BroadVision Reaches Software Engineering Milestone — Delivers 100th Sequential, On-Time Software Release

Business Wire, Dec 12, 2000

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

REDWOOD CITY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 12, 2000

BroadVision Reaffirms Commitment to Delivering High-Quality

E-Business Solutions at "Internet Speed"

BroadVision, Inc. (Nasdaq:BVSN), a leader in personalized e-business applications, has reached a software engineering milestone, delivering its one-hundredth sequential, on-time software release. On December 8, 2000 the company released BroadVision(R) MarketMaker(TM) version 5.5.1 for the Sun Solaris(TM) Operating Environment and Hewlett-Packard HP-UX(TM) operating systems. This software release is noteworthy not only because it marks the 100th release of a BroadVision e-business product, but also because every one of those 100 releases has been delivered on or before the planned release date. On the same day, BroadVision also released version 5.5.0 of BroadVision InfoExchange Portal(TM) for the Windows 2000 operating system.

The first BroadVision product, BroadVision One-To-One Enterprise(R) version 1.0, was released in December of 1995. Since that time, BroadVision has delivered nine versions of BroadVision One-To-One Enterprise for a variety of Unix and Windows NT platforms, as well as multiple versions of the products that comprise BroadVision's e-business application suite, such as BroadVision InfoExchange Portal, BroadVision Business Commerce(TM) and BroadVision Retail Commerce(TM).

"Delivering more than one hundred on-time releases in a row is practically unheard of in our industry. An accomplishment like this requires the cooperation of truly great engineering and product management people along with a CEO who appreciates the value of on time, quality delivery," said Clark Catelain, BroadVision's executive vice president of engineering. "At most software companies, missed schedules are accepted as a fact of life. At BroadVision, shipping quality products on time is a way of life."

"Even as our product line has expanded from a single product to a suite of more than a dozen applications, our delivery record has remained the same," said Dr. Pehong Chen, president and CEO of BroadVision. "This remarkable achievement by BroadVision's engineering department is proof of our commitment to delivering the highest-quality e-business solutions while keeping pace with the Internet economy."

About BroadVision

BroadVision (Nasdaq:BVSN, Neuer Markt:BDN) develops and delivers an integrated suite of packaged applications for conducting e-commerce interactions and transactions. Global enterprises and government entities use these applications to sell, buy and exchange information over the web and on wireless devices. The BroadVision e-commerce application suite enables a corporation to become more competitive and profitable by establishing and sustaining high-yield relationships with customers, suppliers and employees. BroadVision services professionals, supported by over 100 partner organizations worldwide, transform these applications into business value for our customers through consulting, education, and support services in more than 34 countries.

BroadVision -- founded in 1993, public since 1996 -- has over 1,000 customers and is a component stock of the Standard & Poor's 500 index. IDC ranks BroadVision as the world's leading provider of e-commerce software applications (International Data Corp., E-Commerce Software Applications Market Forecast and Analysis, 2000-2004). BroadVision is headquartered in Redwood City, California and can be reached at 650/261-5100 or info@broadvision.com.

Note to Editors: BroadVision, BroadVision One-To-One, BroadVision MarketMaker, BroadVision Business Commerce, BroadVision Retail Commerce and BroadVision InfoExchange Portal are trademarks or registered trademarks of BroadVision, Inc. in the United States and other countries.