City of Chicago Develops Innovative E-Government Initiatives with BroadVision's Enterprise Self-Service Application Suite.

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

REDWOOD CITY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 23, 2001

City of Chicago Standardizes on BroadVision's Portal,

Content Management and Billing Applications

BroadVision, Inc. (Nasdaq:BVSN), the leading provider of enterprise self-service applications, today announced that the City of Chicago has standardized on BroadVision(R)'s suite of enterprise self-service applications -- including BroadVision InfoExchange Portal(TM), BroadVision Billing(TM) -- to power a variety of innovative e-government initiatives.

"The City of Chicago is very excited about the possibilities that BroadVision software brings to Chicago citizens," said Chris O'Brien, chief information officer for the City of Chicago. "We plan to offer some of the most sophisticated e-government services available and make Chicago a model for other municipalities to emulate."

The City of Chicago will roll out its BroadVision-powered e-government initiatives beginning in Q4 of 2001. The first initiative is an online bill payment system that will allow citizens and businesses to easily pay a variety of fees and debts owed the city. The city will first implement payment for water bills and will eventually extend these online bill presentment and payment capabilities to all 42 of the city's administrative departments, enabling constituents to make tax payments and pay a wide variety of permit and license fees.

The city will also use BroadVision InfoExchange Portal to power an enhanced City of Chicago information and services portal. This portal will give citizens easy access to information and services from the city's 42 administrative departments as well as city "sister agencies" including the Chicago Public Schools and the Chicago Transit Authority. BroadVision One-To-One Publishing's distributed content management capabilities will allow each department and agency to create and maintain up-to-date content for the portal.

Future enhancements will use BroadVision's content management and personalization capabilities to create a site that allows citizens and businesses to easily apply for and obtain city permits online.

"Mayor Daley's vision is to use technology to make it easier for citizens and companies to do business with the City of Chicago," said Angela Ball, deputy chief information officer for the City of Chicago. "BroadVision has a well-integrated suite of applications that provide us with a scalable portal framework, powerful content management and online transaction capabilities that we can leverage across all of our e-government initiatives. BroadVision's Java and J2EE functionality also allow us to integrate with third party tools which was a deciding factor for us."

"The City of Chicago is clearly establishing itself as a leader in e-government and has an impressive vision of using self-service technologies to make government more efficient," Chris Grejtak, chief marketing officer of BroadVision. "We're confident that the City of Chicago will greatly increase citizen satisfaction by offering convenient, cost-effective access to important information and services."

About City of Chicago

The third largest city in the United States, The City of Chicago is a $4 billion dollar government entity with more that 40,000 employees, serving more than 3 million residents. Its Mayor is Richard M. Daley.

About BroadVision

BroadVision's (Nasdaq: BVSN, Neuer Markt: BDN) enterprise self-service applications create immediate business value by transforming the way organizations do business -- moving relationships to a personalized, self-service model that enhances growth, reduces costs and improves productivity. Leading global companies use BroadVision to power their enterprise self-service initiatives -- using the web and wireless devices to unify and extend an enterprise's applications, information and business processes to serve its employees, partners and customers in a personalized and collaborative way.

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