E-BUSINESS SOLUTIONS DECREASE OPERATING COSTS.

SAP AG (NYSE:SAP) has announced that companies can now achieve true e-business flexibility and lower cost of ownership with the mySAP.com(R) e-business platform.

Constantly changing e-business processes require a flexible e-business solution based on independently changeable components. With mySAP.com, e-business flexibility no longer leads to increased operating costs. Customers have the option to deploy several independent mySAP.com components on one database without compromising flexibility. This unique technology allows companies using mySAP.com to continually change and adapt each individual software component to fit their unique e-business requirements.

"Operating several independently deployed e-business components is a reality today for most companies," said

Karl-Heinz Hess, member of the extended executive board of SAP AG. "SAP is unique in its ability to consolidate e-business solutions onto one database, which can dramatically lower the operating costs for companies fully embracing e-business."

Constantly changing e-business processes require a flexible e-business solution, but often at the sacrifice of low operating costs. Deploying multiple e-business solutions in one database simplifies administration efforts and leads to reduced maintenance and operating costs. In addition to the reduced database maintenance efforts, consistent and reliable backup and restoration of business data is tremendously eased since dependencies between different databases no longer occur. Inherent balancing of several components' resource requirements on one database at different peak times allows companies to use available resources more effectively. Companies maintain the flexibility to scale from multiple components per database to multiple components on multiple databases, and back and forth as needed.

"With its single-database technical architecture and professional sizing capability, SAP is the only e-business software vendor to have scaled to 1,500 concurrent business users in the real world," said Derek Prior, analyst for Gartner Group Inc. "mySAP.com now offers more flexibility to customers needing to operate multiple applications with a single database."

The ability to deploy several mySAP.com components on one database will be available to mySAP.com customers in the second quarter of 2001.

About SAP

SAP is the world's leading provider of e-business software solutions. Through the mySAP.com e-business platform, people in businesses around the globe are improving relationships with customers and partners, streamlining operations, and achieving significant efficiencies throughout their supply chains. Today, more than 13,000 companies in over 100 countries run more than 30,000 installations of SAP(R) software. With subsidiaries in over 50 countries, the company is listed on several exchanges including the Frankfurt stock exchange and NYSE under the symbol "SAP."

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