For Release: January 15, 2008

Cleo Completes BoostAero ebXML Certification:

VersaLex Products now offer compliance in Aerospace and Defense Industries

Rockford, IL— Cleo® CommunicationsCommunications today announced that VersaLex products completed certification with BoostAero using ebXML Messaging Service (ebMS). VersaLex is Cleo’s secure Internet communications technology that powers Cleo’s popular client-based software, LexiCom™, as well as Cleo’s managed file transfer server, VersaLex Trader (VLTrader™). The certification is valid through December 2012. The certification is important for aerospace and defense customers who look to the BoostAero association to define compliance standards.

BoostAero is an international association that defines and develops global industrial aerospace/defense supply-chain process and exchange standards. VersaLex successfully completed several conformance tests to verify traceability, auditability, application conformancy, ebMS2 interoperability and more. ECS International, a Cleo reseller, facilitated and participated in the testing process of the Cleo products. Adeptia (www.adeptia.com) also participated in the certification, providing compliance for XML Mapping.

“The Cleo products provide both the high level of security and reliability that is paramount for the aerospace and defense industries,” commented Wayne Messman, Executive Vice President of Cleo Communications. “The BoostAero certification adds yet another level of reassurance and Cleo is proud to announce this conformance.”

View the certificate here.

About ebMS
ebMS, or ebXML Message Service, is the messaging layer of the ebXML framework. ebMS specifies how messages are sent and received over the Internet, including features for security, digital signatures, non-repudiation, and reliability. In addition to secure messaging, ebMS can be deployed as part of a web services architecture or as part of the larger ebXML framework.

About ECS International
ECS (Electronic Commerce Solutions) International is an Anglo-Dutch company founded in 1998, with offices in The Netherlands and the UK. ECS International is a provider of EDI, XML and e-mail/document management software and services, mainly for the IBM iSeries * AS/400 platform. In addition to its ECS/ie software, the company specializes in EDI implementations for BPCS and J.D.Edwards. With experience in Retail, FMGC, Pharmaceuticals, Automotive and Chemicals, ECS provides solutions for any customer with e-business and application integration requirements. Together with Cleo, ECS provides a complete integrated solution for EDI, XML and other forms of data exchange. Our focus is on total B2B integration and the Cleo products help ECS and its customers to realize this. ECS has fully trained Cleo specialists in house to implement Cleo LexiCom and VLTrader software on any platform, in any European country.

About Cleo Communications

Cleo Communications provides reliable, secure data transfer products and services that enable users to easily establish and manage communications sessions, and easily integrate these solutions into their mission-critical e-business applications.

Cleo's products have been proven in over 100,000 installations. Customers in the manufacturing, retail, healthcare, and financial services industries, among others, rely on Cleo products and services to help them achieve complete, automated data transfer solutions.

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