Aug 9, 2000
FatWire Signs NEON as Reseller Partner
UpdateEngine powers wireless applications

MINEOLA, NY and DENVER, CO -- FatWire, a leader in content management and developer of the powerful e-business platform UpdateEngine, today announced a strategic reseller partnership with New Era of Networks, Inc. (Nasdaq: NEON), an e-business integration software provider.

Under the agreement, NEON will offer customers FatWire's UpdateEngine as part of its solution suite that enables companies to efficiently and effectively manage their e-business. In addition to selling UpdateEngine, NEON will provide continued customer support by dedicating a team of FatWire certified technical experts to each project. To ensure quality service to customers, NEON employees will take part in extensive sales and technical training programs prior to selling and installing UpdateEngine.

"NEON is a valued partner to FatWire -- first as a customer and now as a reseller," said Mark Fasciano, co-founder and CEO of FatWire. "This partnership marks the beginning of FatWire's continued efforts to build solid reseller channels, making UpdateEngine available to an increased customer market."

"We are pleased to add UpdateEngine to our offering of e-business application integration products and services," said Joe Fabrizio, group president of Product Strategy for NEON. "Our customers will benefit from UpdateEngine's easy to use, enhanced content management tools that allow companies to easily migrate Web sites into an end-to-end e-business. We believe that superior content management is an important component of B2B and B2C e-commerce solutions."

FatWire and NEON recently announced a strategic alliance to deliver UpdateEngine technology as a fully integrated component of NEON's e-Biz Portal Server.