it being acknowledged
and agreed that all other right, title and interest in and to the Trademarks is
expressly reserved the Licensor.  OEM shall keep the Trademarks free from all
liens, mortgages or other encumbrances.  OEM agrees that it will not attack or
otherwise challenge the title, validity or any other rights of the Licensor in
or to the Trademarks.

           (b)  Notice.  The OEM Product and/or Licensed Products that use the
     Trademarks shall be accompanied, where reasonably and appropriate, by a
     proprietary notice consisting of the following elements:

                (1)  The statement "[insert trademark(s)] is a proprietary
           trademark(s) of Open Environment Corporation, and is licensed to
           Object Power, Inc.

                (2)  OEM will include the "T" or "R" symbol, as instructed by
           the Licensor, after the first prominent use of the Trademark in the
           OEM Product. OEM shall have a period of 30 days in which to begin the
           use of "R" symbol in replacement of the "T" symbol upon receiving
           instruction to do so by the Licensor;

                (3)  The OEM agrees to provide Licensor an example of such
           "splash screen", "about boxes", and other reproductions of all
           notices, copyrights, trademarks, and logos prior to distribution of
           the Licensed Software for approval the first time the OEM reproduces
           such items and any time the OEM substantially changes such items.

           (c)  License.  The Licensor hereby grants to OEM a nonexclusive,
     worldwide, royalty-free license (without the right to sublicense) to use
     the Trademark to designate and promote the OEM Product or License Products.
     OEM shall have no other right to use, display or utilize the Trademarks for
     any other purpose or in any other manner.  In acceptance the license to use
     the Trademarks for only any other purpose or in any other manner.  In
     accepting the license to use the Trademarks granted herein, the OEM
     undertakes no obligation to use any of the trademarks, the parties
     acknowledging that any such use of the trademarks by the OEM shall be
     entirely voluntary.

           (d)  Quality Standards.

                1.  Upon reasonable notice and request, the Licensor may inspect
           copies in Object Code form only of the OEM Product or Licensed
           Products, advertising and promotional materials on which the
           Trademarks are used so that the Licensor may monitor compliance with
           this Agreement.

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<PAGE>
 
                2.  Compliance.  OEM acknowledges the high standards of quality
           and excellence established by the Licensor with respect to products
           bearing the Trademarks.  OEM agrees that the OEM Product and Licensed
           Products distributed under the Trademarks shall be of such qualify so
           as to maintain such high standards and to reflect well upon the
           Licensor and OEM agrees to adhere to the following qualify standards
           for use of the Trademarks by OEM:

                    A.  In order to ensure that the OEM Product and Licensed
                Products distributed under the Trademarks complies with the
                consistent quality standards of the Licensor, the OEM Product
                and all Licensed Products distributed by or for OEM which bear a
                Trademark shall conform to those reasonable standards which the
                Licensor provides to OEM in writing. OEM shall have a period of
                30 days in which to bring the OEM Product or Licensed Product
                into compliance with any such standard provided to it by the
                Licensor following the date of this Agreement.

                    B.  OEM acknowledges that if the Licensed Products or the
                OEM Product bearing the Trademarks fail to satisfy the quality
                standards set forth above, the substantial good will which the
                Licensor has build and now possess in the Licensed Products and
                in the Trademarks will be impaired.

           (e)  Protection and Infringement.  OEM agrees to cooperate with and
     assist the Licensor in obtaining, maintaining, protecting, enforcing and
     defending the Licensor's proprietary rights in and to the Trademarks.  In
     the event that OEM learns of any infringement, threatened infringement or
     passing-off of the Trademarks, or that any third party claims or alleges
     that the Trademarks infringe the rights of the third party or are otherwise
     liable to cause deception or confusion to the public,OEM shall be required
     to notify the Licensor giving the particulars thereof, and at the
     Licensor's expense, OEM shall provide necessary information and reasonable
     assistance to the Licensor in the event the Licensor decides that
     proceedings should be commenced.

           (f)  Termination.  In addition to the termination rights set forth in
     Section 7 hereof, in the event that OEM is in material breach of any
     provision of this Section 2.5, the Licensor may, upon 90 days written
     notice, terminate the license granted in Section 2.5(c) if OEM does not
     cure such breach or default within such 90-day period.  The parties
     recognize that curing such breach or default may require development of a
     new version of the OEM Product.  If this is the case, then OEM will be
     deemed to have cured such breach or default if, within the 90-day cure
     period, OEM presents to the Licensor a plan for revision of the OEM Product
     that will cure such breach or default, such plan is reasonably acceptable
     to the Licensor, and such revision is released and distributed within three
     months following written notice of such breach or default.

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     In addition to the provisions of Section 7 hereof, upon termination of the
license granted in Section 2.5(c), or upon termination of this Agreement, for
whatever cause:

     OEM shall immediately cease and desist from any further use of the
     trademarks and any trademarks confusingly similar thereto, either directly
     or indirectly; all rights in the trademarks granted to OEM hereunder shall
     immediately revert to the Licensor in the event that this Agreement is
     terminated for any reason other than a material breach or material default
     by OEM, OEM shall have a period of 90 days thereafter to dispose of all of
     the unsold copies of the OEM Product or Licensed Products bearing the
     trademarks and advertising and promotional materials relating thereto which
     had been completed by it prior to such termination, provided such OEM
     Product and Licensed Products and material were in the process of
     manufacture more than 90 days before such termination.

3.   Delivery of Licensed Products.

     The Licensor shall provide the OEM with one (1) complete copy of the
Licensed Software and the Documentation associated therewith on the date(s)
referenced in Exhibit A.

4.   Ownership of Software.

     4.1   Licensed Products.  The Licensor shall retain all right, title and
interest in the Licensed Products and the Licensor shall retain all right, title
and interest in all modifications and Derivative Works thereof made by the
Licensor during the term of this Agreement, and OEM shall not take any action
inconsistent with such title and ownership.  OEM shall not have any ownership
interest in any element, segment or component of the Licensed Products
incorporated into the OEM Product.

     4.2   Compatibility.  Licensor warrants that the next major release of its
software shall be compatible with Licensed Programs.

5.   Payments.

     5.1   Source Code Fee.  Upon the Agreement Date, OEM shall pay the Licensor
a "Source Code Fee" as set forth in Exhibit B.

     5.2   Reports by OEM.  In the event that OEM materially stops marketing and
selling additional Licensor created products, OEM shall furnish to the Licensor
statements accounting for the quantity of OEM Products listed below.  The first
quarterly report will include any months from the previous partial quarter
during which the Agreement was in effect.

           (i)    Total copies of Licensed Software distributed by the OEM
                  during such quarter.

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           (ii)   The identity of recipients of Licensed Products.

6.   Support.

     6.1   Support.  The Licensor shall offer support services the OEM for
additional payments pursuant to a separate support agreement, a form of which is
attached hereto as Exhibit C (the "Support Agreement") or such other support
service as the parties may find mutually agreeable.  Any revisions to the
Licensed Products made pursuant to an agreement for support services shall be
treated for all purposes under this Agreement as Licensed Products and all
intellectual property rights therein shall be retained by the Licensor.

     6.2   No Obligations to Update.  If the Licensor elects to make Updates or
Upgrades to the Licensed Products available to OEM, such Updates or Upgrades
shall be provided solely in accordance with the Support Agreement or another
mutually agreeable arrangement.  Absents such an agreement, the Licensor shall
have no obligation to Update or Upgrade the Licensed Products.

7.   Terms and Termination.

     7.1   This Agreement shall commence on the Agreement Date and shall
continue indefinitely.

     7.2   This Agreement may be terminated, prior to the expiration of its
term:

           (a)  By either party in the event the other party materially breaches
     a provision of this Agreement and the breaching party fails to cure such
     breach within thirty (30) days of the receipt of notice of such breach from
     the non-breaching party;

           (b)  By either party immediately in the event any assignment is made
     by the other party for the benefit of creditors, or if a receiver, trustee
     in bankruptcy or similar officer shall be appointed to take charge of any
     or all of the other party's property, or if the other party files a
     voluntary petition under federal bankruptcy laws or such petition is filed
     against the other party and is not dismissed within sixty (60) days.

     7.3   Effects of Termination.  Upon expiration or termination of this
Agreement for any reason, all rights, obligations and licenses of the parties
hereunder shall cease, except as follows:

           (a)  OEM's liability for any charges, payments or expenses due to the
     Licensor which accrued prior to the termination date shall not be
     extinguished by termination, and such amount (if not otherwise due on an
     earlier date), shall be immediately due and payable on the termination
     date.

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           (b)  Immediately after the termination on the grounds of a material
     breach by the OEM, the OEM shall have no further right to copy, modify,
     create Derivative Works of, promote, market, sell, distribute, sublicense
     or use the Licensed Products, standing alone or incorporated into the OEM
     Product; and shall deliver to the Licensor, at the OEM's expense, (1) all
     originals and copies of the Licensed Products, including all compilations,
     translations and partial copies, whether or not modified or merged into
     other software or documentation, in the possession or under the control of
     the OEM or any affiliate and (2) all materials in the possession of the OEM
     that display any trademark, trade name or other proprietary mark of the
     Licensor and (3) a list of all current and past End Users and Resellers.
     The OEM shall certify in writing to the Licensor within ten (10) days
     following termination that it has complied with this Section 7.3(b).  In
     the event of any other termination not specified above or in the event of
     expiration of this Agreement, OEM shall have the right to distribute all
     copies of the Licensed Software in its inventory on the date of such
     termination or expiration provided that the OEM complies with the terms and
     conditions of this Agreement related to the distribution of the Licensed
     Software.

           (c)  The termination of this Agreement or any licenses hereunder
     shall not affect the sublicenses granted under this Agreement by the OEM to
     End Users or Resellers (solely with respect to existing inventory of the
     Reseller) prior to termination, so long as such End Users or Resellers are
     not in breach of their Sublicense Agreements with the OEM and agree to owe
     all further obligations thereunder directly to the Licensor.

     The provisions of Sections 8 (Confidentiality), 9 (Warranty), 10
(Infringement Indemnification), 11 (Limitations on Liability), 12 (Compliance
with Laws), 13 (Notices), 14 (General Provisions) and this Section 7 shall
survive any termination or expiration of this Agreement according to their
respective terms.

8.   Confidentiality.

     8.1   Proprietary Information.  The Licensor and the OEM agree and
acknowledge that in order to further the performance of this Agreement, they
will be required to disclose to each other certain confidential information
which will be identified as such in writing ("Confidential Information").  The
Licensed Software in Source Code Form and System Documentation shall be regarded
as Confidential Information of the Licensor whether or not it is identified in
writing as "Confidential."

     8.2   Protection of Property Information.  The receiving party agrees to
protect the confidentiality of the disclosing party's Confidential Information
with at least the same degree of care that it utilizes with respect of its own
similar proprietary information, including without limitation agreeing:

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           (a)  not to disclose or otherwise permit any other person or entity
     access to, in any manner, the Confidential Information, or any part thereof
     in any form whatsoever, except that such disclosure or access shall be
     permitted to an employee of the receiving party (or in the case of OEM, a
     Reseller) requiring access to the Confidential Information in the course of
     his or her employment in connection with this Agreement or Reseller
     Sublicense Agreement and who has signed an agreement obligating the
     employee and reseller to maintain the confidentiality of the confidential
     information of third parties in the receiving party's possession:

           (b)  to notify the disclosing party promptly and in writing of the
     circumstances surrounding any suspected possession, use or knowledge of the
     Confidential Information or any part thereof at any location or by any
     person or entity other than those authorized by this Agreement; and

           (c)  not to use the Confidential Information for any purpose other
     than as explicitly set forth herein.

     8.3   Exceptions.  Nothing in this Section 8 shall restrict the receiving
party with respect to information or data, whether or not identical or similar
to that contained in the Confidential Information, if such information or data:
(a) was rightly possessed by the receiving party before  it was received from
the disclosing party; (b) is independently developed by the receiving party
without reference to the disclosing party's information or data; (c) is
subsequently furnished to the receiving party by a third party not under any
obligation of confidentiality with respect to such information or data, and
without restrictions on use or disclosure; or (d) is or becomes public or
available to the general public otherwise than through any act or default of the
receiving party.

