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Crossroads 2000 A-List Awards Presented During Seventh Annual Crossroads Conference.


Business/Technology Editors

PALM SPRINGS, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 13, 2000

Crossroads Conference draws record number of top IT executives,

business leaders, investors and media

Winners of the Crossroads 2000 A-List Awards were recognized today during the seventh annual Crossroads Conference. The Crossroads A-List is awarded to the best new products and services proven effective at moving forward on today's business Today's Business is a show on CNBC that aired in the early morning, 5 to 7AM ET timeslot, hosted by Liz Claman and Bob Sellers, and it was replaced by Wake Up Call on Feb 4, 2002.  priorities. The Crossroads A-List Awards:

--Sort the wheat wheat, cereal plant of the genus Triticum of the family Gramineae (grass family), a major food and an important commodity on the world grain market. Wheat Varieties and Their Uses
 from the chaff chaff

1. chaffed hay; called also chop.

2. the winnowings from a threshing, consisting of awns, husks, glumes and other relatively indigestible materials.


--Tell businesspeople and investors what opportunities and challenges a technology is proven to address

--Jump start bizno-tech teams on a shorter--yet more effective--technology evaluation and implementation cycle

--Identify lesser known products and services with proven track records in large and/or and/or  
conj.
Used to indicate that either or both of the items connected by it are involved.

Usage Note: And/or is widely used in legal and business writing.
 rapidly growing businesses

--Provide a credible third-party endorsement A signature on a Commercial Paper or document.

An endorsement on a negotiable instrument, such as a check or a promissory note, has the effect of transferring all the rights represented by the instrument to another individual.
 for complex systems that cannot be duplicated in a lab environment

The Crossroads A-List Awards are based on an in-depth in-depth
adj.
Detailed; thorough: an in-depth study.


in-depth
Adjective

detailed or thorough: an in-depth analysis

 research process. OSA 1. OSA - Open Scripting Architecture.
2. OSA - Open System Architecture.
 validates demand, clarifies vendor positioning, and verifies vendors' track records through due diligence Research; analysis; your homework. This term has caught on in all industries, because it sounds so "wired." Who would want to do analysis or research when they can do due diligence. See wired.  interviews with their deployed customers. Reflecting the A-List Awards focus on mission-critical enterprisewide and B2B (Business to Business) Refers to one business communicating with or selling to another. See B2B e-commerce, B2C and B2G.

B2B - business to business
 infrastructure Winners include:

Customer Interaction in the New Economy

Crossroads      Company Name                  Product Name
Category

Customer        Annuncio Software             Annuncio Live
Identification
and
Segmentation
                Exchange Applications,        VALEX
                Inc.
                (NASDAQ: EXAP)
                iMarket Inc                   MarketPlace Gold

                Personify, Inc.               Personify Essentials

E-commerce      Accrue Software, Inc.         Accrue Insight
                (NASDAQ: ACRU)
                Art Technology Group          Dynamo Application
                (NASDAQ: ARTG)                Server/Dynamo
                Personalization Server
                BroadVision, Inc.             BroadVision One-To-One
                (NASDAQ: BVSN)                Commerce
                OnDisplay                     CenterStage eContent
                (NASDAQ: ONDS)
                Selectica, Inc.               Selectica ACE Software

                Vignette Corporation          Vignette StoryServer
                (NASDAQ: VIGN)

The Customer    Broadbase Software, Inc.      Broadbase Enterprise
Contact
Center          (NASDAQ: BBSW)                Performance Management
                (EPM)/Customer Service
                Cisco Systems Applications    Cisco Collaboration
                Technology Group              Server
                (NASDAQ: CSCO)
                E.piphany, Inc.               E.piphany E.4 Real-Time
                (NASDAQ: EPNY)                Personalization
                FaceTime Communications,      FaceTime Instant
                Inc.                          Customer
                Quintus Corporation           WebCenter
                (NASDAQ: QNTS)
                Silknet Software, Inc.        Silknet eBusiness System
                (NASDAQ: SILK)


Delivering       Broadreach Consulting, Inc.  Solutions for
Flexible                                      Business-to-Business
Systems                                       E-Commerce and
Rapidly for                                   E-Business
the Extended
Enterprise


Crossroads                Product Category
Category

Customer                  Internet Marketing Automation
Identification
and
Segmentation
                          Marketing Process Automation


                          Target Marketing for the
                          Business-to-Business Environment
                          Internet Marketing Decision Support

E-commerce                Tracking and Analysis of Web Site
                          Performance and Visitor Behavior
                          Java Development Platform for Personalized
                          E-Commerce

                          Personalized Internet Commerce Application
                          for the Integrated Enterprise
                          Content Aggregation and Transformation for
                          Personalized E-Business
                          Development Platform for Empowering
                          Self-Service on the Internet
                          Dynamic Content Management for Personalized
                          E-Business

The Customer Contact      Analytic Applications for the Customer
Center                    Contact Center

