SeeBeyond and Softlab Align to Provide Integrated Solutions to Financi

    Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

    MUNICH, Germany & MONROVIA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 5, 2005--SeeBeyond (Nasdaq:SBYN), provider of the world's first fully Integrated Composite Application Network (SeeBeyond ICAN) suite for advanced integration and composite application solutions, and IT consulting and services company Softlab, today announced a strategic alliance whereby the two companies will offer complete integration solutions to companies in the banking, insurance, industrial and telecommunications sectors.
    With an objective of optimizing the value-added processes spanning ERP, CRM and SCM, the alliance brings together core competencies of each company. SeeBeyond's unified, standards-based integration suite is complemented by the detailed implementation knowledge and many years of industry experience on the part of Softlab. The companies share joint customers including both HypoVereinsbank and the BMW Group.
    "Together with SeeBeyond, we can offer customers a solution with extensive integration possibilities, one which optimizes business processes and drastically reduces project deployment times," said Martin Giebel, Corporate Director Alliances for Softlab. "On average, the proportion of integration tasks with ERP projects can be as high as 40 percent, with CRM projects around 40 percent, and in the SCM sector between 40 and 50 percent."
    Through this alliance, Softlab and SeeBeyond are able to offer customers robust enterprise-scale integration solutions based on open standards. The solutions are both scalable and flexible, and can be adapted to individual requirements. A service-oriented architecture (SOA) supports the optimization of business processes and the ability to leverage existing IT investments.
    "Thanks to the pre-compiled integration modules and standard interfaces of SeeBeyond's ICAN Suite, it is possible to reduce project durations by 30 percent," added Mr. Giebel.
    "In Softlab we have found a partner intimately familiar with the business processes involved in the entire value chain and thus able to offer excellent consulting services to our joint customers," added Ian Hill, senior vice president and general manager of EMEA for SeeBeyond. "In addition, Softlab's expertise in the fields of integration and business process management, as well as industry experience, complement SeeBeyond when it comes to positioning, implementing and operating our technologies in complex project environments."

    About Softlab

    The IT Consulting and Services Company Softlab covers the entire IT value chain -- from design to implementation to the operations and maintenance of IT solutions. Softlab focuses on IT processes -- from the customer interface (CRM) to the integration of suppliers (SCM). In addition, Softlab supports the product development of manufacturing companies. Softlab's experts are familiar with the business and IT processes within their primary industries: banking, insurance, manufacturing, telecommunications and utilities. Softlab is at the heart of the Softlab Group which consists of three premium brands: Softlab GmbH, an IT solutions provider with over 30 years of experience, Nexolab GmbH, a management consulting company with a strong automotive focus, and Axentiv AG, a SAP consulting company. In 2004, the Softlab Group achieved revenues of 165 Million Euros with its 1200 employees. As a BMW Group Company, Softlab thrives to fulfil the promise to deliver premium services.

    About SeeBeyond

    With more than 15 years of software innovation and real-world experience in integrating systems across Global 2000 organizations, SeeBeyond (Nasdaq:SBYN) delivers the industry's first integrated composite application network built on a comprehensive integration platform. The SeeBeyond(R) Integrated Composite Application Network Suite(TM) helps organizations rapidly assemble and deploy enterprise-scale end-user applications built on existing systems and infrastructure to dramatically improve business operations. SeeBeyond has approximately 2,000 customers worldwide, including Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts, BHP Billiton, BMW Group, The Cleveland Clinic, The Dial Corporation, DuPont, Florida Power & Light, Fluor Daniel, Fujitsu, General Motors, Halliburton, HEIDELBERG, Hertz Corporation, HP, HVB, Lockheed Martin, Pfizer, Samsung, Sprint and Sutter Health. For more information, please visit www.seebeyond.com.

    SeeBeyond is a registered trademark of SeeBeyond Technology Corporation in the United States and select foreign countries. SeeBeyond Integrated Composite Application Network Suite is a trademark of SeeBeyond Technology Corporation. The absence of a trademark from this list does not constitute a waiver of SeeBeyond Technology Corporation's intellectual property rights concerning that trademark. All other brands or product names are trademarks of their respective owners.

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CONTACT: SeeBeyond, U.S. Kristi Rawlinson, 214-373-1519 krawlinson@seebeyond.com or SeeBeyond, EMEA Barbara May, +49 (0) 6102 7351-30 bmay@seebeyond.com or Softlab GmbH Tina Lang-Stuart, +49 (0) 89 9936-1835 tina.lang-stuart@softlab.de

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