Partner Press Release
SAQQARA Solutions For RosettaNet Automate Product Information Exchange Between E-Commerce Suppliers and Buyers

SAQQARA Query Generator for PIP2A9 Enables Design Engineers to Quickly Retrieve Detailed Component Specifications from E-Commerce Catalogs

For Release August 7, 2001

SAN JOSE, CA --

SAQQARA® Systems Inc., a leading provider of product content software and services for business-to-business (B2B) e-commerce, today announced availability of its Query Generator for RosettaNet. The Query Generator has an intuitive interface that speeds product content retrieval from RosettaNet's Partner Interface Process® (PIP®) 2A9 enabled e-commerce catalogs such as those deployed using SAQQARA Commerce Suite®.

RosettaNet standards promote the effective exchange of information for B2B e-commerce by providing data that is accurate, detailed and immediate. RosettaNet PIP2A9 also significantly increases supplier visibility; every time a customer makes a RosettaNet-compatible query, the supplier's product is included in an automatic response. With the SAQQARA Query Generator, design engineers and procurement analysts can employ an intuitive interface with drilldown capability to quickly and easily source detailed product information from any catalog using RosettaNet standards on the Internet. Industry leaders including Avnet Electronics, Hitachi Semiconductor (America) and Micron Technology have leveraged RosettaNet's PIP 2A9 by using SAQQARA solutions to exchange component technical specifications.

We are extremely encouraged by the number of products being developed to support the rapid adoption and implementation of RosettaNet standards, said Jennifer Hamilton, chief executive officer of RosettaNet. The commitment being demonstrated by SAQQARA and other valued solution provider Partners helps to keep the momentum going as we challenge ourselves, as an industry, to drive toward supply chain integration and interoperability.

SAQQARA Commerce Suite allows product suppliers to quickly and efficiently build, manage and exchange product content, including product technical specifications and other information, with business partners in a format that gives them the detailed product and component information needed to make better informed design and procurement decisions. Suppliers benefit from increased sales, lower costs, and an expanding client base. Commerce Suite provides easy-to-use Web-based product content management, powerful search-and-compare capabilities, a Web storefront with guided product selection, insight into improvement of marketing programs through analytic tools, and product content exchange. The Commerce Suite solution also leverages the RosettaNet PIP 2A9 by allowing suppliers to respond automatically to buyer information requests initiated with any PIP2A9 query generator.

The SAQQARA Query Generator is available as licensed software or as a hosted solution. As a hosted solution, SAQQARA provides the RosettaNet Implementation Framework (RNIF) and XML formatting required to support automated PIP2A9 responses to query requests. SAQQARA solutions support the RosettaNet Technical Dictionary (RNTD) and PIP2A9 Electronic Components Technical Information Exchange Protocol (ECTIEP) standards. RosettaNet standards promote the effective exchange of information for B2B e-commerce by providing data that is accurate, detailed, and immediate. RosettaNet PIP2A9 also significantly increases supplier visibility; every time a customer makes a query, the supplier's product is included in an automatic response

According to SAQQARA's David Duffield, Commerce Suite product manager, SAQQARA is committed to providing suppliers and their clients with the information exchange solutions needed to effectively perform business over the Internet. On the supply-side, we give suppliers the solutions to efficiently transform, manage and exchange information with clients and potential clients. On the buy-side, we give buyers the tools needed to retrieve detailed, accurate and timely supplier information so they can make informed purchasing decisions. From a business perspective, it's a win-win situation enabled by RosettaNet standards and SAQQARA's award-winning content management solutions.

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 can be found at www.rosettanet.org.

About SAQQARA Systems, Inc.
SAQQARA is the leading provider of end-to-end product content software and services for business-to-business (B2B) e-commerce. With the SAQQARA family of solutions for product content transformation, management and exchange (TME), B2B suppliers can deliver rich product content over the Internet and buyers can quickly and easily find, compare and select the products that best meet their requirements. SAQQARA solutions have been selected by leading companies including 3M, Aeroquip, Agilent, GE and Philips Semiconductors to power their e-commerce initiatives. SAQQARA is a privately held corporation with headquarters in San Jose, California and European operations based in Paris, France. For further information about the company and its products, visit http://www.saqqara.com or call 408-325-8200 or toll free 877-964-0100.