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bom.com Online PLM Application Continues to
Gain Momentum

Diverse Manufacturers Select Cost-Effective Solution to Share Changing Product Data with Dispersed Partners and Realize Rapid Benefits

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., July 23, 2002 — bom.com today announced a diverse array of new customers, demonstrating the growing momentum of its online product lifecycle management (PLM) application among original equipment manufacturers (OEMs). These customers, manufacturers of products ranging from wireless networks to optical transceivers to application servers, will use bom.com to streamline their development processes, collaborate more effectively with outsourced suppliers and gain greater control over changing product data.

Among the new customers choosing the zero-IT, cost-effective, rapidly deployed bom.com solution are: Danger, Inc. (www.danger.com), creator of the award-winning Hiptop™ Wireless Solution; Phonex Broadband (www.phonex.com), the world's largest supplier of voice and data products over the powerline; Pine Photonics Communications, Inc., manufacturer of next-generation optical transceivers and amplification subsystems for the optical networking industry; Topspin Communications, manufacturer of data center virtualization products for the enterprise; and Wytec Incorporated, manufacturer of wireless communications systems that provide last-mile broadband access for subscribers who require voice and data communications services.

“We took a close look at client-server PLM solutions,” said Jamie Riotto, Topspin's vice president of engineering and operations. “After an exhaustive comparison of functionality, performance, and cost between those solutions and bom.com, we went with bom.com. It wasn't a difficult decision; we found bom.com offered equivalent functionality and performance for a fraction of the cost. As important to us, bom.com is deployed immediately, so we were using it within days of our decision.”

bom.com provides a centralized environment for managing product data, making it easy for OEMs, suppliers and outsourced partners to collaborate in real time around a single set of information - regardless of geographic location or IT infrastructure. This is particularly valuable for OEMs that need a secure way to share continually changing product data with contract manufacturers. Other benefits include fewer costly mistakes, improved product quality and faster time to market. The cost-effective subscription model, which makes bom.com affordable for organizations of any size, means that bom.com customers realize rapid ROI.

“We designed bom.com to provide world-class PLM functionality for a wide variety of industries and users, and this diverse group of new customers is further proof that we're achieving that goal,” said Michael Topolovac, president and chief executive officer of bom.com. “We believe that our web-native solution is the right alternative to expensive and cumbersome client-server applications, and we're looking forward to contributing to our customers' successes by providing a better way to design and build products.”

bom.com is available for an annual subscription of $995 per user with no set-up or installation fees. Customers can access bom.com from any computer with a web browser; there is no traditional software to buy, install, maintain or upgrade. New bom.com customers can be up and running within days. They can register by visiting the company's website at www.arenasolutions.com or by calling the sales department at 866.937.1438.

About Arena Solutions
Arena Solutions is the leading provider of on–demand (SaaS) product lifecycle management solutions for manufacturing companies of all sizes. As the only true on–demand, secure Internet–based PLM service, Arena PLM provides a superior alternative to complicated, lengthy and expensive traditional PLM software deployments. Through its award–winning service, Arena enables product manufacturers and their global supply chains to streamline outsourcing, improve operational efficiencies, and speed time–to–market. Arena PLM has been adopted by more than 15,000 users across companies at all stages of development, including industry leaders Foundry Networks, Color Kinetics, Intuit, Sierra Wireless, Align Technology and more.

Arena Solutions’ market–changing approach to PLM has received significant recognition in the industry, including Manufacturing Business Technology’s Top 40 Emerging Vendors, the Supply & Demand Chain Executive 100, Industry Week’s “Technology of the Year – Notable Innovators” and Start Magazine’s “Hottest” Companies.

Founded in February 2000, Arena Solutions is headquartered in Foster City, California. For more information, please visit the company’s website at www.arenasolutions.com.

Contact:
Cindi Goodsell
cgoodsell@arenasolutions.com
1.510.479.9015

Arena PLM is a trademark of Arena Solutions, Inc. Other product and company names are the property of their respective holders.