Baan Company Extends the Power of Customers' IT

Investments With Baan E-Enterprise Solution BARNEVELD, The Netherlands and RESTON, Va., (PROTEXT) - BaanE-Enterprise(TM) Solution Powered By Microsoft(R) Site ServerIncludes Baan E-Sales(TM), Baan E-Collaboration(TM), Baan E-Procurement(TM); Applications Offer 'Snap-In' Integration withExisting Front- and Back-Office Infrastructure Baan Company N.V. (Amsterdam: BAAN; Nasdaq: BAANF) todayannounced its Baan E-Enterprise(TM) suite of Web-enabledenterprise software applications that facilitate business betweenthe entire "value chain" of employees, partners, resellers,suppliers, and multiple customer tiers. Based on theMicrosoft(R) Site Server 3.0 Commerce Edition(TM) platform, BaanCompany customers can now take advantage of the power of theirexisting Baan enterprise applications through the addition ofthese high-ROI business-to-business e-commerce, supply-chaincollaboration and indirect procurement solutions.

Adhering to the Baan Company vision of an "extendedenterprise," Baan E-Enterprise(TM) is the first in a series ofproduct deliveries focused on meeting the needs of electronicbusiness. Baan E-Enterprise consists of three applications: BaanE-Sales(TM), Baan E-Collaboration(TM) and Baan E-Procurement(TM).With general availability in June 1999, the new application suiteleverages 18 months of unique experience by Baan Company indeveloping proven, best-in-class customer facing front-officeapplications. Unlike the yet-to-ship products announced by othervendors, the new Baan application suite does not require re-investment in a new back-office foundation. Instead, it enablescustomers to leverage their existing investment in BaanOperations Management (specifically the BaanIV series ofproducts, BaanERP(TM), and Baan supply-chain solutions),Corporate Management (human resources and financialsapplications), and Customer Management (specifically BaanSalesand BaanConfiguration) software by offering packaged "snap-in"integration with these Baan products.

"As a leader in enterprise applications, Baan clearlyunderstands how to get its customers to the next level ofInternet application functionality," said Charles Stevens, vicepresident, Microsoft Application Developers Customer Unit. "Bycombining Baan E-Enterprise applications with Microsoft SiteServer 3.0 Commerce Edition, Baan customers will benefit from aflexible e-commerce platform that enables IT departments todevelop next-generation information portals, extended supply-chains and sophisticated selling solutions."

"One of our top business priorities this year is to develop aWeb-based customer-ordering process that integrates with our ERPsystem," said Robert Owen, director of IS at Microchip TechnologyIncorporated. "When we realized that Baan E-Enterprise couldboth give us the ability to extend our in-house e-commercesystem, while extending our currently installed Baan ERP systemto the Web, we became very interested. Industry analysts aresaying that companies can't forget to integrate existing back-endfulfillment and business processes when moving to e-commerce. Asa beta customer on Baan E-Enterprise, we have the opportunity tointegrate our Web presence and fulfillment systems into a singleservice center for our customers."

Baan E-Enterprise: Baan Company Leads Industry with Deliveryof Shipping Product

Baan E-Enterprise is the latest offering in a series offirsts for Baan Company: The first back office vendor to acquireand integrate a full-fledged front-office vendor; the firstvendor to bring to market a complete front- to back-officeenterprise software suite; the first vendor to offercomprehensive dynamic enterprise modeling (DEM); the first vendorto deliver a complete low cost bundled product solution on aMicrosoft technology stack (Baan Enterprise Software Agreement-BESA); the first vendor to deliver an enterprise-class browser-based front-office product; Baan is now the first vendor to shipan e-commerce suite that provides an "information hub" andextends information all the way through to several tiers ofcustomers.

The Baan E-Enterprise solution is comprised of:

Baan E-Sales

Designed for business-to-business selling environments, BaanE-Sales is an Internet-based, unassisted sales solution thatenables businesses to sell direct or through channel partners andoffer a secure, personalized buying experience. Baan E-Salesoffers seamless "snap-in" integration with BaanFrontOffice(TM)and Baan ERP(TM) solutions to ensure consistency among saleschannels, while leveraging the order management capabilities ofERP and offers:

* Multi-media product catalogs, quotes and order list

management.

