TIBX-- Selling the picks and shovels To ARBA & other B2B's
IT Visionaries Gather at Strategic Directions 2000, a B2B Conference Co-Sponsored by TIBCO Software and Reuters
PR Newswire ~ April 18, 2000 ~ 8:11 am EST
Top Executives From Ariba, Delta Air Lines, E*Trade, Sun Microsystems and
Yahoo! Among Blue-Chip Keynote Lineup
MONTEREY, Calif., April 18 /PRNewswire/ -- Beginning today at Strategic Directions 2000, a business-to-business (B2B) conference co-sponsored by TIBCO Software Inc. (Nasdaq: TIBX) and Reuters Group PLC (Nasdaq: RTRSY), more than 700 of the world's leading CIOs and IT visionaries will gather to discuss emerging e-business trends and strategies. Scott McNealy, Keith Krach and Jeff Mallet are among the influential list of speakers that will be presenting over the course of the conference.
"Last week, Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan spoke on the importance of accurate and relevant, real-time information and its effect on business --a key part of allowing companies to operate more effectively," said Vivek Ranadive chairman and CEO of TIBCO Software. "The foundation of B2B e-commerce is dependent upon distribution of and access to real-time information. This week at Strategic Directions 2000, top executives from leading B2B companies will share their views on the challenges and solutions for succeeding in the real-time Internet economy."
"The combination of Reuters leading information and transaction solutions, integrated with TIBCO's e-business infrastructure software, provides end-to-end unparalleled e-commerce solutions for the financial services sector," said Thomas Glocer, CEO, Reuters Information.
Keynote Speakers At Strategic Directions 2000
Keynote speakers at Strategic Directions 2000 will present their vision for the future, focusing on B2B e-commerce, Internet portals and wireless technology. Speakers, in order of appearance, will include:
-- Vivek Ranadive, chairman and CEO, TIBCO Software
-- Scott McNealy, chairman and CEO, Sun Microsystems Inc.
-- Keith Krach, co-founder, chairman, CEO and president, Ariba Inc.
-- Randy Wilcox, CEO, SARCOM and CEO, SingleSourceIT
-- Josh Levine, CIO, E*Trade
-- Matthew Szulik, president, Red Hat, Inc.
-- Charles Feld, head of Delta Air Lines' E-Ventures
-- Fred Meyer, vice president of product management, TIBCO Software
-- James Powell, CTO, Reuters Trading Solutions
-- Jeffrey Mallet, president and COO, Yahoo!
-- Bill Thornton, CTO, Fidelity eBusiness
-- E-Commerce Panel discussion with Sanda Weintraub, head of IT strategy;
adidas-Salomon AG; E. Russell "Rusty" Braziel, founder and chairman,
Altra Energy Technologies, Inc.; Alan P. Naumann, president and CEO,
Calico Commerce, Inc.; Brennan Carley, chief product and technology
officer; Reuters/Equant NewCo; Heinz Roggenkemper, EVP Development, SAP
Labs, Inc.; Jon Richman, head, new product development, International
Trade Management, Standard Chartered Bank
Strategic Product and Partner Announcements
TIBCO is announcing several new strategic products and partnerships during Strategic Directions 2000, including:
-- TIBCO Announces Next Generation Of Its TIBCO ActiveEnterprise Product
Suite -- TIBCO ActiveEnterprise is the broadest and most functional
e-business product available today. It is quickly becoming the industry
standard infrastructure software used by leading companies such as
Ariba, Cisco, Yahoo!, Seagate, Bellsouth, Altra Energy Technologies,
mySAP.com and others.
-- TIBCO Launches New B2B Platform For Enterprise Hubs And E-Marketplaces
-- TIBCO ActiveExchange(TM) is a set of new products that offer a B2B
platform to rapidly enable enterprise hubs and e-marketplaces to
connect suppliers, distributors and partners.
-- TIBCO Software And Aether Systems Join Forces To Launch Real-Time
Mobile B2B E-Commerce -- TIBCO Software and Aether Systems, Inc., a
leading provider of wireless data systems and services, announced a
technology alliance that will enable business-to-business (B2B)
e-commerce via handheld devices including WAP-enabled phones, pagers
and personal digital assistants (PDAs).
