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Anachron Selects eXcelon Portal Server to Provide Flexibility for Their Electronic Billing Solution.


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BURLINGTON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 27, 2001

eXcelon Portal Server (1) A network server that deploys portal services to a public Web site or internal intranet. See portal.

(2) An application that is used to develop, deliver and maintain a Web portal.
 Aggregates and Converts Billing Information

from Back Office Systems into XML XML
 in full Extensible Markup Language.

Markup language developed to be a simplified and more structural version of SGML. It incorporates features of HTML (e.g., hypertext linking), but is designed to overcome some of HTML's limitations.
 Format for Easy Delivery

eXcelon Corporation (NASDAQ NASDAQ
 in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations

U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on
: EXLN), a leading provider of XML-based business-to-business (B2B (Business to Business) Refers to one business communicating with or selling to another. See B2B e-commerce, B2C and B2G.

B2B - business to business
) infrastructure solutions, today announced that Anachron, a leading e-billing application service provider, has selected eXcelon's Portal Server to provide flexible, powerful document management for the company's e-Billing solution.

Anachron provides e-Billing solutions for any company that needs to distribute bills, statements, invoices or other structured data. Focusing on a service provider model, the company is able to offer a cutting-edge, customized, low-maintenance solution to companies without forcing them to change internal processes or dedicate internal resources to installation and training. Companies utilizing Anachron's solution can increase their customer service and satisfaction, provide more targeted marketing based on customer data, and lower the costs associated with billing by 50 to 75 percent. Anachron has selected and has successfully integrated eXcelon's Portal Server into the Anachron e-Billing architecture.

eXcelon's Portal Server enables Anachron to translate, aggregate and personalize billing data so it can be presented to the online billing portal based on Art Technology Group's Dynamo Server. Portal Server stores the billing data in XML format. Once in XML, the Anachron solution delivers the bill information to a secure website that can be accessed by their clients' customers in many languages and formats and customized to the clients' needs.

"In order for Anachron to support our clients' varying requirements and data formats, our solution is a perfect match for utilizing XML. The eXcelon Portal Server enables the Anachron solution to upload, manage, and deliver the client billing information in XML real-time in multiple languages, platforms, and formats," said Norman Happ, CIO CIO: see American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations.


(Chief Information Officer) The executive officer in charge of information processing in an organization.
 of Anachron. "We believe that we are the first to utilize this technology in this manner e-Billing industry worldwide."

"Successful B2B commerce requires the ability to aggregate various forms of both real-time and historical information that can be presented to end users in a specified format," said Alan Gold Alan Gold may refer to:
  • Alan Gold (author), author, literary critic and human rights activist
  • Alan B. Gold, former chief justice of the Quebec Superior Court
, executive vice president at eXcelon. "With its ability to aggregate enterprise data and convert it into XML, the Portal Server has quickly become the leading platform for creating information-rich B2B portals."

About Anachron

Founded in 1999, Anachron is an Amsterdam-based business service provider (BSP BSP

Bromsulphalein, a dye used in the study of liver function. See also sulfobromophthalein clearance test.
), providing companies of all sizes with online bill presentment and payment See EBPP.  capabilities. The Anachron product suite is based on industry standards and open-architecture principles to ensure maximum longevity and interoperability with clients' existing systems. Anachron can help corporate billers transform the way that they serve their own client segment. For more information and details, visit the Anachron website today at www.anachron.com.

About eXcelon Corporation

eXcelon Corporation (Nasdaq: EXLN) is a leading provider of software products and services that enable Internet-based collaboration with partners, suppliers and customers. By integrating key partners or even an entire business community, eXcelon solutions make it possible for organizations to include partners in automated business activities, to share all relevant business information and to act upon that information collaboratively. Organizations employing eXcelon solutions build closer relationships, realize greater levels of efficiency and become stronger competitors in the new economy. All eXcelon products fully support XML, the language of B2B commerce, and the company is an active member of many B2B standards bodies Following are some of the standards bodies defined in this database. For Windows users of CDE, look up Lessons/Review/Associations. For Web users of CDE's online HTML version, review the Lessons list at the bottom of the definition.

Organization Covers ANSI U.S.
, including OAG OAG Office of the Attorney General
OAG Office of the Auditor General (of Canada)
OAG Official Airline Guide
OAG Open-Angle Glaucoma
OAG Open Application Group
OAG Operational Advisory Group
, RosettaNet, Acord and others. Based in Burlington, Massachusetts Burlington is a town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 22,876 at the 2000 census. History
Burlington was first settled in 1641 and was officially incorporated on February 28, 1799.
 and founded in 1988, eXcelon Corporation sells and supports its products through branch offices across the U.S. and through international subsidiaries in the United Kingdom, Germany, The Netherlands, Japan and Australia, as well as a worldwide network of distributors, value-added resellers, systems integrators and other indirect sales partners.

"Safe Harbor Safe Harbor

1. A legal provision to reduce or eliminate liability as long as good faith is demonstrated.

2. A form of shark repellent implemented by a target company acquiring a business that is so poorly regulated that the target itself is less attractive.
" Statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (PSLRA) implemented several significant substantive changes affecting certain cases brought under the federal securities laws, including changes related to pleading, discovery, liability, class representation and awards fees and  of 1995: Statements in this press release regarding eXcelon Corporation's business, including future market opportunities and prospects, which are not historical facts are "forward-looking statements" that involve risks and uncertainties. For a discussion of such risks and uncertainties, which could cause actual results to differ from those contained in the forward-looking statements, investors should see "Risk Factors" in the eXcelon documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

NOTE: ObjectStore is a registered trademark of eXcelon Corporation; eXcelon, eXcelon Dynamic Application Platform, eXcelon B2B Integration Server, eXcelon eSolutions, Stylus, Cache-Forward and Javlin are trademarks of eXcelon Corporation. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
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