Calico and TIBCO Software Join Forces to Offer Customers High-end eBusiness Solutions.

Business Editors

SAN JOSE and PALO ALTO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 10, 2000

Calico and TIBCO Provide Real-Time, Open Standards-Based Integration

With Software Applications From SAP, Oracle and Siebel Systems 

Calico Commerce (NASDAQ: CLIC), a leading provider of eBusiness applications that enable companies to sell over the Web, and TIBCO Software Inc. (Nasdaq:TIBX), a leading provider of real-time infrastructure software for eBusiness, today announced a strategic marketing and integration alliance. The companies plan to offer a high-end solution allowing customers to obtain real-time information from Calico's suite of eBusiness applications and use this data to improve online selling effectiveness, while increasing customer satisfaction.

Under the terms of the agreement, Calico will integrate and resell TIBCO's leading real-time infrastructure software, as a key element for linking Calico's eCommerce application suite with existing enterprise resource planning (ERP) software from Oracle, SAP and Siebel. Calico will build its Calico Enterprise Connectors using TIBCO's TIB/Adapter SDK and will resell TIBCO's Integration Packs, which include the industry leading TIB/Rendezvous(TM), TIB/MessageBroker(TM) and TIB/Adapter(TM) software. Together, TIBCO and Calico offer customers a fully integrated system that is accessible and responds in real-time.

"TIBCO's partnership with Calico reinforces our strategy to form alliances with the leading customer-focused e-Commerce solutions in the market today," said Vivek Ranadive, chairman and CEO of TIBCO Software. "By working together with Calico, we can offer our customers an open door to critical information about their e-Commerce applications in real-time--something every business has come to depend on--and Calico can now offer a pre-built, fully integrated solution."

Calico and TIBCO share a growing customer base that include industry-leaders such as Motorola, Qwest, General Electric, Chemdex, Telia and others.

KPMG Consulting, LLC, a leading internet integration services company, offers a complete solution for the telecommunications industry that combines world class technologies from TIBCO, Calico and other leaders, to help telecommunications companies address mission-critical eBusiness needs.

"KPMG Consulting's Next Generation Operational Support Systems (OSSs) will change the way telecommunications companies create and manage new service offerings to their clients" said Kevin Ward, Managing Director, KPMG Consulting. "Web enablement and customer self service are key emerging elements in today's service provider environment, and the alliance between Calico and TIBCO will clearly make these a reality".

Calico and TIBCO are currently working with a shared customer, SingleSourceIT, a B2B e-Commerce company that revolutionizes the global IT supply chain for customers, manufacturers, distributors and resellers, to give the company the tools necessary to create a customized selling experience.

"Working with two leading companies like Calico and TIBCO will give SingleSourceIT the necessary tools to provide our customers a one-on-one customized environment to manage their IT asset infrastructure, while linking them to internal operations and external channels," said Rob Harris, president, SingleSourceIT. "Utilizing Calico and TIBCO technology allows us to provide the ultimate IT supply chain solution for our customers."

"Calico and TIBCO share the same view on how to successfully deliver eBusiness solutions to our customers," said Alan Naumann, president and CEO of Calico Commerce, Inc. "For our customers to be thriving e-Commerce companies they must have complete accessibility to customer information stored in back-office applications. The TIBCO partnership gives us the capacity to ensure that companies are using their existing sales and product-related data in the most effective and timely manner allowing them to promptly respond to on-line customer inquiries."

Calico Enterprise Connectors

Calico supports rapid and cost-effective integration with existing enterprise applications with Calico Enterprise Connectors. With the Calico Enterprise Connectors, Calico addresses the major integration requirements for companies to merge the use of customer-facing web-based selling applications with enterprise applications and existing content. Calico Enterprise Connectors will leverage TIBCO's real-time integration system to link the Calico eBusiness application suite with order entry systems and front and back office systems including Oracle OE, SAP R/3(R) and Siebel. With Calico Enterprise Connectors corporations can quickly implement Calico without the time, expense and maintenance of customized point-to-point integration.

About TIBCO Software Inc.

TIBCO Software Inc. (Nasdaq: TIBX) is a leading provider of real-time infrastructure software for e-business. TIBCO's products and services enable computer applications and platforms to communicate efficiently across networks. The TIBCO ActiveEnterprise(R) product suite facilitates the distribution of information and integration of business processes by connecting applications to a network through patented technology called The Information Bus(R) or TIB(R). TIB technology was first used to "digitize" Wall Street and has been adopted in diverse industries, including manufacturing, energy, telecommunications, and electronic commerce. TIBCO Software's global client base includes Cisco, Yahoo!, NEC, 3Com, Sun Microsystems, SAP, Philips, AT&T and AOL/Netscape. Headquartered in Palo Alto, California, TIBCO Software can be reached at [phone] or on the web at www.tibco.com.

About Calico Commerce, Inc.

Calico Commerce, Inc. provides an eBusiness application suite that enables leading corporations to sell products and services via the Web, through existing channels and in Net Markets. Calico's open-standards eBusiness applications match unique customer needs to products to drive revenue growth, increase customer satisfaction and achieve competitive advantage. Calico customers include leaders in high-technology hardware, manufacturing, telecommunications services, financial services, home furnishings, chemicals, agriculture and retail. Calico Commerce, Inc., headquartered in San Jose, Calif., can be found on the World Wide Web at www.calico.com.

Except for the historical information contained herein, the matters discussed in news releases contain forward-looking statements that involve substantial risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed in or implied by such forward-looking statements. Potential risks and uncertainties are described in detail in public reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission such as Calico's Registration Statement on Form S-1 and on Form S-4 in connection with the ConnectInc.com acquisition.

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