Network Appliance Expands Agile Anywhere Implementation To Help Manage Growth
San Jose, CA - January 23, 2001 -- Agile Software Corporation (NASDAQ: AGIL), a leading provider of collaborative manufacturing commerce solutions, today announced that Network Appliance, Inc. (NASDAQ: NTAP), the leading provider of network-attached data access and content delivery solutions, has significantly expanded its Agile user base. Network Appliance, one of Agile Software's first customers, has expanded its Agile Anywhere installation to manage its product content and product manufacturing processes internally and with key manufacturing partners such as Jabil Circuit, Inc.
"We needed to increase our Agile Anywhere users to further support our sales ramp and effectively collaborate with our supplier network," said Ernie Latham, Senior Director of Supply Management at Network Appliance. "Agile provides the solution to ensure that both Network Appliance and Jabil Circuit would always have accurate and timely product content information and could collaborate closely on proposed changes to the products."
Agile Anywhere is a complete suite of collaborative manufacturing commerce solutions that totally automates the distribution and synchronization of product content across the e-supply chain, with all information and services available through Agile eHubs™. At MyAgile.com™, Agile also provides the dispersed supply chain with mission-critical eServices such as online marketplaces, custom part procurement, wireless access, and components research.
"Because Agile automates product content changes, speeds approvals with electronic signature and simplifies document access, we were able to bring our products to market and into volume production much faster," said Scot Klimke, CIO of Network Appliance. "Now, by extending Agile Anywhere to everyone in our manufacturing enterprise, we can further improve our time-to-volume-without having to buy additional services or customization."
"Network Appliance understands the power of the Web-based manufacturing collaboration very well," said Bryan D. Stolle, chairman and CEO of Agile. "By expanding its Agile implementation, Network Appliance has laid the manufacturing technology foundation to support rapid growth into the future."
About Agile
Agile Software Corporation (NASDAQ: AGIL) is a leading supplier of business-to-business collaborative manufacturing commerce solutions. Agile products enable supply chain partners to communicate and collaborate over the Internet about new or changing product content, and then source and procure the required components. Customers include Agilent Technologies, Dell Computer, Flextronics International, GE Medical Systems, Hewlett-Packard, Jabil Circuit, Lucent Technologies, Philips, Texas Instruments and others. For more information, call 408-975-3900, or visit Agile at agilesoft.com.
About Network Appliance
Network Appliance, Inc., a veteran in network file storage and content delivery, has been providing data access solutions since 1992, and is a member of both the S&P 500 and NASDAQ 100 index. Major corporations and service providers, including Lycos, Yahoo!, Citicorp Securities, Siemens, Lockheed, Cisco, Motorola, and Texas Instruments have deployed NetApp® solutions.
The company pioneered the concept of the "network appliance," an extension of the industry trend toward dedicated, specialized products that perform a single function. NetApp storage and content delivery platforms (filers and NetCache™ appliances) are coupled with powerful content distribution and reporting software. This end-to-end solution offers seamless data management from the back-end data center to the edge of the network quickly, simply, and reliably. The Network Appliance product portfolio utilizes the company's innovative data access software, known as the Data ONTAP™ operating system, as well as standards-compliant hardware. It also offers multiprotocol support and transparent integration for UNIX® and Windows® environments.
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