OASIS MEMBER NEWS: BIDDERS, JAPAN PREMENENT WEB AUCTION SITE, CHOOSES INFOTERIA XML TECHNOLOGY FOR ITS NEXT GENERATION BUSINESS SELLER NETWORK

[Laura Walker <laurawalker@earthlink.net>]

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PRESS RELEASE
Infoteria Inc.
http://www.infoteria.com/en/

BIDDERS, JAPAN PREMENENT WEB AUCTION SITE, CHOOSES INFOTERIA XML 
TECHNOLOGY FOR ITS NEXT GENERATION BUSINESS SELLER NETWORK

Philadelphia --- December 6, 1999 --- Infoteria Inc, a leading XML 
software
design and development company today announced that BIDDERS, the official
auction site of So-net (the Web service of Sony Communications Network) 
and
ISIZE (the Web service of Recruit Co, Ltd.), will use Infoteria’s 
XML
solution for their business seller network system.

BIDDERS is operated by DeNA Inc., founded by Tomoko Namba, its President 
and
CEO, a network company which is tightly focused on the Web auction. Sony
Communications Network Corporation and Recruit Co, Ltd., one of the 
largest
information service company in Japan, represents two of DeNA largest
investors. BIDDERS is considered Japan’s most advanced auction site 
because
of its commitment to advanced technology, its unique web management
capability, and a steadfast dedication to the development of the 
world’s
most secure marketplace

“It is critical to have a new level of dynamic and flexible 
connection with
business sellers in the next millenium’s auction system,” 
said Tomoko
Namba, the president and CEO of DeNA. “Infoteria’s XML 
solution enables
DeNA to create just such a connection with our business sellers. It, also
enables us to ensure application integration over the Internet.  We are
planning to launch a new generation business seller auction network 
service
in the first half of next year.”

“We are thrilled that BIDDERS has selected our software and 
technology for
their new generation Web auction system,” said Pina Hirano, 
President and
CEO of Infoteria Inc.  “XML, as an enabler, is critical to the 
future of
virtually all internet-based systems and applications. Infoteria’s 
XML
technologies, in particular, are changing the Web today in a number of
industries. Web auctions represent another powerful example of just how 
true
this is! XML is changing the way business is done on the internet. Nothing
today is more important for Business-to-Business application 
integration.”

Infoteria provides a comprehensive XML solution set through its XML 
Solution
Components series. In addition, Infoteria’s strategic partners, XML
Professional Integrators, consisting of 14 major Japanese system 
integrators
offer tailored XML-based solutions utilizing XML Solution Components.

About DeNA and BIDDERS

BIDDERS (http://www.bidders.co.jp/) is one of the top 3 Web auction 
services
in Japan operated by DeNA Inc.  BIDDERS is the official Web auction site 
of
So-net and ISIZE. So-net is the Internet access and portal service 
operated
by Sony Communications Network, established in 1995 by Sony Corporation.
So-net now has over 1 million members, and the portal service is always
ranked in top 5 of access in Japan.  ISIZE, operated by Recruit Co, Ltd
(1998 Revenue: $2.8B), is one of the most major portal services in Japan.
ISIZE covers from Shopping, Ticketing to Real estate information service 
and
known as most content-rich Web service in Japan. DeNA, the operation 
company
of BIDDERS Web auction, is founded in 1999 by and Tomoko Namba, the
president and CEO, backed by Sony Communication Network, Recruit Co, Ltd.
Ms. Namba has the distinction of once being the youngest female Partner of
McKinsey & Company Japan.

About Infoteria

Infoteria Inc., a member of W3C and OASIS, is a software design and
development company for emerging XML technology. The company is dedicated 
to
developing a wide range of practical XML software products and solutions
from XML enablement libraries to XML Servers for the next generation of
e-Commerce.

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