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Workbrain to Deliver Employee Relationship Management on Oracle9i Application Server

Business Wire, July 16, 2002

Business Editors / High-Tech Writers

Workbrain(TM) ERM 3.0 Enables Large Organizations

to Automate and Transform Employee Interactions

in a Scalable and Reliable Manner With Oracle9i Application Server

Workbrain, the industry-standard for Employee Relationship Management (ERM) solutions, announced today that Workbrain ERM 3.0 is available on Oracle9i Application Server (Oracle9iAS). Workbrain ERM 3.0, together with Oracle9iAS, automates and transforms the most frequent and complex interactions between an enterprise and its employees, in a scalable and reliable manner. As a result, these enterprises can reduce costs, increase employee productivity, and boost employee satisfaction.

Workbrain ERM 3.0 incorporates a unique Open Business Rules(TM) architecture that enables customers to configure and fully automate their own business rules for any type of employee-centered business process. It offers end-to-end capability for automating innovative processes, including shift trading, job notification and bidding, skills and training management, contractor management, and incentive pay calculations. Workbrain's PortalERM solution provides a platform for developing collaborative self-service applications. PortalERM adds value to corporate portals by providing transactional capabilities that improve operational efficiency.

Oracle9iAS delivers the infrastructure and functionality needed to develop, manage and deploy J2EE and Web services applications. Workbrain ERM 3.0's architecture, based on the J2EE(TM) standard, ensures that it easily integrates with other enterprise applications and systems, including those that run on Oracle9iAS. This guarantees scalability and reliability, rapid deployment, and a low total cost of ownership. Several customers are currently using Workbrain's solution on Oracle9iAS.

"Oracle9i Application Server is designed to meet the scalability and reliability requirements of large enterprises," said Thomas Kurian, senior vice president, Oracle9i Application Server at Oracle. "Oracle is pleased to work with Workbrain to provide Oracle9i Application Server support for rapid deployment of Workbrain's powerful ERM solutions to these customers. The combination of Workbrain ERM 3.0 and Oracle9i Application Server provides an end-to-end, enterprise-wide employee relationship management solution that aligns the activities and goals of employees with the overall objectives of the organization."

"We are offering Workbrain ERM 3.0 on the Oracle9i Application Server because of its large installed base among our target customer group, reliability, and comprehensive support for industry standards," said Eric Green, vice president of strategic alliances for Workbrain. "Our solution, delivered on Oracle9iAS, will enable organizations to quickly and easily deploy robust workforce management solutions that reduce costs and increase operational efficiency."

About Oracle9i Application Server

Oracle solves the IT challenge of integrating fragmented middleware products to run an e-business by providing one product that can replace more than 12 separate point products from other vendors. Oracle9i Application Server features full J2EE support, built-in enterprise portal software, high-speed caching, business intelligence, rapid application development, application and business integration, wireless, web services and more, all in one package. Oracle's extensive investment in application server research and development has enabled the company to deliver a lightweight J2EE engine and extended caching capabilities that allow companies to save on infrastructure costs by scaling with software instead of hardware.

About Workbrain, Inc.

Workbrain's Employee Relationship Management (ERM) applications automate and transform the most frequent and complex interactions between an enterprise and its employees, including advanced time and attendance, skills and training management, real-time analytics and reporting, shift bidding and trading, and next-generation employee and manager self-service.

ERM aligns employees with corporate objectives, resulting in reduced costs, increased productivity, improved decision-making, and enhanced employee satisfaction. All Workbrain applications are built on ERM 3.0, a J2EE(TM) compliant platform, ensuring rapid implementation, integration with existing technology investments, and scalability to meet the needs of hundreds of thousands of users. Customers such as Tennessee Valley Authority, British Airways, United Rentals, and Russell Corporation have chosen Workbrain's industry standard ERM solution. For more information, please visit www.workbrain.com.

(a) Workbrain is a trademark of Workbrain, Inc. Oracle is a registered trademark of Oracle International Corporation. All other product or company names mentioned are the property of their respective owners.