Bind Systems Joins OASIS to Further Participate in the Advancement ofebXML

[Colm Caffrey <colm@bindsys.com>]

Bind Systems Joins OASIS to Further Participate in the Advancement of ebXML

    DUBLIN, Ireland--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 7, 2001--Bind Systems Ltd,
www.bindsys.com, a leading provider of Business Process Web Services
technology, announced today that it has joined the OASIS Consortium. OASIS,
the Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards, is
managing the XML based standards that are shaping the future of electronic
business.

    "We welcome Bind Systems to OASIS and look forward to their
participation," said Patrick Gannon, President and CEO of OASIS. "By joining
the Consortium, Bind Systems demonstrates its commitment to interoperable
standards for electronic business. Their contribution to the development of
the ebXML specifications, in particular, will be a valuable asset to OASIS
as we continue to advance ebXML and support its implementation."

    "Bind Systems has actively supported and participated in the development
of the ebXML standards and now provides one of the first comprehensive
implementations of these standards," said Colm Caffrey, Chief Executive
Officer at Bind Systems. "By joining OASIS we can continue to contribute to
the advancement of ebXML as an open, dynamic framework for electronic
business."

    With the goal of facilitating solution providers and end-user
organizations to rapidly develop and deploy business critical solutions
supporting process alignment between partners, Bind Systems provides the
BindPartner Business Collaboration Platform which is available today for
free evaluation from the Company's website at www.bindsys.com.


    About OASIS

    OASIS (www.oasis-open.org), the Organization for the Advancement of
Structured Information Standards, is a non-profit, international consortium
that creates interoperable industry specifications based on public standards
such as XML and SGML, as well as others that are related to structured
information processing.


    About Bind Systems

    Bind Systems J2EE compliant BindPartner platform enables businesses to
develop collaborative electronic solutions based on process managed Web
services. BindPartner provides comprehensive support for ebXML business
process modeling, execution and management, the dynamic formulation of
electronic profiles (CPPs) and agreements (CPAs) and the exchange of
electronic business transactions using the consistent, reliable ebXML
messaging infrastructure. BindPartner also supports the transparent
co-existence of ebXML and pervasive Web services technologies such as
SOAP/WSDL. The company is privately held and is headquartered in Dublin,
Ireland.


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