                          Interactive Collaboration for Sales and
                          Service

                          Target Marketing at the Point of Contact

                          Application Service Provider (ASP) of
                          Online Customer Assistance
                          Interactive Customer Assistance on the Web

                          Web-Based Customer Interaction



Delivering Flexible       E-Business Strategy, Architecture,
Systems Rapidly for       Applications Development and Integration
the Extended
Enterprise


Excellence in Execution in the Changing Business Landscape

Crossroads        Company Name                  Product Name
Category

Finding and       Artesia Technologies, Inc.    TEAMS Digital Asset
Reusing
Knowledge                                       Management Solution
                  Autonomy, Inc.                Knowledge Server
                  (EASDAQ: AUTN)
                  Open Text Corporation         Livelink
                  (NASDAQ: OTEX)
                  (TSE: OTC)
                  Plumtree Software             Plumtree Corporate
                                                Portal
                  Viador Inc.                   Viador E-Portal Suite
                  (NASDAQ: VIAD)

Working Smarter,  Centra Software, Inc.         Centra 99
Not
Harder
                  Docent Inc.                   Docent Enterprise
                  InterWise, Inc.               InterWise Millennium
                  Interwoven, Inc.              TeamSite
                  (NASDAQ: IWOV)
                  Latitude Communications       MeetingPlace
                  (NASDAQ: LATD)
                  NetObjects, Inc.              NetObjects Authoring
                  (NASDAQ: NETO)                Server Suite 2000
Reducing          Agile Software Corporation    Agile Anywhere
Time to
Market            (NASDAQ: AGIL)
                  Baan Company                  Supply Chain Designer
                  (NASDAQ: BAANF)               and Coordinator
                  Datasweep, Inc.               Advantage
                  NexPrise, Inc.                ipTeam

                  Versata, Inc.                 Versata E-Business
                  Automation System
Maximizing        AppWorx Corporation           AppWorx
the ERP
Investment
                  HAHT Software                 HAHT e-Scenario for
                  Sales & Distribution
                  TopTier Software Inc.         TopTier Enterprise
                  Integration Portal
                                                for Baan


Crossroads Category   Product Category



Finding and Reusing   Management and Reuse of Multimedia Assets

Knowledge

                      Automated Content Infrastructure for Portal

                      and Knowledge Management Solutions

                      Project Collaboration





                      Information and Application Portal for the

                      Extended Enterprise

                      Enterprise Portal for Business Intelligence

                      and Applications


Working Smarter, Not  Online Business Collaboration and Learning

Harder

                      Self-Paced Online Learning

                      Instructor-Led Online Learning

                      Content Management for the E-Business Site



                      Integrated Voice and Data Collaboration



                      Collaborative Web Publishing



Reducing Time to      Product Change Collaboration Management for

Market                E-Supply Chains

                      Supply Chain Network Design and Modeling for

                      Seasonal Businesses

                      Plant-Floor Visibility for E-Supply Chains

                      Simultaneous Product Development for the

                      Extended Enterprise

                      Rapid Application Development for E-Business



Maximizing the ERP    Event Based Processing and Job Scheduling

Investment

                      Extending the SAP Platform for B2B E-Commerce



                      Web-Enabling the Baan Platform



IT Infrastructure for the Age of E-Business

Crossroads        Company Name                  Product Name
Category

Inter-Enterprise  Adhesive Software, Inc.       Siteflash
and
Trading
Community
Interaction
                  Extricity Software, Inc.      Extricity
                  AllianceSeries
                  iPlanet E-Commerce            iPlanet ECXpert
                  Solutions, a Sun-Netscape
                  Alliance
                  (NASDAQ: SUNW, NYSE: AOL)

Application       Applicast, Inc.               Applicast Business
Service
Providers                                       Applications Network
                  Aventail Corporation          Aventail.Net
                  Citrix Systems, Inc.          Citrix MetaFrame
                  (NASDAQ: CTXS)
                  Oracle Corporation            Oracle Business OnLine
                  (NASDAQ: ORCL)

Strategic         Blaze Software, Inc.          Blaze Advisor
Software
Platforms                                       Solutions Suite
                  Bluestone Software, Inc.      Sapphire/Web
                  (NASDAQ: BLSW)
                  Informatica Corporation       PowerMart
                  (NASDAQ: INFA)
                  Persistence Software, Inc.    PowerTier for EJB
                  (NASDAQ: PRSW)
                  Saba                          Saba Learning
                                                Enterprise
Strategic         Hewlett-Packard Company       HP SureStore E Disk
Hardware          (NYSE: HWP)                   Array XP256
Platforms         DataMirror Corporation        Transformation Server
Enterprise        (TSE: DMC)
Integration       Evoke Software                Migration Architect

