J.D. EDWARDS AND CAMSTAR DELIVER SEAMLESS SOFTWARE INTEGRATION THROUGH ALLIANCE WITH AMX INTERNATIONAL.

J.D. Edwards & Company (Nasdaq: JDEC), a provider of agile, collaborative solutions for the Internet economy, and Camstar Systems, Inc., a leading provider of collaborative manufacturing execution (CME) solutions, has announced the companies' seamless integration between Camstar's InSite CME solution and J.D. Edwards' OneWorld Xe collaborative commerce solution. To enable faster, easier integration between their products, the two companies announced new plug-and-play collaborative manufacturing adaptors, developed in partnership with AMX International.

J.D. Edwards and Camstar have a long-standing technology and business partnership that recently resulted in their 25th common customer deployment at AXSUN Technologies, a developer and manufacturer of photonic subsystems for optical equipment suppliers. J.D. Edwards and Camstar together serve market leaders spanning seven different industries: aerospace and defense, computer peripherals, contract manufacturing, optoelectronics, semiconductor, telecommunications and industrial fabrication.

The partnership has now produced a standard platform for communication between OneWorld Xe and InSite. The adaptors extend to include touch points across essential business functions, including work orders and changes, bill of material consumption, work order releases, bill of material maintenance and workflow maintenance. The adaptors comply with rigorous, enterprise software product guidelines to ensure compatibility between OneWorld Xe and InSite. AMX is implementing, maintaining and supporting the adaptors, including new versions and revision upgrades, thus reducing the investment required to keep interfaces current. The adaptors are expected to be available in thirty days.

"Camstar continues to be one of our most valued partners," said Dave Hill, vice president, industry solutions, J.D. Edwards. "Camstar and J.D. Edwards have successfully created complete manufacturing solutions that are deployed by market leaders. This new venture allows us to work with two of our premier partners to extend our solution into CME opportunities."

"Meaningful partnerships increase revenues and, at the same time, reduce costs for everyone involved," said Dave Cone, Camstar's founder and CEO. "Partnering with J.D. Edwards and AMX further enhances the customer value proposition for all of us. It also strengthens Camstar's position as the provider of best-in-class CME solutions. We look forward to continuing our long and successful alliance with J.D. Edwards and the tremendous benefits this partnership brings to manufacturing companies around the world."

As a J.D. Edwards Business Partner, AMX International has specialized in the development of J.D. Edwards' enterprise solutions for more than 12 years. "AMX develops and implements J.D. Edwards complementary software solutions that provide for complete integration and collaboration throughout the supply chain," said Jay Price, president of AMX International. "We possess many of the best technical and applications consultants in the industry and our position as a certified enterprise software development partner for both J.D. Edwards and Camstar translates into increased customer confidence. By implementing our solutions, customers know that they are getting state-of-the art adaptors that enable these two powerful collaboration solutions to work as one. By deploying the dynamic features of our joint solution -- order tracking, costing, scheduling and workflow capabilities -- users can make real-time business decisions."

Founded in 1988, AMX International is a leader in streamlined enterprise application solutions for value-conscious buyers worldwide. Over 500 customers have turned to AMX for the company's complete solutions that integrate the industry's best vendor applications with highly cost effective implementation consulting services, complementary software products and custom development.

The Company is known for its superior systems integration of J.D. Edwards applications, AMX Utiligy -- a pioneering next generation solution for the utilities industry, AMX Wireless -- fully integrated mobile applications for the agile enterprise, and AMX Application Adapters -- a comprehensive suite of adapters that automate the integration of third-party vendor applications and technologies.