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SAN FRANCISCO, December 1, 2000 - Solidifying its position
as a leading provider of sell-side e-business applications, Intershop
Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: ISHP; Neuer Markt: ISH) has received
top marks from Forrester Research, Inc. (NASDAQ: FORR) for its flagship
product, Enfinity. Forrester's recently announced eBusiness TechRankings
places Intershop first among commerce platforms.
Forrester's eBusiness TechRankings contains detailed, objective
research to help companies select and implement the best technology
for their eBusiness initiatives. eBusiness TechRankings' continuous
research combines product testing results and market analysis to
help firms understand rapidly changing technology markets, accelerate
and improve product selection, and effectively gauge implementation
costs and effort.
According to Forrester's analysis, "Intershop's Enfinity 1.1 offers
rich commerce functionality, especially with order processing and
marketing. The vendor bundles a powerful analysis engine (Cognos)
and provides free adapters to personalization software (Net Perceptions
and Autonomy). Enfinity's underlying application server gives it
topnotch database connection pooling and transaction management."
Since Forrester's evaluation of the Intershop Enfinity 1.1 product,
Intershop has released Enfinity 2. This latest version of the product
offers even greater performance and scalability, and more pre-packaged
integrations that connect Enfinity to marketplaces and business
systems, such as SAP, PeopleSoft, Oracle, and Siebel. Enfinity 2
is expected to be evaluated by Forrester Research in 2001.
"We've long believed that Intershop Enfinity is the best sell-side
e-commerce platform on the market today, and this recent analyst
ranking offers further validation of our belief," said Stephan Schambach,
CEO of Intershop Communications. "Enfinity helps businesses effectively
manage and exploit multiple sales channels - and we're getting lots
of positive feedback as more and more of our customers reap the
rewards generated from our solution."
About Forrester's TechRankings Methodology
Forrester's eBusiness TechRankings methodology is open, rigorous,
and unbiased. TechRankings combines the results of hands-on lab
tests, strategic market analysis, and in-depth research into the
needs of technology users. Forrester does not charge vendors in
any way to participate in TechRankings, and it tests and analyzes
all products in a given category using identical, publicly available
criteria. Forrester extensively checks and verifies results and
updates the research and rankings monthly.
About Intershop Enfinity
Intershop Enfinity is an advanced sell-side application for
global enterprises. Designed to enable companies to sell through
multiple, complex sales channels and capitalize on Internet and
traditional selling opportunities, Enfinity is a comprehensive solution
that can be easily customized by business analysts with minimal
programming skill. Built on leading standards-based technology,
including J2EE and XML, Enfinity is designed to meet the current
needs of global organizations, scale to handle growing business
volume, and evolve to address new business requirements and selling
opportunities with a low cost of ownership. Intershop Enfinity is
the only packaged sell-side application for global enterprises,
enabling companies to operate in multiple international formats.
About Intershop
Intershop Communications, Inc. is a leading provider of sell-side
e-business applications for enterprises selling through multiple
channels. Intershop's feature-rich e-business applications enable
companies to sell direct, through distributors and marketplaces,
and integrate with brick and mortar operations. Specifically designed
to support the many ways that organizations sell, Intershop's solutions
can be quickly implemented and seamlessly integrated into existing
systems, both internal and external, including other businesses,
hubs, marketplaces and exchanges. Intershop provides applications
and solutions to some of the world's largest enterprises, including
Hewlett-Packard, Intel, Motorola, Shell and Time Warner. Founded
in 1992, Intershop is headquartered in San Francisco with offices
in the U.S., Australia, Brazil, Canada, Finland, France, Germany,
Hong Kong, Japan, Korea, Sweden, Singapore, Taiwan and the United
Kingdom and can be found on the World Wide Web at http://www.intershop.com.
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This press release may
contain forward-looking statements regarding future events or the
future financial and operational performance of Intershop. Actual
events or performance may differ materially from those contained
or implied in such forward-looking statements. Risks and uncertainties
that could lead to such difference could include, among other things:
Intershop's limited operating history, the unpredictability of future
revenues and expenses and potential fluctuations in revenues and
operating results, consumer trends, the level of competition, seasonality,
the timing and success of international expansion efforts, risks
related to electronic security, possible governmental regulation,
and the ability to manage a rapidly growing business. Additional
information regarding factors that potentially could affect Intershop's
business, financial condition and operating results is included
in Intershop's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission,
including in the prospectus dated September 28, 2000, relating to
Intershop's public offering of common stock.
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