ATLANTA and San Antonio — May 4, 2004 — Inovis, a leading provider of business commerce automation solutions, was awarded the iSeries NEWS Apex Award at the iSeries’ COMMON conference in San Antonio. Inovis’ TrustedLink iSeries was recognized from a field of over one hundred vendor applicants as recipient of this year’s award in the electronic commerce category. This exclusive award honors industry leaders who have made valuable contributions to their customers and provided innovative solutions to the iSeries market over the past year.

As a winner in the prestigious Editors’ Choice category, TrustedLink iSeries was selected based on its leading-edge technology offerings by an independent panel of judges featuring product editors, technical editors and industry professionals. The competition this year was intense with iSeries vendor submissions rounding out an impressive field featuring the best products on the market. Apex Award nominees must have displayed an innovative solution, shown increased productivity, reduced time to market and demonstrated a measurable return on investment.

"We are extremely honored to receive the Apex Award given the depth of expertise iSeries NEWS provides professionals in the iSeries community," said Michael Croxton, senior vice president of marketing for Inovis. "This award validates TrustedLink iSeries’ ability to provide suppliers and retailers with the flexibility to conduct business commerce with every member of their supply chain, from larger organizations that have advanced electronic trading capabilities and are mandating AS2 connectivity to those that are relying on traditional electronic data interchange for the majority of their transactions."

Written specifically for the IBM iSeries platform, TrustedLink iSeries (formerly TrustedLink, AS/400 Edition) from Inovis is the premier data transformation software solution for both large, multinational organizations with thousands of electronically enabled trading partners and small companies just beginning an electronic commerce program. In addition to its EDI (electronic data interchange) functionality, TrustedLink iSeries also has XML capabilities, allowing companies to grow trading partner communities by trading with non-electronic commerce enabled partners as well.

About Inovis
Inovis, Inc. is a leader in providing business commerce automation solutions that facilitate the effective management of retail, supply and manufacturing partnerships. With more than 20 years of experience and almost 20,000 customers, Inovis provides a complete line of B2B software and managed services. These solutions enable companies to optimize profitability through timely and efficient communications with their trading partner communities. For more information visit www.inovis.com.

Inovis is a trademark of Inovis, Inc.

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