Partner Press Release
IONA Reinforces Commitment to RosettaNet With Subscription to RosettaNet Ready™ Products and Services

Support for RosettaNet Ready Accelerates Trading Partner Network Deployments Using the IONA e-Business Platform

For Release September 18, 2001

Waltham, MA --

IONA®, the leading e-Business Platform provider for Total Business Integration™ (NASDAQ: IONA), today announced the company has committed to join the RosettaNet Ready™ Program, which provides products and services needed to accelerate the implementation of RosettaNet standards. IONA's participation in the RosettaNet Ready Program will facilitate simplified and efficient RosettaNet trading partner network and interoperability services deployments using the IONA e-Business Platform. IONA initiated support for the RosettaNet e-business standard in its products in 1999 and currently supports organizations including SCI Systems, Newark Electronics, and Marrakech who utilize RosettaNet to standardize their business processes.

The RosettaNet Ready Program speeds development and adoption of RosettaNet-enabled products by delivering readiness and development tools, compliance testing and product benchmarking -- driving integration costs down and adoption rates up. The program fuels continued growth of an immense RosettaNet trading network that encompasses both small and large and small enterprises.

"One of the key drivers behind the success of the RosettaNet consortium is the ongoing commitment exhibited by our many valued solution provider companies," said Jennifer Hamilton, CEO of RosettaNet. With the introduction of the new RosettaNet Ready Program, we see that dedication extended by IONA and others as they continue their involvement as an important technical and strategic player within the RosettaNet community."

"IONA's subscription to the RosettaNet Ready Program is important to organizations who rely on the IONA e-Business Platform to integrate their internal systems and supply-chain operations for B2B commerce," said Klaus-Dieter Naujok, chief scientific officer at IONA. "Over 4,500 organizations have chosen IONA because of our long-time commitment to standards and the proven benefits of scalability, reliability, and efficiency standards-based systems provide. RosettaNet process standards will play a major role in the continued development and adoption of e-business initiatives and IONA is dedicated to its success."

In subscribing to the RosettaNet Ready Developer Tools Library and Software Compliance Badge Services, IONA will have the ability to provide a common benchmark platform to measure and ensure IONA e-Business Platform™ adherence to the RosettaNet Implementation Framework (RNIF 2.0) and Partner Interface Processes™ (PIPs®). The Developer Tools Library offers access to the Self-Test Kit application, which assists in the future development of RNIF 2.0-compliant products and trading partner readiness testing and interoperability services.

IONA was a key contributor to the RNIF 2.0 validation test matrix that was used by SAIC, a RosettaNet program Partner that developed the Self-Kit application, to test the Self-Test Kit application and other software products included in RosettaNet Ready program. IONA assisted SAIC in the development of the Self-Test Kit application by installing and testing alpha and beta releases of the application against IONA's RNIF 2.0 implementation.

About RosettaNet
RosettaNet is an independent, non-profit consortium dedicated to the collaborative development and rapid deployment of open Internet-based business standards that align processes within the global high-technology trading network.

More than 400 companies representing over $1 trillion in annual information technology, electronic components and semiconductor manufacturing revenues currently participate in RosettaNet's standards development, strategy and implementation activities. A complete list of member companies and more information on RosettaNet is available at www.rosettanet.org.

About IONA
IONA® is the leading e-Business Platform provider for Total Business Integration™ with more than 4,500 customers worldwide including a majority of the Global Fortune 500 and leaders in the aerospace, financial, ISV, manufacturing, and telecommunications industries. IONA is dedicated to providing customers and partners enterprise-class e-business solutions that define reliability, efficiency and return on investment. The IONA e-Business Platform™  includes enterprise application and business-to-business integration (B2Bi) solutions, a Java 2, Enterprise Edition™ (J2EE)-certified application server, as well as innovative Web services, Java™, and CORBA® development tools. Founded in 1991, IONA (NASDAQ: IONA) is headquartered in Dublin, Ireland with U.S. headquarters in Waltham, Massachusetts. The company had revenues of $153 million in 2000 and employs more than 900 people in 30 offices worldwide. Please visit www.iona.com for more information.

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