Bostech Selected by Amazon Services to Provide Integration Software for Retailers Joining Amazon`s E-commerce Platform
Indianapolis, IN - May 17, 2004 - Bostech Corporation, the leader in providing embedded integration solutions to retail software vendors, announced today that Amazon Services, Inc. has certified Bostech to provide integration software for retailers joining Amazon`s e-commerce platform. The software solution - Bostech`s LINC for Amazon.com - enables retailers to quickly and easily begin selling their products through the Amazon e-commerce platform.
Under the agreement, Bostech will work with retail software vendors to automate retailers` integration to Amazon. By leveraging the LINC for Amazon.com and Bostech`s JumpStart services, retail software providers can now offer integration solutions certified by Amazon Services in a significantly compressed timeframe. These retail technology adaptors utilizing the LINC module will enable retailers to quickly begin selling their products through Amazon.
Among the first retail software providers to launch using the integration software will be CommercialWare, who will have two solutions certified by Amazon Services. Retailers utilizing CommercialWare`s CWDirect software package or OrderMotion`s solution will be able to quickly start selling through the Amazon.com e-commerce platform.
Bostech`s certification further extends its lead as the most widely embedded integration solution used by enterprise software vendors serving the retail industry. "Using Bostech`s solution, it is now possible for many retailers to benefit from Amazon`s e-commerce platform quickly and easily," said Brad Bostic, CEO of Bostech Corporation. "Bostech is thrilled to work with Amazon Services and we look forward to offering the LINC product to any retail software vendor interested in a seamless integration to the Amazon platform."
"By working with Bostech, retailers now have the added option of using a Bostech adaptor as they integrate with the Amazon platform," said Matt Williams, Amazon Services` Director of Technical Alliances. "This provides retailers with an option that can simplify their integration process and ultimately accelerate their products being introduced to our millions of customers."
"We believe that embedding the LINC for Amazon.com into our software and ASP solution strengthens our position in the market because it provides an immediate path to Amazon for both our enterprise and emerging customers," said Donny Askin , CEO of CommercialWare. "We`re excited about expanding our relationship with Bostech and Amazon Services and offering our cross channel retail customers this new solution for extending their reach."
About Bostech Corporation
Bostech Corporation, headquartered in Indianapolis with offices in Columbus, OH and Boston, MA, is the leading provider of embedded packaged integration software to retail enterprise software vendors. The Bostech Powered Integration Program delivers a unique combination of world-class integration technology, marketing, sales, and training support that enables software vendors to extend their core product offerings with pre-built, branded features for easily interfacing their applications with their customers` business systems. Bostech`s core technology has been implemented in more than 2,000 companies around the globe and is embedded by many leading enterprise software vendors including CommercialWare, Demand Management, KhiMetrics, Island Pacific, CRS Retail Systems, and Radley Corporation. For more information about the Bostech Powered Integration Program, visit www.bostechcorp.com.
About Amazon Services, Inc.
Amazon Services is a subsidiary of Amazon.com, Inc created in order to make the technology and services that power Amazon.com available to retailers seeking a world-class, cost effective e-commerce offering to their customers. Amazon Services offers its merchant partners use of Amazon`s leading e-commerce Web site technology, best-in-class fulfillment and customer service, and access to tens of millions of visitors per month. Amazon Services allows the company to focus additional resources on helping more retailers.
About CommercialWare, Inc. and OrderMotion
Headquartered in Natick, Massachusetts, CommercialWare, Inc. is the leading developer of software solutions that offer cross-channel functionality to retailers and direct marketers - small and large - seeking to optimize transactions from all customer touch points. OrderMotion, a CommercialWare company, is an on demand solution for emerging retailers providing an affordable, fully integrated, web based order management and fulfillment system enabling merchants to process transactions from any channel. The comprehensive portfolio of CommercialWare solutions provide cross-channel infrastructure linking all aspects of the transaction lifecycle through point-of-sale, back-office, order management, fulfillment, customer service, collaboration, and analytics applications. CommercialWare, the "Brand in Cross-Channel Retail," offers a confluence of solutions that power more than 250 leading and emerging retail brands, including Abercrombie and Fitch, Starbucks, Party Land, Chico`s, J.Jill, Ritz Camera, JoS A. Bank, Patagonia, Warrior Custom Golf, Flex Power and Turtle Press. For additional information, please visit: www.commercialware.com or www.ordermotion.com.
This announcement contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Actual results may differ significantly from management`s expectations. These forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties that include, among others, risks related to potential future losses, significant amount of indebtedness, competition, commercial agreements and strategic alliances, seasonality, potential fluctuations in operating results and rate of growth, foreign exchange rates, management of potential growth, system interruption, international expansion, consumer trends, inventory, fulfillment center optimization, limited operating history, government regulation and taxation, fraud, and new business areas. More information about factors that potentially could affect Amazon.com`s financial results is included in Amazon.com`s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2003, and all subsequent filings.
Contact:
For Amazon Services:
Public Relations
(206) 266-7180
For Bostech:
Darin Leach
(317) 275-5002
For CommercialWare and OrderMotion:
Laura Naylor
(508) 652 -9331
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