     8.4   Injunctive Relief.  Because the unauthorized use, transfer or
dissemination of any Confidential Information provided by the Licensor to OEM
may diminish substantially the value of such materials and may irreparably harm
the Licensor, if the OEM breaches the provisions of this Section 8, the Licensor
shall, without limiting its other rights or remedies, be entitled to equitable
relief, including but not limited to injunctive relief.

9.   Disclaimer of Warranty.

     LIMITATION OF WARRANTY, EXCEPT FOR THE LICENSOR'S STANDARD WARRANTY TERMS
AS THEY EXIST ON THE DATE HEREOF, A COPY OF WHICH HAS BEEN DELIVERED TO OEM, THE
LICENSED PRODUCTS ARE BEING PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND AND
THE LICENSOR HEREBY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, ORAL
OR WRITTEN, WITH RESPECT TO THE LICENSED PRODUCTS INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION,
ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR ANY PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

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10.  Infringement Indemnification.

     10.1  Except as provided below, the Licensor shall defend and indemnify OEM
from and against any damages, liabilities, cost sand expenses (including
reasonable attorneys' fees) arising out of any claim that the Licensed Software
infringes a valid patent or copyright in the Territory or misappropriates a
trade secret of a third party, provided that (i) OEM shall have promptly
provided the Licensor written notice thereof and reasonable cooperation,
information, and assistance in connection therewith, and (ii) the Licensor shall
have sole control and authority with respect to the defense, settlement, or
compromise thereof.  Should any Licensed Software become or, in the Licensor's
opinion, be likely to become the subject of an injunction preventing its use as
contemplated herein, the Licensor may, at its option,

           (1)  procure for the OEM the right to continue using such Licensed
     Software.

           (2)  replace or modify such Licensed Software so that it becomes non-
     infringing, or, if (1) and (2) are not reasonably available to the
     Licensor, then (3) terminate OEM's license to the allegedly infringing
     Licensed Software and refund to OEM the amount which OEM has paid to the
     Licensor for such Licensed Software.

     10.2  The Licensor shall have not liability or obligation to OEM hereunder
with respect to any patent, copyright or trade secret infringement or claim
thereof based upon (i) use of the Licensed Products by OEM in combination with
devices or products other than the Platform, if such use not in such combination
would be noninfringing, (ii) use of the Licensed Products in an application or
environment for which such Licensed Products were not designed or contemplated,
(iii) modifications, alterations or enhancements of the Licensed Products not
created by or for the Licensor, or (iv) any claim of infringement of a patent,
copyright or trade secret in which OEM or any affiliate of OEM has an interest.
OEM shall indemnify and hold the Licensor harmless from all costs, damages and
expenses (including reasonably attorneys' fees) arising from any claim
enumerated in clauses (i) through (iv) above.

     10.3  The foregoing states the entire liability of the Licensor with
respect to infringement of patent, copyrights and trade secrets by the Licensed
Products or any part thereof or by their operation.

11.  Limitations on Liability.

     11.1  THE LICENSOR'S LIABILITY FOR DAMAGES TO OEM FOR ANY CAUSE WHATSOEVER,
REGARDLESS OF THE FORM OF ANY CLAIM OR ACTION, SHALL NOT EXCEED THE AGGREGATE
LICENSEE FEES, NOT INCLUDING SUPPORT FEES, PAID BY OEM FOR THE LICENSES PRODUCTS
UNDER THIS AGREEMENT, IN NO EVENT SHALL EITHER PARTY BE LIABLE FOR ANY LOSS OF
DATA, PROFITS OR USE OF THE PRODUCTS, OR FOR ANY SPECIAL

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INCIDENTAL, INDIRECT OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION
WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THE LICENSED PRODUCTS.

     11.2  IN NO EVENT WILL THE LICENSOR BE LIABLE TO END USERS, RESELLERS OR
OTHER THIRD PARTIES FOR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER.

     11.3  OEM will immediately inform the Licensor as soon as OEM becomes aware
of any threatened or actual liability claim by a third party relating to the
Licensed Products.

12.  Compliance with Laws.

     12.1  Export.  OEM shall not export, directly or indirectly, Licensed
Products, or other information or material provided by the Licensor hereunder,
to any country for which the United States or any other relevant jurisdiction
requires any export license or other governmental approval at the time of export
without first obtaining such license or approval.  It shall be the OEM's
responsibility to comply with the latest United States export regulations, and
the OEM shall defend and indemnify the Licensor from and against any damages,
fines, penalties, assessments, liabilities, costs and expenses (including
reasonable attorneys' fees and court costs) arising out of any claim that
Licensed Products or other information or materials provided by the Licensor
hereunder were exported or otherwise shipped or transported in violation of
applicable laws and regulations.

     12.2  Compliance with Laws of Other Jurisdictions.  The OEM shall comply
with all laws, legislation, rules, regulations, governmental requirements and
industry standards with respect to the Licensed Products, and the performance by
the OEM of its obligations hereunder, existing in any jurisdiction in which the
OEM, directly or indirectly, distributes the Licensed Products.  In the event
that this Agreement is required to be registered with any governmental
authority, the OEM shall cause such registration to be made and shall bear any
expense or tax payable in respect thereof.

13.  Notices.

     Any notice or communication from one party to the other shall be in writing
and either personally delivered to sent via facsimile or certified mail, postage
prepaid and return receipt requested addressed, to such other party at the
address specified below or such other address as either party may from time to
time designate in writing to the other party.

     If to the Licensor:      Open Environment Corporation
                              25 Travis Street
                              Boston, MA 02132
                              Attn:  James J. Driscoll

     with a copy to:          John A. Burgess, Esq.
                              Hale and Dorr

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                              60 State Street
                              Boston, MA 02109

     If to the OEM:           Eric Sockol, CFO
                              Object Power, Inc.
                              219 Vassar Street
                              Cambridge, MA 02139

     with a copy to:          William Kelly, Esq.
                              Peabody & Arnold
                              50 Rowes Wharf
                              Boston, MA 02110

     No change of address shall be binding upon the other party hereto until
written notice thereof is received by such party at the address shown herein.
All notices shall be in English and shall be effective upon receipt.

14.  General Provisions.

     14.1  Force Majeure.  In the event that either party is prevented from
performing, or is unable to perform, any of its obligations under this Agreement
due to any cause beyond the reasonable control of the party invoking this
provisions, the affected party's performance shall be excused and the time form
performance shall be extended for the period of delay or inability to perform
due to such occurrence.

     14.2  Publicity.  Neither party shall originate any publicity, news release
or other public announcement relating to this Agreement or the existence of an
arrangement between the parties without the prior written approval of the other
party, except as otherwise required by law.

     14.3  Waiver.  The waiver by either party of a breach or a default of any
provision of this Agreement by the other party shall be construed as a waiver or
any succeeding breach of the same or any other provision, nor shall any delay or
omission on the part of either party to exercise or avail itself of any right,
power or privilege that it has, or may have hereunder, operate as a waiver of
any right, power or privilege by such party.

     14.4  No Agency; Independent Contractors.  Nothing contained in this
Agreement shall be deemed to imply or constitute either party as the agent or
representative of the other party, or both parties as joint ventures or partners
of any purpose.

     14.5  Governing Law.  This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in
accordance with the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, without regard to
its choice of law provisions.

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     14.6  Entire Agreement; Amendment.  This Agreement and the Exhibits and
Cover Page attached hereto constitute this entire agreement between the parties
with regard to the subject matter hereof.  All other Agreements between the
parties shall still be in effect.  No waiver, consent, modification or change of
terms of this Agreement shall bind either party unless in writing signed by both
parties, and then such waiver, consent, modification or change shall be
effective only in the specific instance and for the specific instance and for
the specific purpose given.

     14.7  Headings.  Captions and headings contained in this Agreement have
been included for ease of reference and convenience and shall not be considered
in interpreting or construing this Agreement.

     14.8  Costs, Expenses and Attorneys' Fees.  If either party commences any
action or proceeding against the other party to enforce or interpret this
Agreement, the prevailing party in such action or proceeding shall be entitled
to recover from the other party the actual costs, expenses and reasonable
attorneys' fees (including all related costs and expenses), incurred by such
prevailing party in connection with such action or proceeding and in connection
with obtaining and enforcing any judgment or order thereby obtained.

     14.9  Assignment.  This Agreement, and the rights and obligations
hereunder, may not be assigned, in whole or in part by OEM, except to a (i) to
an affiliate of the OEM, or (ii) successor or the whole of OEM's business,
without prior written consent of the Licensor whose consent shall not be
unreasonably withheld. In the case of any permitted assignment or transfer of or
under this Agreement, this Agreement or the relevant provisions shall be binding
upon, and inure to the benefit of, the successor, executors, heirs,
representatives, administrators and assigns of the parties hereto. In the event
of any dispute between the two parties both parties shall have the right to
quite enjoyment of the products or services detailed within the Agreement until
the dispute is completely resolved. This provision specifically provides OPI the
right to continue conducting its business during any dispute with OEM.

     14.10 Best Deal Clause.  Licensor warrants that it shall not enter into an
agreement with another company, under similar terms and conditions stated within
this Agreement, except as a price equal to this Agreement as defined in Exhibit
B.

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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties, as of the Agreement Date, have caused this
Agreement to be executed by their duly authorized representatives.


                                    OPEN ENVIRONMENT CORPORATION


                                    By:  /s/ James J. Driscoll
                                       ----------------------------------
 
                                            V.P. Finance/CFO 12/29/95
                                          ------------------------------- 
                                          Title:  

                                    OBJECT POWER INC.


                                    By:  /s/ Eric D. Sockol
                                       ----------------------------------
                                         Eric D. Sockol
                                          
                                            CFO
                                          ------------------------------
                                          Title:  

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                                                                       EXHIBIT A
                                                                       ---------


                        LICENSED SOFTWARE AND PLATFORM


     This Exhibit A is incorporated in its entirety as part of this OEM
Agreement between the Licensor and OEM.

Licensed Software:

     Source code of:     Entera TCP RPC library
                         Entera RPC Broker
                         Entera Security and Security Runtime
                         AppMinder 1.0

     Platform(s):  All currently available platforms of the above, including,
                   but not specifically limited to: Sun Solaris, Hewlett Packard
                   HP/UX, IMB AIX, IBM OS/2, Microsoft Windows NT, Microsoft
                   Windows 3.1, Digital's Digital UNIX

     Delivery Date:  December 29th, 1995

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                                                                       EXHIBIT B
                                                                       ---------


                 PURCHASE COMMITMENT AND LICENSE FEE SCHEDULE


     This Exhibit B is incorporated in its entirety as part of the OEM License
Agreement between the Licensor and OEM.

     Source Code Fee:  $2,200,000 Payment Terms:  Payment is due March 15th,
1996

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                SUMMARY OF AGREED TO TERMS FOR APPENDIX C AND D
                     OF THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN OPI AND OEC
                        (SUPPORT/MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT)


     Agreement should cover both Product Ungrades.  Updates and enhancements as
well as technical support.

FEE

- - First year free
- - $50K second year
- - Capped at CPI or 10% whichever is less

MAINTENANCE

- - Any support as per OEC standard support Agreement will be extended to OPI as
  well as the following:

- - The development tools must be compatible to our version of the source up to
  and including the release of the next Major Release of the software and
  subsequent Minor Releases.

- - Failing the development tools being compatible, OEC must provide us the new
  source code required to maintain at least equivalent functionality.

- - We will be provided source for any new platforms generally made available and
  supported by OEC.

