Nimble Technology Joins Universal Description, Discovery and Integration -UDDI- Initiative

    SEATTLE--Feb. 28, 2001--Nimble Technology(TM), Inc. (www.nimble.com), a Seattle-based software company developing a powerful XML-based data integration platform, has joined the Universal Description, Discovery and Integration (UDDI) initiative. Spearheaded by Microsoft, IBM and Ariba, the UDDI initiative is designed to speed the use of the Internet for business-to-business transactions and interactions. It will enable diverse businesses of all sizes and industries to locate each other online and define how each business prefers to interact with other businesses online.
    As online business registries proliferate--UDDI being one of the first to be encoded in XML--companies will want to combine data gathered from diverse registries to get a complete picture of potential business partners. Nimble Technology's participation in UDDI will help clarify the requirements that XML querying applications must support for UDDI and multi-registry querying.
    For example, a US-based financial services company seeking distribution partners in South America would combine information from the UDDI registry with other local registries, such as credit ratings services, better business bureaus and consumer complaint sites to create a "short list" of companies to contact. Since local registries may or may not be encoded in XML, querying applications must be flexible enough to incorporate non-XML data sources into the query.
    "To more productively leverage the web of data sources created by the eBusiness revolution, Nimble Technology is developing an XML-based data integration platform that serves business needs. Industry-wide efforts, such as UDDI, are of critical importance in facilitating optimized interchange of data, information and processes in the extended enterprise," said Denise Draper, Chief Software Architect of Nimble Technology. "Nimble Technology looks forward to sharing our unique perspective and expertise in XML-based data integration with the UDDI community."

About Nimble Technology, Inc.

    Nimble Technology has developed a powerful data integration platform that allows businesses to dynamically access and integrate data from anywhere inside or outside the corporation. Nimble's XML-based solution provides a flexible integration platform that is data, application and system independent. From a single point of access, users can query, customize and publish real-time views of the information critical to their individual needs. Nimble's enterprise-class solution is helping companies solve their increasingly complex data integration challenges. For more information about Nimble Technology, please visit the Web page at www.nimble.com.

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