REDWOOD CITY, Calif., March 28 /PRNewswire/ -- E2open, the leading provider of software and services for visibility and control over global distributed supply networks, today announced that Supply & Demand Chain Executive selected president and CEO Greg Clark as one if its "2006 Supply Chain Pros to Know" for his innovative use of software-as-a-service (SaaS) to enable large multi-national companies to gain visibility into their global supply networks. This in turn leads to reduced direct materials costs, increased supply assurance, reduced buffer inventories, and improved operational efficiencies. Clark was also selected for his groundbreaking work on solution architectures required for managing inter-company processes, such as supplier collaboration.

Inter-company processes are increasingly important in today's environment of multi-party, demand-driven supply chains and are particularly well-suited for software-as-a-service applications. Greg Clark is a pioneer in Internet security and supply chain integration technologies, which are two key requirements for the architecture required for visibility and control over distributed global supply networks.

The Supply & Demand Chain Executive Pros to Know selects individuals who exhibit deep domain knowledge and innovative thinking within the industry by making outstanding contributions to the field of supply and demand chain management. The individuals honored have worked to help supply chain management professionals by equipping them with the proper tools.

Clark is a leader in Internet security, integration and supply chain technologies. Before joining E2open, Clark was an IBM Distinguished Engineer and Vice President at IBM's Tivoli Systems, leading Tivoli's security architecture group and spearheading product architecture and strategy for Tivoli's net generation management and control offerings. Prior to joining IBM, Clark founded Dascom, Inc., a web security management technology company acquired by IBM in 1999. Dascom is recognized as a visionary web application security pioneer, and its products were licensed to industry leaders, such as IBM, HP, Netscape, Candle, and the Japanese security bellwether Secom Corporation. Prior to Dascom, Clark led the Asia Pacific development and porting team at AT&T UNIX System Laboratories (USL), a division of Bell Labs, responsible for the integration and support of UNIX technologies in the Pacific Rim. Clark spent several years as a key contributor and leader of the team that worked on the Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX) standard, UNIX ports to SMP hardware, and ports of network management technology to telecommunications transmission equipment.

"The focus of this year's Provider Pros to Know is leadership. These individuals have made outstanding contributions in their respective supply chain segments," said Andrew K. Reese, editor of Supply & Demand Chain Executive. "Their efforts in developing the tools and processes necessary for supply chain transformation, and in promoting new approaches to supply chain enablement, have earned them a place on this year's Provider Pros listing."

The fourth-annual listing of Pros to Know is featured in the February/March 2006 issue of Supply & Demand Chain Executive.

About E2open, Inc.

E2open is the leading provider of software and services for visibility and control over distributed global supply networks. Its largest customers include leaders such as Agere, Hitachi, IBM, LG Electronics, Matsushita Electric Industrial (Panasonic), Seagate Technology, Solectron, Tyco Electronics and Wistron. With E2open companies reduce direct materials costs, increase supply assurance, reduce buffer inventories, and improve operational efficiencies. E2open solutions are used to manage inter-company processes such as inventory management, order management, demand/supply synchronization, spend consolidation, logistics visibility, manufacturing visibility, material composition declaration for WEEE/RoHS, and multi-tier visibility -- integrating trading partners across multiple tiers of distributed global supply and demand networks. Over 12,000 companies worldwide currently use E2open. Headquartered in Redwood City, Calif., E2open is a privately held company. Further information can be found at http://www.e2open.com/.

About Supply & Demand Chain Executive

Supply & Demand Chain Executive is a bi-monthly magazine covering the end-to-end supply and demand chain, providing original intelligence and actionable information to executives and management professionals at midsize to large enterprises that are enabling their supply and demand chains for competitive advantage. Its print and online articles reflect the voice and perspective of supply and demand chain leaders who can provide practical insights into successful process changes and new technologies.

CONTACT: Simone Souza of The Hoffman Agency, +1-408-975-3090,
ssouza@hoffman.com, for E2open, Inc.

Web site: http://www.e2open.com/