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SILVON SOFTWARE APPOINTS TBC AS ALLIANCE PARTNER

Silvon Software, a global provider of supply chain business performance management applications, has appointed TBC as an alliance partner to co-sell Silvon`s Stratum suite of analytical applications.

Based in Croydon, TBC brings to Silvon over fifteen years experience of the UNIX marketplace, a market opportunity identified by Silvon as one of the UK`s fastest growth points for analytical applications.

Silvon Software`s Managing Director for Europe, Mark Mahara, says:

"We are witnessing a surge of interest in the field of pre-packaged analytical applications. Compared with the leviathan data warehouse, an analytical application is fast to implement and delivers a swift return on investment. Users can see immediately the value that will be gained from having daily access to key information and analysis across the seven key business areas of Customer Analytics, Manufacturing, E-Business, Procurement, Financial, Sales and Marketing Performance Management. This is fast becoming a "must have" technology."

"In response Silvon is committed to a rapid expansion of our sales channels and we are actively seeking new partners through whom we can take the Stratum message of improved business performance throughout Europe."

Patrick Mangan, TBC`s Marketing Director comments:

"Collaborating with Silvon is an important element of our commercial strategy to meet customer demand for integration solutions. By working in an alliance with Silvon, the two companies are accepting a shared responsibility to maximize and sustain customer satisfaction. With TBC understanding the complexity of e-business infrastructure and Silvon providing high quality analytics software, we will deliver increased value to our customers and prospects."

About TBC

Croydon-based TBC is especially competent in the provision of IT infrastructure and "business centric" managed services solutions in areas of high complexity. The company's clients include many blue chip companies in the fields of insurance and banking, telecommunications, distribution and retailing -- all depending on TBC design, specification, supply, installation, configuration and service expertise.

TBC is a leading IBM Business Partner having won a number of Partner of the Year awards both in 1999 and 2000. The company is also an IBM accredited Centre of Excellence (with Distinction) across the range of IBM eServer platforms.

About Silvon Software

Silvon Software Inc is a global supply chain focused business intelligence solutions provider headquartered in the western Chicago suburb of Westmont, Illinois. Silvon Software Limited (Windsor, UK) is a wholly owned subsidiary of Silvon Software Inc. and serves as the sales and support organisation for distributors and customers throughout Europe, Middle East and Africa.

Since 1987, Silvon has focused on software-based business intelligence/analytic application solutions for manufacturing, wholesale distribution and retail organizations. Silvon solutions are predicated on the fact that better business understanding will empower the move toward an optimised Supply Chain organization. Silvon clients benefit from improving business practices and profitability by leveraging analytic information on customer, supplier, and operational profitability measurement.

Silvon's analytic applications run on the IBM AS/400,Windows NT and Unix.

Silvon provides professional services and global support along with a network of OEMs, value-added resellers and independent distributors. The company's solutions are currently installed in more than 1,500 sites worldwide.

Contact David Ford, Ford-Peacock Consultancy Limited, +44 (0)1295 722213, david@ford-peacock.com.