BroadVision and CrossWorlds Announce Alliance.

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

BURLINGAME, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 17, 2000

CrossWorlds Ships Connector for BroadVision One-To-One(TM) to

Provide Real-Time Integration Between e-Business Application

Suite and Leading Enterprise Packages

CrossWorlds Software, Inc. (Nasdaq:CWLD), an e-business infrastructure software provider, and BroadVision, Inc. (Nasdaq:BVSN), a leading provider of personalized e-business applications, announced today a technology partnership to help companies more easily integrate BroadVision's e-business applications with their existing IT environment. Using CrossWorlds, enterprises can integrate the BroadVision One-To-One applications with any number of other enterprise applications, such as ERP and CRM systems, in real-time.

CrossWorlds has developed a pre-built Connector for BroadVision One-To-One that will enable BroadVision users to integrate disparate applications at the business process level and leverage CrossWorlds' e-business infrastructure capabilities. The pre-built CrossWorlds Connector for BroadVision will help accelerate the deployment and integration timeframes for e-commerce projects.

"BroadVision and CrossWorlds offer an impressive combination of tools to aid in building a customer-friendly e-commerce Web site," said Rick Sturgeon, chief technology officer for SourceAlliance.com, a leading independent online marketplace for electrical products and joint BroadVision and CrossWorlds customer. "With BroadVision One-To-One, we have direct interaction with our customers and suppliers, which greatly enhances our customer relations. Adding CrossWorlds as the integration link between BroadVision and other applications means we're able to share customer data across and beyond the enterprise and provide our customers with a more efficient marketplace operation."

Whether personalizing millions of customer interactions and transactions on the Web or uniting the people of a global operation, BroadVision One-To-One solutions deliver the security, flexibility and scalability to implement robust one-to-one connections. BroadVision works closely with vendors such as CrossWorlds to develop BroadVision Integration Packs to several business applications resulting in a wide range of seamless connectivity solutions to customers' back-end systems.

"One-to-one interaction with a company's customers and suppliers can be further enhanced through the seamless integration with enterprise systems," said Cliff Apsey, vice president, solutions marketing at BroadVision. "CrossWorlds' expertise in integration and business process automation enables our customers to leverage their existing IT investments as they pursue innovative e-business strategies."

"BroadVision's leadership in providing personalized e-business applications, coupled with CrossWorlds' integration expertise, will enable companies to automate essential business processes and increase their competitive advantage," said Art Matin, senior vice president of worldwide sales and marketing at CrossWorlds. "Together, CrossWorlds and BroadVision will provide companies with the ability to successfully compete in the new economy."

About The CrossWorlds Platform

The CrossWorlds solution is an e-business integration platform that reduces information technology costs by accelerating deployment timeframes and reducing long-term maintenance costs. It helps companies gain efficiencies inside the enterprise and over the Internet among suppliers and customers by integrating common business processes and sharing key information in real time. CrossWorlds' product line supports a modular, incremental solution so that underlying enterprise applications can be added, removed and changed over time. CrossWorlds' Java-based InterChange Server is application-independent so cross-application business processes are not affected if users upgrade to new versions of packaged applications or retire legacy systems.

About BroadVision

BroadVision, Inc. (Nasdaq: BVSN, Neuer Markt: BDN) is the leader in personalized e-business applications. BroadVision's comprehensive suite of integrated applications is built for delivery via the Web and wireless devices. Companies using BroadVision's proven applications get to market quickly, launching innovative e-commerce, self-service and enterprise information sites. These sites enable personalized interactions and transactions with customers, partners, suppliers and employees. BroadVision One-To-One applications power business-to-consumer and business-to-business sites for many of the world's top companies in the financial services, telecommunications, electronics, manufacturing, retail and travel industries. BroadVision applications are available in more than 120 countries worldwide. Headquartered in Redwood City, Calif., USA, the company can be reached at 650/261-5100 or at www.broadvision.com.

About CrossWorlds Software, Inc.

CrossWorlds is an e-business infrastructure software provider that integrates internal operations and extends these operations over the Internet. CrossWorlds' products help traditional and emerging businesses to leverage the Internet as a platform to increase productivity, improve responsiveness to customer demands and enhance overall competitiveness. The company's customers include industry-leading companies such as Applied Materials, Caterpillar/Solar Turbines, Delphi Automotive, DuPont, Nortel Networks, Roche Group, Siemens AG, US WEST and Whirlpool Corp. CrossWorlds (Nasdaq:CWLD) is based in Burlingame. Additional information can be found at www.crossworlds.com.

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