Vitria Speeds Time to Market of Brasil Telecom's Broadband Products and Services Leading Latin American Telecommunications Service Provider Cuts Delivery Cycle by 90 Percent SUNNYVALE, Calif., Aug. 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Vitria (NASDAQ:VITR), a leading provider of business process integration solutions, today announced that Vitria:BusinessWare(TM) was selected by Brasil Telecom S.A. (NYSE: BTM; BOV: BRTO3/BRTO4) as its business process management solution to enable cooperation and communication between its selected best-of-breed software packages and internally developed applications, helping the operator cut its delivery cycle by 90 percent. By integrating and routing data from its business systems through Vitria:BusinessWare, Brasil Telecom has successfully lowered its delivery cycle from 20-30 days to just two days. Faster time to market of new telecommunications products will enable Brasil Telecom to maintain a competitive edge in the markets in which it operates. In order to lower IT costs and allow for faster development of new products, Brasil Telecom's IT strategy is to use best-of-breed software packages in tandem with internally developed software applications. Business systems within Brasil Telecom include customer relationship management (CRM), enterprise resource planning (ERP), human resources, billing, inventory and provisioning in addition to mainframe legacy applications. Vitria provides the platform for business process integration through which these disparate systems communicate and work together. "This project is one of the most comprehensive and technically advanced enterprise application integration oriented projects in Brazil," said Waldeck Araujo Junior, chief information officer, Brasil Telecom S.A. "In addition to our confidence in the seamless integration provided by Vitria:BusinessWare, we were impressed by Vitria's depth of experience in the telecom industry and their existing local presence in Brazil." The implementation of Vitria:BusinessWare has lowered Brasil Telecom's software maintenance costs by up to 30 percent. In addition, data consistency among applications and enhanced visibility provide for improved documentation and a better understanding of business processes. Information Technology decision-makers have more control of data replication and network bandwidth is used much more efficiently, with 50 percent less data being transferred between systems. "With blurring industry boundaries, telecommunications companies face continually increasing competition and a constant race to get new products and services to market," said Dale Skeen, co-founder and CEO, Vitria. "By dramatically reducing process implementation cycles, Vitria:BusinessWare enables Brasil Telecom to reach the market with new products much faster, advancing their competitive edge while still controlling costs and meeting service levels." Brasil Telecom provides local and national long distance services as a concessionary in region II, which includes the Brazilian states of Acre, Rondonia, Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, Tocantins, Goias, Santa Catarina, Parana, and Rio Grande do Sul, as well as the Federal District. The company has also authorization to provide those services in the remaining Brazilian regions (regions I and III), as well as international long distance services all over the country. Brasil Telecom also provides network, data communication and other value-added services in region II. The company has just received authorization to start its mobile operation in the states of region II and in August will offer its clients complete and convergent solutions. About Brasil Telecom S.A. Brasil Telecom S.A. has 10.7 million lines installed and 296,000 public phones. Today, Brasil Telecom is the second largest broadband operator in Latin America. For more information, visit http://www.brasiltelecom.com.br/. About Vitria:BusinessWare Vitria:BusinessWare(TM) is a business process integration platform that orchestrates interactions across a company's existing applications, data, people and partners to continuously improve one or more strategic business processes. Vitria:BusinessWare gives companies complete control and visibility of their business operations across their extended enterprise, enabling them to improve the efficiency of their business operations, reduce time to market for new products and services, develop closer relationships with their partners and customers, and rapidly respond to changing business conditions. The proven Vitria:BusinessWare solution was the industry's first platform for business process-centric integration and is widely recognized as the most flexible and powerful solution available, adopted by customers and partners in a broad range of industries. About Vitria Vitria Technology, Inc., a leading provider of award-winning business process integration products and solutions, combines technology leadership with industry expertise in healthcare and insurance, financial services, telecommunications and manufacturing to dramatically improve strategic business processes across systems, people and trading partners. With 23 offices around the world, Vitria's customer base includes blue chip companies such as AT&T, Bell Canada, Bell South, The Blue Cross Blue Shield Association, BP, BT, DaimlerChrysler Bank, Generali, Nissan, The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, PacifiCare Health Systems, Reynolds & Reynolds, Royal Bank of Canada, Schneider Logistics, Sprint, Trane, and the U.S. Departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs. For more information call +1-408-212-2700, email or visit http://www.vitria.com/. NOTE: Vitria and BusinessWare are registered trademarks of Vitria Technology, Inc. All other names may be trademarks of the companies with which they are associated. Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-looking Statements: This press release includes forward-looking statements, including statements relating to new products, goals and future business opportunities that are subject to risks, uncertainties and other factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those referred to in the forward-looking statements. Such factors include, but are not limited to: failure to meet financial and product expectations of analysts and investors: risk related to market acceptance of Vitria's products and alliance partners' products; deployment delays or errors associated with these and other products of Vitria and partners; hardware platform incompatibilities; the need to maintain and enhance certain business relationships with system integrators and other parties; the ability to manage growth; activities by Vitria and others regarding protection of proprietary information; release of competitive products and other actions by competitors; risks associated with possible delisting from the stock market on which Vitria's securities are listed; and economic conditions in domestic and foreign markets. These and other risks related to Vitria are detailed in Vitria's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended Dec. 31, 2003, filed with the SEC on March 12, 2004. Vitria does not undertake an obligation to update forward-looking statements. DATASOURCE: Vitria Technology, Inc. CONTACT: Fred Bateman of The Bateman Group, +1-415-503-1818, or , for Vitria Technology, Inc. Web site: http://www.brasiltelecom.com.br/ Web site: http://www.vitria.com/

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