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To: If only I'd held who wrote (48387)	12/21/1999 9:12:00 AM
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(BSNS WIRE) Optio Software and Syntax.net Reseller Partnership Offers a Optio Software and Syntax.net Reseller Partnership Offers a Robust Solution to Produce and Deliver Customized Documents To Support E-Business and Extend the Reach of the Global Enterprise Business Editors & Technology Writers ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 20, 1999--Optio(R) Software Inc., (Nasdaq: OPTO) a leading provider of software that enables organizations to extend their operations from paper-intensive commerce to e-business, announced today the addition of Syntax.net as an Optio Channel Partner. Syntax.net is a full-service business solution provider specializing in Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Business Intelligence (BI) and e-business for mid-market enterprises. Under the agreement, Syntax.net will resell Optio's Enterprise Suite of output management solutions, including the newly released e-business enabled solution, Optio e.ComPresent(TM). The partnership provides Syntax.net customers an integrated, single-source solution for the customization and distribution of enterprise information, allowing them to capitalize on the connective power of the Internet to link customers, distributors, trading partners and suppliers to the customized enterprise information they need. The partnership goes into effect immediately. The Optio Enterprise Suite improves partner relationships and facilitates core business processes and ROI. It allows users of Syntax.net's software to extend their reach and further leverage their IT investment by adding the capability to tap directly into the natural flow of information created by their applications, highly customize it according to specific business rules and then deliver it to a global network of digital destinations. The destinations range from web browsers and e-commerce systems to local and remote printing devices and e-mail systems. Shared users of our products will be able to manage their business critical information more effectively, reduce their costs, and minimize business disruption as they evolve from paper-intensive commerce (PIC) to e-business. The Optio Suite being represented by Syntax.net includes three core products: OptioDCS(TM) (Document Customization Server) - OptioDCS is software that forms the foundation of the Optio Enterprise Suite. It captures information from enterprise, legacy and other applications by monitoring transactions and output such as print streams. It then performs calculations and other data transformations, formats business information or e-commerce transactions and delivers them to printers, fax servers, e-mail servers, web servers, document archives and e-commerce servers. Optio e.ComPresent - E-business software that provides secure, browser-based presentation of customized information. Information can be grouped in pre-defined or user-specified folders for easy access. All information is fully indexed and supports familiar Internet search techniques. Users are alerted to the publication of new or updated information with subscription-based notifications that arrive via e-mail, pager, fax or printer. e.ComPresent facilitates the delivery of customized information to support e-business initiatives like report distribution, information portals, online bill presentment and self-service applications. OptioDesignStudio(TM) - Windows based software that allows users to map, create, model from applications, databases and files, and create business rules and conditional logic to automate processing of the information and model the network of destinations to which the information is delivered. The design files it creates are then processed, in real time, by OptioDCS.

To: If only I'd held who wrote (48387)	12/21/1999 9:21:00 AM
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SQST BIDDING UP ( BW)(NC-SCIQUEST)(SQST) Alltech Announces Strategic Alliance Plus Partnership With SciQuest.com Business Editors RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 20, 1999--Alltech Associates, Inc is pleased to announce that, along with an elite group of industry suppliers, it has entered into a strategic alliance with SciQuest.com (Nasdaq: SQST) as Alltech's business-to-business partner in e-commerce. SciQuest.com offers a Web-based interactive marketplace ( sciquest.com ) for pharmaceutical, clinical, biotechnology, chemical, industrial and educational organizations worldwide. According to Alltech President Rick Kurtz, "E-Commerce is a significant sales channel for Alltech Associates, Inc, and SciQuest.com is an important part of our company's future strategy to bring products to market and to serve the customer." This strategic alliance combines the market leading product offerings of prominent companies, such as Alltech, Ambion, Amersham and PerkinElmer, into SciQuest.com's comprehensive electronic marketplace services for scientific and laboratory products. Under the terms of the strategic alliance agreement, SciQuest.com will be Alltech's exclusive third-party provider of electronic marketplace services. Alltech has chosen to partner with SciQuest.com because of their strong marketing and sales expertise, extensive reach, technical capabilities and their continuing commitment to support Alltech and its product line. SciQuest.com also enables scientists and purchasing professionals to find, track and manage essential laboratory products more effectively and efficiently. The benefits of ease of access, value for money, and flexibility are making the Internet a preferred purchasing channel for many of Alltech's customers. "Delivering value-added services in a reliable and efficient Internet environment is important to us, and we are pleased to be offering this to Alltech's customers," said Scott Andrews, CEO of SciQuest.com. "Our years of experience in the scientific and laboratory products arena, combined with our Web-based technologies, makes us ideally suited to uniquely meet Alltech's marketing, distribution and sales needs." About SciQuest.com SciQuest.com is a leading business-to-business e-marketplace for scientific products used by pharmaceutical, chemical, biotechnology, industrial and educational organizations worldwide. By leveraging its extensive laboratory products and supply chain management expertise with its exclusive product listings and robust portfolio of e-procurement solutions, SciQuest.com has the ability to reduce customers' procurement costs while increasing researchers' productivity. Additionally, SciQuest.com provides suppliers with a cost-effective sales and marketing channel. The company's e-marketplace is distributor-neutral and can be customized and seamlessly integrated with its customers' enterprise systems. SciQuest.com is headquartered in Research Triangle Park, N.C. with offices in Mountain View, Calif. and Plainview, N.Y. About Alltech Associates Alltech Associates, Inc is a leading manufacturer and supplier of chromatography products, including the most extensive line of HPLC and GC columns available from a single source and a complete line of supplies and instrumentation for GC, HPLC, IC, TLC, Sample Handling and Filtration. Alltech has also developed and introduced instrumentation for chromatography that delivers improved performance and cost-saving advantages to the analytical chemist. From its principal office in Deerfield, IL, and its worldwide network of both branch offices and affiliated dealers, Alltech markets its extensive range of chromatography products on a global basis. --30--AH/ch* AC/ch