Subject: Gentia Press Release - August 23, 2000 Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2000 12:11:17 +0100 From: "GentiaWire" To: http://www.gentia.com/press/news/view.asp?ID=47 BEAZER HOMES USA, INC. UTILIZES GENTIA SOFTWARE FOR ITS EXECUTIVE INFORMATION SYSTEM Gentia MAP provides customized analytical application for nationwide deployment via the web BOSTON, Mass, August 23, 2000 -- Gentia Software (Nasdaq: GNTI), a leading provider of intelligent analytical applications, today announced that Beazer Homes USA, Inc. (NYSE: BZH), a national homebuilder headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, has chosen Gentia’s new Millenium Application Platform (MAP) to manage its enterprise-wide executive information system. This web-based, highly customized application analyzes Beazer's operating information from over 30 markets in North America and provides high-level management information to Beazer staff nationwide from a centrally administered server in Atlanta. Gentia's MAP offers an approach and framework to build intelligent applications for Enterprise Performance Management (EPM) systems. Designed as a complete analytical application environment, MAP delivers an unparalleled opportunity to leverage corporate data and link strategy, performance measurement and operational analysis within a single cohesive solution for enterprise-wide deployment. “Our geographically diverse business presents a challenge for any software application, commented Ian J. McCarthy, President and Chief Executive Officer of Beazer Homes. “Gentia's MAP analytical application uniquely provides Beazer with an end-to-end solution with the necessary flexibility and degree of custom features. Importantly, this sophisticated analytical capability is delivered across the web, nationwide. The information and analysis that MAP delivers enables Beazer to manage and maximize company performance. With the system rollout complete, we have already earned a significant return on our investment.” “Beazer is a model systems implementation,” said Jeff Bernard, Vice President, North American Operations, Gentia Software. “Having worked with Beazer management for some time, we continue to be impressed by how quickly the company can define its business requirements in a manner that enables Rapid Application Prototyping and customization. We've taken a client/server architecture application specification, created and rolled out a highly customized web-based application in just six months.” About Beazer Beazer Homes USA, Inc., based in Atlanta Georgia, is one of the country's ten largest single-family homebuilders with operations in Arizona, California, Florida, Georgia, Maryland, Nevada, New Jersey, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and Virginia. For more information, please visit www.beazer.com. This news release may contain statements of a forward-looking nature. Such statements are based upon the information available to management at this time, and they necessarily involve risk because actual results could differ materially from current expectations. Among the many factors that could cause actual results to differ from those set forth in the Company's forward-looking statements are changes in general economic conditions, actions taken by customers or competitors, and the receipt of more or fewer orders than expected. -------------------------------------- Contacts Gentia Software: Andy Oliver LEWIS PR Tel: (619) 702-5571 Email: andyo@lewispr.com At the Financial Relations Board: Analysts: Christie Mazurek, cmazurek@frb.bsmg.com General: Alison Ziegler, aziegler@frb.bsmg.com Media: Marty Gitlin, mgitlin@frb.bsmg.com Beazer Homes: Peter Simons Sr. VP of Corporate Development Tel: (404) 250-3420