ACOM's EZConnect EDI-XML Version 6.5 Delivers New Features for Enhanced Usability, More Concise Reports and Streamlined Operations

Business Wire, April 2, 2002

Business Editors

LONG BEACH, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 2, 2002

ACOM Solutions today announced the release of Version 6.5 of its modular EZConnect EDI-XML B2B ecommerce management solution, incorporating enhancements that make the virtually intuitive solution still easier to use, less complex to administer, and extremely efficient in both manual and automated operations, it was announced today by Gregory T. Church, vice president of marketing, communications and product management.

EZConnect is a suite of applications and integration tools that automate electronic data interchange between businesses and their trading partners and between various sectors within a user organization. Built around SQL relational database technology, it integrates directly with back office applications, requiring no intermediate file conversions.

Among the enhancements in EZConnect v.6.5 are a graphical user interface redesign for greater ease of use and smoother application flow, including dynamic resizing of drop-down menus; context-sensitive, hypertext-based online help that is accessible from any point in the application; report redesigns that assure compatibility with latest versions of major back-end solutions such as Oracle and J.D. Edwards, SAP, QAD and Epicor; and powerful new database and EDI mapping functions, including improved communications with the FTP process and data formatting to accommodate differing requirements of back-end systems.

"EZConnect is fully extendible, scalable and flexible, so no matter how large or how limited the EDI application, EZConnect can easily be configured for the requirement," Church said. "It is an ideal, affordable solution for companies ranging from $50 million on up, with special relevance to mid-size businesses with an EDI-XML mandate but which may have been deterred by high costs. EZConnect delivers big-company performance at surprising low cost, performing all of the translation, mapping and connectivity capabilities needed to conduct business over any data network, including the World Wide Web."

Common EZConnect applications include supply chain enablement and e-marketplace integration, procurement, warehouse and inventory tracking, financial transactions, shipping notices and exchange of information of all types, internally and externally. Uniquely, the single-source EZConnect solution supports all transport modes and all U.S. and international document standards (EDI-EDIFACT) as well as all Internet (XML) standards and extensions on a single platform. Used in conjunction with ACOM's EZWebForms, it can extend a company's ebusiness reach to fully 100 percent of its trading partners.

About ACOM Solutions

ACOM is now a leader in payment management, document management, and B2B eCommerce management solutions. The company's solutions integrate with enterprise applications such as ERP and CRM to enhance back office and B2B processes for electronic, Internet and paper-based commerce. ACOM offers solutions in the Microsoft Windows and the IBM iSeries (AS/400) environments, including hardware, software, professional services, supplies, and maintenance contracts, as well as the company's 30-day Total Satisfaction Guarantee. Through its Financial Documents Division, the company provides check and financial document production solutions for banks and credit unions. Contact ACOM Solutions at 2850 E. 29th Street, Long Beach, CA 90806; telephone 562/424-7899; fax 562/424-8662; e-mail gchurch@acom.com; Web: www.acom.com.