About eBusinessReady®

eBusinessReady® is an industry-neutral software compliance and interoperability testing program under joint partnership of GS1 US™ (formerly the Uniform Code Council, Inc.® - UCC™) and the Drummond Group, Inc.  The eBusinessReady testing and certification program also serves as a neutral industry resource to assist companies in product selection and cost savings.  The program aims to drive the adoption of open industry standards by working with software vendors, vertical industry groups, and standards communities to facilitate software compliance and interoperability.  An eBusinessReady certified product enables vertical and horizontal interoperability across industry, jurisdictional, supply chain, and distribution channels.

On November 30, 2005, Systrends software for secure Internet B2B (Business-to-Business) transaction transport and trading partner management - Transaction Transporter T2 - was certified as an eBusinessReady software product.  Transaction Transporter's certification was based on stringent criteria that reflect the solution's key features:

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Scalability - tier 1 trading partners, supply chain trading partners, cross-industry trading partners, and beyond.

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Security - encryption, authentication, and digital signature.

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Any-to-any transport formats.

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In-house or hosted implementation and service options.

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Interoperability - horizontal and vertical.

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Certificate management for clients and their trading partners.

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Automated transport scheduling, error notification, and research reporting.

In a press release issued on the certification date, David Darnell, president and founder of Systrends stated:

"We are pleased to offer our customers a value added product that will ease and enhance implementation efforts across their trading partner community.   Transaction Transporter T2 empowers companies to take advantage of cost-saving efficiencies enabled by supporting industry standards.  Our software demonstrates its superiority over the competition and is truly deserving of its trademarked slogan 'raising transaction management to the next power'."

For test results and more information on eBusinessReady, visit www.ebusinessready.org.