LONDON. — March 24, 2009 — GXS, a leading provider of business-to-business (B2B) e-commerce solutions, is a sponsor of Extended Supply Chain (ESC) 2009, which has a theme of “Leveraging partnerships and maximising collaboration to minimise risk and deliver business value.”

Extended Supply Chain is an annual event attended by Europe's most powerful and innovative Supply Chain leaders. At ESC 09 high level practitioners from multiple industry sectors will meet with their peers and learn of the latest technology and best practice levers high performing companies use to improve the speed, accuracy and profitability of responding to customer demand.

What:	Extended Supply Chain 2009
When:	Tuesday 24 and Wednesday 25 March
Where:	Sofitel Heathrow,  London

GXS is attending  ESC 09 to promote the company’s portfolio of services and solutions, including GXS Trading Grid®,  GXS Trading Grid® for Excel®, a new innovative service that enables enterprises to seamlessly automate B2B transactions with global trading partners via Microsoft Office Excel 2007, B2B Outsourcing and GXS TCO Advantage, a proven, comprehensive methodology for identifying the total cost of ownership (TCO) of managing a B2B program in-house versus outsourcing to a managed services provider.

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.  
 
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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