LONDON. — March 4, 2009 — Highlighting the significance of its strategic software partnership with Software AG, GXS, a leading provider of business-to-business (B2B) e-commerce solutions, is appearing at this year’s CeBIT trade fair on the Software AG stand.

Software AG and GXS have enjoyed a long-standing strategic partnership. The two companies have worked together to deliver Next Generation B2B solutions that combine best-of-breed application integration software with on-demand trading partner connectivity that is easy and cost effective to implement and to operate. Today, GXS is the worldwide leader in B2B e-commerce solutions and Software AG is the world’s largest independent provider of Business Infrastructure Software. Building on their respective track records, GXS and Software AG are strongly positioned to provide the B2B integration solutions a company needs to achieve a high performance supply chain.

Where:           Hall 4 on stands A11 & A12, Hannover, Germany.    
When:            CeBIT 2009 runs from Tuesday 3rd – Sunday 8th March.
What:              A range of GXS solutions and services including:  GXS Trading Grid® for Excel®,
                        GXS Visibility solutions, GXS Managed Services and GXS TCO Advantage.

GXS has a dedicated area on the SAG stand at CeBIT and will be showcasing:

• GXS Managed Services - a comprehensive B2B business process outsourcing service that enables the automation of transactions within a trading community while shielding companies from rapidly changing standards and eliminating manual efforts.
• GXS Trading Grid for Excel – a new innovative service that enables enterprises to seamlessly automate B2B transactions with global trading partners via the world’s ubiquitous desktop application, Microsoft Office Excel 2007. 
• GXS TCO Advantage – an independently developed methodology for identifying the total cost of ownership (TCO) of managing a B2B program in-house versus outsourcing to a managed services provider.
• GXS Visibility – including Order Lifecycle Visibility which provides access to timely demand and supply information from all tiers of suppliers and allows products to be consistently delivered on time therefore avoiding out of stocks.  In addition, a new B2B scorecard capability will be shown at CeBIT for the first time in Europe, enabling full visibility of  a company’s in-bound logistics network at a glance; the tracking of current suppliers against key metrics such as KPI’s, Fill Rates and Supply Chain exceptions and the analysis of current and future supply chain risk exposure.

About GXS
GXS is a leading global provider of B2B e-commerce solutions that simplify and enhance business process integration and collaboration among trading partners.  Organisations worldwide, including more than 70 percent of the Fortune 500, leverage the on-demand services on GXS Trading Grid® to extend supply chain networks, optimise product launches, automate warehouse receiving, manage electronic payments and gain supply chain visibility.  GXS Managed Services, GXS’ B2B outsourcing solution, empowers customers with the expertise, technical infrastructure and program support to conduct B2B e-commerce with trading partners globally. 

Based in Gaithersburg, Md., GXS has an extensive global network and has local offices in the Americas, Europe and Asia-Pacific regions.  GXS can be found on the Web at www.gxs.co.uk,  http://blogs.gxs.com and http://twitter.com/gxs.  
 
All products and services mentioned are trademarks of their respective companies.

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For further information please contact:

Denise Oakley, Director, Marketing Programmes International GXS
Tel - +44 (0) 1932 776408 / +44 (0) 7768 537 481 Email: denise.oakley@gxs.com