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e-Publishing Corporation Selects TIBCO Software's XML Technology for Information Consulting Services

PALO ALTO, Calif., March 13, 2001 - e-Publishing Corp., the premier national provider of information development services and TIBCO Software Inc. (NASDAQ: TIBX) a leading provider of real-time infrastructure software for e-business have formed a technology and marketing alliance to help companies convert legacy data into an XML format. e-PublishingSM will focus on the TIBCO Extensibility™ industry-leading product line as a central part of their XML-based consulting services.

Recognizing that XML is key to helping Global 2000 companies leverage technical information, the e-Publishing XML Consulting and Support Group will be featuring TIBCO Extensibility's Turbo XML™, a member of the TIBCO Extensibility product family and a development suite for creating and managing XML documents. e-Publishing will use TIBCO's Turbo XML as a starting point with its clients working toward enterprise grade solutions utilizing the TIBCO Extensibility XML Canon/Developer to centrally manage XML content and files. XML Canon/Developer provides growing XML initiatives with a centralized, Web-accessible repository for developing and deploying XML assets and vocabularies within an organization and between trading partners.

"We look forward to working with TIBCO because of their XML expertise and best-of-class technology products," said Robert Raus, vice president of engineering and consulting services of e-Publishing. "The TIBCO Extensibility product line enables us to offer to our customers the very best in XML development technology leveraging their years of experience and understanding of the structured content market."

"We're excited to be working with e-Publishing, there is a great deal of synergy between their expertise in leveraging technical information and our ability to apply structure to information using XML," said Reid Conrad, vice president of TIBCO Software. "For e-business, customers will demand the ability to use, repurpose, and exchange their existing information using XML. The e-Publishing XML consulting programs, coupled with the TIBCO Extensibility XML technology, offers customers a comprehensive solution to achieve that goal."

About e-Publishing

e-Publishing Corp. is a leading provider of information development services to Global 2000 companies, offering technical product documentation, computer and web-based training, application and web development, and XML production and conversion.

e-Publishing enables businesses to meet and exceed customer expectations by creating, managing and deploying technical product information. The company serves their clients' worldwide technical product information needs from eight operations centers in North America and through partnerships in Europe. With international reach and local presence, e-Publishing helps their clients grow their businesses and gain a competitive advantage in fast-moving industries where first to market demands dedication and focus on core competencies. e-Publishing Corp. can be found online at www.e-pubcorp.com

About TIBCO Extensibility

The TIBCO Extensibility product line provides an enterprise class platform for the development and deployment of XML-enabled e-business applications. Thousands of customers worldwide are using XML Canon/Developer™, Turbo XML™, and XMLschema.com™ to manage the XML development life cycle for enterprise-wide initiatives. TIBCO Extensibility customers and partners include leading companies such as Arbortext, BroadVision, Commerce One, Microsoft, Oracle, and Software AG.

For more information on TIBCO Extensibility products and services see our Web sites at http://www.extensibility.com/ and http://www.xmlschema.com/. Or contact TIBCO at xmlsales@tibco.com or 919.969.6500.

About TIBCO Software Inc.

TIBCO Software Inc. (NASDAQ:TIBX) is a leading provider of real-time e-business infrastructure software. TIBCO's four product lines - TIBCO ActiveEnterprise®, TIBCO ActiveExchange™, TIBCO ActivePortal™ and TIBCO Extensibility™ - enable businesses to integrate enterprise applications, interact with other businesses in B2B commerce, and efficiently deliver personalized information through enterprise portals. TIBCO's products enable the real-time distribution of information through patented technology called The Information Bus®, or TIB®. TIB technology was first used to digitize Wall Street and has since been adopted in diverse industries including telecommunications, electronic commerce, manufacturing and energy. TIBCO's global direct customer base includes more than 700 customers from around the world such as Cisco Systems, Yahoo!, Ariba, NEC, Enron, Sun Microsystems, GE Capital, Philips, AT&T, Pirelli and AOL/Netscape. Headquartered in Palo Alto, California, TIBCO can be reached at (650) 846-1000 or on the web at www.tibco.com.

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TIBCO, TIBCO ActiveEnterprise, TIBCO ActiveExchange, TIBCO ActivePortal, , TIBCO Extensibility, Turbo XML, XML Authority, XML Instance, XML Console, XMLschema.com, The Information Bus and TIB are trademarks or registered trademarks of TIBCO Software Inc. e-Publishing is a service mark of e-Publishing Corp.

Legal Notice Regarding Forward-Looking Statements: This release contains Forward-Looking statements regarding TIBCO's business, customers, markets served or other factors including the performance of TIBCO's strategic partner, the continuation of this partnership, and the ability of products to meet customers' expectations, needs, or perform as described that may affect future earnings or financial results. Our actual results could differ in such Forward-Looking statements. Reasons for why actual results could differ materially include if the partnership does not continue, or the products are unable to successfully meet customers' expectations, needs, or perform as described. Additional information concerning factors that could cause our actual results to differ materially from those contained in the Forward-Looking statements can be found in TIBCO Software's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC"), including but not limited to its most recent reports on Forms 10-Q and 10-K filed with the SEC on October 13, 2000 and February 26, 2001 respectively, which identify important risk factors that could cause actual results to differ from those contained in the Forward-Looking statements including limited independent operating history, history of losses, unpredictability of future revenue, dependence on a limited number of customers, relationship with Reuters Group PLC, rapid technological and market changes, risks associated with infrastructure software and volatility of stock price. Copies of filings made with the SEC are available through the SEC's electronic data gather analysis and retrieval system (EDGAR) at www.sec.gov. TIBCO assumes no obligation to update the Forward-Looking statements included in this document.