Tuesday, February 4, 2003

Edict Systems Announces its Business Partner Contract Signing with IBM

DAYTON, Ohio, Feb. 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Advant-e Corporation (OTC Bulletin Board: AVEE - News) announced today that Edict Systems, its wholly owned and sole operating subsidiary, has signed an agreement with IBM to become an IBM Business Partner-Solution Provider.

By signing this agreement Edict Systems will provide its customers using EnterpriseEC® and its customers using its variety of industry specific Web EDI services, such as GroceryEC.com, with the ability to exchange electronic business transactions using IBM Application Hosting -- Business Exchange Services, Internet transfer and IBM Application Hosting -- EDI Services, Information Exchange. In addition, Edict Systems will be able to provide Edict Systems customers with the ability to exchange electronic business documents with companies using other EDI Value Added Networks (VANs).

Edict Systems will also be able to provide its customers IBM's EDI Services and Business Exchange Services which allows customers to manage electronic relationships, extend those relationships globally, and bridge the gap between legacy environments, and new technologies.

Commenting on this announcement, Jason K. Wadzinski, President and CEO of Advant-e and Edict Systems stated: "By combining Edict Systems' industry leading internet-based supply chain solutions with the internationally proven features of IBM's EDI Services and Business Exchange Services, we can now offer a total solution for Electronic Commerce initiatives to all types of trading communities. Edict Systems' supply chain solutions allow small and medium size suppliers in multiple industries to participate in the Electronic Commerce initiatives of large companies. Integrating IBM's services into our portfolio will allow us to provide a much broader solution set to our customers. We are very excited about establishing this Business Partner relationship with IBM and we look forward to helping our customers realize the full benefits of their EDI investments."

The information in this news release includes certain forward looking statements that are based upon assumptions that in the future may prove not to have been accurate and are subject to significant risks and uncertainties, including statements to the future financial performance of the company. Although the company believes that the expectations reflected on its forward looking statements are reasonable, it can give no assurance that such expectations or any or its forward-looking statements will prove to be correct. Factors that could cause results to differ include, but are not limited to, successful performance of internal plans, product development and acceptance, the impact of competitive services and pricing, or general economic risks and uncertainties.

About Advant-e

Advant-e, via its wholly owned and sole operating subsidiary Edict Systems, Inc., is a provider of Business-to-Business electronic commerce software and Internet-based applications specializing in Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) and XML-based solutions for recurring transactions. Advant-e specializes in horizontal transaction services via EnterpriseEC®, an Internet-based Electronic Business Transaction Network, and within specific vertical industries via web-based "vortals" including www.GroceryEC.com , www.RetailEC.com , www.CPGSupplier.com , www.LogisticsEC.com , and www.MfgEC.com .