Broadreach Consulting Joins Oracle Portal Partner Initiative; Companies to Collaborate, Leveraging Expertise in the Enterprise Information Portal —EIP— marketplace

Business Wire, July 26, 2000

Business/Technology Editors

PHILADELPHIA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 26, 2000

Broadreach Consulting, an Internet Professional Services consultancy focused on delivering eBusiness solutions to Fortune 1000 companies, today announced it has joined the Oracle(R) Portal Partner Initiative as part of a growing community that will deliver solutions and services based on the open Oracle Portal.

Broadreach will leverage the strength of Oracle Portal to extend its leadership in the EIP marketplace, with emphasis on Enterprise Application Integration, Knowledge Management, and B2B solutions.

"Enterprise portals are potent engines of competitive advantage," said Rich Schroeder, vice president of solutions for Broadreach Consulting. "They allow employees across the enterprise to solve problems and make better decisions. By partnering with Oracle, the leading e-business software provider, Broadreach further strengthens its leadership by adding to the wealth of technology and service developments around enterprise portals."

Charlton Monsanto, director of Broadreach's Enterprise Information Portal practice states, "The idea behind a corporate portal is to build the go-to place for all of the data you need to make business decisions. This requires expertise in enterprise application integration - failure to integrate with legacy, ERP, Groupware, and business intelligence systems will only create new silos in your enterprise."

The Oracle Portal Partner Initiative is dedicated to establishing a community of leading System Integrators (SIs), Independent Software Vendors (ISVs) and Content Aggregators (CAs) who build, deliver and support solutions built upon Oracle Portal. By joining the Oracle Portal Partner Initiative, Broadreach can collaborate with other members of the program, have access to sample portlets and code as well as the latest versions of Oracle Portal.

"The Internet began a race for widespread information access, now the race is to manage the Internet information glut by centralizing relevant, and timely information for individual use," said Jeremy Burton, Oracle senior vice president, Oracle Product Marketing. "Corporate portals built using Oracle Portal help solve the information and application management problem, while our partners provide vital, value-added content, integration and services to a hungry marketplace."

Broadreach Consulting, Inc.

Broadreach Consulting is an Internet Professional Services consultancy focused on delivering eBusiness solutions to Fortune 1000 companies. As a Crossroads 2000 A-List Award recipient, Broadreach delivers strategy and technology implementation on complex Internet-based initiatives with expertise in eBusiness Strategy, Enterprise Information Portals, Digital Marketplace Integration, and eBusiness Technology Architecture. As a preferred partner for those businesses dedicated to success in the new Internet economy, Broadreach is recognized as a Microsoft Solution Provider Partner, an IBM(R) Premier Business Partner, a Sun eIntegrator Partner and is a member of the Eastern Technology Council. Headquartered in Philadelphia, the company was founded in 1997, and has offices in Atlanta and Raleigh. Visit Broadreach's Web site at www.ebroadreach.com.

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