Intentia-Sun alliance received positively by market

Intentia-Sun alliance received positively by market "The recently announced partnership between Intentia and Sun Microsystems has the potential to rise above the traditional hardware/software alliances to become a powerful and critical partnership for both companies," says Rod Johnson, Senior Analyst at AMR Research, the Boston- based leading IT-analyst. Announcement of the alliance was received with great optimism by the market as well as by the analyst community. AMR Research continues: "Intentia has just completed the largest Java development effort of any software player on the market. Intentia has based its entire next generation application strategy on Java. If Intentia is successful and early benchmarks show tremendous promise, then Sun will have the first real proof point that Java is ready for deployment in large scale, enterprise-class, mission-critical environments." Many of the Swedish financial analysts covering the IT market reacted favorably to the recent announcement. "We are very happy for the positive reactions to the alliance with Sun," says Björn Algkvist, President and CEO of Intentia International. "The market has understood the major potential in this alliance, and the impact on our long-term ability to grow," continues Algkvist. "Four years ago we made a bet on Java, and this alliance proves that we where right. All the investments that we have made over the course of the Java project will now start to pay off," concludes Algkvist. For further information, please contact Thomas Ahlerup Chief Information Officer Intentia International AB Tel.: +46-8-5552 5766 Fax: +46-8-5552 5999 Cell phone: +46-708-545 666 thomas.ahlerup@intentia.se About Intentia International AB (publ). Over the past few years, Intentia International AB has concentrated on positioning itself to meet the demands it anticipated would arise from the new e-economy era. Intentia has developed its Movex product from a traditional ERP system to a complete e-collaboration solution that can manage all the demands of the new economy. Movex offers Intentia's customers the key to success, with its applications for customer relationship management (CRM), enterprise resource planning (ERP), supply chain planning & execution (SCPE), partner relationship management (PRM), business performance management (BPM) and e-business. Intentia is well-positioned to respond to market needs when the "e" (electronic) evolves into "c" (collaboration), working hard to satisfy customers through its organization of more than 3,800 professionals serving in excess of 3,500 customers in over 40 countries around the world. Intentia is a public company traded on the Stockholm Stock Exchange (XSSE) under the symbol INT B. Visit Intentia's Web site at www.intentia.com ------------------------------------------------------------ Please visit http://www.bit.se for further information The following files are available for download: http://www.bit.se/bitonline/2000/05/25/20000525BIT00990/bit0001.doc http://www.bit.se/bitonline/2000/05/25/20000525BIT00990/bit0002.pdf