Partnership Delivers Secure 'In a Box Solution' to meet DoD mandate

    GREAT FALLS, Va., March 19 /PRNewswire/ -- FOSE 2004 March 23-25 -
epcSolutions, Inc., the industry's leading EPC/RFID middleware provider, and
Tmax Soft, Inc., offering the most powerful line of web middleware products in
the industry, today announced a partnership to bring to market an integrated
solution for Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) that meets and exceeds the
DoD RFID mandate.  Together, epcSolutions and Tmax Soft have delivered the
first, complete solution that enables enterprises to reduce the time, cost and
effort of their RFID projects and to meet the DoD requirements.
    "RFID technology will revolutionize the way products are manufactured,
tracked, bought and sold.  Enterprise level integration will be a critical
component of RFID projects," said Kevin J. Kail, CEO, epcSolutions, Inc.  "We
have created the only solution that automatically integrates existing DoD
supply chain documents -- like the 511R and Advance Shipping Notice -- with
the EPC/RFID data that, by DoD mandate, companies will begin tagging Pallets
and Cases."
    EPC/RFID eliminates the current bar code systems and automatically
provides basic, yet critical, pieces of information about products, such as
the item number and the item location.  The fully integrated EPC/RFID solution
allows an enterprise to track all assets and inventory with RFID tags, while
automating data capture to eliminate manual count, data entry, and the line-
of-sight requirements associated with bar code scanning.  Linking the
EPC/RFID-enabled time and location data points with an enterprise's back-end
systems creates tremendous new business benefits, including better asset
management, more accurate and efficient supply chain execution and speedy
payment transactions.
    epcSolutions provides the integration needed to increase the benefits of
RFID on an enterprise-wide scale.  With the epcSolutions integration platform
-- built with Tmax Soft technology -- companies can connect with their core
back-end systems to realize the full business benefits and promise of RFID
technology.
    "epcSolutions is working with Fortune 1000 companies and the DoD to
implement RFID.  Our new partnership adds to the value that we bring to our
own customer base," said Kang Man Lee, president of Tmax Soft, Inc.  "Our
customers will now have the ability to incorporate their RFID initiatives on
top of an integration infrastructure that takes full advantage of the benefits
of RFID through our total solution."
    Current epcSolutions offerings will play an essential role in corporate
EPC/RFID strategies.  Companies must have access to accurate data about items,
cases and pallets from their back-office applications before RFID technology
can deliver on its value.  Therefore, building an integration infrastructure
will help companies improve their return on investments from RFID projects by
ensuring that product data is synchronized and managed throughout the
automated supply chain.

    About Tmax Soft, Inc.
    Tmax Soft, Inc. is an Enterprise Web Services Software Company.  We offer
the most powerful line of web middleware products in the industry.  WebInOne
includes our Award Winning Web Application Server (JEUS), Web Gateway (WebT),
Transaction Processing Monitor (Tmax), Mainframe Gateway (Host Link), Web
Server (WebtoB) and EAI (Any-Link.)  All are leading edge and totally
integrated.
    Tmax Soft was founded in 1997 by Dr. Ted D. Park, Professor of the Korean
Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), which is regarded as one
of the most prestigious institutes in Asia.  Dr. Park received his Ph.D.
degree from USC in Los Angeles, CA.  Since the inception of the company, he
has focused our development resources on web middleware products.

    About epcSolutions, Inc.
    Based in Great Falls, Virginia, epcSolutions, Inc. delivers the first,
complete, out-of-the-box EPC/RFID middleware solution, ThingsNet(TM) that
enables enterprises to reduce the time, cost and effort of their RFID projects
and to fully meet Wal-Mart and DoD compliance.  ThingsNet is currently the
only solution that automatically integrates existing supply chain documents --
like the 511R and Advance Shipping Notice -- with the EPC/RFID data that, by
mandate, companies will begin collecting in-house and sharing with trading
partners.  The epcSolutions team has extensive experience working with Fortune
1000 enterprises in a range of industries enabling document networking
solutions; end-to-end systems design, architecture and integration; and
EPC/RFID compliance initiatives.

    Contact
    FOSE Booth 1303
    March 23 - 25, 2004
    Washington DC Convention Center

    Kang Man Lee
    Tmax Soft, Inc.
    560 Sylvan Avenue
    Englewood Cliffs, NJ 07632
    Phone: 1-201-567-8266
    Fax: 1-201-567-7339

    Jim Blakeney
    epcSolutions, Inc.
    10510 Beach Mill Road
    Building B, Suite 100
    Great Falls, Virginia 22066
    Phone: 703-757-4470

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