Companies Collaborate to Help Prepare Chinese Enterprises for World Trade Organization Competitive Pressure

Beijing, CHINA, April 09, 2001 - Leading Internet portal SOHU.com (NASDAQ: SOHU) announced today it has joined TIBCO Software Inc.'s Alliance Partner Program (Nasdaq: TIBX) in a move that will help Chinese companies realize higher levels of efficiency, productivity and connectivity. As an alliance partner, SOHU.com's technical team will receive training and professional certification that will get them up-to-speed on the fundamentals of TIBCO? technology, enabling them to blueprint and implement successful TIBCO solutions for corporate clients in China.

TIBCO is a global provider of real-time infrastructure software that enables companies to integrate enterprise applications, interact with other businesses in business-to-business commerce, and efficiently deliver personalized information to consumers through enterprise portals.

SOHU.com is taking advantage of its high-profile brand and technical expertise to offer Chinese enterprises information management systems that will fundamentally change the way they do business by using TIBCO's range of solution-based technology products.

According to Silicon Valley's Institute for the Future, "Successful firms must find business models that allow them to integrate advertising, information and transactions literally at any time or any place the customer wants. Information exchange will be a critical element of any profitable business model."

TIBCO's solutions will allow SOHU.com's technology team to build intelligence into network infrastructures by helping domestic and international companies operating in China build more collaborative business-to-business commerce systems that ensure the seamless, real-time connection of cross-company processes, systems and data.

"It is now widely recognized that in order for enterprises to survive in today's marketplace, they must become e-businesses," said Vivek Ranadiv¨?, chairman and CEO of TIBCO Software. "To participate fully in the new e-conomy, businesses need reliable ways to connect and interlink their business processes in real-time. The most successful companies in the 21st century will leverage the Internet to automate and integrate business processes in order to reduce costs and deliver high-quality customer satisfaction."

"A company's competitive advantage depends on how well their information, knowledge, data and processes are integrated, extended and connected to their customers, employees, partners and suppliers," said Nick Yang, SOHU.com's vice-president of technology. "SOHU.com cannot create effective IT infrastructures to support mission-critical inter-company processes unless it invests in the best integration software available. The intellectual capital and technology applications available from TIBCO will help us take more market-share in the e-business solutions market."

TIBCO's e-business infrastructure technology can be used throughout a broad range of industries, including energy, high-tech manufacturing, financial services, health care and telecommunications. "I am excited to work with TIBCO because its technology is so widely applicable. Together we are well positioned to benefit from the increased revenue potential of this huge market," remarked Charles Zhang, CEO and president of SOHU.com. "We have always been committed to helping every Chinese business become more competitive and productive. With the help of TIBCO's dynamic technology solutions the 'Search Fox' will play a leading role in revitalizing domestic enterprises, and getting them ready to face intense competitive pressure when the country joins the World Trade Organization."

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 800 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.

About SOHU.com
SOHU.com is the leading Internet portal in Mainland China with current daily page views exceeding 12 million. It provides navigation/search, news, sports, business and finance, real estate channel, entertainment, chat, email and e-commerce activities for a solid and wide base of visitors. Dr. Charles Zhang founded SOHU.com in 1997. Its investors include Intel, Dow Jones, IDG, the Morningside China Group, PCCW, Legend and Hikari. Its content partners include CNET, DOW Jones and dozens of local media organizations in China.

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SOHU Investor Relations and Communications
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