Connecting Oracle, SAP and PeopleSoft Environments to the EasyLink Transaction Delivery Network is Easier Than Ever Before Through STR Software.

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EDISON, N.J. & RICHMOND, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 1, 2002

- AventX(TM) UNIX 3.2 Solution Provides Enhanced Network On-Ramp

for Heavy-Duty ERP, CRM and Database-Driven Transaction Sources -

EasyLink Services Corporation (NASDAQ: EASY/EASYD), a leading global provider of services that power the exchange of information between enterprises, their trading communities and their customers, and STR Software, a premier software solutions provider to enterprise markets, today announced the availability of a joint solution offering STR's newly released AventX UNIX 3.2 with integrated access to the EasyLink Transaction Delivery Network.

The solution is targeted toward Global 2000 companies using Oracle, SAP, or PeopleSoft, the enterprise software environments of choice among large corporations. The transaction focus includes mission-critical modules such as purchasing, shipping, inventory control, a wide range of financial applications, and customer relationship management (CRM). AventX(TM) UNIX 3.2 offers customers a native interface to their transaction-rich applications through which documents or reports of any type can be delivered to a wide range of destinations. When coupled with the EasyLink Transaction Delivery Network, customers enjoy a secure, reliable, high capacity transaction delivery service already handling over 800,000 business transactions every business day.

Highlights of the solution include:

- Support for a range of ERP systems with emphasis on:

- Oracle E-Business Suite through version 11i;

- SAP via SAPscript, SAPcomm or SAPconnect; and,

- PeopleSoft through version 8.0

- Access to STR Software's AventX(TM) Mail Plus e-mail delivery product option,
to enable multi-channel transaction delivery

- Full message delivery status visibility to transaction source application

- RSA(TM) data encryption

- Networking options including Internet, Frame Relay or Dedicated Links

- International 24x7 support

- Professional Services for installation, customization, forms design and
training

Henry Bayard, EasyLink Vice President of Product Management, commented, "Success in transaction delivery requires a comprehensive ability to connect to the major sources of enterprise transactions, and Oracle, SAP and PeopleSoft are clear choices by enterprises to support these business processes. Our collaboration with STR Software gives us best-in-class abilities to serve Global 2000 enterprises using these environments with Transaction Delivery Services."

Benedict Bruno, STR's President and founder, states, "EasyLink Services Corporation offers our customers and prospects yet another delivery channel alternative with its application service provider transaction delivery. In an economy where driving costs out of business operations is a universal objective, the STR/EasyLink joint solution does just that. It offers a means to reduce investment in hardware and its associated costs, and meets our corporate purpose: to provide bullet-proof reliability and productivity improvements in our information delivery software."

About EasyLink Services Corporation

EasyLink Services Corporation (NASDAQ: EASY/EASYD), headquartered in Edison, New Jersey, is a leading global provider of services that power the exchange of information between enterprises, their trading communities, and their customers. EasyLink's networks facilitate transactions that are integral to the movement of money, materials, products, and people in the global economy, such as insurance claims, trade and travel confirmations, purchase orders, invoices, shipping notices and funds transfers, among many others. EasyLink helps more than 20,000 companies, including over 300 of the Fortune 500, become more competitive by providing the most secure, efficient, reliable, and flexible means of conducting business electronically. For more information, please visit www.easylink.com.

About STR Software

STR Software, with headquarters in Richmond, VA, is a privately held, full service software development company with 16 years experience in the information delivery industry. The company offers information retrieval, report design and creation, and delivery via a variety of channels. Delivery channel options include server-based faxing, email, hardware-free application program interface and hardware-free e-mail. For more information, please visit www.strsoftware.com.

This news release may contain statements of a forward-looking nature relating to the future events or the future financial results of EasyLink. Investors are cautioned that such statements are only predictions and that actual events or results may differ materially. In evaluating such statements, investors should specifically consider the various factors which could cause actual events or results to differ materially from those indicated from such forward-looking statements, including the matters set forth in the Company's reports and documents filed from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission.