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To: Pammaji who wrote (56110)	2/16/1999 3:05:00 PM
From: Manzanillo	Respond to of 119973

TAVA Announces Partnershipswith with debis FRA and i2 Technologies <<At the meeting the company announced that it has executed a Memorandum of Agreement with debis FRA IT Services GmbH, a joint subsidiary of Daimler-Chrysler Service (debis) AG and Airport Frankfurt Main AG under which they plan to form a jointly held company to address the Operation IT requirements of Airports in the U.S. The joint company plans to provide products and services that include current offerings from both debis FRA and TAVA. Debis FRA provides sophisticated airport operations Information Technology software and services, including a fully integrated, database oriented, set of applications for all airside and landside operations of an airport. Technical support and project execution is provided by a group of 250 system engineers. Current clients include all 8 German international airports (approx. 120 Mill Passengers). TAVA Technologies supplies a variety of IT services, primarily directed to process and control operations to a substantial U.S. airport client base including Phoenix International, Los Angeles International, Denver International, Minneapolis, Baltimore and others. John Jenkins, CEO of TAVA Technologies said, "We are very excited about our relationship with debis FRA and are convinced that our launch into the U.S. market comes at just the right time. Our preliminary marketing efforts have produced strong positive response. The debis FRA products are extremely powerful and we believe that together we provide a unique combination of product and service. This is clearly a significant business opportunity." Wolf Ehrhard, President of debis FRA said, "We approached TAVA with the intention to form a joint venture because of the company's national presence, its excellent understanding and track-record of large system integration-projects, and a demonstrated superior attitude towards customer service which is needed to meet the requirements of mission-critical applications on airports." At the meeting the company also announced that TAVA and i2 Technologies (Nasdaq: ITWO) are in the final stage of designing their strategic partnership which includes building a comprehensive business plan around specific target industries and clients. John Jenkins said, "Forecasts show that the Supply Chain Management market will reach $13 Billion by year 2002 and that i2 Technologies has emerged as the clear market leader in supply chain optimization solutions. TAVA and i2, in partnership, present a unique entity capable of providing clients with high value-adding integrated solutions. The i2 partnership is an important part of the value proposition we carry to our manufacturing clients in need of integrated enterprise solutions." >>