- - "Clause to protect against change of names, re-packaging, substitutions"

- - New versions of documentation

SUPPORT
 
- - Three levels
 
     A)   Standard
     B)   Critical
     C)   Production Down

- -  Response time:  Situation and action plan back in 2 hours of call
- -  Resolution time for solution (patch or work around) which satisfies OPI
 
     A)   Standard          - 1 week
 
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     B)   Critical         - 48 hours
     C)   Production Down  - one resource dedicated full time until resolved
 
- - Escalation:   If above timeframes not met for resolutions:

  - after first hour Director at OPI can call Director Level support at OEC
  - after second hour V.P. at OPI can call V.P. level support or Director level
    within development at OEC
  - after third hour V.P. at OPI can call President at OEC

- - If solution not found for 30 days after normal Resolution time, then OEC will
  pay OPI $5,000 per day for every day the solution is not provided, beginning
  on the 31st day up to a maximum of total maintenance paid by OPI to OEC to
  date from the beginning of the contract.

SOURCE CODE CONSULTATION
- ------------------------

- -  Up to 3 incidents can resolved by direct consultation with OEC developers per
   month.

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                                                                  EXHIBIT 10.12
 

              HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY & BUSINESS@WEB, INCORPORATED
                           JOINT MARKETING AGREEMENT

THIS AGREEMENT is made effective February 27, 1996 (the "Effective Date") by and
between Business@Web, Incorporated, a Delaware corporation ("B@W") and Hewlett-
Packard Company, a California corporation ("HP").

Whereas:

A) HP manufactures and markets various computer, computer peripheral, software
products, and consultative services,
B)  B@W develops and markets various application development software toolkits,
training on these toolkits and consultative services,
C)  HP and B@W desire to jointly provide to mutual customers, tools and services
which will assist in the implementation and use of object-oriented technology,
in a three-tiered, client-server environment.

Therefore the parties to this Agreement mutually agree as follows:

     1. DEFINITIONS

          1.1.  "Application" shall mean a software program created for
          customers using the B@W Toolkit.

          1.2.  "Component" shall mean executable software which performs a
          particular function or process within an application that was created
          through use of the B@W Toolkit.

          1.3.  "Component Store" shall mean a process by which B@W will collect
          and resell Components to third parties.

          1.4.  "Confidential Information" shall mean any proprietary and
          confidential information delivered by one party to the other pursuant
          to this Agreement.

          1.5.  "CTGroup Executive Seminar" shall mean a seminar sponsored by HP
          on client-server computing which is developed and delivered by
          Cambridge Technology Group to senior company executives.

          1.6.  "Documentation" shall mean user and technical manuals and other
          documentation B@W ordinarily makes available with the B@W Toolkit and
          any modifications or updates thereof.


          1.7.  "Intellectual Property Rights" shall mean the following rights
          that pertain to the B@W Toolkit, Documentation or Seminar Materials
          under common law, state law, federal law and foreign law:

                1.7.1.  Rights in letters patent and application for letters
                patent;

                1.7.2.  Rights in the trademarks;

                1.7.3.  Rights in copyrights and rights of authorship; and

                1.7.4.  Rights in trade secrets.

          1.8.  "B@W Toolkit" shall mean all software products currently under
          development, marketed, licensed and sold by B@W including, but not
          limited to the OpenScape product line. A listing of such products is
          contained in Exhibit A.
                       ----------
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          1.9.  "Prototype" shall mean a demonstrable software application built
          using the B@W Toolkit which has limited functionality that can not be
          used by customers in the normal course of business.

          1.10.  "Seminar Materials" shall mean overheads, presenter notes,
          handouts and other material developed by B@W for The Component
          Revolution seminar.

          1.11.  "Solution Blueprint" shall mean an application assessment
          service provided by B@W and HP which utilizes the B@W Toolkit as more
          fully described in Section 2.1 below.

          1.12.  "Technical Consultants" shall mean employees of either B@W or
          HP who provide consulting services to customers.

          1.13.  "The Component Revolution" shall mean a breakfast seminar to be
          developed by B@W pursuant to this Agreement which will serve as a lead
          generator for the Solution Blueprint.

    2.  SOLUTION BLUEPRINT

          2.1. HP and B@W agree to jointly market and deliver the Solution
          Blueprint application assessment service. The Solution Blueprint
          assesses a customer's current information system and presents a plan
          to migrate to a three-tiered, object-oriented, standards-based
          architecture. The primary deliverables of the Solution Blueprint are
          1) report containing assessment of the current architecture, critical
          success factors and strategy for application reengineering, 2)
          feasibility study and 3) working Prototype. The Solution Blueprint is
          more fully described in Exhibit B.
                                  ---------     

               2.1.1. HP and B@W respectively have each developed certain
               materials prior to this agreement that each would like to use to
               produce the Solution Blueprint materials recited immediately
               above in Section 2.1. The parties thus agree that the creator of
               such materials shall retain all right, title and interest in such
               prior materials and the non-creator shall receive a non-
               exclusive, worldwide, irrevocable license to use, run, reproduce,
               copy, modify, distribute and transfer these materials.

               2.1.2.  a)    Subject to Section 3.1 herein, B@W hereby grants to
               HP a non-exclusive, worldwide license to use, run and make copies
               of the B@W Toolkit in order to produce Prototypes as recited
               above in Section 2.1.
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               b)  HP, B@W and their customers can use the Prototypes without
               restriction as to use, duplication or transfer.

               2.1.3.  a)    All materials developed by the parties under this
               Agreement for the Solution Blueprint service shall be jointly
               owned by the parties.

               b)  After termination of this Agreement, each party shall have
               the right to use, copy, modify, reproduce, distribute and
               transfer the jointly owned Solution Blueprint materials with no
               right of accounting.

               2.1.4. The tradename/trademark "Solution Blueprint" shall be
               jointly owned by the parties, subject to the following
               restrictions: "Solution Blueprint" may only be used by the
               parties together and can not be used with third parties
               independently of one of the parties; and "Solution Blueprint" may
               not be used by either party after the termination of this
               Agreement for similar goods and services without the written
               consent of the other party.

          2.2.  Both parties agree to the following conditions regarding the
          marketing, sales and delivery of the Solution Blueprint:

          2.3.  Subject to Section 2.7 below, customers will order the Solution
          Blueprint from B@W. B@W will then enter into a consulting agreement
          with HP wherein HP would provide Technical Consultants to participate
          in the development and delivery of the Solution Blueprint for those
          customers.


          2.4.  Revenue for the sale of a Solution Blueprint will be equally
          divided between HP and B@W. B@W will pay HP 50% of the gross revenue
          30 days after customer acceptance of the Solution Blueprint.

          2.5.  Each party agrees not to deliver the Solution Blueprint with any
          other third-party or independently of the other party during the term
          of this Agreement.

          2.6.  For customers attending the CTGroup Executive Seminar, the HP
          sales representative will be the account owner. For all other
          customers, account ownership will belong to the party which makes the
          initial customer contact. The non-account owner shall direct all
          customer communications to the account owner.

          2.7.  A copy of any proposal going to a customer for a Solution
          Blueprint must be sent to the B@W and HP Program Managers listed in
          Exhibit I for approval prior to distribution to the customer. The
          ------- -
          Program Managers are responsible for distribution within their
          respective companies. Within 10 days after receipt of the proposal,
          B@W and HP will notify each other in writing of resource availability.
          If HP or B@W agree to provide those resources, such party must
          provide those resources and commence work on the Solution Blueprint
          within 2 weeks following B@W's receipt of a customer order.
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          2.8.  HP and B@W will each provide Technical Consultants trained and
          experienced in three-tiered development and the Solution Blueprint
          process for the duration of the Solution Blueprint project.

          2.9.  In the event that either party wishes to use subcontractors for
          the onsite activities, the respective Program Managers will be
          notified prior to any work being performed. HP and B@W retain the
          right to refuse the inclusion of any personnel not directly employed
          by HP or B@W; provided that such refusal is communicated in writing
          within 5 days after notification.

          2.10.  All Technical Consultants working on the project will bring a
          working portable computer that meets the software and hardware
          capabilities as listed in Exhibit C.
                                    ----------

          2.11.  HP and B@W agree to follow the process for developing and
          delivering the Solution Blueprint described in Exhibits Dl-D3 .
                                                         ----------------



      3.  B@W TOOLKIT

          3.1.  Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, B@W hereby
          grants to HP, its subsidiaries and affiliates, a non-exclusive,
          worldwide, irrevocable license to use, run, display and reproduce the
          B@W Toolkit for internal Application Development and Application
          development projects (see Section 5.2 herein), Prototype development
          and customer demonstrations (see Section 2.1.2 herein). In
          consideration of these rights. HP agrees to pay B@W a license fee of
          $75,000 as outlined in Exhibit E of this Agreement. B@W acknowledges
                                 ---------
          that HP has previously paid $490,000 for single-use B@W Toolkit
          licenses for 50 HP Technical Consultants. Such licenses shall be
          subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, including
          without limitation, support, warranty and indemnity.

          3.2. B@W agrees to maintain and support the B@W Toolkit as outlined
          in Exhibit F for one year as part of the license fee. Such maintenance
             ---------
          and support shall include all upgrades, enhancements, patches, bug
          fixes and telephone support. Thereafter, HP will have the option to
          purchase the support outlined in Exhibit F at an annual cost of 20% of
                                           ---------
          the list price of the specific development tools for each developer
          such support is desired for or for a fixed $100,000 per year to cover
          the complete B@W Toolkit for an unlimited number of HP developers.

      4.  B@W CERTIFICATION PROGRAM

          4.1. B@W agrees to provide training on the B@W Toolkit for up to 50 HP
          Technical Consultants ("B@W Certification Program") as more fully
          described in Exhibit G. The price of the B@W Certification Program
                       ---------
          is listed in Exhibit E of this Agreement.
                       ---------

 5.  APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS

          5.1.  In connection with an Application development project resulting
          from a 
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          Solution Blueprint or for other Application development projects, B@W
          or HP may engage each other at the following rates for the purpose of
          providing additional services to customers:

               5.1.1.  B@W may engage HP employees as a subcontractor for
               services other than the Solution Blueprint, at $2,200 per day,
               plus reasonable travel and living expenses, within the United
               States, subject to availability. HP reserves the right to refuse
               delivery of services that conflict with standard HP offerings.


               5.1.2.  HP may engage B@W employees as subcontractors for
               services other than the Solutions Blueprint at the rates defined
               below subject to availability. B@W reserves the right to refuse
               delivery of services that conflict with standard B@W offerings

                    5.1.2.1  For B@W programmers, B@W will charge HP on an
                    hourly basis at a rate of $75 per hour.

                    5.1.2.2.  For B@W Solution Engineers, B@W will charge HP one
                    thousand one hundred dollars ($1,100) per person, per day.
                    plus reasonable travel and living expenses.

                    5.1.2.3.  For B@W Senior Solution Engineers, B@W will charge
                    HP one thousand three hundred dollars ($1,300) per person.
                    per day, plus reasonable travel and living expenses.

                    5.1.2.4.  For B@W Architect Engineers, B@W will charge HP
                    one thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500) per person, per
                    day, plus reasonable travel and living expenses.

               5.1.3.  These prices will be reviewed 12 months from the
               Effective Date of this Agreement and may be adjusted.

          5.2.  When customers purchase application development services from HP
          which will utilize the B@W Toolkit, either HP or the customer must
          purchase from B@W a development product license for each developer,
          but in no event less than three licenses, runtime license(s) for each
          system the application will be installed on, and an B@W software
          support contract for the specific development products in the B@W
          Toolkit that are used to develop the related Application at the then-
          current list price. Current prices for such products are listed in
          Exhibit A. HP may place orders with B@W on its customers' behalf.
          ---------

          5.3.  All software developed by the respective parties for their
          customers under Application development projects including, but not
          limited to, Components as defined in Section 1.2 herein shall be owned
          by the developing party without restriction and shall 
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          be unconditionally licensable to its customers on its normal and
          customary terms and conditions, without exception. See also Section
          7.1 herein.

