Yphise Certifies TIBCO ActiveMatrix BusinessWorks Best-Ranked Solution for ESB Business Case

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PALO ALTO, CA--(Marketwire - March 17, 2009) - TIBCO Software Inc. (NASDAQ: TIBX) has once again been recognized by the independent analyst group Yphise as providing the best Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) solution. TIBCO ActiveMatrix BusinessWorks™ was named to the top of the Yphise list.

In making this announcement, Yphise certified that the TIBCO solution has the strengths that represent a valuable investment based on expected benefits by large companies, using an ISO 9001:2000-certified assessment. Yphise came to this conclusion through an examination of four key factors:

--  Aligning the services with business needs in an agile fashion
    
--  Ensuring service reliability when changes are implemented
    
--  The ability to increase service performance and robustness during
    operation
    
--  Connecting services for extended business
    

These four dimensions aggregate more than 150 functional or technical assessment items, as part of the effort by Yphise to make recommendations aimed at identifying the best software products that optimize IT cost, value and risk.

According to the Yphise executive report issued: "TIBCO ActiveMatrix BusinessWorks provides the best coverage of our list of requirements. It stands out in our four dimensions. This highlights its maturity and reliability in terms of investing in this market segment. This confirms the previous ranking by Yphise of the TIBCO solution as the best ESB solution in the marketplace in 2007."

"This recognition by Yphise demonstrates the business value of TIBCO's sustained, continuous efforts with ESB," said Fabio Pulidori, senior vice president for EMEA at TIBCO. "By continuing to drive innovation in the ESB space, we have enabled many global organizations to accelerate their goal of building an enterprise-ready SOA."

For more information on TIBCO ActiveMatrix BusinessWorks please visit: www.tibco.com.

About Yphise:

Yphise selects the business cases that represent valuable investments and lead to pragmatic projects according to issues of interest to executives. Each year, Yphise research draws up the portfolio of valuable, concrete and pragmatic projects that executives should consider when making investment decisions. Yphise puts forth investment recommendations on software solutions based on accurate and detailed assessment. The Yphise ongoing research program has helped executives plan, prioritize, conduct and control the useful software projects in order to increase business performance worldwide since 1985. ISO 9001:2000 certification of Yphise's research is evidence of independence and robust methodology for assessing software solutions according to issues and priorities of large companies. Learn more at www.yphise.com.

About TIBCO

TIBCO's technology digitized Wall Street in the '80s with event-driven "Information Bus" software, which helped make real-time business a strategic differentiator in the '90s. Today, TIBCO's infrastructure software gives customers the ability to constantly innovate by connecting applications and data in a service-oriented architecture, streamlining activities through business process management, and giving people the information and intelligence tools they need to make faster and smarter decisions, what we call The Power of Now®. TIBCO serves more than 3,000 customers around the world with offices in more than 20 countries and an ecosystem of over 200 partners. Learn more at www.tibco.com.

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