Partner Press Release
Catapult Systems Joins RosettaNet High Tech Consortium

For Release November 5, 2001

Austin, TX --

Catapult Systems, an Austin-based e-business consulting and software products company , announced today that it has joined RosettaNet, a self-funded, non-profit consortium of major information technology, electronic components and semiconductor manufacturing companies working to create and implement industry-wide, open e-business process standards to form a common supply chain language.  

“We are excited about the new opportunities that a partnership with RosettaNet brings to us as an organization,” says Catapult’s CEO, Sam Goodner.   “Although we have been working with RosettaNet for more than a year, m embership in the consortium solidifies our commitment to RosettaNet XML-based standards and allows us to offer a new level of support to our growing customer base.”

“On behalf of RosettaNet, we are pleased to welcome Catapult Systems to the consortium’s growing roster of industry leading companies,” said Jennifer Hamilton, CEO of RosettaNet.   “ In addition, we look forward to Catapult’s future role in helping drive RosettaNet e-business process standards forward in the high tech industry.”

Catapult has used the RosettaNet Implementation Framework (RNIF) to implement Partner Interface Processes™ (PIPs ^â ) for Reptron Electronics, and u tilized Extricity 4.5 to implement a variety of PIPs to be used with Tokyo Electron America’s trading partners.   Catapult was also instrumental in developing the Microsoft ^â BizTalk™ Server Accelerator for RosettaNet in a joint effort with the Microsoft BizTalk Server product team.

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 Catapult
Founded in 1993, Catapult Systems Corp. is an Austin-based software and consulting firm that specializes in e-business solutions.   Catapult offers a full range of technical services including e-strategy consulting, custom application and database development, software integration, creative and technical design, infrastructure security, project management, and post-development support.    For more information, please visit www.catapultsystems.com.