ATG e-Learning Connection Helps Customers Maximize Investments in ATG, BEA, and IBM Technology.

Business/Technology Editors

CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 5, 2002

Courses Teach Customers Best Practices for Deploying ATG 

Applications In Leading Application Server Environments

ATG (Art Technology Group, Inc., Nasdaq: ARTG) today announced the availability of two e-Learning courses that help developers build ATG online CRM solutions on top of BEA WebLogic and IBM WebSphere application servers. The new courses teach customers and partners how to realize the value of investments in ATG's commerce, portal, and relationship management applications as well as IBM and BEA technology investments.

Over the past year, ATG announced and delivered support for both IBM WebSphere and BEA WebLogic application servers. These new e-Courses were developed as a result of customer demand for ATG solutions on IBM and BEA application servers and will help customers achieve greater success in these environments.

"These courses will significantly reduce the learning curve for development teams building ATG solutions while leveraging investments in existing BEA or IBM infrastructure," said Ken Lownie, vice president of professional services. "With the need to tighten budgets for travel, education, and technology expenses, the goal of these online courses is to provide a cost effective means to be trained on leading infrastructures. We anticipate that they will be an excellent resource for the ATG community."

The courses help developers and technical leads get started with developing and running ATG solutions for commerce and portals on BEA WebLogic and IBM WebSphere using the Dynamo Application Framework (DAF). Students will learn how the DAF architecture allows ATG solutions to run in varied technical environments. Courses also will include instruction on how to utilize ATG's data access, personalization, scenario, commerce and portal technologies using the ATG DSP tag library in JavaServer Pages.

For more information about the e-Learning Connection and for more detailed descriptions of the BEA WebLogic and IBM WebSphere courses, visit http://www.atg.com/e-learning and http://www.atg.com/en/education/e-learning/courses.jhtml.

About ATG

ATG(R) (Art Technology Group, Inc.) is a leading developer of online CRM applications that deliver an integrated, personalized experience for customers, partners and employees: the frontline of every business. Customers around the globe rely on ATG for the frontline applications that help build and manage mutually beneficial relationships. Deployed on the industry's most popular application servers, ATG's application suites for e-commerce, portals, and relationship management are ideal for integrated e-business initiatives across the enterprise.

Today, ATG has delivered e-business solutions to blue-chip companies worldwide including Aetna Services, Inc., Alcatel, American Airlines, AT&T, Barclays Global Investors, Best Buy, BMG Direct, Eastman Kodak, Ford Motor Credit, HSBC, J. Crew, Sun Microsystems, U.S. Army, USDA, Walgreen Company, and WellsFargo. The company is headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, with additional locations throughout North America, Europe, and Asia. For more information about ATG, please visit our Web site at www.atg.com.

(c) 2002. ATG and Art Technology Group are registered trademarks of Art Technology Group, Inc. All other product names, service marks, and trademarks mentioned herein are trademarks of their respective owners.

This press release contains forward-looking statements for purposes of the safe harbor provisions under The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties that may cause ATG's actual results, levels of activity, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, levels of activity, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Important risk factors affecting ATG's business generally may be found in ATG's periodic reports and registration statements filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Risk factors related to the subject matter of this press release include the possibility that the ATG education classes will not significantly enhance the customer Internet experience; that ATG will continue to offer the education courses in the future; the need to adapt to rapid changes so products do not become obsolete; the possibility of errors in ATG's software products; the risks and costs of intellectual property litigation; the possibility that the offerings will not significantly reduce the learning curve for development teams building ATG solutions; and the possibility that demand for ATG products on the mentioned platforms will decrease. ATG undertakes no obligation to update any of the forward-looking statements after the date of this press release.