    6.    SEMINARS

          6.1. The Component Revolution


               6.1.1.  B@W will develop and deliver for HP twenty (20) one-day
               seminars titled "The Component Revolution" for the price set
               forth in Exhibit E which includes room rental, catering and other
                        ---------
               costs incurred in setting up the seminar. B@W agrees not to
               deliver The Component Revolution with any other third-party
               during the term of this Agreement. The intent of these seminars
               is to develop another sales lead channel, besides the CTGroup
               Executive Seminars, for the Solution Blueprint and subsequent
               Application development engagements.

               6.1.2.  B@W and HP will have the right to invite customers,
               prospects, and target accounts to The Component Revolution. In
               addition, HP and B@W must mutually agree to include any
               additional sponsors of the seminar.

               6.1.3.  Dates and locations of the seminar must be mutually
               agreed upon by HP and B@W. B@W agrees to contract with John
               Donovan to be the lead speaker at a minimum of 10 seminars.
               Speaker fees, if any, will be paid for by B@W. The agenda of The
               Component Revolution is included as Exhibit H.
                                                   ----------

               6.1.4.  B@W shall own all right, title and interest in all of the
               written materials, software, graphics, and training aids
               developed and used for the Component Revolution seminars. HP and
               all attendees to these seminars will receive one copy of the
               materials for internal use only and subject to the restrictions
               that no one can reproduce the materials or make commercial use of
               them.

          6.2.      CTGroup Executive Seminar

               6.2.1.  During the term of this Agreement, B@W will have sales
               and technical representatives attend, at B@W's expense, every
               CTGroup Executive Seminar sponsored by HP around the world to
               promote and sell the Solution Blueprint.

    7.    COMPONENT STORE

          7.1.  B@W intends to establish a Component Store for the reuse of
          selected Components generated by the B@W Toolkit for various
          applications. HP may provide Components from applications HP has
          developed for its customers.

          7.2.  B@W will set the list price of Components in the Component
          Store. B@W agrees to the following payment structure for Components
          purchased from the 
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          Component Store as follows:


               7.2.1.  For those Components contributed by HP, HP will receive
               a discount of 40% off the published list price. For those
               Components not contributed by HP, HP will receive a discount of
               10% off the published list price

               7.2.2.  For Components contributed by HP that are purchased by a
               party other than HP, HP will receive a royalty of 30% of the
               published list price.

    8.    TECHNOLOGY

          8.1.  B@W agrees that the B@W Toolkit will be adapted to comply with
          the enterprise object model standard for which HP announces support
          (for example, DCE, OLE, CORBA or COM). HP agrees to communicate its
          plans regarding which enterprise object model standard it intends to
          support.

    9.    OWNERSHIP (Intentionally omitted)

    10.   TRADENAMES

          10.1.  Each party shall have the right to use the other party's name
          and the name of its products and services for identification purposes
          in delivering the Solution Blueprint and Component Revolution. Each
          party shall ensure that its use of such names complies with the
          specifications and guidelines provided for them by the other party,
          and agrees to take no action that would in any way infringe the other
          party's rights in its names or marks. Neither party shall obtain any
          right, title or interest in the names or marks of the other party
          pursuant to this Agreement.

    11.   WARRANTY

          11.1.  B@W warrants that:

               11.1.1.  It has full power and authority to grant the rights
               under this Agreement;

               11.1.2.  The B@W Toolkit will operate substantially in accordance
               with the specifications listed in the Documentation and any
               relevant data sheet or promotional literature distributed by B@W;
               and

               11.1.3.  The B@W Toolkit, related Documentation and Seminar
               Materials do not violate or infringe any third party's
               Intellectual Property Rights and that B@W is not aware of any
               facts upon which such a claim for infringement could be based.

II             2.  EXCEPT AS EXPRESSLY PROVIDED IN THIS SECTION 11, B@W
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          MAKES NO OTHER WARRANTIES, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED,
          REGARDING THE B@W TOOLKIT, RELATED DOCUMENTATION
          AND SEMINAR MATERIALS, INCLUDING AS TO THEIR
          MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR ANY PARTICULAR
          PURPOSE.

    12.   INDEMNIFICATION

          12.1.  B@W shall defend, indemnify, and hold harmless HP and its
          affiliates, subsidiaries, third party distributors, subcontractors and
          customers from and against all claims, losses, demands, fees, damages,
          liabilities, costs, expenses, obligations, causes of action, suits or
          injuries of any kind or nature, arising from:

               12.1.1. Any actual or claimed infringements of Intellectual
               Property Rights with respect to the B@W Toolkit, related
               documentation and Seminar Materials; or

               12.1.2.  B@W's breach of its representations and warranties set
               forth in Section 11.1 above.

               12.1.3.  HP shall promptly provide information and assistance, at
               B@W's expense, for any defense of HP as required pursuant to
               Section 12.1.1  above.

          12.2. Both parties shall defend and indemnify each other against any
          third party claim, and pay all costs of such defense and settlement
          and any costs and damages finally awarded against the indemnified
          party arising from a party's unauthorized representation, warranty or
          commitment made on behalf of the other party.

          12.3.  In addition to the indemnity requirements above, if the use by
          HP or its affiliates, subsidiaries, third party distributors,
          subcontractors or customers of any B@W Toolkit, related Documentation
          and Seminar Materials is enjoined, B@W shall at its expense use its
          best efforts to procure the right for HP and its customers to continue
          using the infringing B@W Toolkit, related Documentation and Seminar
          Materials. If B@W is unable to do so, B@W shall make best efforts to:

                    12.3.l.l. Replace  the  infringing  B@W  Toolkit,  related
                    Documentation and Seminar Materials with noninfringing
                    program documentation or materials of equivalent function
                    and performance, or;

                    12.3.1.2. Modify the infringing B@W Toolkit, related
                    documentation and Seminar Materials to be noninfringing.

          12.4.  B@W shall be relieved of its obligations under Sections 12.1
          and 12.3 to the extent that the actual or claimed infringement arises
          solely out of: (i) the unauthorized 
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          modification of a B@W Toolkit, related documentation and Seminar
          Materials if such claim would have been avoided but for such
          modification or (ii) the unauthorized combination, operation or use of
          the B@W Toolkit related documentation or Seminar Materials with
          products not contemplated herein if such claim would have been avoided
          but for such combination, operation or use.

          12.5.  THIS SECTION 12 STATES THE ENTIRE LIABILITY OF B@W WITH RESPECT
          TO ANY CLAIM OF INFRINGEMENT OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS BY THE
          B@W TOOLKIT, RELATED DOCUMENTATION AND SEMINAR MATERIALS. THE
          OBLIGATION SET FORTH IN THIS SECTION SHALL NOT BE LIMITED IN ANY WAY
          BY ANY OTHER PROVISIONS OF THIS AGREEMENT, INCLUDING THE LIMITATION OF
          LIABILITY PROVISION BELOW.

    13.   LIMITATION ON LIABILITY

          13.1  EXCEPT AS EXPRESSLY PROVIDED IN THIS AGREEMENT, IN NO EVENT
          SHALL EITHER B@W OR HP BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, SPECIAL,
          INCIDENTAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING LOSS OF PROFITS)
          ARISING OUT OF ANY PERFORMANCE OF THIS AGREEMENT, OR IN FURTHERANCE OF
          THE PROVISIONS AND OBJECTIVES OF THIS AGREEMENT, WHETHER SUCH DAMAGES
          ARE BASED ON TORT, CONTRACT, OR ANY OTHER LEGAL THEORY AND WHETHER
          ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.

    14.   CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION

          14.1. During the term of this Agreement, either party may receive or
          have access to technical information, as well as information about
          product plans and strategies, promotions, customers and related non-
          technical business information which the disclosing party considers to
          be confidential ("Confidential Information"). All Confidential
          Information shall either (i) be marked as confidential at the time of
          disclosure, or (ii) if unmarked when disclosed but treated as
          confidential (e.g. disclosed orally), be described in a written
          memorandum sent to the recipient's Program Manager within thirty days
          after disclosure. Confidential Information does not include
          information that:

               14.1.1. Was in the recipient's possession before receipt from the
               discloser;

               14.1.2. Is or becomes a matter of public knowledge through no
               fault of the recipient;

               14.1.3. Is rightfully received by the recipient from a third
               party without a duty of confidentiality;

               14.1.4. Is disclosed by the discloser to a third party without a
               duty of confidentiality on the third party;
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               14.1.5. Is independently developed by the recipient; or

               14.1.6. Is disclosed under operation of law.

          14.2. A recipient of Confidential Information shall protect such
          Information by using the same degree of care, but no less than a
          reasonable degree of care, as the recipient uses to protect its own
          information of a similar nature. A recipient shall restrict access to
          Confidential Information to its employees and subcontractors having a
          need to know.

          14.3.  A recipient's obligations of confidentiality shall continue for
          three years from the date of disclosure.

          1 4.4.  A recipient of Confidential Information agrees that:

               14.4.1. The discloser may be irreparably injured by a disclosure
               of Confidential Information in violation of this Agreement; and

  14.4.2. In addition to any other remedies available at law or in equity, the
               discloser may seek an injunction to prevent or stop any
               unauthorized disclosure.

          14.5. The B@W Toolkit in object code form, related Documentation and
          Seminar Materials provided to HP hereunder are deemed non-
          confidential, and HP is not under any obligation to B@W provided HP
          complies with the terms of this Agreement, to restrict access to or
          use of such B@W Toolkit in object code form, related Documentation and
          Seminar Materials.

    15.   PRICING & TERMS OF PAYMENT


          15.1.  Unless otherwise agreed in writing, each party shall be solely
          responsible for its own costs and expenses in fulfilling the
          obligations defined in this Agreement.

          15.2.  Payment for the B@W Toolkit, B@W Certification Program and the
          Component Revolution shall be net 35 days after receipt by HP of an
          appropriate invoice from B@W.

          15.3.  Prices for the B@W Certification Program, the B@W Toolkit, and
          the Component Revolution are outlined in Exhibit E.
                                                   ---------

          15.4. Both parties shall maintain appropriate records, for a period of
          three years, in sufficient detail to allow for verification of
          compliance with the provisions of this Agreement. Either party may,
          not more than once per year, upon 15 days written notice of the other
          party, engage at such party's expense, an independent auditor who will
          be given reasonable access during business hours to such records for
          verifying compliance. Such 
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          independent auditor will be subject to approval of the other party,
          which approval will not be unreasonably withheld.

          15.5.  B@W shall be solely responsible for all taxes on all payments
          made to B@W by HP under this Agreement, including all state and local
          use, sales, property (ad valorem) and similar taxes.

    16.   TERM OF AGREEMENT

          16.1.  Unless otherwise terminated earlier under this Section, this
          Agreement shall commence as of the Effective Date and shall continue
          for a period of two (2) years after such date.  This Agreement will
          renew automatically for additional one (1) year periods unless written
          notice is given by one party to the other as to its intention not to
          renew this Agreement at least thirty (30) days prior to the end of the
          initial or any subsequent term.

          16.2. Either party may terminate this Agreement if the other party
          breaches this Agreement and if such breach is not cured within thirty
          days after notice from the non-breaching party advising of such
          breach. For purposes of this Section 12.2, to the extent permitted by
          applicable law, a breach of this Agreement shall include without
          limitation either party:

                 16.2.1.  Being the subject of a petition in bankruptcy, whether
                 voluntary or involuntary;

                 16.2.2.  Having a receiver or an assignee for the benefit of
                 creditors being appointed, with or without such party's
                 consent, becoming insolvent, or ceasing to do business in the
                 normal course.


          16.3. Notwithstanding any termination of this Agreement, HP'S and Hp's
          customers' license to use the B@W Toolkit and related Documentation
          and all B@W Toolkit runtime licenses for which HP or its customer has
          made payment on prior to termination shall survive. Notwithstanding
          any termination of this Agreement, B@W and HP agree to complete any
          Solutions Blueprint that was initiated prior to termination. The
          payment structure described in Section 7.2 for sales of Components
          shall survive termination of this Agreement.

          16.4.  Notwithstanding any termination of this Agreement, the
          provisions of this Agreement regarding support, prices, warranty,
          indemnification, limitation of liability, confidentiality, effect of
          termination and the miscellaneous provisions shall survive.

