Message-ID: <29747245.1075858422981.JavaMail.evans@thyme> Date: Sun, 23 Jul 2000 23:41:00 -0700 (PDT) From: scott.neal@enron.com To: fletcher.sturm@enron.com, hunter.shively@enron.com Subject: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-From: Scott Neal X-To: Fletcher J Sturm, Hunter S Shively X-cc: X-bcc: X-Folder: \Scott_Neal_Jun2001\Notes Folders\Sent X-Origin: Neal-S X-FileName: sneal.nsf Network Appliance Selects TIBCO Software to Support Enterprise System Initiatives TIBCO Technology Enables Network Appliance to Integrate Its Internal Enterprise Systems Without Disrupting Its Business PALO ALTO, Calif., July 24 /PRNewswire/ -- Advancing its leadership in the application integration space, TIBCO Software Inc. (Nasdaq: TIBX - news), a leading provider of real-time infrastructure software for e-business, announced today Network Appliance, Inc. (Nasdaq: NTAP - news), the leading provider of network-attached data access and content management solutions, has selected the TIBCO ActiveEnterprisec e-business product suite to integrate its internal enterprise systems and applications. As a fast growing company, Network Appliance has been continually implementing best-in-class enterprise systems such as enterprise resource planning, customer resource management, human resources and manufacturing applications. To integrate these disparate systems and ensure that the right people within Network Appliance have access to the information they need, Network Appliance turned to TIBCO. ``We need an integration tool that will not only enable us to share information internally, but will also enable us to extend access to this information beyond our corporate firewalls, as we expand our e-commerce capabilities,'' said Ric McCormick, director of business applications for Network Appliance. ``TIBCO's proven e-business solutions provide us with the scalability, security and reliability we need to ensure that our technology infrastructure can keep up with our business growth, and just as important, that our vital business processes not be disrupted as we continue to implement new solutions.'' ``To be successful e-businesses, companies need a highly efficient information infrastructure that connects every system and process in the enterprise,'' said Fred Meyer, vice president of product management for TIBCO Software. ``TIBCO ActiveEnterprise is helping leading companies like Network Appliance further leverage their front-end and back-end IT systems and bring those systems closer to customers and partners over the Web.'' About TIBCO ActiveEnterprise The core of TIBCO's real-time software infrastructure offering is the TIBCO ActiveEnterprise suite, designed for building a complete, end-to-end Internet and enterprise infrastructure that successfully scales to the most demanding business information networks. It provides a real-time e-business integration platform that encompasses data integration and transformation, business process coordination, messaging, enterprise portals and alerting, adapters for legacy, packaged and third-party applications, plus enterprise monitoring and management. About Network Appliance Network Appliance, Inc., a veteran in network file serving and caching, has been providing data access solutions since 1992, and is a member of both the S+P 500 and Nasdaq 100 index. Major corporations and ISPs, including Lycos, Yahoo!, Citicorp Securities, Siemens, Lockheed, Cisco, Motorola, and Texas Instruments have deployed NetApp solutions. NetApp Internet caching solutions (NetCache(TM) appliances) and file servers (filers) deliver fast, simple, reliable, and cost-effective access to network-stored data and enable simultaneous shared file services for UNIX, Windows NTc, and the World Wide Web. The company pioneered the concept of the ``network appliance,'' an extension of the industry trend toward dedicated, specialized products that perform a single function. Network Appliance filers and NetCache appliances are based on the company's innovative data access software known as the Data ONTAP(TM) operating system and standards-compliant hardware. About TIBCO Software TIBCO Software Inc. is a leading provider of real-time e-business infrastructure software. TIBCO's three product lines -- TIBCO ActiveEnterprisec, TIBCO ActiveExchange(TM) and TIBCO ActivePortal(TM) -- enable businesses to integrate enterprise applications, interact with other businesses in B2B commerce, and efficiently deliver personalized information through enterprise portals. TIBCO's products enable the real-time distribution of information through patented technology called The Information Busc, or TIBc. TIB technology was first used to digitize Wall Street and has since been adopted in diverse industries including telecommunications, electronic commerce, manufacturing and energy. TIBCO's global client base includes more than 1,000 customers from around the world such as Cisco Systems, Yahoo!, Ariba, NEC, 3Com, Sun Microsystems, SAP, Philips, AT&T and AOL/Netscape. Headquartered in Palo Alto, California, TIBCO can be reached at 650-846-1000 or on the web at www.tibco.com. NOTE: Network Appliance is a trademark of Network Appliance, Inc. in the United States and other countries. TIBCO, TIBCO ActiveEnterprise, TIBCO ActiveExchange, TIBCO ActivePortal, The Information Bus and TIB are trademarks or registered trademarks of TIBCO Software Inc. Legal Notice Regarding Forward-Looking Statements: This release may contain forward-looking statements regarding TIBCO's business, customers or other factors that may affect future earnings or financial results. Actual results could differ materially from those projected in such forward-looking statements. 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