ASP Retail Solutions Presented by SAP and Nexus Technology at the National Retail Federation Expo.

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

DES PLAINES, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 15, 2001

Nexus AppSource Features an Unmatched Bundle

of Hosted mySAP Retail Solutions

Today at the Retailer's Big Show, the National Retail Federation (NRF) 90th Annual Convention and Expo, Nexus Technology, Inc., a leading full-service mySAP.com(R) Hosting Partner, will present and demonstrate its flagship application service provider (ASP) solution for the retail industry in the SAP America, Inc., Booth No. 1325.

At the Nexus Technology Booth No. 116, the company will demonstrate its hosted offerings and meet with prospective retailers looking to expand or jumpstart their e-tail business by outsourcing their enterprise resource planning (ERP), customer relationship management (CRM) and supply chain management (SCM) operations.

As a certified mySAP.com Hosting Partner for SAP inter-enterprise business solutions, Nexus Technology provides retailers and e-tailers with a fast, cost-effective means to move their e-commerce solutions to e-business. Nexus AppSource(R), the company's flagship ASP solution, provides retailers with one of the most comprehensive hosted bundles of customizable or pre-configured Best Practices systems for the retail industry.

"Nexus AppSource, unlike other ASP solutions on the market, bundles its offerings without charging companies separately for support and maintenance," said Chief Technology Officer Dean Adamopoulos of Nexus Technology, Inc. "This makes our solution one of the most comprehensive total end-to-end solutions for mySAP.com on the market today. And, if you couple that fact with our long history of expertise and experience with SAP solutions, Nexus Technology is a valuable hosting partner."

Nexus Technology -- a Leading mySAP.com Hosting Partner

An early pioneer of ASP solutions for SAP R/3(R) software, Nexus Technology has an installed base of over 12,000 hosted end-users for SAP Basis, development and functional support. The company has three years of experience in hosting and seven years of experience in implementing, administrating, maintaining and supporting SAP software to Fortune 1000 and small-to-medium size customers.

"Our investment in SAP software is protected by Nexus Technology, which monitors our system daily," said Ray Kump, chief information officer at Mitsubishi Electric  Automation Corp. "By outsourcing our Basis operational and technical support, we are guaranteed a stable computing environment."

Nexus Technology has grown into a truly dominant powerhouse of expertise in SAP solution implementation and management, touting participation in well over 100 successful implementations. The company's management team has been involved with both technical and functional SAP solutions for over 10 years and the company has 200 dedicated software developers, engineers and consultants with an average of four+ years of experience with SAP solutions and 10+ years of IT industry experience.

In addition to being a certified mySAP.com Hosting Partner, Nexus Technology is also certified as a mySAP.com Services Partner.

Nexus AppSource -- a Total ASP e-Business Solution for mySAP

Retail

mySAP Retail is the only integrated e-business solution that links front-end and back-office systems, allowing retailers to achieve the full potential of the business Internet. Retailers that need to get a better handle on their existing "e-tail" consumers, or simply establish a strong e-business backbone, may want to consider an outsourced solution from the leading inter-enterprise business solution provider, SAP.

mySAP Retail includes specific retail applications such as Category Management, Merchandise Planning, Promotion Planning, Retail Pricing, Replenishment, and Computer-Assisted Ordering, in addition to the fundamental applications of the e-business platform, e-commerce, and Business Intelligence. Nexus Technology can assess business strategies and help retailers determine which of the mySAP.com applications are right for their business.

Nexus AppSource for Retail will deliver a pure pre-configured ASP solution or a customizable application hosting solution for one monthly fixed fee. Without any initial capital investment, Nexus AppSource for Retail will include implementation, configuration, end-user support, SAP Basis(TM) administration and monitoring, hosted customized and pre-configured mySAP.com platform solutions, communications links, hardware and class A data centers for hosting.

About Nexus Technology, Inc.

Nexus Technology, Inc., is a leading ERP application service provider (ASP) and integration consulting firm that delivers mission critical e-business applications through its flagship ASP solution, Nexus AppSource, to the Internet age enterprise of any size. As a certified mySAP.com Services and Hosting Partner, Nexus Technology provides strategic solutions to its customers using SAP solutions. Nexus Technology is a privately held company based in Des Plaines, Ill., with offices in Georgia, Colorado and Massachusetts. More information about Nexus Technology can be found at www.nexus-tek.com.

Note to Editors: Nexus AppSource is a registered trademark of Nexus Technology, Inc.

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