    17.   NON-EXCLUSIVE AGREEMENT

          17.1.  Except as provided in Sections 2.5 and 6.1.1 above, nothing in
          this Agreement shall be construed to preclude either party from
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          independently developing, acquiring or marketing products and services
          that may perform similar or identical functions as those products and
          services provided by the other party including, but not limited to the
          Solution Blueprint and the Component Revolution.

    18.   MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

          18.1.  Unless otherwise stated, all notices required under this
          Agreement shall be in writing and shall be considered given upon
          personal delivery of the written notice or within forty eight (48)
          hours after deposit in the U.S. Mail, certified or registered, and
          appropriately addressed to the  respective Program Manager listed in
          Exhibit I.

          18.2.  Each party agrees not to publicize or disclose the terms of
          this Agreement to any third party without the consent of the other,
          except as required by law and except for disclosure in confidence to
          each party's legal and financial advisors. In particular, no press
          releases shall be made without the mutual consent of the parties.

          18.3.  The relationship of HP and B@W under this Agreement is that of
          independent contractors, and neither party shall be considered an
          employee, agent, partner or joint venture of the other.

          18.4.  Nonperformance of either party will be excused to the extent
          that performance is rendered impossible by strike, fire, flood,
          governmental acts or order or restrictions or other similar reason
          where failure to perform is beyond the control and not caused by the
          negligence of the non-performing party, provided that the non-
          performing party gives prompt notice of such conditions to the other
          party and makes all reasonable efforts to perform.

          18.5.  Each party shall, in performing this Agreement, comply with all
          applicable laws and regulations, including export laws and
          regulations.

          18.6.  The captions of Sections of this Agreement are for reference
          only and are not to be construed in any way as terms.

          18.7.  Neither party may assign or transfer any of the rights or
          responsibilities set forth herein without the express written consent
          of the other patty and any purported attempt to do so shall be deemed
          void.

          18.8.  Neither party's failure to exercise any of its rights
          hereunder shall constitute or be deemed a waiver or forfeiture of any
          such rights.

          18.9.  Each Exhibit referred to in this Agreement is incorporated in
          full in this Agreement wherever reference to it is made.

          18.10. This document represents the entire agreement between the
          parties as to the matters set
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          forth and integrates all prior discussions or understandings between
          them. This Agreement may only be modified by a writing signed by
          authorized representatives of the parties.

          18.11.  This Agreement is made under and shall be construed in
          accordance with the laws of the State of Massachusetts,
          notwithstanding any choice of law provisions.

          18.12.  This Agreement shall be fairly interpreted in accordance with
          its terms without any strict construction in favor of or against
          either party and that ambiguities shall not be interpreted against the
          drafting party. Any ambiguities in this Agreement shall be interpreted
          in accordance with the objective stated in the recitals.

   19.  EXHIBITS

        The following Exhibits are attached to and made part of this Agreement.
        In the event of conflict between this Agreement and the attached
        Exhibits, this Agreement will prevail.

        Exhibit A B@W   Toolkit Description and Current List Prices
        Exhibit B       Solution Blueprint Datasheet
        Exhibit C       Solution Blueprint - Portable Hardware Requirements
        Exhibit D-1     Solution Blueprint - Process & Rules of Engagement
        Exhibit D-2     Solution Blueprint - Template Proposal & Schedule
        Exhibit D-3     Solution Blueprint - Work Breakdown Structure
        Exhibit E       Pricing
        Exhibit F       B@W Toolkit Support
        Exhibit G       B@W Certification Program for HP Technical Consultants
        Exhibit H       Proposed agenda of "The Component Revolution"
        Exhibit I       Program Managers



THE PARTIES HEREBY INDICATE THEIR ACCEPTANCE OF THIS
AGREEMENT AS OF THE EFFECTIVE DATE BY THEIR SIGNATURES
BELOW:

BUSINESS@WEB, INCORPORATED

By: /s/ James Nondorf
    ---------------------------

Printed Name: James Nondorf
              ----------------------

Title: President
       ----------------------------

HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY

By: /s/ Glenn Osaka
    ------------------------------

Printed Name: Glenn Osaka
              --------------------------

Title: Worldwide General Manager
       ------------------------------
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Exhibit A

The OpenScape product line from Business@Web

The OpenScape product line from Business@Web is the first component-based
development environment that spans the enterprise, the corporate intranet and
the internet. Using OpenScape is the quickest way to create secure, interactive
Web pages. The OpenScape approach allows developers to create shareable,
reusable software components (both visual and logical) for maximum flexibility.

These components can then be assembled in a "plug-and-play" fashion to create:
- -  GUI-based client/server applications;
- -  dynamic workflow applications that integrate familiar desktop products;
- -  graphical Web application for the corporate intranet;
- -  secure, interactive Web applications for the global internet.

OpenScape contains the following core features:
- -  Visual Component Builder - a Visual Basic-like environment for painting and
   scripting reusable visual components: no complex HTML or Java coding is
   required;
- -  Component Workbench - a graphical environment for the storage, categorization
   and browsing of components; and absolutely necessary feature for effective
   reuse of software components; the Component Workbench also provides for the
   integration of "best-of-breed" third-party tools;
- -  Component Engine - the dynamic runtime mechanism which allows OpenScape
   components to execute in a variety of computing environments simultaneously;
   the Component Engine handles all of the communication and interface
   translation between disparate standards, such a OLE and DCE.

The capabilities of OpenScape can be greatly enhanced with the use of
OpenExtensions. OpenExtensions allow OpenScape components to be accessed from
multiple environments, such as off-the-shelf OLE applications. OpenExtensions
also allow OpenScape components to access and integrate popular third-party
environments, such as OSF DCE, CORBA, and SAP R/3. A number of OpenExtensions
are currently available or under development:
- -  OpenExtension for OLE Containers - This OpenExtension allows OLE-enabled
   desktop applications (such as Visual Basic, Word, and Excel) to contain
   visual components built with OpenScape; this OpenExtension also allows these
   same OLE applications to make external calls to logical OpenScape components:
   the OpenExtension for OLE Containers provides the most flexible way to create
   dynamic workflow applications and "living documents;"
- -  OpenExtension for ODBC - This OpenExtension allows developers to make calls
   to ODBC drivers from their OpenScape components; this allows the integration
   of data from any ODBC-enabled data source;
- -  OpenExtension for Middleware - This OpenExtension allows developers to create
   logical OpenScape components that interface with existing client/server
   applications built with various middleware products (such as Open
   Environments Entera, OSF's DCE, and OMG's CORBA);
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  this allows back-end enterprise data and functionality to be incorporated into
  Web pages and OLE desktop applications (such as Excel spreadsheets); a utility
  is included which automatically generates the necessary abstract component
  descriptions from an IDL file; Entera/TCP access is available today;
  Entera/DCE access will be available 4/96; native DCE access and CORBA access
  will be available 6/96.
- -  OpenExtension for SAP (available 4/96) - This OpenExtension allows developers
   to automatically generate component descriptions that interface with SAP R/3
   ABAP code, by way of SAP-native remote function calls (RFCs); with this
   OpenExtension developers can quickly create customized applications and Web
   pages which access SAP transactions that are specific to a given user
   community-- without providing the entire SAP client to those users:
- -  OpenExtension for Virtual Databases (available 4/96) - This OpenExtension
   allows developers to configure a virtual view into multiple data sources
   simultaneously: application developers will not need specific knowledge of a
   databases table or file structure when writing business rules or presentation
   rules; this OpenExtension provides automated access to over 30 relational and
   legacy data sources (such as Oracle, Sybase, Access, Btrieve, DB2, Non-stop
   SQL, RMS, VSAM, IDMS, etc.)
- -  OpenExtension for Functionality Components (available 6/96) - This
   OpenExtension will allow developers to create distributable business rules in
   VBA. No third-generation language coding will be necessary for writing
   business rules.

OpenScape Special Development Configurations

For the convenience of the customer, OpenScape products may be purchased in a
number of pre-defined Special Development Configurations (SDC), as well as a la
carte. These SDCs can offer significant cost savings to Business@Web's
customers. Various SDCs are offered that target developers in desktop,
workgroup, and enterprise environments. The following page contains a table
which details the products, features and functionality included in each
configuration.

OpenScape Desktop configurations: The quickest way to build interactive Web
pages

OpenScape Desktop configurations are targeted at individuals who want to build
graphical Web pages using a familiar Visual Basic-style tool (instead of using
complex HTML or Java). There are three desktop configurations available. A free
version (OpenScape Free Version) is available for download from Business@Web's
Web site (www.busweb.com). This evaluation version allows the creation of stand-
- -alone visual components that operate in popular Web browsers, such as Netscape
and Mosaic. For more advanced Web developers, the standard OpenScape product
adds the ability to contain OCXs and call external DLL's. The OpenScape Pro
configuration, which includes the OpenExtension for OLE Containers, is available
for the serious desktop developer who wants to create OCXs and OLE controls for
use in desktop OLE applications (such as Visual Basic and Microsoft Excel). The
OpenScape Pro configuration also includes the OpenExtension for ODBC, which
allows OpenScape components to call local ODBC drivers in order to integrate
data from Microsoft Access (or other ODBC-enabled databases).

OpenScape Workgroup configuration: Integrating corporate data with secure three-
tiered internet applications
The OpenScape Workgroup configuration is targeted at small development teams
building departmental applications. The products included in this configuration
provide all the capabilities of the OpenScape Pro configuration. In addition,
this configuration allows 
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development teams to define and build logical business rule and data access
components in a three-tiered fashion that can be distributed across a network.
OpenScape Workgroup will also include the OpenExtension for Virtual Databases
and OpenExtension for Functionality Components, when available. OpenScape
Workgroup provides a straightforward method of building secure applications that
expose departmental data to a corporate intranet or the global internet.

OpenScape Enterprise configuration: The complete set of products for integrating
enterprise data and legacy systems into a distributed component architecture

The OpenScape Enterprise configuration is targeted at larger development teams
who need to build secure, boast applications that execute on both the corporate
WAN and the global internet. The products included in this configuration provide
all the capabilities of the OpenScape Workgroup configuration. OpenScape
Enterprise also integrates enterprise-wide data from relational sources and
legacy systems. The OpenExtension for Middleware is included in this
configuration, providing access to Entera servers, native DCE servers (when
available), and CORBA objects (when available). Other optional OpenExtensions
allow development teams to integrate environments such as SAP R/3. The
Enterprise configuration will also include a multi-developer repository (The
OpenRepository) in June 1996.
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Configuration Feature/Function breakdown
                                                                  OpenScape     OpenScape   OpenScape   OpenScape   OpenScape
                                                                  Free version                 Pro      Workgroup   Enterprise
<S>                                                               <C>           <C>         <C>         <C>         <C>
Visual Component Builder                                              x             x           x           x           x

Component Workbench                                                   x             x           x           x           x

Component Engine                                                      x             x           x           x           x

VBA comparible scripting language                                     x             x           x           x           x

Place components (as NetScape plug-ins) into                          x             x           x           x           x
HTML documents to create interactive Web pages      

Execute components as stand-alone applications                        x             x           x           x           x

Selectively isolate visual components from other                      x             x           x           x           x
desktop applications (for internet security)

On-line documentation with context-sensitive help                     x             x           x           x           x

Access NetScape API from VBA scripting language                       x             x           x           x           x

16-bit and 32-bit support                                             x             x           x           x           x

Contain OCXs and OLE objects in visual                                              x           x           x           x
components

Make calls to OLE Automation servers                                                x           x           x           x

Make calls to external DLLs                                                         x           x           x           x

Make DDE calls                                                                      x           x           x           x

OpenExtension for ODBC which                                                                    x           x           x
- -  allows calls to local ODBC drivers
- -  provides access to local ODBC result tables

OpenExtension for OLE Containers, which                                                         x           x           x
- -  exposes visual components as OCXs or OLE
   objects
- -  provides "form-in-form" capability
   allows the creation of non-visual OCXs

