Intelligent Enterprise and TIBCO Announce Winner of First Annual Intelligent Enterprise Award

District of Columbia's Chief Technology Officer Best Exemplifies Award Criteria of Vision, Enablement, Leadership and Results

PRNewswire
NEW YORK and PALO ALTO, Calif.
Oct 13, 2005

Intelligent Enterprise Magazine, dedicated to helping organizations plan and deploy strategic business applications that turn information into intelligence, and presenting sponsor TIBCO Software Inc. (NASDAQ: TIBX), a leading business integration and process management software company that enables real-time business, today announced that Suzanne Peck, chief technology officer for the Government of the District of Columbia, has been selected as the first recipient of the annual Intelligent Enterprise Award. Ms. Peck was honored, along with thirty-one other finalists, at a ceremony held in conjunction with the opening night dinner for the Intelligent Enterprise Summit, a new conference for business and IT executives focused on the convergence of data and content that debuted last week at the Dolce Norwalk Center for Leadership and Innovation in Norwalk, Conn.

The top five finalists for the prestigious award included Raymond Karrenbauer, chief technology officer, ING Insurance Americas; Mike Keppler, vice president, Sales, Marketing & Revenue Management Systems, Marriott International, Inc.; Jonathan Rothman, director of Data Management, Emergency Medical Associates (EMA); and Jamie Sguerra, second vice president, chief architect and strategic business systems officer, Guardian Life Insurance Company of America.

The Intelligent Enterprise Award was created to recognize IT executives who are able to successfully create and sell a vision, utilize technology as an enabler and deliver quantifiable results for the enterprise. This year's outstanding nominees were reviewed by a panel of eight distinguished judges, who together selected the five finalists and, ultimately, this year's winner, Suzanne Peck.

Ms. Peck was chosen as winner for her success in establishing a citywide enterprise data warehouse. Called DCStat, the system collects data from more than a dozen city agencies and uses business intelligence solutions to identify ways in which those agencies can increase revenues, cut costs and improve services. Key to this accomplishment was Ms. Peck's ambitious vision and devotion to recruiting the right resources to execute the plan and achieve the desired results.

"We are honored to present the Intelligent Enterprise Award to Suzanne Peck in recognition of her outstanding leadership in building an organization that has focused on using data to achieve excellence and deliver results to the bottom line," said Ram Menon, senior vice president, Worldwide Marketing, TIBCO. "Ms. Peck's achievement is particularly notable as she was named from a field of outstanding executives from diverse industries and respected businesses."

About the Intelligent Enterprise Award

The Intelligent Enterprise Award recognizes IT executives and their ability to create and sell a vision, utilize technology as an enabler and ultimately deliver quantifiable results for the enterprise. This award also recognizes the individual who has demonstrated outstanding leadership in his/her organization to sell the vision and motivate the team to get the project completed. The winner of this award has demonstrated innovation and excellence, ultimately leading to tangible business results for their organization.

About Intelligent Enterprise

Intelligent Enterprise is the only magazine dedicated to helping organizations plan and deploy strategic business applications that turn information into intelligence. Intelligent Enterprise empowers 80,000 Business Application Strategists charged with unlocking the value of strategic information, setting, managing and running their enterprise business processes to provide collaborative information delivery that drives strategic decision-making.

About the Presenting Sponsor: TIBCO Software

TIBCO Software Inc. (NASDAQ: TIBX) is a leading business integration and process management software company that enables real-time business. Real-Time Business is about helping companies become more cost-effective, more agile and more efficient. TIBCO has delivered the value of Real-Time Business, what TIBCO calls The Power of Now®, to over 2,000 customers around the world and in a wide variety of industries. For more information on TIBCO's proven enterprise backbone, business integration, business process management, and business optimization solutions, TIBCO can be reached at +1 650-846-1000 or on the Web at http://www.tibco.com/. TIBCO is headquartered in Palo Alto, CA.

TIBCO, the TIBCO logo, The Power of Now and TIBCO Software are trademarks or registered trademarks of TIBCO Software Inc. in the United States and/or other countries. All other product and company names and marks mentioned in this document are the property of their respective owners and are mentioned for identification purposes only.

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