Consilient Joins Industry Effort to Establish a Common E-Business Language; The Prestigious UDDI Roster Spearheads the Development of Internet Standards.

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

BERKELEY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 8, 2001

Consilient, Inc., the leader in process personalization software, announced today its participation in the Universal Description, Discovery and Integration (UDDI) Project, a broad coalition of business and technology leaders formed to support the future development of the UDDI standard. Consilient joins technology leaders such as Microsoft, Ariba Inc. and Hewlett-Packard in an effort to standardize the way participating companies enter and retrieve information and create the UDDI business registry.

"Consilient believes that open B2B standards are the fastest and highest value way to address the enormous opportunities that the next wave of e-business represents," stated Erik Freed, president, chief technology officer and co-founder of Consilient. "UDDI represents a core standard in this new world, and its capabilities are fundamental to the sort of open market approach to which Consilient is committed."

The first cross-industry effort driven by platform and software providers, marketplace operators and e-business leaders, the UDDI standard is the building block that will enable businesses to quickly, easily and dynamically find and transact with one another using their preferred applications. By listing a Web service in the UDDI Business Registry, companies are opening the door for the establishment of new e-business relationships and added efficiency to existing relationships.

About The UDDI Project

The UDDI Project is a 120-plus member coalition of business and technology leaders committed to the acceleration and broadening of business-to-business integration and commerce on the Internet. For more information on the UDDI Project go to: http://www.uddi.org.

About Consilient

Consilient's innovative process personalization software helps companies and individuals take control of diverse and dynamic business processes that span multiple people and organizations. Consilient's peer-to-peer infrastructure leverages existing systems and applications, making technology conform to business processes instead of constraining those processes to fit technology. The result is more efficient and personalized processes that foster collaboration throughout the company and across its network of customers, suppliers, and partners. Consilient is a privately held company headquartered in Berkeley, Calif., and funded by Oak Hill Venture Partners (www.ohvp.com) and The Sapling Foundation. For more information, visit Consilient's website at www.consilient.com or email [e-mail].