Integrated Application Solutions —IAS— Provides Nissho Electronics USA With Managed Operations Service; ASP ManagedOps Will Host Microsoft Great Plains Dynamics

Business Wire, Sept 5, 2001

Business/Technology Editors

SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 5, 2001

The U.S. subsidiary of Nissho Electronics Corporation, Japan's leading distributor and integrator of information technology, networking and communications, e-business solutions, and advanced electronics, has selected Integrated Application Solutions, Inc. to provide Microsoft(R) Great Plains(R) Entry Level Dynamics, a business management system, as a service over the Internet.

Nissho Electronics USA, the American subsidiary of Nissho Electronics Corp., selected the Managed Operations(R) for Microsoft Great Plains service to allow its workforce to focus on servicing its clients. The company, which is based in Santa Clara, CA, has over 30 years of experience introducing to Japan the most promising Internet technologies, cutting-edge high-tech products, new business models and high-potential North American companies.

Mike Michitaka, Nissho Electronics USA's president, said that one of the services that Nissho Electronics provides is to facilitate all export and logistical hurdles to satisfy both their customers in Japan and vendors in North America. "By choosing Great Plains, Integrated Application Solutions, and ManagedOps, Entry Level Dynamics in a hosted environment will not only give us the ability to exceed in our performance by providing our customers with accurate data in a timely manner, but also the ability to eliminate the need to focus time and energy on product releases, maintenance, accessibility, or adding more applications as our company grows," he said.

Nissho Electronics USA will utilize several Microsoft Great Plains Dynamics modules such as General Ledger, Sales Order Processing, Receivables Management, Purchase Order Processing, Payables Management, Inventory Control, Bank Reconciliation, Integration Manager, Report Writer, FRx Professional, and Dynamics Explorer.

The Managed Operations service includes secure, reliable, around-the-clock systems engineering, network management, and help-desk support. ManagedOps delivers the applications over a network for a cost-efficient and predictable monthly fee.

About Nissho Electronics USA Corporation

Nissho Electronics USA, the American subsidiary of Nissho Electronics, is dedicated to introducing to Japan the most promising technologies, cutting-edge high-tech products, new business models and high-potential companies from North America. Maintaining close cooperation with Nissho Electronics Japan and its customers, Nissho Electronics USA discovers, evaluates, and recommends the most promising companies to the Japanese market. In 2000 alone, high-tech products and solutions that were channeled through Nissho Electronics USA grossed around $140 million. Based in Santa Clara, California, right in the heart of Silicon Valley, Nissho Electronics USA was established in 1985 to serve the diverse needs of Nissho Electronics customers in Japan, and to improve communications between Nissho Electronics Japan and its principal suppliers in North America through the domestic sales division. For more information on how Nissho Electronics USA can be your gateway to the Japanese market, please visit www.nelco.com.

About Integrated Application Solutions, Inc.

Integrated Application Solutions provides implementation, training, and consultation to mid-sized businesses using enterprise-wide software solutions in the San Francisco Bay Area and Sacramento/Northern California area. Integrated Application Solutions sells, implements and supports business management software developed by Great Plains and Siebel for the Microsoft platform. Since 1989, Integrated Application Solutions has helped more than 650 small- and medium-sized companies automate and integrate key areas of their business, including finance, manufacturing, field service, customer relations management (CRM) and e-business. More information about Integrated Application Solutions is available at www.iascorp.com.

About ManagedOps

ManagedOps.com, Inc., (www.managedops.com) is a provider of Managed Operations services that make it easy and cost-effective for mid-size companies to use and benefit from their essential business applications. The services include: secure and reliable application delivery, comprehensive network operations and data center management, single-point-of-resolution support and, through its global network of solutions integrator partners, local implementation and business consulting. Founded in 1987, the company has strategic partnerships with Microsoft Great Plains, Siebel Systems and other technology leaders, and is one of the first three U.S.-based companies to be named a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner for Hosting and Application Services.