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ATLANTA, March 08, 2001 - Optio Software Inc. (Nasdaq
NM: OPTO), a leading provider of e-business infrastructure software that enables
organizations to communicate and collaborate with 100 percent of their trading
partners and systems, today announced that it has joined Open Applications
Group, Inc. (OAGI) to further drive a universal communication standard between
enterprises and trading partners to ensure consistent business processes between
businesses and throughout an enterprise. Optio intends to fully support the Open
Applications Group Interface Specification (OAGIS) for its entire family of
e.Com products including e.ComIntegrate, e.ComEngine, e.ComPresent and
e.ComPayments. Recognizing the importance of the need for reasonable and
efficient industry standards, for over a year, Optio’s development efforts
have incorporated and supported the Open Applications Group Interface
Specification (OAGIS).
"We are excited to have Optio join the Open Applications Group
consortium," said David Connelly, president and CEO, Open Applications
Group, Inc. "Since mid-2000, Optio Software has demonstrated its commitment
to OAGI by developing solutions to be OAGIS compliant providing interoperability
with other XML vocabularies and accelerating the integration of OAGIS standards
throughout its enterprise-wide applications. We look forward to Optio’s
participation in developing additional standards to improve interfaces between
open platforms."
"Our customers and partners are the ultimate winners by our
support of initiatives like OAGIS," stated Daryl Hatton, chief technology
officer for Optio. "Adopting industry-standard and best practices-based
platforms for interoperability is essential for every solutions vendor to reduce
or eliminate unnecessary costly barriers as companies integrate purchased
applications with their internal legacy systems. As multi-vendor implementations
are the "norm" today, the OAGIS model provides a more-efficient
implementation strategy for all concerns."
About Optio Software, Inc.
Optio Software, Inc. provides e-business infrastructure software that enables
B2B integration and presentation of information across 100% of an organization's
trading partners and systems. Optio's software improves the quality of an
organization's communications with customers, suppliers, partners and employees
by customizing, delivering and exchanging information over a global network of
digital destinations. Optio's products are being used to integrate diverse
applications requiring high availability and throughput, as infrastructure for
B2B commerce and to tailor the information from enterprise, e-business and
legacy applications for delivery and exchange as XML, EDI, web content and
customized documents according to individualized requirements. Optio's solutions
are non-intrusive and can be deployed without modifying the software or the
business processes that created the original information. Optio has more than
4,000 customers, including Delta Airlines, Dell Computer Corporation, Perrier,
Schlumberger, Lucent Technologies and Avery Dennison. For more information
contact Optio Software - Phone: (770) 576-3500, Fax: (770) 576-3699, E-Mail:
info@optiosoftware.com, Corporate Headquarters: 3015 Windward Plaza, Windward
Fairways II, Alpharetta, GA 30005, Web Site: www.optiosoftware.com
About OAGI, Inc.
The Open Applications Group is a non-profit consortium focusing on best
practices and process based XML content for eBusiness and Application
Integration. It is the largest publisher of XML based content for business
software interoperability in the world. Open Applications Group, Inc. members
have over 5 years of extensive experience in building this industry consensus
based framework for business software application interoperability and have
developed a repeatable process for quickly developing high quality business
content and XML representations of that content. For more information, visit www.openapplications.org.
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