XUMA Incorporates Microsoft's Enterprise Commerce Server in Its Application Infrastructure Product

Business Wire, Jan 22, 2001

Business Editors/Technology Writers

SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 22, 2001

XUMA CommerceX(TM) 2.1 for Commerce Server 2000 Accelerates

the Deployment of E-Businesses

XUMA Inc., an application infrastructure and managed services provider, today released XUMA CommerceX(TM) 2.1 for Commerce Server 2000, an integrated e-business solution stack that extends the speed and efficiency of XUMA's ready-to-run infrastructure to Microsoft's Commerce Server 2000. This new offering advances XUMA's approach of blending process automation, product development, and hosting services into robust, scalable and reliable solutions for successful businesses.

XUMA CommerceX 2.1 for Commerce Server 2000 includes all the features commonly needed to develop mission-critical, enterprise-ready e-business systems, as well as an optimized hardware and software infrastructure and a managed service environment that ensures performance, scalability, security and high availability. Running on the Windows 2000 operating system, XUMA's solution combines Microsoft Commerce Server 2000, Internet Information Services, and SQL Server 2000 with XUMA-supported third-party applications and multiple XUMA feature extensions. XUMA CommerceX for Commerce Server 2000 can be customized to meet the needs of any business via a XUMA Certified Integration Partner. Powered by XUMA's streamlined procurement and provisioning process for network, hardware and software components, XUMA guarantees a development environment available within 48 hours.

"XUMA plays an important role in accelerating the delivery and customer adoption of Microsoft Commerce Server 2000," said Michael Risse, general manager of the .NET Solutions Group at Microsoft Corp. "With XUMA's expertise in development and managed hosting of Web infrastructure, we can enable any company to rapidly build a successful e-business."

"XUMA is ahead of the pack in supporting Microsoft .NET Enterprise Servers," said Jamie Lerner, co-founder, chairman and CTO of XUMA, "By expanding the CommerceX solution stack to include the robust and high-performance Commerce Server 2000, XUMA is once again demonstrating its commitment to provide a diverse product lineup that will help companies build and maintain e-businesses faster, cheaper and better."

As the latest entry to the XUMA CommerceX(TM) product line, XUMA CommerceX 2.1 for Commerce Server 2000 offers significant benefits to end-customers and other service providers. Highlights include:

-- High performance on a leading e-commerce platform available at an extremely
accessible price.

-- Guaranteed delivery of quality systems through the use of pre-built,
fully-tested solutions and components.

-- Robust, reliable, and optimized pre-configured hardware and software
architectures.

-- Flexibility in customizing the product to meet the individual needs of
customers and providers.

About XUMA

Based in San Francisco, Calif., XUMA (pronounced zoo'-ma) is an application infrastructure and managed services provider. Through XUMA's suite of e-business products, XUMA CommerceX(TM), XUMA ExchangeX(TM) and XUMA ControlX(TM), XUMA provides e-business functionality, management and maintenance services and digital marketplace capabilities to companies. XUMA has launched a number of successful e-business sites including CornerHardware.com, Quokkasports.com and Maxim Integrated Circuits, and has successfully deployed more than 80 e-businesses since the company was founded in 1998. For more information about XUMA, please call 415/777-9988 or visit the company's Web site at www.XUMA.com.

Microsoft, Commerce Server 2000, Windows 2000, Internet Information Services, and SQL Server 2000 are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corp. in the United States and/or other countries.

The names of actual companies and products mentioned herein may be the trademarks of their respective owners.