Vigilance Solidifies Supply Chain Event Management Leadership With Key Appointments; Business Growth Prompts Doubling of Marketing and Business Development Departments.

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 3, 2001

Vigilance, Inc., the leader in real-time, automated supply chain event management (SCEM), today announced the addition of six key employees to its marketing team, including Magesh Ranganathan as director of business development and Todd Willoughby as director of alliances. These additional marketing and business development resources were added to support Vigilance's continued, aggressive promotion of its SCEM solution to Global 1000 companies.

"With these strategic appointments, Vigilance is well positioned for the explosive growth in Supply Chain Event Management," said David Busch, vice president of marketing for Vigilance. "Our customers' success in minimizing costs and maximizing performance proves that it is more important than ever for companies to automate their supply chain management processes. These hires demonstrate our commitment to helping companies learn how to effectively do this."

Vigilance grew 50 percent each quarter in 2000 and has increased its momentum with even higher growth numbers expected in 2001. The Vigilance additions to marketing and business development will continue to promote the company's track record and innovative technology while extending its network of top tier partners and customers.

Together, Willoughby and Ranganathan bring over 30 years of marketing and business development experience to Vigilance. Ranganathan was previously vice president of marketing at Optum Inc., where he was instrumental in the product development and marketing of the company's warehousing and fulfillment solutions. Prior to Optum, Ranganathan was a product manager at i2 Technologies and oversaw creation, development and marketing of its Rhythm Business Intelligence software for collaborative planning as well as leading the initiative for i2's first vertical solution.

Willoughby most recently served as a practice director for Oracle Corp., where he managed international ERP projects, deployments in 22 countries, worldwide implementation of a large Japanese semiconductor manufacturer and multi-million dollar project implementations.

William Krasson also joins Vigilance as manager of business development and brings more than a decade of high-tech sales and consultancy experience from firms such as A.T. Kearney. Other additions include Meredith Vaish, marketing manager, and marketing analysts, Anessa Farber and Joshua Golovin.

"Over the past three years, Vigilance has established itself as a dominant force in the market," said Willoughby. "I look forward to continuing this incredible momentum and furthering Vigilance's unique cost-saving message."

About Vigilance, Inc.

Vigilance sells the first complete supply chain event management system that enables cross-enterprise collaboration on both the front and back ends of organizational business processes. Founded in 1998 by Dr. Jonathan Golovin and Subhash Tantry, the company is known for its rapidly implemented and efficient solutions that provide closed-loop business process control at numerous companies worldwide. The Vigilance client list includes Global 1000 companies such as Seagate Technology, Compaq Computer Corp., Dresser Inc., and Castrol Industrial North America. Vigilance is headquartered in Sunnyvale, with offices across the United States and a European headquarters in the U.K. More information about Vigilance can be found at www.vigilance.com.