Partner Press Release
CommerceRoute Joins RosettaNet Solution Provider Board

Integration Appliance Maker to Provide Engineering Support for Consortium’s Compliance Testing and Interoperability Initiatives

For Release November 5, 2001

Emeryville, CA --

CommerceRoute, the pioneer of integration appliances , today announced that the company has joined the RosettaNet Solution Provider Board (SP).   CommerceRoute, along with other leading solution providers, will participate in the development of implementation strategies for key RosettaNet Milestone and Foundational programs.   In addition, CommerceRoute has agreed to provide staff resources, including engineering support, to generate compliance test scripts associated with the RosettaNet Ready™ Software Compliance Badge Services.

RosettaNet, the high technology industry's leading e-business standards consortium, is dedicated to the development of a common language and open e-business processes that provide measurable benefits vital to the evolution of the global, high-technology trading network.

CommerceRoute’s Vice President of Corporate Strategy, Ted Colton, will serve on the Solution Provider Board, which is comprised of industry-leading enterprise application and middleware developers, systems integrators, consultancies, e-service providers and infomediaries.   CommerceRoute will also actively participate in the consortium’s many marketing initiatives designed to drive industry-wide adoption of RosettaNet standards.

“CommerceRoute is committed to the advancement of RosettaNet standards and we are pleased to offer our support to enable faster adoption of XML-based e-business processes,” said Colton.   “To that end, we are offering technical resources to help advance interoperability among e-business systems.”

CommerceRoute’s Syncx Ô 6100 integration appliances allow companies to pass critical pricing, supply and logistics information up and down their supply chains without implementing middleware or investing in proprietary technology.    The Syncx 6100 appliance offers many benefits for supply chain solutions:  simple installation; minimal ongoing IT resource requirements and capital expense; no software implementations or coding; ability to work across integration platforms; and flexibility to easily engage/disengage various trading partners.

"We are pleased that CommerceRoute continues to demonstrate its commitment by joining the RosettaNet Solution Provider Board," said Jennifer Hamilton, RosettaNet CEO. "Through the efforts put forth by CommerceRoute and other valued member companies, we anticipate a greater number of solutions will be made available to small- and mid-sized companies who have traditionally not had access to supply chain advantages normally associated with larger organizations.”

AboutRosettaNet                                                                                                           
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 CommerceRoute                                                                                                
Founded in 1998, CommerceRoute is the pioneer of integration appliances that enable organizations of any size to quickly and cost-effectively exchange information between applications, departments and external trading partners regardless of platform or protocol. CommerceRoute’s Syncx™ integration appliances empower companies to consolidate critical business systems and information and connect to business partners via the Internet using open e-business standards such as RosettaNet, BizTalk, Web services and EDI.   Unlike complex and expensive integration software, CommerceRoute’s appliance-based-computing platform simplifies the implementation and management of integration projects by providing a modular solution that scales to meet dynamic business needs.   CommerceRoute is backed by leading venture capital firms and corporate investors including CMGI@Ventures, Intel Capital, JGE Capital Management and Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. For more information visit www.commerceroute.com .