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EXHIBIT 99.3
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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
E+P CONTACT
Tatjana Jovanovic
949.453.0399 x105
tjo@ep-ag.com
INTEGRATED BUSINESS SYSTEMS & SERVICES CERTIFIES SYNAPSE EAI+(TM)
FOR EIGNER + PARTNER'S AXALANT(TM) E-ENGINEERING SOFTWARE SOLUTION
Columbia, SC--August 28, 2000--Integrated Business Systems & Services, Inc.
("IBSS") (NasdaqNM: IBSS) today announced it has certified Synapse EAI+(TM) for
EIGNER + PARTNER's axalant(TM) software, a suite of web-based e-Engineering
solutions. EIGNER + PARTNER is the leading European provider of product data and
document management technology. The partnership with IBSS signifies a major
thrust for the company in the North American market. With the Synapse enabled
axalant system, both companies will focus on complex manufacturing industries
such as heavy equipment, aerospace and defense, chemical and pharmaceutical, and
automotive.
ABOUT SYNAPSE EAI+
IBSS' Synapse EAI+ is the company's enterprise application integration software
that offers companies true enterprise modeling and application extension.
Synapse EAI+ allows complete access to data from suppliers, distributors and
customers across legacy, homegrown, or customized applications as well as
packaged front and back office applications.
ABOUT AXALANT
axalant, a web-based e-Engineering system, is the latest in a line of proven
software solutions from EIGNER + PARTNER. axalant allows companies to define
their products and processes electronically in cooperation with their suppliers,
partners and customers throughout the entire lifecycle. This e-Engineering
solution set provides collaborative support for product definition, optimizing
process and data flow within an organization.
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"Companies will greatly benefit from the new Synapse enabled axalant
e-Engineering system," said Harry Langley. "This highly functional package
offers expanded collaborative networking capabilities by providing the ability
to communicate with disparate and legacy systems across multiple networks,
including the Internet."
"Eigner+Partner and IBSS share a common strategy of enabling rapid
implementation of robust, practical systems," said John Sperling, Director of
Product Management for Eigner+Partner. "Through our partnership, our customers
will be able to deploy and support real-world product development and production
systems faster and more reliably than ever before, which is absolutely critical
in today's rapidly changing world of e-business."
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.
ABOUT EIGNER + PARTNER
Founded in Germany in 1985, EIGNER + PARTNER has helped over 800 customers and
research organizations worldwide to meet their e-Engineering requirements.
Companies in a wide range of markets, including aerospace and defense,
automotive, high tech, heavy equipment and electro-mechanical, rely on EIGNER +
PARTNER for everything from system introduction, implementation and management
to pilot installations, workshops, training, customer hotlines and technical
support. With offices worldwide, EIGNER + PARTNER is an international company
committed to providing e-Engineering solutions. For more about EIGNER + PARTNER,
please visit www.axalant.com or call 949-453-0399.
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.
axalant is a registered trademark of EIGNER + PARTNER.
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