Softshare Passes Secure Internet EDI Interoperability Testing Sponsored by CommerceNet

Softshare is Doing Its Part to Make the Internet More Secure for the Exchange of EDI Business Documents

SANTA BARBARA, CA. – October 7, 1999 – Softshare, a provider of EDI software and services, announced today that it has successfully completed Secure EDI Internet Interoperability testing on its Electronic Commerce Objects. The purpose of the CommerceNet-sponsored testing is to encourage the standardization and interoperability of security technology between Internet-enabled EDI products.

The testing is based on S/MIME specifications and ensures that all products certified under the interoperability testing are able to support encryption, digital signatures, integrity, and signed receipts. Softshare is in good company with other EDI leaders such as Harbinger, Sterling Commerce, and GE Information Services participating in the Secure Internet EDI Interoperability testing.

“At Softshare, we understand the importance of security in today’s digital arena,” said Robert Fox, Softshare Product Manager and CommerceNet testing liaison. “That’s why all our e-commerce software products support the most widely deployed security standards.”

The development of solutions that allow the secure, protected exchange of EDI business documents over the Internet is critical. By promoting the development of interoperable secure Internet-enabled EDI products, CommerceNet and testing participants are accelerating the rate of Internet adoption by EDI-capable businesses.

About Softshare
Softshare offers a multi-tiered approach to EDI with software solutions that range from simple desktop applications to fully integrated server applications. Supporting these EDI applications is Softshare’s value added network and accessible customer service. Headquartered in Santa Barbara, California, Softshare has more than 20,000 clients using its various network, software, and EDI services. For more information, call 800-346-6703 or visit Softshare’s web site at http://www.softshare.com.

About CommerceNet
CommerceNet is the largest grouping of electronic commerce influencers in the world, working to make e-commerce easy, trusted and ubiquitous. Launched in April 1994 in Silicon Valley, its membership has grown to more than 500 e-commerce developers and end-users worldwide from hardware and software companies, financial institutions, telcos, government agencies, integrators, service providers, net market makers and others. For more information, visit http://www.commerce.net.

Press only: For more information, contact Diane Springhuth at 800-346-6703 or dianes@softshare.com.