Acta Announces Availability of Data Platform for Intershop enfinity and SAP R/3.

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MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 3, 2000

Easy-to-Implement Integration Package Strengthens B2B Selling With

Rapid Access to Key Back-Office Data

Acta Technology, Inc. today announced the availability of the Acta Data Platform for SAP R/3 and Intershop enfinity(TM). This integration package enables companies to quickly implement business-to-business (B2B) eCommerce solutions based on Intershop enfinity that integrate with SAP R/3, the leading back-office system by SAP AG (NYSE:SAP). Acta, a leader in B2B data caching, provides a data platform for packaging and speeding the delivery of data essential for advanced B2B solutions.

Packaged integration for rapid implementation

This pre-packaged solution enables applications built on Intershop enfinity to rapidly access essential back-office data and logic by balancing SAP R/3 real-time and cached data. Based on business rules, the Acta Data Platform intelligently decides to deliver real-time R/3 access or cached data access for order entry, order status, material availability, purchase history, supplier performance metrics, and other data essential for B2B. This results in faster time-to-market and better business-to-business services.

B2B integration and selling

The Acta eCommerce Data Platform resolves one of the principle issues in eBusiness today: that back-office systems were not designed to meet the data demands of B2B eCommerce and analytic solutions. Those demands include speed, scalability, and access to both the real-time and historical data locked away in multiple back-office systems. By staging data in caches, the Acta platform allows companies to deliver the data that is needed, when it is needed, both inside and outside the enterprise.

The Acta platform consists of ActaWorks(TM), an award-winning data movement-and-management server, and eCaches(TM), a suite of packaged data caches that speed the delivery of back-office data in specific subject areas of eCommerce and business intelligence. The Acta platform integrates with Intershop enfinity to include unique Sell Anywhere features, which support a wide variety of current and emerging business models such as selling through market sites, channels, WAP and silent commerce. Intershop enfinity is based on open standards such as Java and XML, for easy integration with existing business systems.

"Rapid access to both real-time and historical data from the back office is critical for eBusiness," said Laura Mylls, vice president of product marketing at Intershop. "With the Acta/Intershop integration package, enterprises will be able to rapidly develop eCommerce sites to include this capability."

"With the Acta/Intershop integration package, businesses can quickly ramp up their B2B presence with an easy-to-implement, best-of-breed solution," said Bob Hagenau, Acta Vice President of Product Management. "Businesses looking to power their B2B storefronts with rapid access to SAP data now have a fast and easy way to do so."

About Acta Technology, Inc.

The Acta eCommerce Data Platform is the first and only solution designed to make enterprise data eCommerce-ready for all channels in the Networked Economy. With Acta's highly scalable data platform, enterprises can maintain a real-time, online dialogue with customers and partners--providing them with the critical information they need for transactions and business analysis.

Acta partners with leading vendors offering enterprise resource planning (ERP), front-end eCommerce and analytic solutions. The company's 140+ customers include IBM, Hewlett-Packard, Chevron, Shell, Monsanto and other leaders in the Global 1000. Headquartered in Mountain View, Calif., Acta has international offices in London, Frankfurt, Paris, Stockholm, the Netherlands and Zurich. Sales and partnership inquiries should be directed to Acta's toll-free phone number 1-888-613-3282. For more information, visit the company's Web site at http://www.acta.com.

eCaches and ActaWorks are trademarks of Acta Technology, Inc. All other product and company names mentioned herein are the property of their respective owners.