IBSS Announces Web Functionality for
Manufacturers
Integrated Business Systems and Services, Inc.
115 Atrium Way, Suite 228Columbia, SC 29223(803) 736-5595 FAX (803) 736-5639
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IBSS Adds Enhanced Web Functionality to Synapse Products
Synapse ThinWeb™ to Benefit Manufacturers With High Volumes of Transaction
Processing
Columbia, SC - May 2, 2001 - Integrated Business Systems & Services, Inc.
("IBSS") announces today that a new feature, Synapse
ThinWeb™, will be added to its Synapse technology. All applications
developed using the highly extensible Synapse product are immediately fully
web-enabled, simply by executing them under the latest version of Synapse.
Synapse ThinWeb™ is available for use on corporate intranets, extranets, or
the public internet.
The new feature makes use of highly efficient "thin client" browser
technology that is browser- neutral, and requires no browser "plug-ins." It
eliminates the nagging problems of inconsistent response times, limited
scalability and application inflexibility that plague competing web-based
technologies, thus benefiting large manufacturing companies operating in
high-volume online transaction processing (OLTP) environments. Synapse
ThinWeb™ also features an extremely small footprint, a distributed Synapse
agent that quickly loads onto a customer's web server for immediate
integration with Synapse applications. The Synapse ThinWeb™ agent provides
unparalleled scalability to new and existing web server farms.
"The new Synapse ThinWeb™ feature demonstrates the power of our proprietary
Synapse model, " says Harry Langley, CEO of IBSS. "By adding this feature to
Synapse, all of our current and future customers have the immediate benefit
of a truly web-enabled, distributed environment. The key is not to just
web-enable a single application, but to enable a whole architecture capable
of improving web server scalability. Synapse, in conjunction with a
company's existing web servers, now offers the very best way to deliver
dynamic OLTP applications for e-business."
Benefits and Functionality
· Users can access information via the Synapse ThinWeb™ client interface
regardless of whether the information is located inside the enterprise or
must be accessed via the web through web servers and firewalls. Synapse
ThinWeb™ client reduces the cost and complexity of initial deployment and
on-going support of software applications.
· Synapse ThinWeb™ rapidly enables distributed OLTP applications and puts
them in a highly scalable form for web access.
· Synapse ThinWeb™ is web browser neutral. The Synapse ThinWeb™ client is
fully compatible with the most popular web browser software packages
including Microsoft's Internet Explorer and Netscape's Navigator.
· Synapse ThinWeb™ greatly improves security, performance and ease of
support through the use of a browser-based thin client.
· The Synapse ThinWeb™ distributed software agent eliminates the need for
application programming on the web server, thus drastically reducing
development time and increasing web server scalability for enterprises with
growing OLTP volumes.
First Company to Use Synapse's ThinWeb™ Feature
The State of Oregon's printing company, Publishing & Distribution, is the
first to use the new Synapse ThinWeb™ feature. Publishing & Distribution
recently purchased IBSS' Synapse technology to automate its printing
processes.
"We selected IBSS' technology because it offers a full turn-key approach to
shop floor management for publishing and distribution processes, including
web-interface capabilities for order processing," said Russ Bass, Project
Manager at Publishing & Distribution. "Synapse provides a very user-friendly
environment and solves many complex technical issues for us."
Availability
The Synapse ThinWeb™ functionality is available now, and customers with
Synapse maintenance contracts will receive it via their regular maintenance
upgrade package. The Synapse ThinWeb™ functionality is automatically bundled
with Synapse for all new customers ordering and implementing any
Synapse-based product.
About IBSS
IBSS provides value-added business software products and services to
organizations globally that require the use of transaction processing
technology and connectivity solutions. Through the licensing, installation
and servicing of IBSS Synapse based technology, the company brings a new
paradigm to the integrated systems market. The Synapse architecture provides
the framework that allows traditional businesses to easily and rapidly
transition from the current way they do business to the new e-business
paradigm. IBSS provides a line of Synapse-based products that include
Synapse ManufacturingÔ for manufacturing plant automation; Synapse EAI+Ô for
enterprise modeling and application integration; and Synapse B2BÔ for ASP
enablement and for integrating a company's applications with its supply
chain. IBSS has offices in Columbia and Detroit. For more information about
IBSS' technology and services, call 800-553-1038 or visit www.ibss.net.
IBSS Reports
Nasdaq Notice of Noncompliance
On April 26, 2001, the Company received a Nasdaq Staff Determination that
the Company fails to comply with the minimum bid price requirement for
continued listing set forth in the Nasdaq Marketplace Rule 4450 (b) (4), and
that its securities are, therefore, subject to delisting from the Nasdaq
National Market. The Company has filed its request for a hearing before the
Nasdaq Listing Qualifications Panel to review the Staff Determination, and
will present the Panel with the Company's plan for continued compliance.
There can be no assurance that the Qualifications Panel will grant the
Company's request for continued listing. However, pending the final
decision of the Qualifications Panel, the Company's securities will continue
to trade on the Nasdaq National Market. Should the Qualifications Panel
fail to grant the Company's request for continued listing on the Nasdaq
National Market, the Company intends to transfer its listing to the Nasdaq
SmallCap Market whose listing requirements the Company currently satisfies.
Except for the historical information herein, the matters discussed in this
news release include forward-looking statements that may involve a number of
risks and uncertainties. Actual results may vary significantly based on a
number of factors, including, but not limited to, risks in product and
technology development and integration, market acceptance of new products
and continuing product demand, the impact of competitive products and
pricing, changing economic conditions and other risk factors detailed in the
Company's most recent annual report and other filings with the Securities
and Exchange Commission.
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