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TIBCO Strategic Directions 2003

PHOENIX--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 18, 2003

Snapbridge to Demonstrate Snapbridge FDX Data Federation

Solutions at Strategic Directions 2003

Snapbridge Software, a provider of comprehensive data federation solutions, today announced that it has joined TIBCO's Alliance Partner (TAP) program. The announcement was made at the TIBCO Strategic Directions conference. The partnership will enable Snapbridge and TIBCO to integrate and seamlessly connect their products for mutual customers. Specifically, Snapbridge FDX server will support TIBCO's Active Portal platform, including Portal Builder, Portal Packs, and AlertServer. Snapbridge will also provide support for Yahoo! Portals.

"The relationship with Snapbridge provides TIBCO's customers with a compelling solution for solving key data integration issues," said Keith Goldstein, vice president of TIBCO's Alliance program. "The inclusion of Snapbridge in the TAP program, as well as our joint development initiatives, will allow both companies to take advantage of the strengths of our respective products and deliver significant value to mutual customers."

"This alliance between Snapbridge and TIBCO will help enterprise customers solve real data integration problems that they face daily," said Angus MacDonald, CEO of Snapbridge Software. "By aligning and integrating with TIBCO products, we are lowering the barrier to adoption of data federation and drastically reducing the amount of custom coding typically required to integrate disparate data."

As part of the alliance, both companies will participate in joint engineering, sales and marketing activities.

Snapbridge is demonstrating its data federation solution, Snapbridge FDX, at TIBCO Strategic Directions 2003, September 17-18, in Phoenix, Arizona.

About TIBCO's TAP Program

Open to leading software applications providers, hardware and platform providers, system integrators, consultants, solution developers and resellers, the TAP Program is a way to give valued business partners access to the tools necessary to integrate TIBCO solutions with partners' products and services. As a part of the program, TIBCO partners are given licenses for evaluation, demonstration and testing of all major components of TIBCO's real-time software infrastructure offering, the TIBCO ActiveEnterprise suite. Additionally, partners are afforded increased marketing opportunities, technical support, discounted TIBCO educational courses, and a commitment to total joint customer satisfaction.

About TIBCO

TIBCO Software Inc. (Nasdaq:TIBX) is the leading independent business integration software company in the world, demonstrated by market share and analyst reports. In addition, TIBCO is a leading enabler of Real-Time Business, helping companies become more cost-effective, more agile and more efficient. TIBCO has delivered the value of Real-Time Business, what TIBCO calls The Power of Now(R), to over 2,000 customers around the world and in a wide variety of industries. For more information on TIBCO's proven business integration, business optimization, and enterprise backbone solutions, TIBCO can be reached at 650-846-1000 or on the Web at www.tibco.com. TIBCO is headquartered in Palo Alto, CA.

About Snapbridge

Snapbridge provides the industry's only comprehensive, standards-based data federation solution, replacing the need for much of the custom code in critical enterprise initiatives such as customer care, risk management, supply chain, and others. Founded in 2001, Snapbridge has assembled a world-class team of engineers and management from top companies including SUN, TIBCO, BEA, SAP, and iXL -- including members of the teams that defined XML and Java. Snapbridge is working with a number of leading companies in financial services, telecom, travel, media and other industries. The company is headquartered in San Diego and is privately held, with investment backing from JP Morgan Partners and Mission Ventures. For more information, please visit www.snapbridge.com.