Corio and Solix Establish Strategic Alliance

Solix Certified to Deliver Corio Applications on Demand

SAN CARLOS AND SANTA CLARA, Calif. – February 19, 2003 – Corio, Inc. (Nasdaq: CRIO), a leading enterprise application service provider, and Solix Technologies, Inc, a leading global IT services company, today announced a worldwide alliance. The two companies will team in a strategic partnership to deliver Corio Applications on Demand, an end-to-end enterprise application solution for a fixed monthly fee.

The capital costs, skilled resources and time required to implement and manage enterprise applications are substantial. Corio Applications on Demand enables organizations to defer the expensive hardware and software purchases required to support enterprise applications. Customers scale the service as their needs evolve, enabling their IT organization to become more efficient and reduce operational costs. Corio Applications on Demand is a pay-as-you-go, utility like service to deliver leading enterprise applications from independent software vendors.

Solix leverages the capability of over 400 consultants worldwide with technical and functional skills in strategic planning, new implementations, upgrades, migrations and managed services. Solix provides technology expertise, domain knowledge, and best-of-breed methodologies to deliver complete, integrated solutions. As a certified Corio Applications on Demand Partner Solix is trained to provide onsite, offsite and offshore consulting services. The Corio/Solix alliance will support the Corio Transition, Corio OnSite and Corio Full Service delivery models.

“We are excited to partner with Corio and become certified for Corio Applications on Demand,” said Neeraj Chawla, vice president at Solix. “Utility computing offers compelling advantages and lowers IT costs.”

“Corio Applications on Demand helps organizations increase IT throughput,” said John Ottman, executive vice president of Worldwide Markets at Corio. “On demand services scale and adjust as requirements change, reducing the cost of enterprise computing.”

About Corio, Inc.

Corio, Inc. (Nasdaq: CRIO) is a leading enterprise application service provider (ASP). For a fixed monthly fee, Corio manages leading applications from PeopleSoft, Oracle, SAP, Ariba and Siebel Systems. Corio provides applications management, consulting services, and iSRVCE technology resource management (TRM) software.

Additional information about Corio is available at www.corio.com

Corio is a registered trademark of Corio, Inc. Applications on Demand, OnDemand, iSRVCE and SRVCE are trademarks of Corio, Inc. All other product and company names mentioned herein may be the trademarks of their respective owners.

Dance with the Penguins

This white paper demonstrates implementation of eBusiness Suite on Linux platform, which is fast becoming the preferred platform for hosting Oracle eBusiness Suite. Presenting a case for migrating your existing costly servers to a more economic Linux environment, the paper outlines the migration path from a non-Linux (IBM AIX, HP-UX, Sun Solaris) system and highlights a recent Linux implementation. Reliability, scalability and performance parameters suggest a drastically reduced Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) for Linux systems. Use of database clustering technology, active use of standby servers and other techniques for sizing Linux systems shall also be discussed.

Time to Dance with the Penguin – Implement E-Business Suite on Linux!
Authors: Solix DBA Team & Mohan

Solix Technologies implements Oracle Apps in BPL Engineering in record time

January 2003: Solix announces the successful implementation of Oracle Financials and Distributions Suite at BPL Engineering Ltd., [BNL]. This ERP suite offers an integrated view of the enterprise’ financial processes. Solix accomplished implementation of all the 6 modules of Oracle along with localization to the Indian marketplace in a record time of 4 months, keeping up its history of successful implementations.

Mr.Harshal Jayavant, Director, BNL, appreciating Solix team, expressed “I am happy to say that Solix has lived up to its commitment in delivering a solution that best suits BNL and enhances our business roll out”. Further, he stated “this accomplishment of Solix reassures us of our original evaluation process, wherein, we selected Solix out of a pack of implementers”.

Mr. Debasish Pattnaik, Vice President – Operations, Solix said “It is indeed a landmark achievement for Solix, which demonstrates our expertise in ERP implementation,” and added “this success reinforces our relationship and commitment to BNL and BPL Group”.

Project details:

Solix implemented 6 modules in Oracle viz., General Ledger, Payables, Order Entry, Receivables, Inventory and Average Costing in Oracle Inventory. The project implementation and its localization to the Indian marketplace was accomplished within a short span of 4 months. Solix also implemented average costing in Oracle inventory besides external processing. In addition, Solix provided a full-fledged solution for handling external processing without actually implementing modules such as, Work-in-progress and Bill-of-material. This landmark implementation was undertaken for the first time by BPL group.

About BNL:

BNL, a Group company of BPL, is a leading manufacturer of compressors located in Hyderabad. The company has been one of the most profitable business units of the BPL Group, and is the preferred OEM for all leading brands of refrigerator manufacturers in the country today.

Solix makes a strong foray in the APAC region

August 2002: Solix Technologies, which started operations in the APAC region with the opening of a branch in Singapore in March 2001, has signed on an impressive list of clients in a short span of time.

The newly acquired client list includes the following:

• Forindo
• GE Plastics
• Sembcorp
• Seng Hua Hng Foods [SHH]
• Singapore Tourism Board
• ePerolehan, Malaysia
• PWC Consulting, Malaysia
• Krung Thai Bank, Thailand

Solix has leveraged its strengths in Enterprise Applications to offer solutions spanning Oracle iProcurement, Oracle Financials, Oracle 11i Upgrade, CRM Implementation, Oracle Managed Services, and Customizations.

BPL Engineering Limited chooses Solix for Oracle Implementation

Aug 2002: Solix India has been selected by BPL Engineering Ltd., [BNL] to implement the Oracle Financials and Distribution Suite at their manufacturing unit in Hyderabad.

Mr. Harshal Jayavant, Director BPL Engineering Limited said, “We felt comfortable choosing Solix because of their impressive credentials in Oracle Application implementation. Their expertise and experience in handling such projects all over the world, is a major reassurance for us. “

Mr. Debasish Pattnaik, Vice President – Operations, Solix India was equally enthusiastic about this win. He said, “We’re delighted to be associated with BNL. It is a strategic win for Solix. I’m confident that this implementation would fetch a good ROI for BNL.”

Project details:

Solix would be implementing the Oracle Financials and Distribution Suite along with India localization features. The total implementation is targeted for 4 months.

About BNL:

BNL, which clocked revenues exceeding Rs. 100 crores in the last financial year, is the compressor manufacturing division of the BPL Group and is located near Hyderabad. BNL is the preferred OEM for all leading brands of refrigerator manufacturers in the country.