ADVISORY/SSA GT Unveils Product Strategy and Brand Direction at Annual Global Client Forum.

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ADVISORY...for Sun. to Wed. (Sept. 21-24)

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When:       September 21 through 24, 2003

Where:      J.W. Marriott Hotel in Orlando, Florida

Who:        SSA GT Valued Clients and Strategic Partners

What:       Featuring a full roster of sessions that are designed with
            customers in mind, the Global Client Forum, following the
            theme "Play to Win", will educate our customers on ways to
            maximize and expand upon SSA GT's products and services.
            The GCF will also demonstrate how SSA GT's solutions
            sharpen an organization's competitive edge and deliver
            value. The forum will allow customers and partners to hear
            about SSA GT's new product direction, learn from real-life
            implementations, view product demonstrations and interact
            with SSA GT executives and industry peers.

Highlights: A wide range of sessions will address the following
            topics:
                -- SSA GT product strategy
                -- Industry trends
                -- Advanced planning and decision support solutions
                -- Supply chain design and coordination
                -- Transportation and logistics
                -- New addition: Special sessions for Baan and
                   Ironside customers

            SSA GT executives will address industry trends and product
            strategies:
                --  President, chairman and CEO, Mike Greenough, will
                    discuss how SSA GT's business strategy is designed
                    to protect customers' IT investments in a rapidly
                    consolidating market.
                --  Graeme Cooksley, executive vice president for SSA
                    GT and president of Baan, will unveil SSA GT's
                    brand strategies to help businesses move forward
                    faster.
                --  Cory Eaves, vice president, solutions management
                    and research, will demonstrate SSA GT's current
                    solutions and provide the future direction for the
                    company's solutions and technology.

            Al Zollar, IBM eServer iSeries general manager worldwide,
            will describe how leading companies are applying
            e-business, on-demand tools and technologies to achieve
            the real benefits of the networked era and gain
            competitive advantage in his presentation entitled, "How
            technology can pay off in an on-demand world."