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Wednesday August 23, 9:04 am Eastern
Time Press ReleaseeXcelon Announces Support of Open Application Group's B2B Integration SpecificationBURLINGTON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 23, 2000-- eXcelon Corporation (Nasdaq: EXLN - news), a leading provider of XML-based business-to-business (B2B) infrastructure solutions today announced full support for OAGIS, the Open Applications Group's standard for integration. By combining support for OAGIS with its unparalleled XML translation capabilities, eXcelon becomes the first vendor to enable organizations to build and deploy sophisticated B2B trading networks regardless of the type and number of different XML dialects used. With support for multiple XML dialects, eXcelon will speed the adoption of B2B commerce by enabling organizations to deploy B2B trading networks without forcing partners, suppliers and customers to adopt a specific XML standard. ``eXcelon B2B solutions are an excellent example of how the OAGi specification can be implemented to create end-to-end business processes across multiple organizations,'' said David Connelly, president and CEO, Open Applications Group, Inc. ``By combining an internal information model based on the OAGi specification with XML translation and workflow capabilities, eXcelon demonstrates its ability to converge multiple XML standards, such as OAGIS and other leading B2B specifications.'' ``eXcelon's B2B solutions provide a major step forward in enabling the vision of B2B electronic commerce -- connecting large numbers of organizations together to create collaborative trading networks that increase business efficiency and reduce costs,'' said Jean-Jacques Dubray, chief architect, eXcelon Corporation. ``By combining a state-of the-art workflow engine with the ability to interact with any XML-based standard, eXcelon makes it easy for organizations to share automated business processes between thousands of partners, suppliers and customers.'' eXcelon has developed B2B infrastructure solutions that enable organizations and digital marketplaces to connect to and dynamically interact with thousands of their partners, suppliers and customers over the Internet. eXcelon technology is 100 percent standards based, featuring complete support for any XML-based B2B standard, including OAGIS, RosettaNet, cXML, xCBL and ACORD. The eXcelon B2B Integration Server features the industry's first business process interaction engine, which enables organizations to define and execute shared business processes of all types and complexities across multiple organizations. Business processes can be shared with any partner in the extranet community, regardless of their technical infrastructure or which B2B standards they support. By sharing automated business processes over the Internet, eXcelon removes a company's reliance on inefficient phone, fax and mail transactions, creating a more responsive, more efficient and more profitable company. For more information on eXcelon Corporation and its line of B2B infrastructure products and services, visit www.exceloncorp.com or call 1-800-706-2509. About OAGI The Open Applications Group (www.openapplications.org) is a non-profit consortium focusing on dramatically easier business software interoperability for eBusiness and application interoperability. It is the largest publisher of XML content for business software interoperability in the world with over 120 published transaction XML-schemas for end-to-end (E2E) electronic commerce, covering all aspects of enterprise application integration and partner communications from catalog information exchange, supply chain execution (SCE), to collaborative planning forecasting and replenishment (CPFR). The Open Applications Group also builds and publishes the detail specifications necessary to use the XML content as well as publishing a common middleware API specification that has been endorsed by several major middleware vendors. The OAGi membership is composed of many of the most prominent business software vendors, EAI vendors, systems integrators and end-user associated organizations in the world, including: Active Software, Agile Software, AT&T Wireless, Atofina Chemical, Bluestone, Candle, Canopy International, Cimlinc, Compaq, DATEV, DHL, Digital Paper, Electron Economy, eXcelon Corporation, Extricity Software, Ford Motor Company, Future Three, GloTech Solutions, Great Plains, I2, IBM, Integrated Systems & Services Group, irista, J.D. Edwards, Killdara, Lockheed Martin, Lucent Technologies, Mercator, Microsoft, NEC, Netfish Technologies, NextSet Software, Object Space, OnDisplay, Oracle, PaperExchange, PeopleSoft, PricewaterhouseCoopers, PSDI, Requisite Technology, Robocom Systems, Saga Software, Sand Hill Systems, SAP, ShipXpress, Silverstream, SoftQuad Software, Software Technologies Corp, StreamServe, Inc., SupplierMarket.com, SynQuest, Inc., Teklogix, Tilion, TradeAccess, Trilogy, Unilever, USData, Viewlocity, Vitria, webMethods, Wonderware, XML Global Technology, and XML Solutions. About eXcelon Corporation eXcelon Corporation (www.exceloncorp.com) is a leading provider of products and services that enable companies to engage in business-to-business (B2B) commerce across the Internet. eXcelon's B2B infrastructure solutions are 100 percent standards-based, thus eliminating technical barriers-to-entry for doing business across the Internet. Companies use eXcelon's B2B solutions to establish high-value electronic partnerships that are built for change. Based in Burlington, Mass., eXcelon Corporation was founded in 1988 and completed its initial public offering as ODIS in July 1996. The company's stock is traded on the NASDAQ National Market under the symbol EXLN. eXcelon Corporation sells and supports its products through branch offices across the U.S. and international subsidiaries in the United Kingdom, Germany, The Netherlands, Japan and Australia, as well as a worldwide network of distributors, value-added resellers, systems integrators and other indirect sales partners. ``Safe Harbor'' Statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995: Statements in this press release regarding eXcelon Corporation's business, including future market opportunities and prospects, which are not historical facts are ``forward-looking statements'' that involve risks and uncertainties. For a discussion of such risks and uncertainties, which could cause actual results to differ from those contained in the forward-looking statements, see ``Risk Factors'' in the Company's Annual Report or Form 10-K for the most recently ended fiscal year. NOTE: ObjectStore is a registered trademark of eXcelon Corporation; eXcelon, eXcelon Dynamic Application Platform, eXcelon B2B Integration Server, eXcelon eSolutions, Stylus, Cache-Forward and Javlin are trademarks of eXcelon Corporation. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. Contact:
Ed Thomas
eXcelon Corporation 781-674-5000
ethomas@exceloncorp.com or
Bill Keeler
Schwartz Communications, Inc.
781-684-0770
billk@schwartz-pr.com
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