Adexa and Agile Announce Partnership at Agility 2000.

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LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 4, 2000

Collaborative Commerce Companies Join Forces to Develop

Integrated Solution For Intelligent Product Life Cycle Management

Adexa(TM), Inc. a provider of collaborative planning solutions critical to e-business, and Agile Software Corporation (Nasdaq: AGIL), a provider of collaborative manufacturing commerce solutions, today announced at Agility 2000, Agile's user conference, a partnership designed to help manufacturers with complex product structures improve customer service and manage material more efficiently through an integrated collaborative manufacturing commerce, collaborative planning and procurement system.

As part of the integrated solution, Adexa and Agile will provide intelligent engineering change orders that analyze financial and customer service impact, as well as the impact on the entire bill of materials prior to product release. The two companies will also offer intelligent life cycle management functionality with new product pre-launch decision support based on material and resource constraints, product transition impact analysis and end-of-life decision support using a build versus auction approach.

"We feel manufacturers in the direct materials marketplace can benefit greatly from the synergies between the Adexa and Agile solutions," said Bryan D. Stolle, chairman and chief executive officer for Agile. "By combining the advanced supply chain management capability of Adexa's iCollaboration suite with Agile's expertise in product change collaboration, we are helping close the gap considerably between design, planning and manufacturing."

"Collaborative manufacturing commerce is a key component of our vision for best-of-breed collaborative commerce, and we are very excited to partner with Agile, a leading solution provider in this particular arena," said Dr. K. Cyrus Hadavi, president and chief executive officer for Adexa. "The Web-centric functionality of Agile Anywhere is a strong complement to the Internet-based architecture of our iCollaboration suite."

About Agile

Agile Software Corporation (Nasdaq: AGIL) is a leading supplier of business-to-business collaborative manufacturing commerce solutions. Agile products enable supply chain partners to communicate and collaborate over the Internet about new or changing product content, and then source and procure the required components. Customers include Agilent Technologies, Compaq, Dell Computer, Flextronics International, GE Medical Systems, Hewlett-Packard, Jabil Circuit, Lucent Technologies, Philips, Texas Instruments and others. For more information, call 408-975-3900, or visit Agile at http://www.agilesoft.com.

About Adexa

Established in 1994, Adexa develops and markets solutions that enable collaborative commerce - an Internet-based approach to sourcing, making and delivering goods that requires intelligent planning and dynamic collaboration among members of a multi-tiered supply chain. Adexa's iCollaboration suite helps enterprises and trading exchange participants make faster, more informed business decisions by automating, synchronizing and optimizing complex, interdependent supply chain operations. Built with next-generation technology, Adexa's iCollaboration suite is an open, scalable and adaptable solution that helps increase customer responsiveness, coordination with trading partners and enhance overall supply chain efficiency.

Headquartered in Los Angeles, Adexa has licensed its iCollaboration suite to leading companies and trading exchanges around the world, including Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., Conexant Systems, Inc., Digeno, Framatome Connectors International, Fujitsu Quantum Devices, Ltd., Matsushita Electronics Corporation, Milliken and Company, Philips Semiconductors B.V., Sanyo Electric Co. Ltd., and Sumitomo Metal Industries, Ltd. Sitix Division. To learn more about Adexa and its solutions, please visit www.adexa.com.

The statements contained in this release that are not purely historical are forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 21E of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, including statements regarding Adexa's expectations, beliefs, hopes, intentions or strategies regarding the future. All forwarded-looking statements included in this document are based upon information available to Adexa of the date hereof, and Adexa assumes no obligation to update any such forward-looking statements. Actual results could differ materially from current expectations. Factors that could cause or contribute to such differences include, but are not limited to, the factors and risks discussed in the Registration Statement Form S-1 filed on August 28, 2000 with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

This "Safe Harbor" Statement Under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995: [pilcrow (paragraph sign)] Information in this release that involves Agile's beliefs, hopes, plans, expectations, intentions or strategies regarding the future consists of forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties, which are based upon information available to Agile as of the date of the release, and we assume no obligation to update any such forward-looking statement. These statements are not guarantees of future performance and actual results could differ materially from our current expectations. Factors that could cause or contribute to such differences include, but are not limited to, delays and difficulties in introducing new products and upgrades of existing versions of our products; lack of market acceptance of Agile Anywhere or Agile Buyer or other new products or services; inability to continue timely delivery of competitive new products and services; introduction of new products or services by major competitors; risks related to the Internet on our business and prospects; and our ability to recruit or retain necessary personnel. These and other factors and risks associated with our business are discussed in the Agile's Form 10-K filed July 24, 2000.