PFSweb Introduces iS Connector Toolkit for IBM iSeries Users; Middleware Seamlessly Integrates Real-Time XML Transactions with iSeries Applications

Business Wire, Oct 18, 2004

TORONTO -- PFSweb, Inc. (Nasdaq:PFSW), a leading provider of business process outsourcing solutions, has introduced the iS Connector Toolkit (iSCT), a patent-pending middleware solution that helps users of the IBM(R) iSeries platform seamlessly integrate real-time XML transactions from sources such as their company Web site with RPG and COBOL applications on their iSeries server.

The announcement was made at booth #211 at the COMMON Fall 2004 IT Education Conference and Expo (Oct. 17-21, 2004) at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre in Toronto. COMMON is the largest user's group of IBM and IBM-compatible IT professionals, and the Fall 2004 Conference is the second of two shows the group holds each year.

As an integrated component of PFSweb's GlobalMerchant CommerceWare(TM) software suite, the iS Connector seamlessly connects a company's e-commerce Web site with its back-office iSeries applications. PFSweb has unbundled the iS Connector and is now offering the iS Connector Toolkit as a stand-alone middleware product. The iS Connector Toolkit is suited for companies that don't require the e-commerce functions of GlobalMerchant CommerceWare, but need to easily connect applications running on an iSeries server with non-iSeries software such as an e-commerce Web site.

"Through our successful introduction of GlobalMerchant CommerceWare, we have discovered a large community of iSeries users who need easy-to-use iSeries integration tools, but whose business models don't call for the e-commerce benefits of GlobalMerchant," said Michael Willoughby, chief information officer at Plano, Texas-based PFSweb.

"The iS Connector Toolkit empowers such companies to quickly deploy real-time web-service interfaces for its existing RPG and COBOL programs on the iSeries, providing smooth and seamless integration of Web sites and other XML sources into a company's existing iSeries applications," Willoughby explained.

Introduced in May, GlobalMerchant CommerceWare 2.0 is a full-featured software suite that provides iSeries users a comprehensive solution, enabling world class e-commerce for their company's Web site while seamlessly connecting that site with its back-office iSeries applications. It provides real-time e-commerce features, including inventory availability; integrated order processing linked to the order checkout; access to back-office pricing processes; sales tax calculation; and credit card authorization.

About PFSweb, Inc.

PFSweb's comprehensive outsourcing solutions provide proven, fast and secure business infrastructure to enable traditional and e-commerce strategies. PFSweb solutions include: professional consulting services, e-marketplace logistics, order management, web-enabled customer contact centers, customer relationship management, international distribution and fulfillment services, reverse logistics, billing and collection services, kitting and assembly services and ERP information interfacing utilizing its Entente Suite(SM).

PFSweb develops and deploys integrated business infrastructure solutions and fulfillment services for Fortune 1000, Global 2000 and brand name companies, including third party logistics, call center support and e-commerce services. The company serves such notable clients as Brillian Corporation, CHiA'SSO, Dupont Fluoroproducts, IBM, NokiaUSA.com, Pfizer, Inc., Raytheon Aircraft Company, Rene Furterer USA, Roots Canada, Shell Energy Services Company, Smithsonian Institution, Xerox and other brand name companies and government entities.

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