Vitria and DMR Consulting Expand Partnership

Vitria Technology Inc, a leading ebusiness platform provider, and DMR Consulting, a leading global provider of e-consulting services and business solutions, marked an industry and partnership milestone with the debut of DMR Consulting's eCommunity Rapid Implementation services. The first integration service designed to speed customers' participation in the Vitria Business Network (VBN), eCommunity Rapid Implementation is also the latest result of the two companies' ongoing commitment, which has driven successful deployment of Vitria's BusinessWare ebusiness platform at more than ten of North America's leading data and communications service providers.

"The partnership DMR Consulting has with Vitria has been incredibly fruitful, and our track record provides ample evidence of what we can do for our customers together," said Michael Poehner, CEO of DMR Consulting. "Based as it is on open standards - and already a de facto standard for the communications industry - BusinessWare complements the principles of our integration model. DMR Consulting aims to establish and then leverage best practices; with the proliferation of ebusiness communities across multiple industries, the Vitria Business Network forms the technical foundation for our eCommunity Rapid Implementation services, facilitates our practical objectives, and paves the way for our customers to reap the benefits of transforming themselves into an ebusiness."

"DMR Consulting's expertise has been a key factor in the rapid adoption of BusinessWare in the communications industry, and we look forward to success in other industries, such as the high-tech supply chain," said JoMei Chang, president and CEO of Vitria. "We believe the future of ebusiness is based on a fluid, seamlessly inter-connected network of exchanges, hubs and trading partners that allows participants to respond to constantly shifting market conditions. DMR Consulting has had the foresight to pioneer the fastest means to implement this "business-to-network" or B2N model, and we expect other systems integrators to follow suit."

Together, Vitria and DMR Consulting have offered customers a powerful combination of technology and industry expertise since April 1999. Vitria's BusinessWare allows companies to electronically bond with their partners, suppliers and customers to exchange business and transaction data directly from system to system, streamlining and automating business processes across the extended enterprise - and reducing time and cost to get products and services to market. DMR Consulting's extensive domain expertise in numerous industries and its Extended Enterprise (EE) best practices model offer a proven foundation for the integration process, and earned the consultancy status as a preferred integrator for Vitria's BusinessWare For DSL customers. WebLink Wireless, Citizens Communications, Level 3, NorthPoint, NETtel Communications and Sprint number among the North American communications leaders that have turned to Vitria and DMR Consulting to launch their ebusiness initiatives.

With the expansion of their relationship, Vitria and DMR Consulting will further minimize the time and cost for companies to connect with their suppliers and partners and form new business relationships. eCommunity Rapid Implementation services will accelerate customers' participation in the VBN, a network of BusinessWare-enabled trading communities and their exchanges, hubs and trading partners. As part of the Vitria Business Network, these customers will join a seamlessly interconnected network of exchanges, hubs and trading partners that enables new business relationships to be formed and changed instantly in response to shifting market conditions and requirements.

Vitria and DMR Consulting will undertake aggressive training this quarter and next, to deepen consultants' understanding of BusinessWare and versions of the ebusiness platform developed for specific industry standards, such as the high-tech manufacturing industry's RosettaNet.

The companies will initiate intensive training that will equip DMR consultants who complete the program to educate their colleagues, and quickly expand the knowledge base throughout the organization.

About DMR Consulting

DMR Consulting is a leading global provider of e-consulting services and business solutions to companies from the Fortune 1000 to Internet start-ups. Our consultants design, build and operate high-impact e-solutions that measurably enhance business performance. A strategic, wholly owned subsidiary of Fujitsu Inc., DMR Consulting employs 9,000 highly trained professionals in 65 offices worldwide, with headquarters in Edison, NJ. The Fujitsu family of companies is a $50 billion provider of Internet-based information technology solutions for the global marketplace. For more information see www.dmr.com or call Virginia Flood, Public Relations Manager 732-549-4100 x8766.

About Vitria

Vitria Technology Inc is a leading ebusiness platform provider. Vitria's ebusiness platform, BusinessWare, automates mission-critical business processes across the extended enterprise, reducing time to market, shortening lead times, lowering operating costs, and increasing customer satisfaction. Vitria is a publicly traded company based in Sunnyvale, California. For more information, call 408-212-2700, visit the company's Web site at www.vitria.com or info@vitria.com.

Contact Vitria Technology, Malcolm Lewis, 408-212-2700, mlewis@vitria.com or DMR Consulting, Virginia Flood, 732-549-4100 x8766 virginia_flood@dmr.com .