Differentis and SeeBeyond to Form Powerful Supply Chain Integration Alliance in the U.K

Business Wire, Jan 31, 2002

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

LONDON & REDWOOD SHORES, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 31, 2002

Differentis, leading e-business integrator, and SeeBeyond (Nasdaq:SBYN), the leading global provider of eBusiness Application Integration (eAI) solutions, have formed an alliance to exploit the growing market for integrating existing enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems with e-business applications. The agreement establishes a commitment by both companies to engage in a joint strategy focused on delivering effective supply chain integration and CRM integration solutions to global organizations.

"In the last two years many companies have invested vast sums of money in ERP and applications for doing more business via the Internet. The trick now is to join all these systems together, to truly automate the supply chain and cut out remaining, costly manual links," said Bill Murray, head of business development for Differentis. "Straight through processing is the way forward for many of these organisations and we are already talking to some that are planning to make an investment in this area."

"We are very pleased to be partnering with an integrator so focused on joining together businesses through supply chain integration," said David Bennett, vice president of Europe for SeeBeyond. "Differentis already has great links with many FTSE-100 businesses and we expect to see a strong flow of new business coming from the partnership."

About Differentis

Founded in July 2000, Differentis is an e-business integrator that designs, builds and integrates complex information technology solutions for large companies. With significant experience in complex IT systems, Differentis combines the best talent with the best technologies to provide value-driven solutions to satisfy a client's e-business demands. Differentis is headquartered in Guildford, Surrey and provides services to clients throughout the U.K. For more information about Differentis, visit www.differentis.com.

About SeeBeyond

As the leading global provider of eBusiness Application Integration (eAI) solutions, SeeBeyond (Nasdaq:SBYN) enables the seamless flow of information within and among enterprises in real time. The SeeBeyond solution suite offers a rapidly deployable and infinitely scalable infrastructure for seamless application integration, dynamic business-to-business connectivity and robust business processes optimization. SeeBeyond has more than 1,625 customers worldwide, including ABN Amro, Bausch & Lomb, Blue Shield of California, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Louisiana, CareGroup, Inc., Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, DuPont, General Motors, Hewlett-Packard, Meriter Health Services, Pfizer and Sprint. SeeBeyond has global headquarters in Monrovia, Calif., and sales and marketing headquarters in Redwood Shores, Calif. For more information, please visit www.seebeyond.com.

Note to Editors: SeeBeyond is a trademark of SeeBeyond Technology Corporation. All other trade names are trademarks of their respective owners.