i2 and Optimal Announce Partnership

i2 and Optimal Announce Partnership

Dallas - May 9, 2003 - i2 Technologies, Inc. (OTC: ITWO.PK), a leading provider of end-to-end supply chain management solutions, and Optimal Solutions Integration, Inc. (Optimal), a Dallas-based enterprise technology consulting firm, today announced a strategic partnership to help enable a new and enhanced set of i2 integration service offerings.

As a result of this partnership, i2 has outsourced certain of the development, maintenance, and customer deployment of its Rapidly Optimized Interface (ROI) product suite to Optimal. Optimal runs and manages this product group primarily through its secure offshore development center in Bangalore, India. Further, Optimal will serve as a preferred partner for all i2 integration work executed by i2 for its worldwide customer base.

“The strategic partnership with Optimal serves several strategic goals at i2,” said Pallab Chatterjee, i2 president, Solutions Operations. “This relationship helps us bring deep integration expertise to our customer base, while helping us to remain focused on our core applications. The strategic partnership with Optimal has already reduced our implementation costs substantially - and we anticipate further reductions in the coming months.”

Optimal CEO, Gurvendra S. Suri said, “We bring a unique service offering to i2 customers that will leverage our expertise in integration with ERP systems like SAP, PeopleSoft and Oracle, while at the same time providing the benefits of lower costs associated with offshore resources.”

About i2

A leading provider of end-to-end supply chain management solutions, i2 designs and delivers software that helps customers optimize and synchronize activities involved in successfully managing supply and demand. More than 1,000 of the world’s leading companies, including seven of the Fortune global top 10, have selected i2 to help solve their most critical supply chain challenges. Founded in 1988 with a commitment to customer success, i2 remains focused on delivering value by implementing solutions designed to provide a rapid return on investment. Learn more at www.i2.com.

About Optimal Solutions Integration, Inc.

Optimal Solutions Integration, Inc. (Optimal) is an enterprise technology consulting firm based in Dallas, TX. Optimal works with organizations in North America, Europe, Latin America and the Asia/Pacific region to extract maximum value from their investments in enterprise technology. Through a unique model that incorporates onsite and secure offshore consulting capabilities, Optimal features best-of-breed skills while containing the costs associated with the design, deployment, and support of enterprise technology platforms.

Contact Information:
Sam Sliman
202-872-5077
sam.sliman@optimalsol.com