TIE Announces Election of Dick Raman to Chair the Global eBusiness Standardization Authority.

AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands -- United Nations/CEFACT set to take new direction and to accelerate deliverables

B2B Integration software company TIE Holding N.V. ("TIE") listed on the EuroNext Amsterdam Stock Exchange announces that Dick Raman, CEO & President of TIE Holding N.V. has been elected Chairman by the meeting of experts of the United Nations body for Trade Facilitation and Electronic Business (UN/CEFACT), which is responsible for Global standards like UN/EDIFACT and ebXML. The election took place during the meeting of the Forum, which was held in Washington DC.

The UN/CEFACT Forum consists of five Permanent UN Groups that cover different aspects of Global eBusiness standardization and trade facilitation. Hundreds of experts are working throughout the year to produce practical implementation standards that have saved businesses and governments billions of dollars through efficient trading. It has developed and promoted many tools for the facilitation of global business processes as well as the development and implementation of global standards and specifications for electronic business. UN/CEFACT produces global standards that are endorsed by ISO.

Mr. Raman, a well-known industry expert, has over 15 years experience designing and building electronic commerce solutions. He has been involved in standardization activities for over a decade and has been an active contributor towards standards development serving as Head of Delegation in UN/CEFACT for EEMA and Team Leader of Quality Review Team for the Steering Group of ebXML. In May 2001 he was appointed Chairman of the European eBusiness Standardization Board (CEN/ISSS eBES) and in March 2004 he was elected Chairman of eBIF, the European Interoperability Forum.

"I am honored to be nominated by my country to this important post," says Dick Raman, President and CEO of TIE Holding N.V. "I am delighted to lead the Forum and speed up the process of UN/CEFACT providing global standards, that are much required by the global business community. This is certainly recognition for the work TIE has done in the B2B Integration field and an assurance to our customers that TIE is on top of the latest developments."

About UN/CEFACT

UN/CEFACT is the United Nations Centre for Trade Facilitation and Electronic Business. It is open to participation from Member States, intergovernmental organizations, and sectoral and industry associations recognized by the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations (ECOSOC). The Centre's objective is to be "inclusive" and it actively encourages organizations to contribute and help develop its recommendations and standards.

The participation of many private-sector associations in UN/CEFACT's work at the policy level, and of hundreds of private-sector technical experts in UN/CEFACT permanent groups, is a unique feature of the Centre which is forging new cooperative relationships between private business and public organizations.

Within the United Nations, UN/CEFACT is located in the Economic Commission for Europe (UN/ECE), which is part of the United Nations network of regional commissions. These regional commissions report to the highest United Nations body in the area of economics, trade and development: ECOSOC. This is the ideal location for developing practical recommendations for action because, within various work areas in the United Nations system, the regional commissions have the closest links to national Governments at the expert level.

Please visit http://www.UNCEFACT.org for further information.

About TIE

TIE is an international B2B Integration software company, established in 1987 and listed on the EuroNext Amsterdam Stock Exchange in the NextEconomy Index. TIE provides state-of-the-art software tools and in-depth expertise to TIE subsidiaries and resellers all over the world. These local Solution Providers help companies to do business electronically in order to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of their business processes and to lower their costs. TIE's main solutions in the 'Enterprise Portal Framework' allow companies to integrate their back-office processes to those of their trading partners and to manage product information. Since the TIE solutions are based on years of EDI as well as XML experience, TIE customers can reap the benefit of true open trading. TIE has a broad customer base in the Netherlands, Belgium and the USA and is a major player in Europe, Latin America and Asia.

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The press release from the United Nations, can be found at http://www.UNCEFACT.org