Press Release

Bridge Pointe Joins Siebel Alliance Program

Pleasanton, CA - July 20, 1998 - Bridge Pointe Software, Inc., a privately held company which provides an Enterprise Retrieval Component, BE4, for the archival, retrieval and management of corporate information objects, announced today that it will be participating in the Siebel Alliance Program.

"The Siebel Alliance Program is an excellent opportunity for companies such as regional system integrators and VAR's, technology innovators, and vertically-oriented platform providers to partner with Siebel to provide comprehensive Enterprise Relationship Management solutions to our customers," said Pat House, COO and Executive Vice President of Siebel Systems.

Bridge Pointe Software, Inc., the Information Integration Company, is the leading provider of a middleware component (BE4) which allows existing packaged and custom applications to have access to all additional information from other applications and databases. BE4 allows customers to access data across the enterprise intelligently thus providing complete data, application and information integration. Bridge Pointe Software, Inc. is based in Pleasanton, California with European operations in Hamburg, Germany.

For additional information, please contact:

Devon Ericksen
Bridge Pointe Software, Inc.
(925) 737-1938
Devon_Ericksen@BridgePointe.com