* Self-service lookups for real-time access to keyinformation,

including negotiated prices, product availability, salesorder

status, and invoices.

* Available proven configuration technology enabling eventhe

most complex products and services to be accuratelydefined

and ordered within minutes.

Baan E-Collaboration Baan E-Collaboration is an XML-based supply-chaincollaboration solution that provides greater access to enterpriseinformation. It also enables business partners to interactonline to improve the accuracy of communication, decrease supply-chain cycle times, and reduce the overall cost of doing business.Baan E-Collaboration also offers the following key features:

* Centralized hosting of key documents such as purchaseorders,

forecasts, shipping notices in a Web-based repository

* Secure, sharable documents published in XML and pulledfrom

Baan systems with notification to key business partners

involved with each document.

* Real-time resolution of complex pricing and availability

issues using Microsoft NetMeeting(TM).

Baan E-Procurement

Baan E-Procurement is an intranet-based, indirect procurementsolution for Baan ERP. By automating a largely paper-basedprocess to purchase office supplies and MRO items, Baan E-Procurement reduces the cost of a purchase order by up to 80%,while instilling best-practice controls across the enterprise tobetter manage corporate spending. Baan E-Procurement's mainfeatures include:

* A tailored and controlled buying experience for employeesvia

an intranet-based requisitioning system.

* A consolidated multi-vendor product catalog withcustomized

content maintained by the purchasing department and/or athird

party service.

* Workflow-defined user limits and rules fully supporting

approval process with user spending limits and rules.

Integration with Baan ERP for approval and processing of

requisitions.

Pricing and Availability

Sample pricing in North America for Baan E-Sales and Baan E-Collaboration is US$25,000 each per server for up to 25concurrent users and is also available integrated with Baan E-Config(TM). Baan E-Procurement is available on a per user basisat US$1000 per seat. World-wide pricing is available bycontacting a regional Baan Company sales office.

General availability for Baan E-Sales and Baan E-Collaboration is expected in June 1999. Baan E-Procurement isexpected to ship in Q3 1999, and additional suite applicationswill be available in a phased rollout of components.

Baan E-Enterprise is sold through Baan's direct sales force,VARs, solution integrators and Microsoft Certified SolutionProviders. For a complete listing of Baan's sales partners,visit http://alliances.baan.com.

About Baan Company

Founded in 1978, Baan Company (Amsterdam: BAAN; Nasdaq:BAANF) is a leading global provider of enterprise businesssoftware. Baan Company offers a comprehensive portfolio of best-in-class, component-based applications for front office,corporate office, and back office automation solutions which arein use at over 12,000 customer sites worldwide. Baan Companyproducts reduce complexity, improve core business processes, arefaster to implement and use, more flexible in adapting tobusiness changes and optimize the management of informationthroughout the entire value chain.

Baan Company has dual headquarters in Barneveld, TheNetherlands and Reston, Virginia, USA and can be found on theWorld Wide Web at www.baan.com.

Statements in this press release using the words "believes,""expects," "anticipates," and the like are forward-lookingstatements within the meaning of the Securities Exchange Act of1934, as amended, and as such are subject to a number of risksand uncertainties that could significantly affect outcomes.Actual outcomes, therefore, may differ materially from theexpectations, estimates, or assumptions expressed in or impliedby any such statements. Typical risks and uncertainties may bereviewed in the Baan Company's public filings on file with theU.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (including its mostrecent Form 20-F and 6-K).

"Baan" is a registered trademark of Baan Company, and anytrade, product, or service name referenced in this release usingthe name "Baan" is a trademark and/or property of Baan Company.All other company, product, and service names may be trademarksof their respective owners.

"NetMeeting" and "Site Server" are either registeredtrademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the UnitedStates and/or other countries. NOTE TO EDITOR: This pricingdoes not include Microsoft Site Server 3.0 Commerce Edition. Forpricing and availability of Microsoft Site Server 3.0 CommerceEdition and other Microsoft enterprise software products, visithttp://shop.microsoft.com. ots Original Text Service: BaanCompany N.V. Internet: http://www.newsaktuell.de CONTACT: KurtFoeller of Phase Two Strategies, 415-772-8438, or press@baan.com,for Baan Company/Web site: http://www.baan.com/

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