Award Winning Synchrony™ Hosted Solutions Acknowledged for Innovation and Best Practices

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Axway, Inc., a leading provider of collaborative business solutions, was named to Supply & Demand Chain Executive Magazine’s seventh-annual listing of the Supply & Demand Chain Executive 100, which will run in its June/July 2008 issue. This recognition acknowledges Axway’s innovation in supporting complex global supply chain communities by delivering hosted solutions that connect diverse information systems to execute and monitor multi-enterprise business processes. This is the second time Axway has been named to the Supply & Demand Chain Executive 100 list. In 2006 Axway was recognized for its collaborative effort to develop an electronic tracking system for the pharmaceutical supply chain.

This year Supply & Demand Chain Executive focused the criteria for its "100" feature on supply chain innovation. "Our readers turn to Supply & Demand Chain Executive to learn about new solutions and best practices for enabling the supply chain, to understand trends in supply chain technology, and to benchmark their own companies' enablement initiatives with those of other enterprises across industry verticals," explained Andrew K. Reese, editor of Supply & Demand Chain Executive. "The corporate executives and line-of-business leaders who rely on the magazine want to know what the different supply chain solution and service providers are doing to help them meet the challenges of the 21st century supply chain."

“With supply chain management taking place on a global scale, it’s paramount that companies effectively manage multi-enterprise processes,” said Paul Fowler, chief marketing officer, North America, Axway. “The overall cost of doing business in multiple countries and the various compliance regulations are just a few of the issues global companies must deal with to remain profitable. Supply & Demand Chain Executive’s recognition of Axway’s solutions is an affirmation of our commitment to help organizations dynamically adapt to thrive in a complex, global marketplace.”

In addition to licensed software, Axway offers a growing number of its solutions in a software-as-a-service (SaaS) model that allows customers to realize traditional SaaS benefits and focus their IT resources on the core business applications. At the forefront of one of the fastest-growing segments of the IT industry, Axway’s SaaS model is a cost-effective alternative for enterprises to achieve their business objectives without making a significant investment in IT infrastructure.

The Supply & Demand Chain Executive 100 is featured in the cover story of the June/July 2008 issue of Supply & Demand Chain Executive, as well as online at www.SDCExec.com/SDCE100.

For more information about Axway’s Synchrony Supply Chain solutions, visit: http://www.axway.com/solutions/supplychain.php.

About Axway

Axway is the leading global provider of collaborative business solutions. Axway establishes the dynamic connections — within and among enterprises — that make companies easier to do business with. Spanning all industries, over 8400 organizations in more than 100 countries depend on Axway to manage and control their business-critical information in motion — improving value chain efficiency, regulatory compliance and quality of service. Built on a service-oriented architecture (SOA), Axway's Synchrony™ solutions feature a highly flexible integration and B2B framework, business and technical analytics, and professional services. Axway also offers customized solutions for the financial services, life sciences and automotive industries. A growing list of Axway's solutions are available in a software-as-a-service (SaaS) model. A subsidiary of Sopra Group, SA, Axway is headquartered in Scottsdale, Arizona.

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