| MATERIAL EXPRESS
CORPORATION
1915 Aston Ave.
Carlsbad, CA 92008
www.materialexpress.com
For Further Information, contact:
Barry
Mester at email: bmester@materialexpress.com
phone: 800-594-7044
PRELUDE
CONSORTIA AND MATERIAL EXPRESS
ANNOUNCE ELECTRICAL PRICING SERVICE AVAILABILITY
Dallas, TX- August 28, 2002
Prelude Systems, Inc., developer of the Consortia Java
product for electrical distributors announced today that it
has joined forces with Material Express to offer product and
pricing update services to its customers.
According to Michele Cobb, Prelude's Marketing Manager,
"Consortia's advanced 100% Java object oriented design and
low-bandwidth Internet-based communications capabilities
combined with Material Express' product information provides
new levels of convenience and automation for electrical
distributors."
Don Webb, President of Prelude Systems, added, "Consortia's component-based technology
supports higher levels of automation combined with greater software
reliability than legacy technologies offered by competitors. The
supply chain integration capabilities together with the Material
Express APeX™ database and pricing services provide convenience
and economic advantages that will provide electrical distributors
with significant competitive advantage."
According to Barry Mester, President of Material Express,
"Our electrical editors are experts at monitoring and
updating price changes from hundreds of manufacturers.
Price, product, and UPC changes are verified and
double-checked before each data update is complete.
Packaging our APeX data with Prelude's Consortia will offer
an effective, reliable, and cost efficient way for an
electrical distributor to operate and maintain pricing."
About Material Express
Material Express.com is a privately held California Corporation
providing standardized product and pricing information to the electrical
industry. Established in 1998 by executives from Vision InfoSoft
Corporation, a leading supplier of software and information products
to the construction industry since 1992, Material Express has developed
a comprehensive database of over 1 million electrical materials
containing product pricing, specifications and catalog pages. Its
innovative EPIC™ (Electronic Pricing Information and Catalogs)
service includes software and data for Windows™-based computers
and is rapidly being accepted by electrical distributors throughout
the U.S. as an alternative to older, paper-based products. The new
APeX (Advanced Pricing electronic eXchange) makes its comprehensive
database available to electrical distributors to update their internal
computer systems. You may find more information on Material Express
and APeX at www.materialexpress.com or you may reach us at (800)
594-7044.
Material Express Corporation
1915 Aston Ave.
Carlsbad, CA 92008
About Consortia Software
Consortia represents the culmination of years of development effort
by IBM and Prelude Systems. It is the most technologically advanced
business application software in existence. Written entirely in
Java, Consortia not only provides the sophistication of object-oriented
design, but also epitomizes best-of-breed concepts including software
component design, reuse, patterns, and policy implementation. The
result is tremendous flexibility addressing global needs like multiple
languages and currencies as well as database, operating system,
and hardware platform independence. It also provides advanced forecasting
and inventory control features. Applications run identically across
the Internet or on a LAN. The rich graphical user interface provides
personnel productivity while the development tools maximize programmer
productivity, should enhancements be required. The object oriented
report writer provides unparalleled flexibility, combining graphics
and data with integrated communications options including print,
screen, fax, email, PDF and CSV output.
About Prelude Systems
Prelude Systems, Inc. is a leading high-technology provider
of distribution-centric enterprise solutions. Prelude's mission
is to help distributors maximize efficiency, quality, and competitive
advantage through the use of advanced information systems technology.
You may find more information on Consortia and Prelude Systems at
www.consortiasoftware.com or you may reach us at 800-922-0099.
Copyright ©, Prelude, Inc. All rights reserved. Prelude is a
registered trademark of Prelude Systems, Inc. This press
release contains forward-looking statements within the
meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and
Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
Prelude's actual results could differ materially from those
set forth in the forward-looking statements. Prelude
Systems, Inc. 16901 Dallas ParkwayPrelude Systems, Inc.
16901 Dallas Parkway Suite 100 Addison, TX 75001
For
Further Information, contact:
Barry
Mester at bmester@materialexpress.com
or 800-594-7044
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