Texas Instruments, One of Many Recent Joint Customers to Harness the Power of Two Best-of-Breed Systems
SAN FRANCISCO, GEAR-UP 2000 CONFERENCE- October 3, 2000 -Art Technology Group, Inc. ("ATG") (Nasdaq: ARTG), developer of the ATG Dynamo¨ e-Business Platform for online customer management, and Interwoven, Inc. (Nasdaq: IWOV), provider of enterprise-class content management software, expanded their already highly successful technology partnership by today announcing the signing of Texas Instruments, one of many joint Dynamo and TeamSite customers which now number over 100.
Texas Instruments, the world leader in digital signal processing and analog technologies, the semiconductor engines of the Internet age, will use the joint solution to significantly reduce deployment time for market-critical new product information and manage the development and deployment of technical, product and training content on its Web site (www.ti.com). Other joint customers signed recently include ChipCenter, Hong Kong Shanghai Bank (HSBC), MetalMaker, Musicland and Target Stores.
According to a report published in March 2000 on content management in eCommerce by the Giga Information Group, the most complete options come from best-of-breed partnerships such as Interwoven and ATG.
The integrated Dynamo and TeamSite solution is in demand by companies looking to build long-term relationships that impact the bottom line. Companies choosing TeamSite and ATG Dynamo seek a tightly integrated solution based on open-standards that delivers the competitive advantage of scalability, flexibility and fast time-to-Web. The powerful and flexible integration solution allows business managers and content creators to develop a higher quality site that may be updated and enhanced more frequently, improving site functionality and driving more business online.
"Companies that turn to Interwoven and ATG are focused on creating meaningful relationships with their customers to maximize lifetime customer value," said Ian Reid, vice president of worldwide marketing for ATG. "The integration of Dynamo 5 and TeamSite 4.5 offers a powerful and robust e-business solution that fully supports real-time scenario-driven personalization, providing business managers with the flexibility to define the goals of an online customer relationship and build the interactions to achieve them."
"Organizations across many industries are leveraging the robust functionality of TeamSite and Dynamo to build, maintain and extend customer relationships online through highly managed content with targeted personalization," said Doug Jones, vice president of business development of Interwoven, Inc. "Our continued success in collaborative deployments is a testament to the best-of-breed approach that both TeamSite 4.5 and Dynamo 5 deliver our mutual customers."
Interwoven, Inc. (NASDAQ: IWOV) is the leading provider of enterprise-class Web content management software. Its flagship product, TeamSite, controls the development, management and deployment of business-critical Web sites. As the platform for eBusiness, Interwoven enables electronic commerce, customer relationship management, supply chain management and knowledge management for Web leaders and Fortune 1000 companies moving to the Web. For more information on the company and its software solutions, visit the Interwoven Web site at
www.interwoven.cn or e-mail info@interwoven.com
Art Technology Group, Inc. (ATG) is a leading provider of online customer management and electronic commerce products and services. ATG offers an integrated suite of Java application server-based products and services, as well as related application development, integration and support services. The ATG Dynamo e-Business Platform enables Global 1000 enterprises, as well as new businesses using the Internet as their primary business channel, to understand, manage and build their online customer relationships and to more effectively market, sell and support their products and services over the Internet.
With its network of more than 180 solution partners, ATG has delivered e-business solutions to over 425 companies worldwide including 3M, Aetna Services, Inc., American Airlines, BabyCenter, Blockbuster, BMG Direct, ChipCenter, Eastman Kodak, Herman Miller, HSBC,
J. Crew, Network Solutions, Sun Microsystems, and Target. The company is headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts with additional locations throughout North America, Europe, Asia and Australia.