We are pleased to announce that SAP Portals has become an integral part of SAP AG. Because SAP Portals is no longer a separate subsidiary of SAP, its enterprise portal and business intelligence solutions are now available within SAP's comprehensive mySAP.com e-business platform.

Also, SAP Portals is joining forces with the SAP Markets, another recently integrated subsidiary of SAP AG, to form a new business area within SAP AG. This new group combines the enterprise portals expertise of SAP Portals with SAP Markets' exchange technology to develop collaborative, integrated applications that unify people, content, and business processes in heterogeneous environments and across business boundaries. They will create a single platform that delivers a suite of business solutions for supplier relationship management, extended e-selling, and business intelligence.

Unified Applications, Information, Services

For two years, SAP Portals has been developing solutions that unify applications, information, and services to maximize value across a wide range of businesses. Now with its transition to SAP AG, SAP Portals will help bring to the market the next-generation integration platform and a new breed of collaborative applications.

This new business area will be under the leadership of Shai Agassi, who is a member of the SAP Executive Board.

Visit www.sap.com for more information about the mySAP.com e-business platform.