ATLANTA, February 25 /PRNewswire/ --

- Innovative new B2B connectivity service adopted by 16 customers during
the first three months of collaboration between Crossgate and SAP

Crossgate, AG, the global expert for business-to-business (B2B)
integration and electronic data interchange (EDI), today announced a strong
positive response to its recently announced B2B 360 Degree Services for use
with SAP(R) solutions. Customers around the globe are eager to learn about
this new Business Ready Network solution that has the potential to effect
profound changes to the landscape of the B2B infrastructure market, and 16
end users are already reaping the benefits.

In today's global marketplace the speed of B2B transactions is dizzying.
More than US$1 million in e-commerce transactions takes place every six
minutes. More than US$1 billion in global trade occurs every hour.
Operational efficiency depends on successful communication among all parties
involved-suppliers, producers, assemblers, integrators, distributors,
wholesalers-as disconnected processes can quickly cause major problems.

With sharply increased outsourcing and ever-expanding global supply
networks, business collaboration is critical to keep pace with the speed of
change. Recognizing that technology must evolve for businesses to change
effectively, Crossgate's BPO services "Powered by SAP" offer customers
immediate electronic access to the global business community through B2B 360
Degree Services. The strategic cooperation between Crossgate and SAP AG has
been met with resounding applause.

B2B 360 Degree Services for use with SAP solutions provide customers with
easy subscription and rollout to their electronic data interchange (EDI)
partners, expert project management, fast migration and implementation, and
professional operations and support. The integration-on-demand solution is a
plug-and-play service utilizing the SAP NetWeaver(R) Exchange Infrastructure
(SAP NetWeaver XI) component and the SAP NetWeaver Process Integration (SAP
NetWeaver PI) offering of the SAP NetWeaver platform and is fully compliant
with SAP solutions, requiring no additional hardware or software.

Kai Sievers, CIO of mobile and industrial hydraulics technology
manufacturer Argo-Hytos, is quick to sing the praises of the new B2B
solution. "We needed a solution to integrate EDI with as many as 50 business
suppliers and customers," Sievers says. "This solution works with our SAP
solutions, making them fully EDI compatible, and we benefit from our
partner's extensive transaction network, free of risk and investment costs."

B2B 360 Degree Services allows customers to automate all incoming and
outgoing business processes, regardless of the media involved in transmission
of the processes (paper, fax, EDI, Web, SMS, e-mail, RFID, GPS). Customers
can easily connect to all of their business partners, irrespective of the
formats and systems involved.

With B2B 360 Degree Services for use with SAP solutions, customers can
connect to over 34,000 available business partners around the world, choosing
from 21.6 million available B2B connections. The transaction-based business
model is already established in high-tech industries including automotive,
manufacturing, pharmaceutical, chemical, process industry, CPG, and global
trade.

Automotive electronic component supplier Preh GmbH & Co. KG is one of the
early adopters of B2B 360 Degree Services. "With Crossgate we were able to
exceed our B2B integration targets," says Preh's CIO, Martin Limpert.
"Because the service is consumption-based, it can be easily adjusted, and it
was important that we find a solution compliant with our SAP solutions. We
now get even more built-in value from our SAP software without an investment
in separate EDI software."

B2B 360 Degree Services is particularly useful for customers who:

- have trading partners with various systems and formats
    - need to lower overall costs and want to use the outsourcing option
    - use different EDI Systems and want to consolidate to one EDI system
    - are looking for B2B connectivity and process integration, an EDI
      Solution, or an eInvoicing solution
    - are anticipating rapid growth and have insufficient manpower to handle
      their IT operations on their own

"It is absolutely key for SAP that our customers derive maximum value
from our solutions," explains Gerhard Oswald, member of the executive board
with SAP. "We are pleased to include Crossgate as a part of our ecosystem
offering its BPO services powered by SAP software. Crossgate's service
enabled by the SAP NetWeaver XI, connects our customers instantly to a large
number of business partners that are already part of the network - without
any additional investment. This provides true added value to them."

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Crossgate

Crossgate provides electronic data interchange (EDI) and related services
as an on-demand Business Ready Network. The heart of the system is the worlds
largest B2B transaction network (B.I.P.). More than 34,000 companies already
use B.I.P. to exchange documents and data regardless of format and across all
media. The new B2B 360 Degree Services for SAP(R) Solutions, powered by
SAP(R), gives customers instant access from their SAP(R) system to all
business partners integrated in the platform.

Crossgate is represented in Europe at five sites in Germany, with
subsidiary branches in London, Milan, and Paris. For further information, see
www.crossgategroup.com.

North American Contact:
    Crossgate, Inc, Steve Sprague
    Steve.sprague@crossgategroup.com,
    Tel: +1-404-460-5125,
    Fax: +1-404-460-5001

    UK Contact:
    Crossgate UK Limited, Rakesh Harji
    rakesh.harji@crossgategroup.com,
    Tel: +44-(0)-208-622-3098,
    Fax: +44-(0)-208-622-3599

www.crossgategroup.com

Web site: http://www.crossgategroup.com