Active Software Named Best Application Integration Solution by eAI Journal.

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 1, 2000

Leading Industry Publication Bestows Top Honors for

Active Software's Implementation at Juniper Networks 

Active Software, Inc. (Nasdaq:ASWX), a leading provider of eBusiness infrastructure software products, has received eAI Journal's Application Integration Solution of the Year award. This award recognizes the significant business benefits in terms of cost efficiencies and competitive advantage that Active Software delivered to Juniper Networks as the platform for the company's comprehensive eBusiness capabilities. The ActiveWorks(TM) Integration System integrates Juniper Networks' applications and automates cross-application business processes both inside and outside the company creating a real-time, networked commerce environment.

"Over 70 entries were received this year, and the general standard was extremely high," said Tony M. Brown, editor-in-chief, eAI Journal. "The ActiveWorks' deployment at Juniper won the Best Application Integration Solution category, chosen by a blue-ribbon panel of industry analysts. More and more companies are realizing that an integrated infrastructure not only provides significant business benefits, as the Juniper solution shows, but it is mandatory for participation in the New Economy."

"We faced a lot of problems with rapidly trying to scale the company and we brought on board a lot of different applications," said Shauna Milton, IT manager, Juniper Networks. "The first benefit of the ActiveWorks solution was that we didn't have any duplicate data entry -- you enter data once and it is available everywhere in our infrastructure. This meant that we didn't have to hire additional administration people as we grew because we didn't have to re-enter the same data into all the various applications."

With ActiveWorks as its hub, Juniper now updates, in real-time, a wide range of information that customers can view over the Web, including discounts, promotions, quotes, quote-to-order status and shipment-to-order status. Additionally, customers can now enter information via the Web and that information becomes immediately available throughout the company. The process is very efficient, and has enabled Juniper to eliminate the costly and time-consuming process of separate forecast processes for sales, finance, and manufacturing.

"We reduced turnover rates for generating customer quotes," Milton added. "We were going into Asian and European markets where we didn't have a huge sales force. We used to rely on phone calls and it would typically take a couple of days to get a quote out to a customer just because of the time differences. But by presenting this interface in real-time information over the Web we can now do that in less than an hour. Active Software enabled us to push all that information out to the Web and keep it updated in real time."

Before using ActiveWorks, common data between applications was not synchronized, and there was no method for building a multi-step business process that would span the company's mission-critical applications. Those applications include QAD for order management and distribution, Clarify for customer service, Selectica for product configuration, a custom Java servlet application for quoting, and an e-commerce application for Web customer authentication. Using ActiveWorks, Juniper was able to create a reliable, scalable, secure system of integrated applications that lead directly to significant business benefits.

"We have a saving of 2% of revenue in IT costs on an ongoing basis," commented Milton. "We increased revenues threefold while keeping the number of administration staff constant. Another benefit was the implementation time, which we cut in half at least."

Juniper is expanding the role of ActiveWorks by adding supply chain automation and channel management to the list of integrated functions, which will enable Juniper Networks to share information with channel partners and suppliers. "We are engaged in a lot of new activities. While we have our internal infrastructure completely integrated, we are now looking at integrating with partners and customers. We are engaged with ActiveWorks, webMethods, and RosettaNet to manage that interface between our internal systems and our suppliers' internal systems and the orders and transactions that occur between the two."

Commenting on the award, Mike Gilpin of Giga Information Group and a member of the judging panel said: "The Juniper Networks case study showed a clear correlation to significant business benefits, more clearly than any other case study. These benefits were supported by a complete and plausible definition of how the benefits were achieved, focusing on the unique qualities that Active Software's ActiveWorks was able to bring as the core of the solution for integrating an eBusiness. The qualities Juniper saw, and the benefits they achieved, are also consistent with what Giga Information Group has heard from other clients regarding their experiences with ActiveWorks, which in our view lent further credibility to these claims."

"We're extremely honored to be recognized as the Application Integration Solution of the Year by eAI Journal," said Jim Green, chairman and CEO, Active Software, Inc. "Our mission is to turn any business into an eBusiness that operates faster, leaner and more responsively to customers by dynamically integrating enterprise applications in real time. This award validates our eBusiness platform and demonstrates its role in achieving significant business benefits."

This year's judging panel consisted of top industry analysts, including Ross Altman of GartnerGroup, Mike Gilpin of Giga Information Group, John Mann of Seybold Group and Martin Butler of Butler Group. The panel was chaired by Tony M. Brown, editor-in-chief of eAI Journal, and David McGovern, senior technical editor. To find out more about the Application Integration Solution of the Year and other winning entries in the eAI Journal Awards visit: www.eaijournal.com/awards2000.

About eAI Journal

eAI Journal is a Web site and monthly magazine focusing on eBusiness and application integration. It provides unrivalled analysis of business in the IT-driven economy, providing insight into such areas as B2B e-commerce, m-commerce, ERP integration, and middleware. It covers the key technologies of the New Economy and explains their business context and benefits to IT and business managers in Fortune 5000 and dot-com companies. www.eaijournal.com

About Active Software, Inc.

Founded in 1995, Active Software, Inc., (Nasdaq:ASWX) is a leading provider of eBusiness infrastructure software products. Active Software's eBusiness platform, the ActiveWorks Integration System, automates end-to-end business processes within the enterprise. Active Software has approximately 200 customers in industries such as telecommunications, financial services, government, technology, utilities, distribution, manufacturing and transportation. Active Software is headquartered in Santa Clara, Calif. For more information, visit the company Web site at www.activesoftware.com.

Except for the historical information contained herein, the matters discussed in this news release are forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in such forward-looking statements. Potential risks and uncertainties include, without limitation, Active Software's limited operating history, potential fluctuations in operating results, the company's substantial dependence on its ActiveWorks software products, the company's need to expand its sales and distribution channels, and the uncertain market acceptance of eBusiness integration software products. These and other risk factors are described in detail in the Company's Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1999, Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2000, and in its other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

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