IBM and Intentia Form Strategic Alliance to Deliver Integrated E-business Solutions Based On IBM WebSphere

Business Wire, July 5, 2000

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SOMERS, N.Y. & STOCKHOLM, Sweden--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 5, 2000

IBM (NYSE: IBM) and Intentia International (XSSE: INT B) today announced a strategic alliance that includes a joint investment in development in which Intentia will base future development of Movex e-business applications on the IBM Websphere Software Platform(a), using IBM's Application Framework for e-business. This is an additional, formalized step in an already strong relationship, in which the companies have addressed the midmarket business with Movex on IBM's AS/400(a) servers since Intentia was founded in 1984.

Based on open Java technology, Movex conveys Supply Chain Management (SCM) and Customer Relationship Management (CRM) over the Internet to provide a fully integrated e-collaboration solution. Movex NextGen is the first fully Java enabled e-collaboration Enterprise Application Suite, that now will also incorporate IBM e-business technology for e-commerce solutions in the first phase of this joint development agreement.

Intentia and IBM will co-market the solution worldwide, an arrangement targeting the $2 billion license revenue opportunity in selected industries over the next three years.

"This alliance extends an already successful collaboration with a highly valued partner, enabling us to jointly deliver leading technology in a timely way," said Michel Boussard, Vice President of Global MidMarket Business, IBM Europe. "Together, IBM and Intentia will help customers maximize the customer service and sales efficiency by integrating the web front end with existing Movex functionality, in a seamless manner running on any Server platform in a growing new economy."

"The competence and resources of IBM will allow us to develop leading enterprise management solutions to a more demanding market," said Bjorn Algkvist, CEO of Intentia. "Through this increased collaboration, Intentia will be able to base our future e-business solutions on the latest technology and keep ahead of a rapidly changing business environment", concludes Bjorn Algkvist.

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About Intentia International

Over the past few years, Intentia International AB has concentrated on positioning itself to meet the demands it anticipated would arise from the new e-economy era and which are already surfacing. Intentia has developed its Movex product from a traditional ERP system to a complete e-collaboration solution that can manage all the demands of the new economy. Movex offers Intentia's customers the key to success, with its applications for Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Supply Chain Planning and Execution (SCPE), Partner Relationship Management (PRM), Business Performance Management (BPM) and e-business.

Intentia is well-positioned to respond to market needs when the e-(electronic) evolves into c-(collaboration), working hard to satisfy customers through its organization of more than 3,800 professionals serving in excess of 3,500 customers in over 40 countries around the world. Intentia is a public company traded at the Stockholm Stock Exchange (XSSE) under the symbol INT B.

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