TopTier Software's Enterprise Information Portal for Baan Wins Crossroads 2000 A-List Award

Business Wire, Nov 12, 1999

SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 11, 1999--

Award Recognizes TopTier Product's Excellence in Execution in the

Category of Web-Enabling the Baan Platform

TopTier Software Inc., a leading supplier of Enterprise Information Portal (EIP) solutions, today announced that its portal product has won a Crossroads 2000 A-list award.

TopTier Software's Enterprise Information Portal (EIP) for Baan won the award in the category of Excellence in Execution: Leveraging the ERP Investment for Web-enabling the Baan platform. TopTier EIP for Baan was honored with the award based on its business benefits and technology differentiators as validated through interviews with the product's early adopters. The awards identify the best newly proven products and services that meet today's critical business challenges in the enterprise solutions.

The TopTier EIP for Baan makes data in the Baan system easily accessible to employees, customers, suppliers, and channel partners. TopTier's EIP offers second-generation portal technology that integrates many existing technology categories including personalization and collaboration, advanced Web navigation, business intelligence and enterprise application integration. The product integrates Baan with other enterprise applications, data warehouses, and Web sites for a comprehensive information-access solution.

"TopTier is very pleased to have its product recognized for the second year in a row by Open Systems Advisors and the Crossroads A-List," said Joe Zarb, TopTier's vice president of marketing. "We are especially gratified because winning is based on a rigorous customer interview process that we believe is an important validation of our product."

"After speaking with TopTier's customers, it's clear that TopTier's technology in conjunction with an ERP system offers great value to large and midsize companies in competitive industries," said Nina Lytton, president of Open Systems Advisors and editor of the Crossroads A-List Awards.

About the Crossroads A-List Awards

The Crossroads A-List Awards clearly outline the business benefits, concisely summarize the technology differentiators, validate solutions with real customer experiences, and provide a basis for informed dialogue between business and technology partners.

The Crossroads A-List Awards focus on enterprise computing, the integrated system supporting the business process from the supply chain through the back office all the way to customer interaction. Winners are determined after a detailed review of the vendors' products or services and strategies. In-depth, confidential interviews with experienced customers are the cornerstone of the judgment process.

Seventh Annual Crossroads Conference

Winners of the Crossroads 2000 A-List Awards and their customers will be recognized at the Seventh Annual Crossroads Conference to be held March 12-15, 2000 at the Westin Mission Hills Resort in Rancho Mirage, Calif. Additional information on the conference can be obtained by contacting Jennifer Richards at 617/859-0859 or jenn@crossroads-osa.com

About Open Systems Advisors, Inc. and the Crossroads Research

Program

Founded in 1989, Open Systems Advisors, Inc. (OSA) provides a real-world perspective on using new technology in business. OSA's research is based on an ongoing and in-depth dialogue with hundreds of seasoned IT executives and business leaders who are using emerging technologies to achieve business results. OSA reports the Crossroads Decisions, awards the Crossroads A-List and produces the Crossroads Conference. For additional information, contact Open Systems Advisors, Inc., 268 Newbury St., Boston, MA 02116, 617/859-0859; www.crossroads-osa.com/.> About TopTier Software

TopTier Software builds Enterprise Information Portal solutions that provide end users a simple yet powerful way to search, collaborate, personalize, query and report on the information that they rely on every day. TopTier's patented technology converges established categories such as reporting, business intelligence, enterprise application integration and Web-enabling line-of-business applications.

Incorporated in 1996, TopTier Software is a privately held company with headquarters in San Jose. TopTier Software currently sells its products and services through a direct sales force, licenses its technology through ISVs and OEMs, and works with a growing network of top systems integrators and VARs. For more information about TopTier Software, call 408/360-1700, or visit us on the Web at www.toptier.com.

Note to Editors: Enterprise Integration Portal, Drag and Relate, HyperRelational, Point of View navigation, and TopTier are trademarks or registered trademarks of TopTier Software Inc. in the United States and elsewhere in the world. Baan, R/3, and all Baan product and service names referenced herein are trademarks or registered trademarks of BAAN AG. (R)Crossroads is a registered trademark, and (TM)Crossroads A-List, (TM)Crossroads Decisions and (TM)Bizno-tech are trademarks of Open Systems Advisors, Inc. All other names may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners.