[announce]Certivo To Provide Software Compliance Badge Testing Services for RosettaNet ReadyT Program

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OASIS Member News:


Certivo To Provide Software Compliance Badge Testing Services for
RosettaNet Ready™ Program

Newport Beach, CA – (March 26, 2002) – Drake Certivo, Inc., a global
provider of industry standards education, certification, compliance, and
services, today announced that the company has been selected to provide
compliance testing for solution providers and others within the high
technology supply chain as part of the RosettaNet ReadyTM Program.
Companies seeking to obtain RosettaNet standards compliance can now
subscribe to the testing service and, upon passing the required
elements, earn badges for compliant software solutions.

The compliance testing services administered through Drake Certivo on
behalf of RosettaNet will help to ensure that the software products of a
company are compliant with RosettaNet eBusiness process standards.  Key
industry benefits derived from software compliance testing include
consistency in communications and processes between trading partners
across multiple industry platforms, as well as a reduction in the time
and costs associated with the deployment of RosettaNet trading
platforms.

In addition, the RosettaNet Ready Software Compliance services - powered
by Certivo - provide an endorsement of quality to help companies to
differentiate their IT solutions within the marketplaces they serve.
The RosettaNet software compliance “badge” represents a level of public
confidence - including third-party validation of quality in products and
services - often sought after by corporate supply chains.

“This partnership between Drake Certivo, Inc. and RosettaNet will
enhance corporate confidence in compliancy with key IT standards
throughout the world,” said Drake Certivo, Inc. president Jamie Graham.
“The joint creation of this new testing standard will dramatically
enhance IT productivity, and will promote global standardization within
multiple industries,” said Graham.

Certivo also plans to offer education and related consulting services
for supply chain and solution provider companies.  These value added
services will help reduce the cost and time required for companies to
implement RosettaNet standards and accelerate the creation of trading
partner networks.


Drake Certivo will provide baseline support for the RosettaNet Ready
Self-Test Kit, in addition to administering the software compliance
testing.  The kit is a new testing tool designed to emulate a partner
exchange employing RosettaNet standards, enabling companies to
effectively test their solutions before beginning the compliance testing
through Drake Certivo.  Once a test has been successfully completed,
RosettaNet will issue the software compliance badge.  For details on how
to subscribe to the RosettaNet Ready Program, visit
www.rosettanet.org/ready.

 “We are pleased to welcome Drake Certivo in their new role within the
RosettaNet Ready Program,” said Jennifer Hamilton, CEO of RosettaNet.
“As the official provider of critical compliance testing services, Drake
Certivo will significantly contribute to the ongoing success of the
RosettaNet Ready Program in helping to drive towards interoperable
solutions on a global basis.”

An informational seminar detailing the industry benefits of the
RosettaNet Ready Software Compliance Badging Program and related testing
services will be held the week of April 22nd in San Jose, CA.  For more
information, visit www.certivo.net.

About Drake Certivo, Inc.

Drake Certivo, Inc. is a global provider of education, certification,
compliance, and services designed to help businesses optimize
productivity and promote uniform technical and business process
standards worldwide.  Drake Certivo is headquartered in Newport Beach,
CA, and is on the Web at www.certivo.net.

About RosettaNet
RosettaNet is an independent, non-profit consortium dedicated to the
collaborative development and rapid deployment of open Internet-based
business standards that align processes within the global
high-technology trading network.

More than 400 companies representing over $1 trillion in annual
information technology, electronic components and semiconductor
manufacturing revenues currently participate in RosettaNet’s standards
development, strategy and implementation activities. A complete list of
member companies and more information on RosettaNet is available at
www.rosettanet.org.


			Contact:   Lori Kelman-Seely
								    Drake Certivo, Inc.
								    (949) 387-6899
								    lkelmanseely@certivo.net

    Lynda Yana
    RosettaNet
    (714) 480-3806
                lynda.yana@rosettanet.org