Intelligent Enterprise and TIBCO Announce Final Nominees for First Annual Intelligent Enterprise Award

Top Executives From Across the Nation Nominated for Outstanding Leadership, Innovation and Vision

PRNewswire
NEW YORK and PALO ALTO, Calif.
Aug 22, 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 the final nominees for the First Annual Intelligent Enterprise Award. The winner of this award will be named at an evening gala event on Wednesday, Oct. 5th, 2005 at the Dolce Norwalk Center for Leadership and Innovation in Norwalk, CT. The award ceremony will be opening night of the Intelligent Enterprise Summit, a conference for business and IT executives focused on the convergence of data and content, also being held at the Dolce Norwalk Center from Oct. 5th-7th.

  The 2005 nominees are:

   * John Bielec, Vice President for Information Resources and Chief
     Information Officer -- Drexel University (Philadelphia, PA)

   * Harold Blake, Director, Workforce Optimization Initiative -- IBM
     (Hopewell Junction, NY)

   * Dee Cantrell, Chief Information Officer -- Emory Healthcare, Inc.
     (Atlanta, GA)

   * Deborah Diaz, Chief Information Officer -- Department of Homeland
     Security, Science & Technology directorate (Washington DC)

   * Sharon Dill -- Chief Information Officer -- Professional Association of
     Diving Instructors, PADI Worldwide, (Rancho Santa Margarita, CA)

   * Jack Garzella, Vice President of Data Warehouse Reporting and
     Analytics -- Overstock.com (Salt Lake City, UT)

   * Jim Honerkamp, Chief Information Officer and Vice President -- The
     Hillman Group (Cincinnati, OH)

   * Raymond Karrenbauer, Chief Technology Officer -- ING Insurance Americas
     (Hartford, CT)

   * Mike Keppler, Vice President of Sales, Marketing and Revenue Management
     Systems in Information Resources -- Marriott International, Inc.
     (Washington DC)

   * Barbara Kindel, Vice President of IS Solutions Engineering -- Calpine
     Corporation (Houston, TX)

   * Suresh Kumas, Managing Director and Chief Information
     Officer -- Pershing, LLC, a Subsidiary of the Bank of New York
     (Jersey City, NJ)

   * Linda Martino -- Vice President of IT Business Engagement and
     Applications -- Sun Microsystems, Inc. (Santa Clara, CA)

   * Klaus Mikkelson, Global Development Leader for Business
     Intelligence -- Owens Corning (Toledo, OH)

   * Monica Moore, Director of Data Warehousing and Business
     Intelligence -- Cox Communications, Inc. (Alpharetta, GA)

   * Suzanne Peck, Chief Technology Officer -- District of Columbia
     (Washington, DC)

   * Jonathan Rothman, Director of Data Management -- Emergency Medical
     Associates (Livingston, NJ)

   * Steven C. Rubinow, Chief Technology Officer -- Archipelago Holdings,
     Inc. (Chicago, IL)

   * Thomas Sanzone, Chief Information Officer and Managing Director of
     Corporate and Investment Banking -- Citigroup, Inc. (New York, NY)

   * Manoj Saxena, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman -- Webify Solutions,
     Inc. (Austin, TX)

   * Bob Schaich, Vice President and Chief Information Officer -- Sierra
     Health Services, Inc. (Las Vegas, NV)

   * Alex Schowtka, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating
     Officer -- Vista Print, Inc. (Lexington, MA)

   * Charles Schroeder, Director, Systems Development -- SpectraSite
     (Cary, NC)

   * Jamie Sguerra, 2nd Vice President and Chief Architect, Technology
     Office -- The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America (New York, NY)

   * Tim Stanley, Senior Vice President and CIO -- Harrah's Entertainment,
     Inc. (Las Vegas, NV)

   * Robert Taylor, Chief Information Officer -- Fulton County, Georgia
     Department of Information Technology (Atlanta, GA)

   * Dr. M. Lewis Temares, Chief Information Officer & Vice President,
     Information Technology -- University of Miami (Coral Gables, FL)

   * Kenneth D. Theis, Deputy Chief Information Officer -- State of Michigan
     (Lansing, MI)

   * Timothy Theriault, President and Business Unit Head of Worldwide
     Operations and Technology -- The Northern Trust Company (Chicago, IL)

   * Dennis Upton, Chief Information Officer -- Brother International
     Corporation (Bridgewater, NJ)

   * John Wade, Vice President and Chief Information Officer -- Saint Luke's
     Health System (Kansas City, MO)

   * Thomas Weisner, Deputy Chief Information Officer, Information
     Technology Director and Chief Architect -- United Stated Department of
     Labor (Washington, DC)

   * Barry West, Chief Information Officer and Director of IT Services
     Division -- Federal Emergency Management Association (Washington, DC)

   * Brian Young, Vice President and Chief Information Officer -- Creighton
     University (Omaha, NE)

"The diversity in terms of industry and geographic reach of the final list of nominees is quite strong," said Ram Menon, senior vice president, Worldwide Marketing, TIBCO. "Telecommunications, satellite cable, financial services, federal and state government, healthcare, insurance and academia are all represented in equal measure. The winner announced on Oct. 5th will truly represent the best of the best -- an outstanding leader able to combine vision and innovation to deliver tremendous results for their company."

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 will have 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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