Actional Control Broker Eases Integration of mySAP.com Solutions With CORBA-based Applications.

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 23, 2001

mySAP(TM) Utilities Customers First To Benefit From Faster and

Easier Integration With CORBA-Based Applications

Actional(TM) Corporation today announced that its Control Broker technology will be used by SAP AG to ease integration of mySAP.com(R) e-business platform solutions with CORBA-based (Common Object Request Broker Architecture) environments. Initially, Actional's Control Broker technology will be bundled with the mySAP(TM) Utilities industry solution.

mySAP.com delivers a comprehensive e-business platform based on leading-edge technology and provides collaborative business solutions. Actional's Control Broker(TM) technology will allow mySAP Utilities customers to seamlessly integrate their CORBA based applications -- either packaged or individually developed -- with SAP(R) solutions.

CORBA has become the middleware of choice for many large enterprises running mission-critical applications, especially in the telecom, utility and financial-services industries. One of its most important, as well most frequent, uses is in servers that must handle large numbers of clients, at high hit rates, with high reliability.

"The Actional Control Broker will allow mySAP Utilities and mySAP Telecommunications customers to quickly integrate their important external applications such as Geographical Information Systems with the appropriate mySAP.com solutions. Customers will benefit from a shorter implementation cycle and a faster ROI," said Peter Kirschbauer, Senior Vice President SAP Industry Business Sector Service Industries.

"This agreement extends the successful partnership we've had with SAP for a number of years," said John Orcutt, CEO of Actional Corporation. "Actional Control Broker provides a solid solution that not only helps with a more rapid integration, but allows them to easily change their business processes crossing system boundaries. The technology has already been proven in installations by customers including Deutsche Telecom, Swisscom, mobilkom austria, and others."

About Actional Control Broker

Actional delivers high-performance, adaptive integration that works with existing systems and applications, without adding new middleware and software modification. Actional Control Broker(TM) platform enables deployment of enterprise services across hundreds of applications with broad support for industry standards such as XML, Java, EJB, COM and CORBA.

The Actional Control Broker product line was designed to provide the utmost in performance, scalability, reliability and security. Representing an innovative approach to adaptive e-business application integration, Actional Control Broker provides the ability to control and access business services from any enterprise application.

About Actional

Actional is the market leader in adaptive integration architectures. The company's customers include leaders in the Global 2001, across financial services, communications, utilities, manufacturing and travel. Actional is backed by New Enterprise Associates, NeoCarta Ventures, and International Capital Partners. Actional can be contacted at 800/808-2271 or [e-mail]. More information about the company can be found at www.actional.com.

Actional and Control Broker are trademarks of Actional Corp. All other names mentioned above may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners.

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