OpenExtension for Middleware which                                                                          x           x
automatically integrates
- -  Entera services
- -  native DCE servers**
- -  CORBA objects

Server development software for NT which allows                                                             x           x
developer to:
- -  build and execute business rule components
   on Windows NT
 - access relational data on Windows NT
 - distribute and execute components across
   multiple machines

Distributed Component Engine, allowing SSL                                                                  x           x
communications for secure Internet applications

OpenExtensions for Virtual Databases, allowing                                                              x           x
developers to create virtual views of multiple
disparate databases*

OpenExtension for Funtionality Components                                                                   x           x
allowing business rules to be written in VBA script

UNIX server development software, allowing                                                                              x
developers to:
- - Build and execute business rule components
  on UNIX
- - Access relational data on UNIX
- - Access legacy data

Multi-developer component repository**                                                                                 x

Automated component management tool                                                                                    x

- ------------
*available April 1996   **available June 1996
</TABLE> 

 
 
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Version 1.x Special Development Configurations (per concurrent developer)

Desktop Configuration I - OpenScape Free Version          FREE
Desktop Configuration II - OpenScape                $   145.00
Desktop Configuration III - OpenScape Pro*          $   395.00
OpenScape Workgroup*                                $ 3,495.00
OpenScape Enterprise*                               $18,000.00

*Documentation manuals included
 


Version 1.4x OpenScape Development Product Pricing (per concurrent developer)

MFV014x       OpenScape Free Version                      FREE
MOS014x       OpenScape                             $   145.00
MOL014x       OpenExtension for OLE Containers      $   199.00
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MOD014x       OpenExtension for ODBC                 $    99.00
MEN014x       OpenExtension for Middleware           $ 2,800.00
MDM014x       OpenScape documentation manuals        $    30.00
 
Version 1.5x OpenScape Development Product Pricing (per concurrent developer)
Available 4196
MFV015x       OpenScape Free Version                      FREE
MOS015x       OpenScape                             $   145.00
MOL015x       OpenExtension for OLE Containers      $   199.00
MOD015x       OpenExtension for ODBC                $    99.00
MEN015x       OpenExtension for Middleware          $ 2,800.00
MSP015x       OpenExtension for SAP                 $15,000.00
MDB015x       OpenExtension for Virtual Databases   $ 2,500.00
MDM015x       OpenScape documentation manuals       $    50.00
 
Version 2.0x OpenScape Development Product/Configuration Pricing (per current
developer)
Available 6/96
                                           OpenScape    OpenScape    OpenScape
                                              Pro       Workgroup    Enterprise
MOS020x  OpenScape                         $   145.00   $   145.00   $    145.00
MOL020x  OpenExtension for OLE Containers  $   199.00   $   199.00   $    199.00
MOD020x  OpenExtension for ODBC            $    99.00   $    99.00   $     99.00
MDB020x  OpenExtension for Virtual Databases            $ 2,500.00   $  2,500.00
MFC020x  OpenExtension for Functionality Components     $ 1,500.00   $  1,500.00
MEN020x  OpenExtension for Middleware                                $  6,000.00
MRP020x  OpenRepository                                              $    450.00
MDM020x  OpenScape documentation manuals   $    50.00   $    50.00   $     50.00
 
  TOTAL LIST PRICE                         $   493.00   $ 4,493.00   $ 10,943.00
  Configuration Discount                     ($98.00)    ($998.00)   ($1,943.00)
  SPECIAL CONFIGURATION PRICE              $   395.00   $ 3,495.00   $  9,000.00

Note that all above products can be purchased either a la carte or as part of a
 special development configuration
 
Version 2.0 products not included in any special development configuration (per
 concurrent developer)

MFV020x  OpenScape Free Version            FREE         FREE         FREE
MSP020x  OpenExtension for SAP             $15,000.00   $15,000.00   $ 15,000.00
 
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                                                                       EXHIBIT B

Solution Blueprint

At A Glance                                          Fast Track to Open Systems


What's the next step?

Now that you and your organization have decided to move ahead in the
implementation of open systems, how do you proceed? Defining and focusing on the
next step will impact the future client/server and object architecture that you
implement. That is why Hewlett-Packard (HP) and Object Power (OP) have created
the Solution Blueprint. Consultants from HP and OP will immediately begin
working with your team to identify and analyze an existing or new application to
construct in a three-tiered, client-server environment.

Project Plan
Implementing complex applications at the enterprise, business unit, or
individual business process level can be a risky and costly undertaking. The
Solution Blueprint is designed to examine these projects with the objectives of
minimizing cost and risk, and maximizing application functionality. The project
plan will deliver to you a complete, documented development, implementation and
production recommendations for your selected application. The Blueprint findings
are formally delivered with an executive presentation and a live demonstration
of the prototype application.

The Process
The process begins with identifying an executive sponsor, a Development Project
Team and a User Group Team from your organization. Through a review of specific
business processes, the team will document the business case, user requirements,
current infrastructure and preliminary ROI findings. Users drive the process to
define the system interface. The Development Project Team works on defining the
hardware, software and networking infrastructure to support this application.

Project Deliverables
Key project deliverables include:
- - Review of Business Goals
- - User & Functionality Requirements
- - Review of current infrastructure
- - Review of target infrastructure
- - Defined Business Case
- - Infrastructure Macro Design
- - Staff Training Requirements
- - Project Development & Implementation Plan
- - Executive Presentation
- - Blueprint Findings Document

Key Benefits
Defining Clear Path to Open Systems
The Blueprint process will examine your options, weigh the tradeoffs and assess
the risks for implementing the application into a three-tiered architecture.

Defined Business Case
Establishes a firm business case for the project within a fixed budget and time
frame.

Combined Expertise
The Solutions Blueprint delivers both HP and OP expertise in a unique consulting
service. HP and OP have combined their expertise to provide the technologies and
methodologies to insure your successful transition to open systems.

For further information contact your Hewlett-Packard or Object Power sales
representative.
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                                   EXHIBIT C

Solution Blueprint - Portable Hardware Requirements

Laptop

Windows 3.1              540 Megabytes disk
Visual Basic             3.0  Color 486/66+
Entera 2.11              ER WIN
TCP/IP(TBD)              Help Magician
X-Window (TBD)           MS Project
SLIP/PPP                 Fax software
DOS 6.2                  MS Office
Modem                    OP Version 1.0
16 Meg memory

UNIX Box

Oracle Database          Entera 2.11
HP-UX 9.05               SQL*Net/I-Net
Open Client/Open Server  DRDA/DDCS
SNA Plus                 Ingres Net
DCE Suite of Tools       Openview/Operations Center
ANSI C Compiler          ANSI C++ Compiler
OP Version 1.0           HUB - Ethernet - 8 Ports
10 Base T                Coax Capabilities
2 Gigs



                                  EXHIBIT D-1

SOLUTION BLUEPRINT - PROCESS & RULES OF ENGAGEMENT

Customer Attends CTGroup Executive Seminar

Customer expresses desire for follow-up on Solution

Program Mgrs. (B@W & HP) generate leads list

Production Plan Funnel and posted by PM's

HP PM identifies HP SR and TC, B@W SR, and adds to Production Funnel

HP PM notifies HP SR of customer contact, potential

B@W SR coordinates with HP TC and SR to develop sales
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HP PM circulates Production Funnel to all listed
[C]
HP PM monitors progress, updates central Production

B@W SR, HP TC/SR generate Solution Blueprint

Blueprint Proposal is to HP/B@W team for

Proposal returned to B@W with Attachment A for HP work

B@W/HP SR submits proposal to customer.

Customer submits P.O. to B@W. B@W contracts with HP

HP and B@W schedule engagement, PM updates Production Plan Funnel

Blueprint done, HP TC takes ownership for next steps proposal with SR program

Legend:

PM = Program Manager
SR = Sales Representative
TC = Technical Consultant



                                  EXHIBIT D-2


               Solution Blueprint - Template Proposal & Schedule


SOLUTION BLUEPRINT PROPOSAL FOR ACME BOTTLING CORPORATION


1.  INTRODUCTION

Object Power, Inc. (OPI) and Hewlett-Packard (HP) are pleased to present ACME
Bottling Corporation (ABC) with our proposal for a Solution Blueprint of their
Customer Information System (CIS). By combining leading-edge development tools,
open systems hardware, analysis and development methodologies, and project
services from our two companies, we can provide the direction and experience
necessary to define a new paradigm in application development for ABC. By
partnering with OPI and HP, ABC will have a unique opportunity to 
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explore the latest technologies and development methodologies available in open
Systems computing.

ABC's recent participation in the HP Key Executive Program at Cambridge
Technology Group generated interest in an open, standards-based application
architecture for the development of a new component-based application. Professor
John Donovan's lectures and conversations with ABC contributed to increased
interest and subsequent discussions to explore a strategic project at ABC.

As a result, OPI and HP have partnered to provide this Solution Blueprint
Proposal to ABC. The proposed Blueprint will assess ABC's strategic application,
CIS, and develop a plan for architecting it into a flexible, three-tiered,
object-oriented, standards-based application that leverages their existing
investments in legacy applications.

The long-term goal for this project is the deployment of a new, flexible CIS
system that leverages ABC's existing system infrastructure and which allows ABC
to re-engineer and/or expand the application functionality to meet your ever-
changing business needs. The Solution Blueprint is a five-week engagement that
provides ABC with a project implementation plan and the design specifications
for CIS, including training, hardware, software, and network requirements.



2.  SOLUTION BLUEPRINT APPROACH

OPI and HP will conduct the Solution Blueprint in three stages over the five-
week period. The first stage will analyze and asses ABC's current
infrastructure, user and functionality requirements, and the business case for
the re-engineering CIS. The second stage will focus on defining ABC's target
architecture and defining the user interfaces. The third stage will focus on
training your project team and building a pilot of the CIS application.

Stage One
 . Assess and understand the business issues and critical success factors of ABC
  as they relate to CIS.
 . Assess and understand ABC's current infrastructure issues pertinent to CIS.
 . Analyze and understand the existing application architecture of CIS.
 . Conduct and document User Interviews. CIS users will be able to provide us
  with the detail and insight necessary to properly re-engineer the CIS
  application.

Stage Two
 . Assess and understand the existing environment and architecture as they relate
  to CIS.
 . Develop a Macro Design of the target architecture including data sources, data
  access methods, security issues, version control, distribution requirements,
  software, networking, and hardware infrastructure.
 . Analyze and design a framework for user interfaces. ABC personnel will be
  required to make key decisions on the implementation of the new user
  interface. Issues such as GUI versus character-based, menus, buttons, and 
  template design will be resolved.

Stage Three
 . Build a working pilot of the CIS application which will be the basis for your
  new application.
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 . Train the ABC project team to develop and manager enterprise-wide, three-
tiered, client-server, and object-oriented applications.
 . Present project findings including a project implementation plan,
recommendations, and a demonstration of the CIS pilot application.



3.  SOLUTION BLUEPRINT DELIVERABLES

The Solution Blueprint Report is the primary project deliverable. It includes a
review of the existing infrastructure, as well as an infrastructure design to
support the new application. It details what ABC will need in order to re-
engineer the CIS application, from training to hardware to software to
networking.

The Report also provides a more broad, enterprise-wide analysis of ABC's
awareness and readiness to move to open systems. Based on data from companies in
the same industry, ABC will see how they stack up against the competition. This
data will also be used to form a set of recommendations for driving the changes
necessary to put ABC at the top of the open systems curve.

Finally, the Blueprint deliverables are presented to all involved parties at
ABC. First, based on your user and functionality requirements, OPI and HP will
demonstrate the CIS prototype. This prototype is designed to be the starting
point of a complete CIS application. For ABC's technical team, there will be an
in-depth explanation of the prototype, development methodologies, and
development tools. Finally, based on the project plan for development and
deployment of CIS, OPI and HP recommended next steps for ABC. This project plan
will include well-defined pricing estimates, so the real implementation costs of
the project can be identified for rolling-out the completed CIS application.

