Renault Deploys CrossWorlds Business Process Integration Solutions; French Automotive Manufacturer Launches New e-Commerce Initiative to Leverage Online Presence

    BURLINGAME, Calif.--May 23, 2001--CrossWorlds(R) Software, Inc. , a leading business integration software provider, announced today that its business process integration solutions are now deployed within Renault.SITe, the new e-commerce site at Renault. The CrossWorlds solution was implemented to enable a seamless flow of data across Renault.SITe, as well as to leverage a single-source marketplace to support Renault's vast international network of dealers.
    CrossWorlds is providing a comprehensive business integration management system to consolidate, in a near future, Renault's 29 web sites, previously operated by separate subsidiaries. Renault.SITe is now an international e-commerce site. Renualt.SITe is currently adapted for France, Germany and the UK to further expand sales and expedite customer requests. CrossWorlds' secure and scalable integration solutions will enable Renault to enhance its customer sales, service and support online, and help leverage sales of its two million vehicles produced annually.
    "CrossWorlds is proud to provide the integration platform to support Renault's unified emergence onto the Web," said Fred Amoroso, president and chief executive officer at CrossWorlds Software. "Renault's implementation of CrossWorlds' solutions is further testament that CrossWorlds is a leader in solving the complex e-business integration challenges of Global 2000 companies."
    Renault is utilizing the CrossWorlds solution to incorporate existing company infrastructure information from various legacy systems, XML and file management with best-of-breed enterprise applications. By integrating business applications, Renault.SITe allows both customers to consult a full range of available vehicle products and services online, and enables Renault's sales force and customer service representatives to access marketing and car dealer information in real-time. This supports Renault.SITe's goal to generate qualified leads to the dealers worldwide.

    About Renault

    Under the impetus provided by its Chairman and CEO, Louis Schweitzer, Renault has embarked on a determined strategy of profitable growth, powered by innovation, control of costs, and international development, factors seen as keys to the company's competitiveness. The major Alliance formed with Nissan in 1999, will lead to a strengthening and an acceleration of this strategy. The entry of Samsung Motors into the Renault Group, following the acquisition of the Romanian carmaker Dacia in 1999, provided Renault with a third brand and the Renault-Nissan Alliance with a new opportunity for expanding sales in Asia. The agreement signed in July with AB Volvo gave Renault a 20% interest in the world's second largest commercial vehicle group. Group profitability, which was maintained in the first half of 2000 with operating margin of FRF 7.5 billion (EUR 1.1 billion), has provided Renault with the means to deploy its growth policy. The return of Renault to Formula 1 in 2002 will contribute to international development of the group. Commercially, Renault, number one brand in Western Europe since 1998, is benefiting from the positive impact of its strategy, with over 1.2 million vehicles sold in the first 6 months of 2000, establishing a new record high for the brand's half-year sales figures

    About CrossWorlds(R) Software, Inc.

    CrossWorlds Software, Inc., provides a suite of business integration software that unites and extends business processes. Our combination of products -- business process integration modules, sophisticated, easy-to-use tools and a patented, scalable architecture -- make integrating processes within the enterprise and across the internet possible.
    By focusing on business process automation, companies use CrossWorlds to streamline and improve internal operations and trading relationships. Our products help companies reduce information technology costs, increase productivity and improve responsiveness to customer demands.
    Along with our products, CrossWorlds offers a skilled, global services organization experienced in the complex challenges of enterprise-wide and e-business integration. Together, CrossWorlds products and services not only enhance our customers' competitiveness, they give them immediate cost savings by cutting the time needed for implementation.
    The company's customers include industry-leading companies such as Caterpillar, The Dow Chemical Company, DuPont, Ingersoll-Rand, Nortel Networks, Norwich Union, Sony, Telekom Austria, Telecom Mobile Limited (New Zealand Telecom) and Whirlpool Corporation. CrossWorlds is based in Burlingame, Calif. with European headquarters in Munich, Germany and other offices throughout the Americas and Europe. Additional information can be found at www.crossworlds.com.

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