-- Delta Air Lines Selects TIBCO Software As The Infrastructure For Its
Real-Time Communication Network -- The TIBCO ActiveEnterprise suite of
products communicates Delta's operational events, such as passenger
boardings, in real-time to tens of thousands of Delta terminals at
airports worldwide, allowing Delta's front-line employees to react to
developments more quickly and deliver improved customer service and
on-time performance.
-- TIBCO Software And Mind The Store Join Forces To Deliver Real-time
E-Commerce And Portal Solutions For Retail Management -- TIBCO and Mind
The Store announced a global marketing alliance to serve the software
integration needs of the global retail market. The companies intend to
combine Mind The Store's CORE ASP-based application with TIBCO
ActiveEnterprise and TIBCO ActivePortal(TM) to allow for
enterprise-wide rapid deployment of e-commerce services, without any
change to existing hardware and legacy systems. This alliance will mark
TIBCO's formal entry into the retail industry, which generates
$2.7 trillion annually in the United States alone.
-- TIBCO Software Provides Real-Time, E-Business Infrastructure For
Saturn's Next Generation Retail System -- TIBCO announced it has
partnered with Computer Sciences Corporation to provide Saturn
Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of General Motors, with the
real-time, e-business infrastructure for its Next Generation Retail
System. Among other benefits, the project directly connects Saturn
owners to Saturn's diagnostic equipment, giving them a portal window
into their car's service history, and allowing them to schedule service
and maintenance online, in real-time.
-- Powered By TIBCO Software, SingleSourceIT Launches B2B Marketplace For
Global Information Technology Supply Chain Solutions -- SingleSourceIT
was designed, developed and launched in 10 weeks by using TIBCO
Software's e-business infrastructure platform, the same technology that
helps power some of the world's leading Internet portals, including
Yahoo!, AltaVista, mySAP.com, Ariba, CBS Sportsline and Chemdex.
TIBCO To Demonstrate B2B Exchange At Strategic Directions 2000
At the conference, TIBCO will demonstrate how the TIBCO ActiveEnterprise, TIBCO ActivePortal and TIBCO ActiveExchange product lines provide end-to-end, real-time e-business infrastructures that improve internal efficiency and enable sophisticated B2B e-commerce connections.
Strategic Directions 2000 Will Be Broadcast Live On The Internet
The Strategic Directions 2000 conference will be available live on the Internet on Tuesday, April 18, 2000, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. PDT. The broadcast can be accessed at www.tibco2000.com. After the live event, video and audio materials can be accessed at www.tibco2000.com.
About TIBCO Software
TIBCO Software Inc. is a leading provider of real-time e-business infrastructure software. TIBCO's three product lines -- TIBCO ActiveEnterprise( R), TIBCO ActiveExchange(TM) and TIBCO ActivePortal(TM) -- enable businesses to integrate enterprise applications, interact with other businesses in B2B commerce, and efficiently deliver personalized information through enterprise portals. TIBCO's products enable the real-time distribution of information through patented technology called The Information Bus(R), or TIB(R). TIB technology was first used to digitize Wall Street and has since been adopted in diverse industries including telecommunications, electronic commerce, manufacturing and energy. TIBCO's global client base includes more than 600 enterprise customers from around the world such as Cisco Systems, Yahoo!, Ariba, NEC, 3Com, Sun Microsystems, SAP, Philips, AT&T and AOL/Netscape. Headquartered in Palo Alto, California, TIBCO can be reached at 650-846-1000 or on the Web at www.tibco.com.
About Reuters
Reuters supplies the global financial markets and news media with the widest range of information and news products. It provides news and information to over 900 Internet websites reaching an estimated 40 million viewers and generating approximately 140 million pageviews per month. Reuters provides global solutions and technologies for the financial markets including enterprise-wide integration, market information and data distribution, equity and foreign exchange transactions as well as risk and trade management. It also supplies technologies and portal capabilities for clients to supply their retail customers. Reuterspace concentrates on services in the business-to-business, consumer finance and media markets. Reuters is the world's largest news and television agency with 2,100 journalists, photographers and camera operators in 184 bureaus serving 154 countries. News is gathered and edited in 23 languages. Instinet, an independently managed subsidiary of Reuters, is the world's largest electronic agency brokerage firm. It covers the equities and fixed income markets. On 31 December 1999, the Group employed 16,546 staff in 212 cities in 97 countries.
For more details see www.reuters.com/mediapack/Reuters and the sphere logo are the trademarks of the Reuters group of companies.
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