Oracle is the first software company to develop and deploy 100 percent internet-enabled enterprise software across its entire product line: database, server, enterprise business applications, and application development and decision support tools. Oracle is the only company capable of implementing complete global eBusiness solutions that extend from front office customer relationship management to back office operational applications to platform infrastructure. As more and more companies transform themselves into eBusinesses, Oracle's internet-enabled solutions provide a cost-effective way to expand market opportunities, improve business process efficiencies, and attract and retain customers. By replacing expensive, unwieldy client/server computing models with the efficiency and reach of the internet, companies can deploy a wealth of innovative applications that can be accessed with a Web browser.

IBM is the world's largest information technology company. It creates, develops, manufactures, and sells the industry's most advanced information technologies and services worldwide, including computer systems, software, networking systems, storage devices and microelectronics. IBM is the worldwide leader in database management system software, according to a May 2002, Gartner Dataquest report. Recently, IBM announced its 20th consecutive quarter of growth for its database software business. In the first quarter of 2002, IBM's data management business increased 28 percent and its DB2 Data Management Software increased 12 percent. The awarding winning DB2 product family software together with Internet technology makes information easily accessible, available, and secure.

Hewlett-Packard Company-a leading global provider of computing and imaging solutions and services for business and home-is focused on capitalizing on the opportunities of the Internet and the proliferation of electronic services. It has been highly regarded as a leading supplier of servers (HP3000, HP 9000 and HP NetServers) for the commercial IT industry. HP offers a full range of products operating in HP/UX, MPE/IX, NT and Linux operating systems.

Since its inception in 1982, a singular vision-The Network Is The Computer(TM)-has propelled Sun Microsystems, Inc. to its position as a leading provider of industrial-strength hardware, software and services that power the Internet and allow companies worldwide to dot-com their businesses. Sun was an early adopter of SQL-based technologies in the 1970's and 1980's, client-server directories in the early 1990's and the internet as well. Java technologies have transformed web-enabled solutions.