Solution BluePrint Deliverables:
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1.  Solution Blueprint Report

2.  Application Analysis and Business Case Statement: Problem definition,
Critical Success Factors, Strategy, and Mission Statement as they relate to the
CIS.

3.  Prototype of CIS: Demonstrating the benefits of a three-tiered, component
architecture.

4.  Implementation Plan: The implementation plan will cover all the steps
necessary to implement a successful new CIS from macro design to training. It
will include:

 . User Interface (Look and Feel) Requirements
 . Macro Design of Target Architecture (Hardware, Software, & Networking)
 . Development and Production Requirements
 . Project Implementation Plan with Suggested Intermediate Checkpoints
 . Training Plan for Basic Skills, Technical Tools Training,

5.  Implementation Cost Estimates: Well-defined estimates for development and
deployment of the CIS application, including a project timeline, costs, and
resources necessary.
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6.  Formal Presentation: Solution Blueprint findings presented to ABC project
team.



4.  RESOURCE REQUIREMENTS

OPI and HP would like access to the following ABC resources for the duration of
the Solution Blueprint. These resources should be made available on an as needed
basis. OPI will try to provide reasonable advance notice and be flexible on time
constraints as many of these resources may be occupied with their normal
responsibilities.

ABC Resources for Solution Blueprint

 . Executive Sponsor: The Executive Sponsor should be available to oversee the
project and attend all checkpoints and status meetings. He/She should also
assist in providing an understanding of quantitative and qualitative factors
influencing the decision to facilitate the development of the application. The
Executive Sponsor must be able to ensure the availability of necessary resources
required to ensure the success of the project.

 . Project Manager: The Project Manager will be responsible for coordinating
ABC's resources with OPI and HP. He/She will be the focal point of all issues,
resources, data, and other requirements. The Project Manager should also provide
day-to-day management of ABC's project team.

 . User Representatives: The User Representatives should have an in-depth
understanding of the functionality and user interface of the existing system and
should have the ability and authority to make key decisions regarding the
functionality and interface of the new application.

 . Technical Architect: The Technical Architect should have a complete
understanding of ABC's existing systems infrastructure. He/She should be
empowered to make recommendations and decisions for the new CIS application.

 . Database Specialist: The Database Specialist should have a thorough
understanding of the existing database design and an understanding of potential
changes required to implement the application. He/She should also be able to
provide a brief history of the database design and explanations of the key
design decisions made to date.

 . Technical Support Specialist: The Technical Support Specialist should be
familiar with all of ABC's hardware, software and networking products and should
be responsible for working with OPI and HP to configure an appropriate
environment for development and production of the new CIS application.


Facilities Resources required for the Solution Blueprint are as follows:

 . Customer Commitment
 . Workspace or Conference Room
 . Networked Laser Printer
 . Fax Machine
 . Systems Access
 . Network Access
 . Outside Phone Lines
 . LCD Panel or Projection Capabilities
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OPI and HP Resources:

Two full-time consultants will be assigned to the ABC project from HP and OPI In
addition, we will have several resources working at our home offices to support
the project. The project team will include the following:

 . Project Manager: The Project Manager will facilitate communication between
ABC, OPI and HP. Also, this consultant would be responsible for helping define
the resources needed and confirm their availability.

 . Technical Development Specialist(s): The Technical Development Specialist(s)
are experienced three-tiered, client-server and object developers specializing
in defining and developing specifications for software. They will serve as a
resource for the investigation team in areas such as database interaction, code
design, and DCE functionality.

 . Training Specialist(s): The Training Specialist(s) will focus on training
ABC's project team in three-tiered, enterprise-wide, client-server, and
component application development. The main goal is to educate, prepare, and
empower your team for the implementation of CIS in your environment.
Additionally, we will begin preparing them to develop and implement future
mission critical applications for ABC.

5. PRICING/ TERMS AND CONDITIONS

    The cost for the five-week Solution Blueprint for ACME Bottling Corporation
    as defined in this Proposal is $132,000.00 USD, plus expenses.
   ITEM                                                        PRICE
   Solution Blueprint for ACME 
   Bottling Corporation                                        $132,000.00 USD
   __________________________________________________________  Plus Expenses
                                                            
   TOTAL                                                       $132,000.00 USD
   _________________________________________________________   Plus Expenses
                                                            

 The terms for payment include 50% to be invoiced prior to Week 1 of the
 Solution Blueprint and 50% upon completion of Week 5. This proposal will remain
 in effect for thirty (30) days. A mutually agreed upon proposal will be valid
 only upon receipt of a Formal Purchase Order from ACME Bottling Corporation.

                       Business@Web, Inc.
                       219 Vassar Street
                       Cambridge, MA 02139
                       Tel: (617) 876-0038
                       Fax: (617) 499-1777
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Sample Solution Blueprint Project Schedule

Week 1
Monday
User Interviews
Kick-Off Meeting
Executive Interviews
Manager Interviews
Tuesday
  User Interviews
Meeting w/ Project Leader
Focus Group Sessions
I.S. Manager Interview
Wednesday  
  Current Infrastructure
Database Adm. Interview
Operations Mgr. Interview
Networking Mgr. Interview
Appl. Devl. Mgr. Interview
Thursday
  Draft Documentation
On-site Analysis of Interviews, Meetings, and Group Discussions. Document
Findings for Business case, User Requirements, and Functionality Requirements of
Selected Application.
Friday
  Draft Documentation
On-site Analysis of Current Infrastructure. Document Findings.
Checkpoint Meeting with Executive Sponsor.
Submit Draft to Executive.
Highlights of Week's Activities. Updates.

Week 2
Monday
GUI Prototype
Identify User requirement
Workflows / Processes
Prioritizations

Macro Design
Identify Data Sources
Identify Access Methods
Define Appl. Modules
Tuesday
  GUI Prototype
Morning JAD Sessions
Develop GUI Screens
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Macro Design
Address All Other Technical Issues: Security, Distribution, Version Control.
Wednesday
GUI Prototype
Morning JAD Sessions
Finish GUI Screens
Cross-Reference Findings
Macro Design
Macro Design Diagram
Hardware & Physical Infrastructure Diagram
Cross-Reference Diagram
Thursday
  Recommendations
On-site Analysis of Target Environment Including Hardware, Software, Networking.
Identify Training Requirements for Customer Staff.
Friday
  Recommendations
Develop Phased Approach and Project Template for Development of Appl.

Checkpoint Meeting with Project Team.
Review GUI's, Project Plan, and All Other Recommendations.

Week 3
Monday
Estimates
Develop Cost Summaries and Estimates for Hardware, Networking, Software,
Consulting, Training, and Support of Application.
Tuesday
  Estimates
Estimate Resources for Project Including Number of People, Duration, and
Associated Costs.
Project Review with Entire Project Team.
Wednesday
  Document Preparation
Revise Preliminary Data Reports. Develop and Draft Findings Document.
Thursday
  Document Preparation
Complete Findings Document. Review with Internal Management.
Friday
  Document Preparation
Submit Draft of Completed Findings Document to Executive Sponsor.

Week 4
Monday
Training Set-Up for Phase II of Project
Classroom Environment
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Workshop Environment
Prototype Set-Up for Phase II of Project
Workspace Infrastructure
Test Environment
Verify Connectivity to Existing Systems
Tuesday
  Training Set-Up for Phase II of Project
Classroom Environment
Workshop Environment
Prototype Set-Up for Phase II of Project
Workspace Infrastructure
Test Environment
Verify Connectivity to Existing Systems
Wednesday
  Presentation of Findings Document to Entire Project team
If a Customer Only Purchased Phase I of Solutions Blueprint, We Would Present
the Findings Document at This Time.

Week 5
Monday
On-Site Project Team Training Program
Project Team Must Not Exceed 3 to 4 People.
On-Site Prototyping of Selected Application.
Tuesday
  On-Site Project Team Training Program
Lectures, Workshops, & Group Discussions.
On-Site Prototyping of Selected Application
Wednesday
  On-Site Project Team Training Program
Lectures, Workshops & Group Discussions
On-Site Prototyping of Selected Applications
Thursday
  On-Site Project Team Training Program
Customize One Screen of Selected Application.
Friday
On-Site Prototyping of Selected Application
  Final Preparation of Prototype with All HP/OPI Team Members.

Final Presentation
Test Prototype
Other Preparations

Week 6
Monday
"Under the Hood"
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Team Demonstration
Project Team Review
User Presentation Training
Tuesday
  Presentation to Sponsoring Executive and Entire Project Team

Next Steps Presentation Including Project Plan for Development, Deployment, and
Enterprise Approach.



                                  EXHIBIT D-3

Solution Blueprint - Work Breakdown Structure

<TABLE> 
<CAPTION> 
                                                                             Resources
                                                                        #      (Hrs)     total
                                                                        -      ----      -----
<S>                                                                    <C>   <C>         <C> 
0 Proposal Process                        
0.1 Customize proposal for customer                                                        0                         
0.2 Deliver proposal with sample findings document and go/nogo date                        0
0.3 Identify resources for delivery, hold for go/nogo date                                 0
0.4 Receive order with contract                                                            0
0.5 Lock in resources                                                                      0
1 Preparation Week                                                                         0
1.1 Assign Project Leader                                                                  0
1.2 Contact local team for participation                                  1      1         1
1.3 Team Preparation                                                                       0
1.31 Team conference call                                                 2      2         4     
1.311 Assign Roles and Responsibilities                                                    0
1.32 Schedule Customer meeting for week                                   1      1         1
1.33 Verify customer compliance with requirements                         1      4         4
1.34 Setup/Verify necessary H/W, S/W and materials                        2      4         8
1.35 Arrange delivery of all products to customer site                    2      1         2
1.4 Mail questionnaire to interviewees                                    1      1         1
2 Project Kickoff                                                                          0
2.1 HP/OP team meets sponsoring exec at customer site                     2      1         2
2.11 Discuss objectives for project / review expectations                                  0
2.12 Identify and confirm customer team and focus group                                    0
2.2 Exec sponsor facilitates kickoff presentation                         2      2         4
2.21 Present Strategic Vision                                                              0
2.22 General Introductions                                                                 0
2.23 Project manager explains project goals, methodology, schedule                         0
2.24 User Group, meetings/schedules confirmed                                              0
3 Conduct Executive Interviews                                                             0
3.1 Sponsor exec                                                          2       2        4
</TABLE> 
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3.2 Sponsor exec manager                          2    2    4
3.3 Sponsor exec direct reports                   2    4    8
4 Define Current  Infrastructure                            0
4.1 Conduct technical interviews                            0
4.11 Database Administrator                       2    4    8
4.12 Operations Mgr                               2    2    4
4.13 Networking Mgr                               2    2    4
4.14 Applications Development Mgr                 2    2    4
4.2 Draft Documentation/Report                    2    8   16
4.21 Business Case for selected app                         0
4.22 CSFs, Obstacles                                        0
4.23 Estimated ROI                                          0
4.24 Current Infrastructure review                          0
4.25 User Requirements for selected app                     0
4.26 Functionality matrix for selected app                  0
4.27 Detail current situation                               0
4.271 Data structures and access                            0
4.272 Development methods and standards                     0
4.273 Current solution (if any)                             0
5 Checkpoint 1                                              0
5.1 Present preliminary findings to sponsor      2     1    2
5.2 Discuss directions, changes for next phase   2     1    2
 
