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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Sterling Commerce and Document Authentication Systems Announce Partnership for Electronic Document Authentication Services COLUMBUS, Ohio, May 6, 1998 – Sterling Commerce (NYSE:SE) and Document Authentication Systems, Inc. (DAS), the Electronic Original™ company, today announced
they have signed a letter of intent for an alliance relationship to address the growing demand for electronic document authentication. Under the planned agreement, Sterling Commerce and DAS will implement
DocuGuard™ , the DAS™ software product offering for the electronic creation, signing, and management of business and regulatory documents in the pharmaceutical industry, which has many
paper-intensive information sharing requirements. Extending its role as a value-added electronic commerce services provider, Sterling Commerce will serve as "trusted custodian" for the processing
and storage of the electronic documents. "This relationship demonstrates Sterling Commerce's role as a full-service electronic commerce solutions provider," said David Dodge, president of Sterling
Commerce's Commerce Business Division. "Our strong track record of providing value-added EC services to the healthcare and pharmaceutical industries, combined with the innovative and unique DAS™
product offering, will enable these industries to greatly enhance their internal business processes." DocuGuard™ , combined with Sterling Commerce's value-added services, has the potential to:
Satisfy "blue ink" signature requirements for most critical business documents Assure the identity of parties submitting and accessing authenticated documents, such as Federal Drug Administration
(FDA) approval filings Reduce paper flow and approval time Provide a legal, verifiable chain of custody or evidence for protected documents Eliminate the need for hard copy storage of original documents,
except when required by law "We look forward to working with Sterling Commerce to enable the pharmaceutical industry to respond to the increasingly demanding requirements for trusted, secure and
confidential documentation," said Douglas H. Trotter, chief executive officer of DAS. "This solution enables compliance with rigorous new FDA requirements for electronic records and electronic
signatures." DAS will conduct sessions about the DocuGuard™ product and the benefits it brings to the pharmaceutical industry at Strategies '98, the Sterling Commerce Worldwide Customer Conference,
May 12-15 at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre. For more information about the document authentication service, call 1-800-299-4031, Ext. 510. Sterling Commerce is a leading global provider of
business-to-business electronic commerce software and value-added services. The company is ranked eighth on Forbes Magazine's list of the Best-Performing Small Companies in America. Also, The Red Herring, a
magazine which covers the business of technology, named Sterling Commerce as one of the five Best Long-Term Potential technology companies. Sterling Commerce has been providing electronic commerce solutions
for 20 years, and has 36 office locations and 40 distributors worldwide. Sterling Commerce had 1997 revenues of over $350 million, and has 37,000 customers worldwide and 1,700 employees. For more
information, visit the Sterling Commerce Web site at www.sterlingcommerce.com. Document Authentication Systems, Inc. is an electronic commerce software company that develops and licenses DocuGuard™ , a
unique process that creates the Electronic Original™ . Companies using DocuGuard™ are able to completely conduct legally effective, electronic business-to-business transactions, and maintain all
business records in a paperless environment. The DAS™ process fuses the complex technologies of the new world of electronic commerce into a simple business solution that provides a verifiable chain of
evidence for all business documents and eliminates the need for original paper documents and hard copy storage. For more information, visit the DAS™ Web site at
www.das-inc.com. --end-- Sterling Commerce and its suites
of products and services are marks of Sterling Commerce, Inc. DAS™ , DocuGuard™ and Electronic Original™ are trademarks of Document Authentication Systems, Inc. For More Information Contact:
Dave Kishler Sterling Commerce 614.793.4020 dave_kishler@stercomm.com DocuGuard™ and Electronic Original™ are trademarks of e-Original, Inc. |
