Scott McNealy, Michael Hammer and Sanjiv Sidhu to Offer Insight at i2 PLANET Las Vegas; Industry Visionaries Share Best Practices at Business Forum

Business Wire, March 26, 2002

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DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 26, 2002

Scott McNealy, CEO, Sun Microsystems, Inc.; Dr. Michael Hammer, one of the world's foremost business thinkers, authors and lecturers; and Sanjiv Sidhu, chairman and founder of i2 Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq:ITWO), will address attendees at i2 PLANET(R) Las Vegas, a thought-leadership forum where leading business executives will convene to discuss innovative strategies to help establish and sustain a competitive advantage.

i2 PLANET, scheduled May 13-16 at the Venetian Hotel in Las Vegas, will provide senior-level executives and key influencers with essential business productivity tools, strategies and best practices to make substantial and direct contributions to their businesses success. The conference is designed to help attendees make informed decisions about how to slash operating costs, improve efficiencies, reduce inventory, increase revenue and enhance customer satisfaction.

McNealy was a co-founder of Sun Microsystems in 1982. Since then, the company has developed into a leading global supplier of network computing solutions. McNealy has served as CEO since 1984 and is one of the most influential and widely quoted leaders in the IT industry.

Dr. Michael Hammer, president of Hammer and Company Inc., is the originator of both reengineering and the process enterprise, ideas that have transformed the modern business world. Organizations around the globe have enormously improved performance by applying his principles to their operations and structure. A highly sought-after lecturer, Hammer also serves as an advisor to leaders of the world's most progressive companies. The author of numerous articles and four books, Hammer was formerly a professor of Computer Science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and he is a founder and director of several high technology firms.

Sidhu is foremost visionary on dynamic value chain management, a business concept that utilizes technology to help companies collaborate on decision-making processes across multi-enterprise value chains. He founded i2 in 1988, and since that time has made i2 a market leader by focusing on providing optimum value to i2 customers. To that end, i2's mission is to deliver rapid ROI through the use of flexible technology that offers customers savings and efficiencies in running their business. Sidhu currently serves as chairman of the board of directors for i2.

"Scott McNealy, Michael Hammer and Sanjiv Sidhu are business visionaries who will energize attendees and offer them the confidence and tactics they need to tackle their own business challenges," said i2 Chief Marketing Officer Katrina Roche.

Speakers in over 120 i2 PLANET breakout sessions will discuss how to increase business process efficiencies to reduce development time, streamline supplier and customer relationships and achieve proven results to increase revenue. For additional information on i2 PLANET or to register to attend, please call 1-877-4PLANET go to http://planet.i2.com.

About i2 PLANET

i2 PLANET2002 Las Vegas is a three-day international forum for thought leadership, designed to provide a continuous learning experience through a series of live events and collaborative online resources. i2 PLANET is a series of educational forums and online resources that provide comprehensive strategies and tools to transform an organization's integration and business processes. i2 PLANET provides information for maximizing the efficiency of their operations, while saving time and increasing revenue. i2 PLANET Las Vegas is scheduled for May 13-16, 2002 at the Venetian Hotel in Las Vegas. To learn more, visit http://planet.i2.com.

About i2

For more than a decade, i2 has been a leader in supply chain management. i2 has extended its technology and expertise to Dynamic Value Chain Management - solutions to help companies collaborate on decision-making processes not only across functions within a single company, but across multiple companies. i2 solutions span the value chain interactions, including customer relationship management, supply chain management and supplier relationship management. Established in 1988, i2 is the only software solutions provider that measures, audits, and reports total value provided to its customers, with a mission to deliver $75 billion in value by 2005. Learn more at www.i2.com.

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