Avum, Inc. Successfully Completes B2B eStore for Canon Computer Systems, Inc.

MALIBU, CA, July 17, 2001 -- Avum, Inc., a leading provider of global enterprise solutions, announced today the successful completion of a personalized B2B eStore for Canon Business Solutions, Inc., a 3 billion dollar division of Canon, USA. Inc. The eSolutions eStore, which supports four primary sales subsidiaries of Canon Computer Systems, Inc., substantially reduces costs and increases customer satisfaction by allowing customers to place orders and check order status at any time and from anywhere.

Avum, Inc. system architects and software engineers utilized WebObjects Enterprise Object Framework (EOF), Avum Application Integration Technology, and Microsoft Commerce Server 2000 to create a solution which provides a customized interface that displays available products and inventory levels based on sales region. Avum, Inc.'s extensive experience with financial processing and eCommerce made it a natural choice to provide a complete solution for Canon Computer Systems, Inc.

The high profile project, which progressed from design to site launch in only six months, was on time and under budget, despite the aggressive schedule and the unique challenges it presented.

"Our primary challenge was to develop an internet presence that would allow multiple subsidiaries to sell product on one eStore, while at the same time maintaining their independence from inventory to sale on the backend legacy systems," says John Martyniak, Chief Operations Officer and Chief Technology Officer of Avum, Inc. "An added challenge was the requirement that site guests not be made aware that they were actually being serviced by independent subsidiaries instead of a single eStore, even though all of the subsidiaries maintained individual catalogs."

Avum, Inc. leveraged its Application Server 2.0 platform, which utilizes an XML-based pipeline and XML as the common messaging format through all steps of the Supply Chain.  Avum, Inc. also developed an XML Adaptor which converts XML to and from Flat Files that are processed by the RPG programs on the AS/400.

Avum, Inc.

Avum, Inc. is a privately held company in Southern California founded in 1992 by Randall Mora. Avum provides custom application development and integration solutions to enterprise-class businesses as well as the aerospace industry. The company is headquartered in Malibu, California and can be found on the web at www.avum.com.

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