BroadVision Establishes Japanese Subsidiary, Nihon BroadVision K.K.; Tsugutoshi Sakayori Appointed as Managing Director and President.

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

REDWOOD CITY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 8, 2000

BroadVision(R) Inc. (Nasdaq: BVSN), a leading provider of personalized e-business applications, announced that it has established a wholly-owned Japanese subsidiary, Nihon BroadVision K.K. Mr. Tsugutoshi Sakayori has been appointed as the managing director and president of the new subsidiary.

BroadVision opened a Japanese branch in August of 1996 and chose to establish a Japanese subsidiary in August of this year to aggressively expand business in Japan. BroadVision has more than 65 corporate customers in Japan including Sony Communication Network Corporation, Toshiba Corporation, Japan Airlines, NEC Corporation, and Mitsubishi Electric  Corporation. Nihon BroadVision K.K is a full-service subsidiary with staff devoted to sales, marketing, support, consulting services, and finance.

"At the time the Japanese branch was established, e-business in Japan was in the creation phase. However, business has changed substantially in the past two years and we have now entered an aggressive growth phase," said Tsugutoshi Sakayori, managing director and president of BroadVision Japan K.K. "The establishment of Nihon BroadVision K.K. demonstrates the company's ongoing commitment to expand and build a truly global business."

Overview of Nihon BroadVision K.K.

    Managing Director & President:    Tsugutoshi Sakayori

    BroadVision Japan Branch
     Established:                     August 1996

    Japanese Subsidiary Established:  August 2000 (wholly-owned
                                      subsidiary of BroadVision, Inc.)

    Capital:                          JPY 70 million

    Main Office:                      Tennoz Parkside Building,
                                      12F, 2-5-8 Higashi Shinagawa,
                                      Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo

    Phone:                            [phone]

About BroadVision

BroadVision (Nasdaq: BVSN, Neuer Markt: BDN) develops and delivers an integrated suite of packaged applications for conducting e-commerce interactions and transactions. Global enterprises and government entities use these applications to sell, buy and exchange information over the web and on wireless devices. The BroadVision e-commerce application suite enables a corporation to become more competitive and profitable by establishing and sustaining high-yield relationships with customers, suppliers and employees. BroadVision services professionals, supported by over 100 partner organizations worldwide, transform these applications into business value for our customers through consulting, education, and support services in more than 34 countries.

BroadVision -- founded in 1993, public since 1996 -- has over 1,000 customers. IDC ranks BroadVision as the world's leading provider of e-commerce software applications (International Data Corp., E-Commerce Software Applications Market Forecast and Analysis, 2000-2004). BroadVision is headquartered in Redwood City, California and can be reached at 650/261-5100 or [e-mail].

BroadVision is a registered trademark of BroadVision, Inc. in the United States and other countries. BroadVision One-To-One is a trademark of BroadVision, Inc. in the United States and other countries.