GA eXpress and Reynolds and Reynolds To Propel Retailers into e-Commerce
9 February 2000
GA eXpress and The Reynolds and Reynolds Company To Propel Automotive Retailers into e-Commerce
The leading provider of automotive retail management software is
integrating GA eXpress' eTools to open its ERA2 software to the Internet,
enabling automotive retailers to engage in eCommerce
IRVINE, Calif., Feb. 9 -- GA eXpress(TM)
(OTC Bulletin Board: GAUM), formerly General Automation, a leader in
enterprise-wide database solutions and data migration tools, announced today
it will partner with The Reynolds and Reynolds Company , a leading
information systems provider, to launch automotive retailers into eBusiness.
Reynolds and Reynolds will use GA eXpress' eTools OLE DB and ODBC to migrate
its automotive retail management system to the Internet, allowing retailers to
engage in eCommerce and seamlessly exchange data with its trading partners via
a Web-enabled retail management system.
"GA eXpress' eTools migration products allowed us to open our database
management environment to the world of eBusiness," said Bob Schaefer, Senior
Director of Marketing Technology for Reynolds & Reynolds. "Now, we can offer
our customers an open architecture retail management system, enabling their
retailers to share information with their customers, lenders and other
third-party service providers. Our relationship with GA eXpress is based on a
shared commitment to bring auto retailers solutions that create a competitive
edge in today's eBusiness economy. We're the only provider in the auto retail
channel offering a total industry standard solution for comprehensive
eCommerce."
Reynolds and Reynolds also decided to partner with GA eXpress because of
the company's history of quick responsiveness and strong software support.
"GA eXpress delivered us with industry standard upgrades, enhancements and
modifications to all of the tools we purchased in a timely and efficient
manner," said Schaefer. "In turn, we're able to offer our customers data
integrity, security and quality technical support."
According to Jane Christie, GA eXpress president and chief executive
officer, GA eXpress is delighted with the results of this strategic
partnership. "It's exciting to see how our ePath strategy is positively
impacting businesses, such as the Web-enabling of the retail management system
ERA2. Now, these major companies can take advantage of the most advanced
eCommerce transactions for the easiest, most efficient way of doing business
for every party involved, including their customers."
The ePath to e-Business
GA eXpress' new products, based on the company's ePath strategy to build
open standards and industry-standard technologies, allows MultiValue customers
to perform eCommerce in the new, Internet-driven economy. The series of
eTools development kits provide an environment for maximizing client/server
eCommerce, Web transactions, custom database-to-database applications and
other functions of eBusiness.
eTools OLE DB allows businesses requiring the highest database performance
to develop powerful MultiValue applications that retain the data's
hierarchical nature with Microsoft's OLE DB standard. In industry standard
environments such as Visual Basic, Visual C++ and others, ActiveX Data Objects
(ADO) can be developed quickly for Web or general-purpose applications.
eTools ODBC enables quick development of robust ODBC-compliant
applications for Web access or mainstream Windows use that can be built from
PICK/Basic.
About The Reynolds & Reynolds Company
The Reynolds and Reynolds Company, headquartered in Dayton, Ohio, is a
leading provider of integrated information management systems and related
value-added services to automotive and general business markets. The company
reported revenues of $1.63 billion for the 12 months ended Dec. 31, 1999. For
more information on Reynolds and Reynolds, visit http://www.reyrey.com, or call The
Reynolds and Reynolds Information Hotline at 1-888-4REYREY.
About GA eXpress (http://www.gaexpress.com)
GA eXpress is the newly established company that brings together the
technical and marketing expertise of two of the most innovative and reliable
forces in the MultiValue world: General Automation and Liberty Integration
Software. GA eXpress is dedicated to enabling MultiValue enterprises to
transform themselves into eBusinesses. With a full product line of software,
hardware and middleware solutions, GA eXpress is the single source for data
conversion, transfer and communication solutions that allows companies to
conduct business with their partners, vendors and customers online while
deriving maximum value and profit from their MultiValue data. GA eXpress is
located at 17731 Mitchell North, Irvine Calif., 92614. Telephone:
949-250-4800 and fax: 949-752-6777.
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of Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and Section 27A of the
Securities Act of 1933. Those forward-looking statements involve risks and
uncertainties that could affect GA eXpress's actual results and cause actual
results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements.
Those risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, timely
completion of the development of proposed new products, market acceptance of
proposed new products, actions taken by competitors and creditors, and other
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