OASIS MEMBER NEWS: Arrow Selects Extricity Software to Provide Business-to-Business E-commerce

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Arrow Selects Extricity Software to Provide Business-to-Business E-commerce
Solution Based On RosettaNet E-business Standards

    
    MELVILLE, NY--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 19, 2000--Arrow Electronics, Inc.
(NYSE:ARW) has selected Extricity Software, Inc. to implement a
comprehensive business-to-business e-commerce solution based on the
RosettaNet standards. RosettaNet is the leading industry standards body and
consortium focused on delivering pre-defined business-to-business interface
processes for the IT and electronic components supply chain industries.
    "RosettaNet provides the standards and structure our industry needs for
highly integrated business-to-business e-commerce," stated David
Westmoreland, Arrow Vice President and Chief Information Officer. "We chose
Extricity Software to implement a comprehensive, standards-based
business-to-business e-commerce solution to help us realize an increase in
significant efficiencies and cost savings while also providing higher
service levels to our customers and supplier partners," added Westmoreland.
    Extricity Software is a leader in providing business-to-business
e-commerce software for Global 2000 companies and is rapidly becoming the de
facto standard for leading companies that have committed to making the
global use of RosettaNet's e-business process a reality by February 2, 2000.
Using RosettaNet's Partner Interface Processes (PIPs), these leading
companies are defining how business processes are conducted over the
Internet between members of the IT supply chain, which include
manufacturers, distributors, resellers, and end users.
    In addition, Extricity Software recently announced the availability of a
complete software solution, Extricity AllianceInteract for RosettaNet that
enables companies to easily and rapidly implement RosettaNet e-business
standards. Extricity AllianceInteract for RosettaNet provides support for
the RosettaNet Implementation Framework, as well as pre-configured,
graphical models of RosettaNet PIPs. It also provides end-to-end process
viability, full PIP auditing and analysis capabilities, support for a wide
variety of firewall configuration and security policies, and the ability to
integrate with enterprise applications and middleware systems.
    Extricity Software, Inc. is the premier provider of comprehensive,
packaged business-to-business software solutions. The Extricity
AllianceSeries Family of XML-based e-commerce solutions allows Global 2000
companies to dramatically improve their efficiencies and competitiveness by
leveraging the Internet to automate critical business processes and the flow
of information between partners, customers, and suppliers.
    Arrow Electronics is the world's largest distributor of electronic
components and computer products, with 1998 sales of $8.3 billion.
Headquartered in Melville, New York, Arrow serves as a supply channel
partner for more than 600 suppliers and 175,000 original equipment
manufacturers and commercial customers through more than 200 sales
facilities and 26 distribution centers in 35 countries. Detailed information
about Arrow's operations can be found at www.arrow.com.


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     CONTACT:  Arrow Electronics, Inc.       
               Tom Thorson                   
               Vice President                
               Marketing Communications      
               516/391-1608                  
                    or
               Extricity Software
               Carolynn Sherby   
               Director          
               Public Relations  
               650/596-4531      
Carolynn Sherby
Director, PR and Analyst Relations
Extricity Software
555 Twin Dolphin Drive, Suite 600
Redwood Shores, CA   94065
Direct 650-596-4531
Fax 650-596-1310
email:  csherby@extricity.com
www.extricity.com