Butler & Curless Associates' New Business Alliance Makes Product Readily Accessible

Business Wire, Jan 9, 2001

Business Editors

RALEIGH, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 9, 2001

The award winning company is spreading software

solutions to mid-market America.

Software company Butler & Curless Associates, Inc. announced that it has entered into a distribution agreement with the Wholesale ASP Division of Kansas-based Unique Co-Operative Solutions, Inc. (UCSI), a company which also recently named Butler & Curless Associates "Best of Breed, e-Commerce for Wholesale Distributors and Manufacturers.

"The companies' strategic agreement will provide Butler & Curless Associates with a more comprehensive distribution channel across the Americas and easier access for potential customers to Butler & Curless Associates' ec21 e-commerce, a total ASP solution combining such features as e-catalog , real-time ordering and customer service capabilities with web site design tools.

Israel Bocanegra, product manager at Butler & Curless Associates, said the alliance would provide the company's e-commerce solutions to a market that historically has not had ease of access to e-commerce opportunities.

"This is another big step for Butler & Curless Associates as we make advances in bringing e-commerce to small and mid-market North American companies," Bocanegra said. "The ec21 technology is a great way for these companies to get online easily and make themselves more efficient, and UCSI is helping Butler & Curless Associates to offer that solution more comprehensively."

UCSI's Wholesale ASP Division concurrently named Butler & Curless Associates' software "Best of Breed, e-Commerce for Wholesale Distributors and Manufacturers." UCSI expects its distribution channel to help end-user companies reap the benefits of ec21's award-winning features.

"UCSI has consistently aligned itself with manufacturers of high quality solutions, and we are proud to add Butler & Curless Associates to our offering," said Adam Erickson, vice president of strategic alliances for UCSI. "We believe that the combination of Butler & Curless Associates, UCSI and our distribution channel will provide a tremendous winning method for many mid-level manufacturers and distributors to upgrade their e-commerce capabilities."

About Butler & Curless Associates, Inc.

Founded in 1985, Butler & Curless Associates, Inc., is a business-to-business technology company for the wholesale distributor market that is also engaged in electronic commerce solutions technology. Butler & Curless Associates is composed of three product/service divisions: software, hardware and networking. The software division develops, markets and supports electronic commerce software for wholesale distributors and manufacturers. Butler & Curless Associates' hardware division is an IBM Business Partner and a value-added reseller of IBM iSeries 400 products and services. The networking division is a Managing Industry Remarketer of AT&T Global Network Services. Visit Butler & Curless Associates, Inc. on the World Wide Web at http://www.ButlerAndCurless.com .

About Unique Co-Operative Solutions, Inc.

UCSI is comprised of two distribution divisions: UCSI Distribution and the Wholesale ASP. UCSI Distribution is the leading supplier of Thin Client/Server hardware and software to VARs and computer resellers in the United States and Canada. UCSI distributes Thin Client hardware and software from the following leading manufacturers: Boundless Technologies, Citrix Systems, Esker, NCD, MDD Inc., Microsoft, Key Tronic, Viasec, and Wyse. The Wholesale ASP Division is the ASP aggregator that provides service provisioning through its alliances with Butler & Curless Associates, SLMSoft.com, IMAGO ASP Systems, iStructure, Exodus Communications, ThinAirApps, GoAmerica, Presideo and others. More information on UCSI can be found at http://www.ucsicorp.com .