PHASE 2                                                     0
                                                            0
6 Develop GUI prototype and macro design                    0
6.1 Day One                                      2     8   16
6.11 User Focus Group JAD session                           0
6.12 Workflow, process definition for app                   0
6.13 Prioritization                                         0
6.14 Identify data sources                                  0
6.15 Identify access methods                                0
6.16 Define app modules                                     0
6.2 Day Two                                       2     8  16
6.21 User Focus Group JAD session                           0
6.22 Develop first pass user screens                        0
6.23 Identify all technical issues (security,  
 distribution, version control)                             0
6.24 Cross reference user needs and Macro design            0
6.3 Day Three                                     2     8  16
6.31 User Focus Group JAD session                           0
6.32 Verify Priorities, validate application fits
 GUI design                                                 0
6.33 Refine GUI                                             0
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6.34 Cross reference findings with Macro design                           0
6.35 Draft Macro Design Diagram                           0
6.36 Draft Hardware and physical infrastructure diagram                       0
6.4 Day Four - Recommendations    2             8        16
6.41 Analyze Target Environment                           0
6.411 Develop proposed h/w, s/w, n/w configurations                       0
6.412 Develop education proposal for customer staff                       0
6.42 Develop phased approach for implementation                           0
6.421 Development plan                          0
6.422 Deployment plan             0
6.423 Support plan                0
6.424 Master project plan                       0
7 Checkpoint 2            0
7.1 Complete draft document through 6.424       2          4              8
7.2 Present draft, accomplishments to sponsor   2          1              2
7.21 Review recommendations                     0
7.22 Modify as appropriate                      0
7.23 Discuss any change issues with sponsor                               0
PHASE 3                           0
8 Develop Cost and ROI Models            2     12         24
8.1 Cost for projected h/w                      0
8.2 Costs for projected s/w                     0
8.31 Education from HP                          0
8.32 Education from OP                          0
8.33 Implementation services                    0
8.4 Projected support costs                     0
8.5 Projected cost benefit of application                  0
8.6 Projected costs for people, duration and associated expenses               0
8.7 Develop fixed price proposal for next step                             0
9 Checkpoint 3                    0
9.1 Project review with preliminary results for entire team 2              4   8
10 BluePrint preparation          2      24    48
10.1 Revise preliminary data reports                        0
10.2 Integrate findings from each activity                                 0
10.3 Create Solution BluePrint                  0
10.4 Review document with internal teams (OP & HP)                         0
11 BluePrint delivery     2       4       8
11.1 Present draft to sponsor                   0
11.2 Modify as needed                     0
PART II                           0
1 Prepare Site     2     16      32
1.1 Verify participants, location for class (max of 5 allowed as part of
 BluePrint)                                                                    0
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1.2 Deliver materials and equipment to site for class and prototype devel      0
1.3 Setup classroom                                                            0
1.4 Setup development area                                                     0
1.5 Verify/test class room, prototype system                                   0
1.51 Connectivity to network/systems                                           0
1.52 Modem capability                                                          0
1.53 All s/w operational                                                       0
2 On-site Customer training and Prototype development                   4 40 160
2.1 Training for 3-5 team members                                              0
2.11 Focused on 3 tiers, OP and components                                     0
2.12 Integrated with one function for prototype                                0
2.2 Prototype developed for selected application                               0
2.21 Focused on 3 tiers, OP and components                                     0
2.22 Integrated with training for added value                                  0
2.3 Prototype completion, review for internal team                             0
2.4 Prototype "dry run"                                                        0
2.41 Prototype demonstrated for customer team                                  0
2.42 Project team walked through technical layout of prototype                 0
2.43 User prepared for executive presentation                                  0
3 BluePrint delivered                                                   4  4  16
3.1 User presentation to sponsoring executive and team                         0
3.2 Next steps presented by HP/OP                                              0
3.21 Includes estimated costs for completion                                   0
3.22 Proposal for enterprise approach                                          0
3.23 Review with sponsor for quality                                    1  2   2
  TOTALS                                                              453
 
 
                                   EXHIBIT E
 
PRICING
 
Qty    Description                                Price
50     Worldwide B@W Certification Program        $25,000.00
1      Worldwide B@W Toolkit License
(including support and maintenance)               $75,000.00
20     The Component Revolution                  $400,000.00
 
Total Price                                      $500,000.00
 
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                                   EXHIBIT F

                              B@W TOOLKIT SUPPORT

                               HP will receive:

 .  800 number telephone technical assistance Monday through Friday during normal
office hours (8:00 am - 8:00 pm EST) excluding national holidays with 2 hour
response time to voice messages (if engineers are unavailable).

 .  24 hour, seven days per week e-mail and fax support with 24 hour response
   time Monday through Friday.

 .  Access to software anomaly logs, with option to download
 .  Access to new release and product availability information
 .  Access to product readme files
 .  Access to error messages and message description files

 .  New version releases
 .  Latest software maintenance updates
 .  Notification (via fax or e-mail) of selected problems in the B@W Toolkit
   and information as to resolution.
 .  System-specific advice and informational technical bulletins on fixes and
   workarounds.


                                   EXHIBIT G

OPI Certification Program for H-P PSO Technical Consultants

   The OPI Certification Program includes a combination of intensive educational
   programs, tools training classes, and hands-on experiences. The Program is
   divided into three categories and/or phases of development for the individual
   consultant:

    1)  Pre-Requisites

    Each consultant who enters the Certification Program must have at least two
    (2) years of experiencing in delivering client-server solutions in the
    course of customer engagements. They must also be proficient in C
    programming, UNIX, and/or Windows NT.

    2)  Training Curriculum
    Each consultant must complete the following ten (10) day curriculum which
    will be conducted by OPI, beginning in February, 1996.
          A)  Technical Object Power (TOP) Program
          During this five-day intensive technical training, consultants will
          learn
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          OPI's core technology and methodologies for creating applications
          using Distributed Component Architectures. TOP participants will
          acquire the technical skills and knowledge necessary to exploit the
          OPI Toolkit. 
          B) Object Power Mastery (OPM) Program 
          This five-day program will focus on the advanced usage of the OPI
          technology in the context of customer engagements. Topics will
          include: Scoping Projects, Troubleshooting, Problem Solving, and
          Advanced Tools Features. In addition, each participant must pass a OPM
          Exam, based on coding and application development, at the end of the
          program.
         
    3) Project Mentoring
    As the last step in the certification process, each consultant must actively
    participate in at least one successful customer engagement which utilizes
    the OPI Toolkit and involves at least one (1) OPI Senior Solutions Engineer.

    Additional OPI certification training will be available to HP until December
    31, 1997 for $2,500 per consultant

Following is the current OPI training schedules (dates are subject to change):
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
TOP Program Dates        OPM Program Dates
<S>                      <C>
February 12 - 16         March 18 - 22
February 26 - March 1    April 8 - 12
March l8-22              May 27-31
April 29 - May 3         June 17 - 21
June 10 - 14             July 22 - 26
 
</TABLE>
                                   EXHIBIT H


                  Tentative Agenda of The Component Revolution

The Component Revolution is a one-day breakfast seminar series to be implemented
        by OPI on behalf of H-P PSO and OPI. This jointly designed and developed
        program will visit 16 cities, both domestic and international, over the
        next two years. Seminars will focus on specific vertical industries
        (e.g. Banking, Manufacturing, ...), applications (e.g. Customer Care,
        Distribution, ...), or regions.

The Component Revolution is designed to act as a lead generation vehicle for
        joint H-P/OPI products and services, such as the Solution Blueprint.
        Both H-P and OPI will be able to invite attendees and attend the
        seminars.

                         Following is a tentative block agenda:


                         Continental Breakfast at Hotel
<PAGE>
 
          Introduction - HP/OPI Representative
          Industry Speaker
             .  Business Strategies
             .  Change
             .  Case Studies

          I.T. Infrastructure Needed
             .  Three-Tiered Component Architecture
             .  The Component Revolution
             .  Future

          How to Implement
             .  Infrastructure Needed
             .  Selecting a Strategic Application
             .  How to Get Started

                                 Lunch at Hotel
          Executive Planning Sessions
             .  One-On-One Private Discussions
             .  Well-Defined Next Steps Plan


                                   EXHIBIT I

                                PROGRAM MANAGERS
          Business@ Web                  Hewlett-Packard Co.
          -------------                  -------------------
    Name:      Todd Alcock         Name:      Thomas Hoban
    Address:                       Address:
    Phone:                         Phone:
    E-mail:                        E-mail:

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                                                        EXHIBIT 10.17A
 
                              AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO
                         SERIES B CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED
                            STOCK PURCHASE AGREEMENT

     This Amendment No. 1 to the Series B Convertible Preferred Stock Purchase
Agreement dated as of February 27, 1996 (the "Purchase Agreement") is made as of
the 7th day of June, 1996, by and between Business@Web, Inc., a Delaware
corporation (the "Company"), and Hewlett-Packard Company, a California
corporation (the "Purchaser").  Capitalized terms used and not defined herein
shall have the respective meanings ascribed to them in the Purchase Agreement.

                              W I T N E S S E T H:
                              ------------------- 

     WHEREAS, the parties desire to amend the Purchase Agreement in certain
respects as set forth herein.

     NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and the mutual covenants
and agreements hereinafter set forth, the parties agree as follows:

     1.  Right of First Refusal.  Section 5.09 of the Purchase Agreement is
         ----------------------                                            
hereby amended to read in its entirety as follows:

     "As long as the Purchaser holds at least 50,000 Preferred Shares or
Conversion Shares, in the event the Company proposes to issue any of its
securities (other than debt securities with no equity feature) (whether such
securities are to be registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or
are to be unregistered) directly to, or to any subsidiary or affiliate, of (i)
Digital Equipment Corporation, International Business Machines Corporation,
Silicon Graphics, Inc., Sun Microsystems, Inc., or Unisys Corp. (each, a
"Hardware Manufacturing Competitor") or (ii) any other person which derives at
least fifty percent (50%) of its revenue from the manufacture or sale of
computer hardware (a "Hardware Manufacturer") in a transaction which is
negotiated directly with a Hardware Manufacturing Competitor or Hardware
Manufacturer (the "Direct Issuance"), the Company shall offer to the Purchaser,
by written notice, the right, for a period of 20 days (in the case of a Hardware
Manufacturing Competitor) or ten days (in the case of a Hardware Manufacturer),
to purchase all, but not less than all, of such securities at the same price and
on the same terms as those on which the Company proposes to issue such
securities to the Hardware Manufacturing Competitor or Hardware Manufacturer.
The Company's written notice to the Purchaser shall identify the Hardware
Manufacturing Competitor or Hardware Manufacturer to whom the proposed Direct
Issuance will be made and shall describe the securities proposed to be issued
and specify the number, price and payment terms. The Purchaser may accept the
Company's offer as to the full number of securities offered to it, but not for
any lesser number, by written notice thereof given by it to the Company prior to
the expiration of the aforesaid 20-day or 10-day period (whichever is
applicable) and prior to 120 days after the date of its notice of offer to the
Purchaser to offer

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and sell to the identified Hardware Manufacturing Competitor or Hardware
Manufacturer the offered securities at a price and on payment terms no less
favorable to the Company than those specified in the notice of offer to the
Purchaser.  However, if such sale to the identified Hardware Manufacturing
Competitor or Hardware Manufacturer is not consummated within such period, the
Company shall not sell such securities as shall not have been purchased within
such period without again complying with this Section 5.09."
 

    2.   Ratification of Purchase Agreement.  The Purchase Agreement, as amended
         ----------------------------------               
by this Amendment No.1, is hereby ratified, approved and confirmed in each and
every respect. Except as specifically amended or modified herein, the Purchase
Agreement shall continue in full force and effect in accordance with the terms
thereof. As used in the Purchase Agreement, the terms "this Agreement,'
"herein," "hereinafter," "hereto" and words of similar import shall be deemed to
refer from and after the date hereof to the Purchase Agreement as amended by
this Amendment No.1.

                  IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed or caused
this Agreement to be executed as of the date set forth above.

                       BUSINESS@WEB, INC.

                       By:  /s/ Eric Sockol
                            ------------------
                            Name: Eric Sockol
                            Title: CFO

                       HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY

                       By:  /s/ Ann O. Baskins
                            ------------------
                            Name: Ann O. Baskins
                            Title:   Assistant Secretary
                                      and Managing Counsel


                                       2
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                                                                   EXHIBIT 23.2
 
                   CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS
 
To OneWave, Inc.:
 
  As independent public accountants, we hereby consent to the use of our
reports (and to all references to our Firm) included in or made a part of this
Registration Statement.
 
                                          Arthur Andersen LLP
Boston, Massachusetts
   
June 24, 1996     


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