Announcement

STONE BOND TECHNOLOGIES EARNS AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE AT GLOBAL INTEGRATION SUMMIT SHOWCASE COMPETITION

Houston, TX, - June 2, 2006 - Stone Bond Technologies earned an Award for Excellence for its integration solution built using Enterprise Enabler^® (EE) at the Global Integration Summit annual showcase competition held in Boston this year. The award was sponsored by the Integration Consortium, a nonprofit association dedicated to establishing guidelines and best practices to promote the business integration industry. The competition challenge was based on a real-world business problem in the banking industry requiring data flow and integration based on Web services and Service Oriented Architecture (SOA). Stone Bond completed the solution, including a requirement change late in the competition, in little more than two hours by configuring workflow and consuming and executing Web services within the comprehensive EE environment.

"Enterprise Enabler offered several advantages over a number of the competing solutions," noted Pamela Szabó, senior vice president and chief information officer of Stone Bond Technologies. "EE is an SOA-enabling technology that provides out-of-the-box connectivity to hundreds of data sources, including legacy systems, ERPs, CRMs and custom line-of-business applications. EE can expose functionality from any of these sources as Web services, which become the building blocks for rapid composite application development."

"Stone Bond had an excellent showing in their first year competing for the grand prize in the conference showcase," said Michael Kuhbock, founder of the Integration Consortium. "They completed the integration challenge in impressive time. Stone Bond and Enterprise Enabler have an important role to play in the future of where business integration technology is headed."

About Stone Bond Technologies
Founded in 2002, Stone Bond is based in Houston, Texas, with sales development offices in North America, Latin America and the Middle East. The leader in next generation e-commerce, workflow and integration technology, Stone Bond provides software solutions that help businesses improve their bottom line by streamlining interaction among business systems. Stone Bond's software suite, Enterprise Enabler^® is a commercially proven technology that significantly compresses delivery times and implementation costs. For more information on building a smart connected enterprise, contact Stone Bond by calling 713-622-8798, or visit us at www.stonebond.com.