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                                  EXHIBIT 99.2


[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
la@cartertodd.com                     TheProTeam@aol.com


  INTEGRATED BUSINESS SYSTEMS & SERVICES APPOINTS BILL MCMASTER AS ITS CFO AND
                                 GENERAL COUNSEL

 NEXSEN PRUET JACOBS & POLLARD PARTNER JOINS PUBLICLY TRADED TECHNOLOGY COMPANY

Columbia, SC-August 21, 2000 -Integrated Business Systems & Services, Inc.
("IBSS") (NasdaqNM: IBSS) today announced the expansion of its executive team
with the addition of William ("Bill") McMaster as its CFO and General Counsel.
Mr. McMaster has over fifteen years experience in representing publicly held
companies in the areas of corporate finance, securities regulation, mergers and
acquisitions and employee benefit plans. As CFO and General Counsel, he will
oversee IBSS' reporting, financial control, investor relations, treasury, and
legal compliance functions. Additionally, he will coordinate all capital raising
activities and any merger acquisition or similar transactions.

"Bill McMaster joins us with a wealth of experience in public companies, having
served for over fifteen years in the legal and financial industries," said Harry
Langley, president and CEO of IBSS. "He has substantial experience in the
representation of public companies and enterprises in the process of raising
private capital and public capital, including the Nasdaq and national stock
exchange listings. IBSS is very fortunate to have Mr. McMaster on board with us
at a time the company has recently qualified and begun trading on the Nasdaq
National Market."

Prior to joining IBSS, Mr. McMaster was a partner in the law firm of Nexsen
Pruet Jacobs & Pollard, LLP, where he was IBSS' outside corporate counsel, and
where he is expected to continue to serve in an "Of Counsel" position. At Nexsen
Pruet, Mr. McMaster was the team leader of the securities practice group for the
firm's publicly traded clients. Before Nexsen Pruet, Mr. McMaster practiced
securities law for four years with the law firm of Vinson & Elkins in Houston,
Texas and worked for two years with Price Waterhouse in Washington, D.C. He
became a Certified Public Accountant in 1981 and was admitted to the Texas Bar
in 1985 and the South Carolina Bar in 1989.

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ABOUT IBSS

Integrated Business Systems and Services, Inc. provides value added electronic
business software products and services to manufacturers and other enterprises
throughout the country that require the use of transaction processing technology
and other technology connectivity solutions. Through the licensing,
installation, and servicing of Synapse, IBSS' technology, the company brings a
new paradigm to the middleware and integrated systems market. IBSS has the
opportunity to establish Synapse as a standard because its architecture provides
the framework that allows traditional businesses to easily and rapidly
transition from the current way they do business to the new e-business paradigm.
IBSS provides a line of Synapse-based products that include Synapse
Manufacturing(TM) for manufacturing plant automation; Synapse EAI+(TM) for
enterprise modeling and application integration; and Synapse B2B(TM) for
integrating a company's applications directly with its trading partners' Web
sites and ERP or legacy systems. IBSS has offices in Columbia and Detroit. 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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