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EXHIBIT 99.1
[IBSS Logo]
INTEGRATED BUSINESS SYSTEMS AND SERVICES, INC.
115 ATRIUM WAY, SUITE 228
COLUMBIA, SC 29223
(803) 736-5595 FAX (803) 736-5639
MEDIA CONTACT INVESTOR CONTACTS
Lorri-Ann Carter Dian Griesel, Ph.D. / Juan Dominguez
CarterTodd & Associates, Inc. The Investor Relations Group
803.779.4005 212.736.2650
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INTEGRATED BUSINESS SYSTEMS & SERVICES SIGNS AGREEMENT WITH
SYMBOL TECHNOLOGIES
Columbia, SC--July 25, 2000--Integrated Business Systems & Services, Inc.
("IBSS") (OTCBB:IBSS) today announced that it will market and integrate Symbol
Technologies' wireless LAN, hand-held computing, and bar-code scanning products,
to help its manufacturing customers optimize their shop floor operations. The
vertical integrator partner agreement comes soon after Symbol Technologies
announced it is pursuing manufacturing partners, by adding a vertical dimension
to its channel program, targeting resellers specializing in manufacturing
applications.
As a vertical integrator partner, IBSS will integrate its flagship Synapse
Manufacturing(TM) product, a fully configurable manufacturing execution; order
fulfillment; and enterprise application integration system, with Symbol's
technology.
"Symbol Technologies is one of the leading radio frequency and data
communications technology providers in the world," said Harry Langley, President
and CEO of IBSS. "By integrating Symbol's technology with our Synapse
manufacturing software, customers will get a first class integrated solution."
"Synapse coupled with Symbol's wireless mobile appliances could be an essential
tool for manufacturers as they embrace the e-business paradigm," said Girish
Rishi, Vice President, Manufacturing Enterprise Group of Symbol Technologies.
"We are especially excited about IBSS' Synapse B2B product that ties in a
company's applications directly with its trading exchanges."
ABOUT SYMBOL TECHNOLOGIES
Symbol Technologies, Inc., winner of this year's National Medal of Technology,
is a global leader in mobile data transaction systems, providing innovative
customer solutions based on wireless local area
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networking for data and voice, application-specific mobile computing and bar
code data capture. Symbol's wireless information appliances connect the physical
world of people on the move, packages, paper and shipping pallets, to
information systems and the Internet. Today, some 10 million Symbol bar code
scanners, mobile computers and wireless LANs are utilized worldwide in markets
ranging from retailing to transportation and distribution logistics,
manufacturing, parcel and postal delivery, government, healthcare and education.
Symbol's systems and products are used to increase productivity from the factory
floor to the retail store, to the enterprise and out to the home. Information
about Symbol is available at www.symbol.com and 1-800-722-6234.
ABOUT IBSS
IBSS provides computer technology products and services to manufacturers and
other industries throughout the country that require automation of manufacturing
processes and/or business-to-business on-line transaction processing products.
IBSS licenses, installs, and services its proprietary products, Synapse
Manufacturing(TM), Synapse EAI+(TM), and Synapse B2B(TM). For more information
about IBSS' products and services, call 800-553-1038 or visit www.ibss.net.
Except for the historical information herein, the matters discussed in this news
release include forward-looking statements that may involve a number of risks
and uncertainties. Actual results may vary significantly based on a number of
factors, including, but not limited to, risks in product and technology
development and integration, market acceptance of new products and continuing
product demand, the impact of competitive products and pricing, changing
economic conditions and other risk factors detailed in the Company's most recent
annual report and other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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