[announce] SAA Consultants Launch REIMS XI: The XML EnterpriseIntegration Server

[Carrie.Davis@saaconsultants.com]

SAA CONSULTANTS LAUNCH REIMS XI: THE XML ENTERPRISE INTEGRATION SERVER


Plymouth, UK, December 5, 2002 - SAA Consultants (www.saaconsultants.com),
a specialist provider of B2B integration middleware, XML and knowledge
management solutions, have publicly announced a new addition to its REIMS
range of Enterprise products. REIMS Xi, an XML Enterprise Integration
Server, has been designed to maximise the business benefits of XML
Technology.

"The IT Industry is seeing a rise in the strategic importance of automated
integration.  XML provides an ideal standard for internal and external
business systems integration," said Stuart McFarlane, Technical Director,
SAA Consultants Ltd. "SAA has developed REIMS Xi with a unique layered
architecture that provides a sophisticated 4 in 1 solution for the use of
XML standards efficiently, to support B2B, EAI, Web Services and User
Services."

Most major business system vendors are developing XML interfaces to their
systems and REIMS Xi includes comprehensive management tools to enable the
efficient roll out of XML based transactions with large numbers of
different types of partners. The new product opens up enterprise databases
to partners through Web Services to enable interoperability between
different application environments.

REIMS Xi has achieved accreditation with SAP, which demonstrates that it
meets advanced Enterprise Integration requirements. REIMS Xi enables
organisations to carry out integration projects and be confident that the
underlying XML technology is now the de facto standard for business
integration.


About SAA
SAA is a specialist business networking solutions and professional services
provider, focusing on delivering Internet Standards solutions for B2B
Community Interoperability, XML, EAI and knowledge management to medium and
large sized organisations.

With experience in application integration and data interchange since 1988,
SAA has developed the REIMS product range as an interoperable multi
platform architecture to streamline effective business information exchange
internally within an organisation and externally with customers, suppliers
and partners.

SAA has over 500 customers worldwide including Black and Decker, Nestlé,
Toyota and Colgate-Palmolive. SAA are development partners of IBM, HP, SUN,
Microsoft, Oracle and SAP AG.

About REIMS
SAA launched the REIMS V4 range of products and services in 2000. REIMS is
based on the concept of providing a range of enterprise products and
services that support different facets of e-business, delivering a
controlled environment within which a successful strategy can be
implemented.

REIMS is a multi platform solution, available on Windows 2000/NT, UNIX
IBM/SUN/HP and IBM iSeries.

REIMS® is a registered trademark of SAA Consultants in the UK, France, USA
and other countries. All other trademarks are acknowledged as trademarks of
their respective owners.

Contact:
Carrie Davis
SAA Consultants Ltd
+44 (0) 1752 606000
press@saaconsultants.com