                  STC                           e*Gate e-Business
                                                Integrator
                  Sun Microsystems, Inc.        Forte Fusion
                  (NASDAQ: SUNW)
                  Vitria Technology, Inc.       BusinessWare
                  (NASDAQ: VITR)
                  Chain Link Technologies, Inc. Apps*Integrity
Infrastructure
Management        Concord Communications, Inc.  FirstSense Enterprise
                  (formerly FirstSense
                  Software, Inc.)
                  (NASDAQ: CCRD)
                  Nortel Networks Corporation,  ReliaMetrics
                  ReliaMetrics - A Nortel       Enterprise
                  Business Venture
                  (NYSE: NT)
                  Optimal Networks Corporation  Application Vantage

                  RadView Software, Inc.        WebLoad
                  AXENT Technologies, Inc.      Enterprise Security
Comprehensive     (NASDAQ: AXNT)                Manager (ESM) and
Information       Intruder Alert
Security          enCommerce, Inc.              getAccess

                  Netegrity, Inc.               SiteMinder
                  (NASDAQ: NETE)
                  Tivoli Systems Inc.           Tivoli SecureWay
                  (NYSE: IBM)                   Policy Director



Crossroads             Product Category

Category



Inter-Enterprise and   Affiliate E-Commerce

Trading Community

Interaction

                       Business-to-Business Process Integration



                       Supplier and Customer Interaction through

                       the Internet and EDI





Application Service    Enterprise Application Outsourcing

Providers

                       Managed Extranet Infrastructure Service

                       Enabling Technology for the ASP Industry



                       Vendor-Hosted Enterprise Applications



Strategic Software     Business Rules Development and Execution

Platforms              Software

                       Application Server Platform for E-Business

                       Interaction

                       Rapid Deployment of Data Warehouses for

                       E-Business Analysis

                       High Performance E-Commerce Infrastructure



                       Business-to-Business Learning Networks



Strategic Hardware     Storage Area Networks for the Enterprise

Platforms

Enterprise             Data Transformation and Integration for

Integration            E-Business

                       Data Profiling and Mapping Software for

                       Business Integration

                       Enterprise Application Integration for

                       E-Business

                       Application and Process Integration for

                       E-Business

                       Process Automation for E-Business



Infrastructure         Deployment Automation for Mission-Critical

Management             E-Business Applications

                       Meeting User-Visible Application Service

                       Levels





                       Risk Assessment and Quality Management for

                       Software Reliability





                       Diagnosing and Troubleshooting

                       Mission-Critical Application Performance

                       Web Application Performance and Load Testing


Comprehensive          Security Policy Enforcement with Intrusion

Information Security   Detection



                       Personalization and Access Management for

                       Global E-Business Portals

                       Personalization and Access Management for

                       Extranets and Portals

                       Enterprise User Access Management and Single

                       Sign-On for Internet and Object-Based

                       Applications


About the Seventh Annual Crossroads Conference

--Uncrowded. Crossroads is an intensive gathering with no-holds-barred assessments from the front-lines--the kind of probing probe  
n.
1. An exploratory action, expedition, or device, especially one designed to investigate and obtain information on a remote or unknown region.

2.
 conversation that occurs only among peers with an equally strong stake in driving new solutions.

--Holistic. It brings business and technology leaders together to identify and ignite their next success.

--Grounded. It's it's  

1. Contraction of it is.

2. Contraction of it has. See Usage Note at its.


it's it is or it has
it's be ~have
 three days of high-octane high-oc·tane
adj.
1. Having a high octane number and thus reducing knock and increasing efficiency in high-performance engines: high-octane gas.

2.
 sessions highlighting industry-leading performers--and how they're they're  

Contraction of they are.

they're be
 pushing technology to deliver breakthrough business results. What worked? What didn't did·n't  

Contraction of did not.


didn't did not
didn't do
? Why not?

About Open Systems Advisors, Inc.

Founded in 1989, Open Systems Advisors, Inc. (OSA) provides a real-world perspective on using new technology in business. OSA's research is based on an ongoing and in-depth dialogue with hundreds of seasoned IT executives and business leaders who are using emerging technologies to achieve business results. Specializing in mission-critical enterprisewide and B2B infrastructure, OSA compiles the Crossroads Decisions, awards the Crossroads A-List, and produces the Crossroads conference.

For additional information, contact the company at: Open Systems Advisors, Inc., 268 Newbury Newbury, town (1991 pop. 31,488), West Berkshire, S central England. In a farming region, Newbury trades in wool, malt, and farm products. Paper, furniture, and metal products are also made. In the Middle Ages the town was an important textile manufacturing center.  Street, Boston Boston, town, England
Boston, town (1991 pop. 26,495), E central England, on the Witham River. Boston's fame as a port dates from the 13th cent., when it was a Hanseatic port trading wool and wine. Having recovered from a decline in the 18th and 19th cent.
, MA 02116, 617/859-0859; http://www.crossroads-osa.com

(R)Crossroads is a registered trademark, and (TM)Crossroads A-List and (TM)Crossroads Decisions , and (TM)Bizno-Tech are trademarks of Open Systems Advisors, Inc.; any other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
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