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Technology Stocks : SSA (SSAX) BPCS/Client Server -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: IngotWeTrust who wrote (726)	3/23/1998 3:31:00 AM
From: goordo	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 915

Thursday March 19, 7:01 am Eastern Time Company Press Release SSA and SAI Link To Provide DTA -EBG- New Product Brings Ease of Electronic Banking to BPCS Client/Server Users in Germany CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 19, 1998-- One of the world's premier package application software vendors, System Software Associates, Inc. (SSA), in conjunction with Software Architects International (SAI), has announced the availability of DTA (EBG) for BPCS Client/Server, enabling automatic payments and direct debits software to be fully integrated with BPCS Client/Server AP and AR. DTA (EBG) is the German Electronic Banking product and in turn is an integrated part of the BPCS Client/Server Cash and Treasury Management Suite. This product will replace any existing DTA (EBG) software authorized by SSA and represents an opportunity for current BPCS Client/Server users to progress to a leading-edge electronic payment and direct debit system for Germany, provided and supported by market-leader SAI. DTA (EBG) for BPCS Client/Server is available in a mixed mode and client/server version for BPCS Client/Server v6. SSA clients using previous versions of BPCS Client/Server will be offered an upgrade path for SAI's DTA product from those previous releases to BPCS Client/Server v6. SSA and SAI provide a full training and implementation support package to ensure the DTA software and all electronic links are implemented smoothly. About SSA SSA has been chosen by the world's leading industrial sector firms as the best way forward. The company's product line, BPCS Client/Server v6, is currently being implemented in more than 1,000 major industrial sector firms in over 5,000 sites worldwide. The BPCS Client/Server product line delivers unparalleled agility and reconfigurability to meet changing market demands through a quantum leap forward in enterprise management systems technology. SSA's FASTresults program has been proven in global implementations to help clients go live with the full enterprise suite of BPCS Client/Server v6 in three to 12 months. FASTresults combines the reconfigurable functionality of BPCS Client/Server with SSA's proven BASIS implementation methodology, SSA's BPComp business process re-engineering tool and SSA's global support capabilities to deliver the fastest time-to-benefit available in the industry. The BPCS Client/Server product suite delivers competitive advantage by integrating all mission-critical business processes across the enterprise, from global financials to multi-mode manufacturing to management of the total supply chain, including Electronic Commerce and the Internet. SSA's Distributed Object Computing Architecture (DOCA) provides the complete computing platform choice, whether IBM AS/400 or RS/6000, Digital, Hewlett-Packard, Java virtual machines, a combination of these or server access via the Internet. Database options include Oracle, Informix and DB2/400. Over 8,500 clients in over 25,000 sites in various vertical markets - automotive, chemicals, consumer goods, electronics, fabrication and assembly, food/beverage, forest products, pharmaceuticals - have implemented an SSA BPCS ERP system. SSA and its strategic partners provide full implementation support for BPCS Client/Server in over 90 countries worldwide. Visit SSA's homepage at ssax.com. Editor's Note: BPCS is a registered trademark of SSA. BPCS Client/Server and DOCA are trademarks of SSA. Contact: Miller/Shandwick Technologies Charles Spofford/Doug Black, 617/536-0470 cspofford@miller.shandwick.com dblack@miller.shandwick.com or System Software Associates Barbel French, 312/258-6000, ext. 4955 bfrench@ssax.com