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Web Commerce Group and JBoss Group Partner to Bring Wireless Internet Software Component to the J2EE Application Server Market

Raleigh, NC - October 16, 2002 - Web Commerce Group (www.wc-group.com), a provider of wireless and wired Internet software components, announced today a partnership with JBoss Group LLC, the services company regrouping the lead developers of JBoss, the number one Open Source, J2EE-based application server. Under the partnership, Arkdom PLUS Enterprise Edition, a J2EE wireless Internet software component, will support the JBoss Application Server. A 90-day evaluation copy of Arkdom PLUS Enterprise Edition 1.3.0 is available for download on www.jboss.org/services/partners/software.jsp.

Along with the advent of the wireless Internet has emerged a unique set of challenges for the Web developer. Not only does the developer have a much smaller screen on which to present his content, the devices that his audience may use to view the content are increasingly varied. According to the Gartner Group, "By 2004, companies will have to support a minimum of 50 different mobile device profiles and 10 different wireless network interfaces at once." Because it is impractical to design multiple versions of a Web application geared toward the vast array of devices, many wireless Web developers are tempted to employ the lowest common denominator (LCD) design. While the LCD design theoretically ensures that the pages will be viewable on all devices, developers often lack a clear definition of the LCD. What's worse, even a well-implemented LCD design forces all its visitors, particularly those with devices having higher capabilities, to interface with the same crude pages as users of the least capable devices. This LCD approach disregards a fundamental principle of software design, user-friendliness.

Arkdom PLUS Enterprise Edition is a patent-pending software component that solves this set of challenges by its unique, patent-pending technology. Web Commerce Group is an active participant of Java Specification Requests 188 (www.jcp.org/jsr/detail/188.jsp) whose goal is to enable interoperability between Web servers and access mechanisms, and to facilitate development of device independent Web applications. By investing in Arkdom PLUS Enterprise Edition now, the developers can start designing device independent Web applications while protecting their investment because Arkdom PLUS Enterprise Edition will be supporting JSR 188 as soon as it becomes finalized.

"Web Commerce Group solves the challenge of designing device independent wireless Web applications in an innovative way for the developers who are using JBoss application server," said Marc Fleury, Founder and President of JBoss Group LLC. "Our decision to support JBoss with our product was a no-brainer. It is one of the best J2EE application servers in the market from a technical standpoint, and has the largest number of developers for J2EE enterprise application development," said Roger Moon, President & CEO of Web Commerce Group.

About JBoss. JBoss is an Open Source, standards-compliant, J2EE-based application server implemented in 100% Pure Java. The JBoss community of over 1,000 developers worldwide is working to deliver the full range of J2EE tools as the premier enterprise Java application server for the Java 2 Enterprise Edition platform. With upwards of 150,000 downloads per month, JBoss is the most downloaded J2EE-based application server in the industry. JBoss can be embedded in commercial products and is being used in production around the world. JBoss Group LLC is an Atlanta-based professional services company, created by Marc Fleury, founder and lead developer of the JBoss application server. JBoss Group brings together core JBoss developers to provide superior "from the Source" services such as training, support, consulting, and documentation, as well as management of the JBoss software and services affiliate programs. These commercial activities subsidize the development of the free JBoss server. For more information please see: www.jboss.org.

About Web Commerce Group. Web Commerce Group is a software technology company that delivers wired and wireless Internet software components as a service to business entities, while remaining behind the scenes. Our customers integrate these software components with their own solution and private-label the integrated solution with their own brand. They, in turn, offer it to their customers as their own. Our software components support Java and Microsoft .NET, as well as next-generation distributed computing models such as Web services and Grid Computing. For more information please see: www.wc-group.com.

JBoss is a registered trademark of Marc Fleury. Java, J2EE and Java Server Pages are registered trademarks of Sun Microsystems, Inc., in the United States and other countries.