National Wildfire Coordination Group Deploys Versata to Help Fight Forest Fires.

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

OAKLAND, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 10, 2001

New Wildland Dispatching Application Built with Versata is

Expected to Save Wildland Fire Management Agencies Over $15.7

Million a Year

Versata Inc. (Nasdaq:VATA), a leading provider of software and services that automate the business logic and processes that power enterprise and e-business applications, today announced that the National Wildfire Coordination Group (NWCG) has begun deployment of a new automated dispatching system which operates using the Versata Logic Server. NWCG agencies include: Bureau of Indian Affairs, Bureau of Land Management, Fish and Wildlife Service, National Park Service, US Forest Service, Tribal Council, and State Forestry Agencies. The name of the application is ROSS, which stands for National Interagency Resource Ordering and Status System. ROSS provides automated support to dispatch and coordination offices for all member agencies of the NWCG. The ROSS application will automate the current manual resource ordering and status process. It is estimated that due to improvements in efficiency alone that the cost savings will amount to more then $15.7 million a year.

"Using technology like the Versata Logic Server is key in our efforts in streamlining the dispatching system used by agencies within the NWCG," said Jon Skeels, ROSS Project Team Leader. "Versata allows the ROSS application to replace manual methods of gathering resource information with real-time status reports and an electronic nationwide tracking and resource ordering system. It is expected to be instrumental in linking all the wildland dispatch offices across the nation."

The ROSS Project is the first information systems project to be sponsored by the NWCG and is also the first and largest wildland fire management information systems project of its kind in the nation. In addition to wildland fires, the ROSS application will be used in support of flood, hurricane, earthquake, volcanic and other national disaster relief efforts. Nearly 400 interagency dispatch offices throughout the nation will operate the ROSS application.

"Automating the resource ordering process is crucial because of the huge protection area that NWCG agencies are responsible for," said Doug Roberts, interim CEO for Versata. "A major benefit of the Versata Logic Server's role in the ROSS application will be seen when NWCG Agencies are in a crisis mode and dispatchers and managers know exactly what resources are available and where they can be deployed to aid natural disaster relief efforts."

The ROSS application, built using the Versata Logic Server (by Lockheed Martin Information Support Services), is being used in the Rocky Mountain Area and at the National Interagency Coordination Center (in Boise ID.) on a field test basis. The application is expected to roll out nationwide in the second half of 2001 and may be used in support of the Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City.

Versata utilizes business rules to power enterprise and e-business applications. Using the Versata approach, core business logic and business process functions -- described in the precise, easy-to-understand language of business rules -- are directly executed as Java 2, Enterprise Edition (J2EE) or CORBA-based applications. Versata automation products consist of the Versata Logic Server and the Versata Interaction Server. The Versata Logic Server, a business logic automation engine and design studio, defines and executes business logic rules as Enterprise JavaBeans (EJB) components that drive transaction-rich applications. The Versata Interaction Server, a business process automation engine and design studio, defines and executes business process rules that drive process-centric systems.

About ROSS

The National Interagency Resource Ordering and Status System (ROSS) project is a National Wildfire Coordinating Group (NWCG) sponsored information systems development project. The United States Forest Service serves as the lead agency for the project. ROSS is a computer software application being developed to automate the resource ordering, status, and reporting process. Established in 1997 and chartered by the NWCG in June 1998, the scope of the project focuses on automating current processes enabling dispatch offices to electronically exchange and track information near real-time. When complete, ROSS will track all tactical, logistical, service and support resources mobilized by the incident dispatch community. For more information, please visit the ROSS website at: www.nwcg.gov/ross or call 303/275-5746.

About Versata

Versata software and services dramatically accelerate enterprise application development by automating the critical business logic and business process elements vital to complex web-based applications. Versata applications are grounded in an organization's core business rules and run on application servers like IBM WebSphere and BEA WebLogic. Versata solve a key challenge in enterprise application delivery -- defining and executing complex business functions and interactions, making it significantly easier and less expensive to develop and maintain sophisticated business applications. Versata Global 2000 customers include Federal Home Loan Bank, France Telecom, Hilton Hotels, ITT Fluid Technologies, J.P. Morgan Chase & Co., Kemper Insurance, and Mexicana Airlines. For more information, please visit www.versata.com or call 800/984-7638.

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