RosettaNet Press Release
Global eXchange Services Joins RosettaNet Solution Provider Board

For Release November 3, 2003

Gaithersburg, MD

Global eXchange Services, Inc. announced today that Tasos Tsolakis, Sr. Vice-president of Global Technology Operations, will represent the company on the RosettaNet Solution Provider (SP) Board. The board is comprised of leading enterprise application developers, solution integrators, consultancies and eMarketplaces that drive critical development and implementation strategies in support of key RosettaNet initiatives for the global high tech trading community.

"Global eXchange Services is among the many valued RosettaNet partners aiming to drive supply chain efficiency in the marketplace," said Jennifer Hamilton, President and CEO of RosettaNet. "By joining the Solution Provider Board, they have demonstrated their leadership position in the industry and support of RosettaNet open, e-business standards for high tech B2B integration."

RosettaNet standards offer robust, nonproprietary solutions, represented by RosettaNet Partner Interface Processes® (PIPs®), RosettaNet Implementation Framework (RNIF), RosettaNet Technical Dictionary (RNTD) and the RosettaNet Business Dictionary. These business message schemas and process specifications help drive e-business standardization, thereby enhancing and streamlining trading partner relationships.

“We are firmly committed to the widespread adoption of RosettaNet standards by the high-tech community and will use our place on the RosettaNet Solution Provider Board to help advance that goal,” said Tasos Tsolakis Sr. VP of Global Technology Operations at Global eXchange Services. “RosettaNet has been leading the way for companies to move beyond basic document transactions to a more collaborative approach of facilitating entire processes between businesses, which coincides with our mission to add layers of functionality to our core transaction delivery services.”

About RosettaNet

RosettaNet is a non-profit consortium dedicated to the collaborative development and rapid deployment of open internet-based business standards that align processes within the global technology trading networks. More than 500 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. Information on the consortium's worldwide activities in the Americas, Asia and Europe, and a complete list of partner companies, is available at www.rosettanet.org. RosettaNet is a subsidiary of the Uniform Code Council, Inc. (UCC).

About Global eXchange Services
Global eXchange Services, Inc. (GXS) operates one of the largest B2B e-commerce networks in the world, managing 1 billion transactions annually for more than 100,000 trading partners. With more than 35 years experience, GXS provides supply chain services and software to 60% of Fortune 500 companies. GXS is headquartered in Gaithersburg, Md. Call (800) 560-4347 or visit our Web site at  www.gxs.com