To: Rashid Garuba who wrote (26053 ) 11/28/2001 8:32:46 AM From: wgh613 Respond to of 59879 ARTG, Oracle and ATG to Streamline Deployment of Personalized E-commerce sites Agreement Will Provide Further Flexibility and Scenario-Driven Personalization Capabilities to Oracle9i Application Server Customers REDWOOD SHORES, Calif., Nov 28, 2001 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- (http://www.oracle.com/tellmemore/?1150501 ) Oracle Corp. (Nasdaq: ORCL chart, msgs), the world's largest enterprise software company, today announced an agreement with Art Technology Group, Inc. (ATG) to provide Oracle9i Application Server (Oracle9iAS) support for ATG Dynamo(R) e-Business Platform and e-business applications. Driven by growing market demand, today's announcement enables customers to more easily create, manage and deploy personalized e-Commerce Web sites based on Oracle9iAS. Oracle has chosen to work with ATG based on the company's recognized leadership in providing scenario-driven personalization capabilities. Oracle9i Application Server, the industry's fastest and most feature-complete Java 2 Enterprise Edition (J2EE) application server, makes it easier and more cost-efficient to develop and deploy business-critical Web applications. Leveraging Oracle's speed and breadth of functionality with Java(TM)- based ATG Dynamo e-Business Platform and scenario-driven personalization of ATG applications for e-commerce, eCRM, and portals, companies can create dynamic Web sites that provide added value to their end users. Additionally, the combination of Oracle9iAS and ATG Dynamo allows enterprise companies to personalize and manage business relationships, increase customer satisfaction and loyalty, improve organizational and operational efficiencies, and enable collaboration and transactions across multiple channels. "We have decided to work together because of growing market demand for Oracle9i Application Server," said Lauren Kelley, senior vice president of Strategic Development at ATG. "The ATG and Oracle solution will provide a platform to easily create and deploy e-business applications. Overall, Oracle9i Application Server is a compelling choice for enterprise companies that need a scalable and reliable deployment platform for mission critical Internet applications." "Oracle provides a complete and integrated application server to run J2EE applications," said Chuck Rozwat, executive vice president of Server Technology, at Oracle Corporation. "By working with partners such as ATG, we offer enterprises an end-to-end deployment and management platform to run their Internet applications. The ATG Dynamo and Oracle9iAS solution, combined with increasing market momentum of personalization technology, makes this joint effort a very compelling combination." About Oracle9i Application Server Oracle solves the IT challenge of integrating fragmented middleware products to run an e-business by providing one product that can replace more than 12 separate point products from other vendors. Oracle9i Application Server features full J2EE and XML support, built-in enterprise portal software, high-speed caching, business intelligence, rapid application development, application and business integration, Web services and more, all in one package. With Oracle's lightweight J2EE engine and extended caching capabilities, companies can save on infrastructure costs by scaling with software instead of hardware.