Enterprise Application Market Will Reach $1 Billion by 2001; Aberdeen Group Publishes Second Report on Enterprise Application Integration Market This Year.

BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 15, 1998--In a report published today, Aberdeen Group reports that an accelerating demand for flexible, cost-effective, enterprisewide application integration solutions is driving the growth of the Enterprise Application Integration (EAI) market. Demand is so great that the EAI market is on track to reach $1 billion by 2001.

According to the Report, "Enterprise Application Integration: Advanced Technologies and a Sense of Process," application integration projects are becoming more crucial and strategic, involving mission-critical business processes, data warehousing, and Year 2000 conversions. "EAI is a business issue. If it is implemented correctly it will improve the bottom line of the overall business," says Jeanine Fournier, Aberdeen senior analyst.

"Enterprise Application Integration: Advanced Technologies and a Sense of Process" is Aberdeen's second report on the emerging EAI market this year. The new report includes several important additions to its predecessor, which was published in February, including:

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--   Technology Segmentation -- indicates various technology
     approaches to integration and the suppliers supporting those
     technologies;

--   Market Size and Growth Projections -- Aberdeen's most recent data
     on EAI market size and growth;

--   Issues and Challenges section -- outlines additional industry
     trends that are affecting EAI initiatives;

--   User Success Factors -- highlights major factors that will affect
     supplier's position and existence in the EAI market;

--   Supplier Success Factors -- highlights initial factors users need
     to be aware of when adopting EAI solutions; and,

--   Additional Supplier Profiles -- Aberdeen has added more than a
     dozen suppliers to this report.

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The report is written for information technology (IT) and line-of-business corporate management professionals who are responsible for planning and managing initiatives for application integration as well as those charged with communicating and interacting effectively with potential distributors and suppliers.

The vendors profiled in "Enterprise Application Integration: Advanced Technologies and a Sense of Process" include Active Software; Compaq Computer Corporation; Constellar Corporation; CrossWorlds Software; Extricity Software, Inc.; Evolutionary Technologies Inc.; Frontec; IBM Corporation; INTERLINQ Software Corporation; New Era of Networks, Inc. (NEON); Oberon Software Inc.; Prism Solutions, Inc.; SmartDB Corporation; SAGA; Software Technologies Corporation (STC); Template Software; TIBCO Software Inc.; TopTier Software Inc.; TSI Software; and, Vitria Technology, Inc.

About Aberdeen Group

Aberdeen Group, founded in 1988, is a Boston-based information technology research and consulting organization that closely monitors user needs, technological innovation, and market developments. It focuses its research efforts on the business impact of technology changes.

For more information about "Enterprise Application Integration: Advanced Technologies and a Sense of Process" or about Aberdeen's ongoing research on IT trends, please consult the Aberdeen Web site, www.aberdeen.com.