Cyclone Wins Technology Innovator of the Year

SCOTTSDALE, AZ -- 11/19/2004 -- Cyclone Commerce was honored last night at The Governor’s Celebration of Innovation Awards dinner by receiving the Innovator of the Year award. This award follows similar recognition in the U.K. where Cyclone was recently named finalist in the prestigious Information Management Awards, and earlier this year by research analyst firm Gartner in its report, “Finding Innovation in the Maturing B2B Marketplace.”

The event, sponsored by Governor Janet Napolitano and hosted by the Arizona Technology Council recognized the technological and business achievements of Arizona’s top companies, organizations and individuals. Last night’s celebration honored companies in four categories, IBM, General Dynamics, Kinectic Muscles and Cyclone Commerce.

President and CEO Phil Myers accepted the award by thanking the Governor, the Technology Council and by recognizing the Cyclone team. “Through its innovative technology, the Cyclone team has created and led what has become one of the hottest sectors of the technology industry. As a result, some of the most well-recognized brands across the globe are using Cyclone solutions to manage critical business processes in a fundamentally different way: at the edge of their enterprise where they can act in real time, gaining competitive advantage and driving revenue.”

Cyclone’s 2,100 customers are some of the most well-recognized companies, including 3 of the top 4 national retailers, 30 top suppliers of consumer packaged goods, the top 10 pharmaceutical manufacturers, all of the top healthcare distributors, 3 of the world’s top 4 logistics providers, the world’s top 2 computer manufacturers, the top 3 electronics distributors, 2 of the world’s largest automotive manufacturers and the world’s largest investment provider.

For the thousands of business-to-business processes, Cyclone provides Smarter B2B solutions that help enterprises manage these processes from the edge of their infrastructure rather than relying solely upon back-end systems. In this way, companies can gain visibility into each step in the process and act in real time upon the information in flight between organizations.

About Cyclone Commerce

Cyclone provides Smarter B2B solutions for the real-time enterprise. Every enterprise has hundreds of critical business-to-business process issues between its customers, suppliers and other partners. Cyclone provides software that allows businesses to act in real-time upon information “in flight” by getting the information flowing between trading partners, giving them visibility into key processes, and allowing them to manage events as they occur. Founded in 1996, Cyclone Commerce is headquartered in Scottsdale, Ariz.

Selected Awards: Computerworld’s “Innovative Technology Award,” 10/02; Upside’s “Hot 100,” 2002; Retail Information Systems “#1 Retail Satisfaction,” 1/03; Consumer Goods Technology, “Best of Breed,” 1/03

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