Petroleum Convenience Alliance for Technology Standards

 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE           

  SysCorp Granted Certification by PCATS Alexandria, VA – March 9, 2006 – The Petroleum Convenience Alliance for Technology Standards (PCATS) announced today that SysCorp has been certified as conformant to PCATS specification for POS Back Office Interface Version 3.3.   In making the announcement, John Hervey, Executive Director of PCATS, stated, “SysCorp has 20 years of experience in providing business automation solutions to Petroleum Marketers and Convenience Store Chains.  SysCorp has participated in the development of the PCATS-NAXML standards since their inception.  SysCorp is a charter member of PCATS and we are glad to have SysCorp implement the standards as a key part of their software.”  He added, “SysCorp and PCATS believe that this implementation will help businesses drive down the cost of operation and increase profits through daily task automation.”  According to Richard Forrester, President of SysCorp, “A primary goal of SysCorp has always been to help marketers and chain store operators become more efficient. This certification validates our past ten years of effort in helping to develop and support standards for doing so in conjunction with PCATS, major oil companies, equipment manufactures, suppliers and retailers. It identifies SysCorp as a company that is among the first to bring these new efficiencies to their customers and clearly capable of helping them reduce their cost of doing business.  The PCATS certification is truly a distinguishing sign of excellence in business automation." - more - The PCATS Conformance Testing Program has been in place since mid-2005. The certification of SysCorp concludes the pilot phase of the program. Complete details of the program are available at www.pcats.org and the certification certificate for SysCorp may be found at http://www.pcats.org/website/article.asp?id=749. For additional information contact John Hervey, 703-836-1630 or jhervey@pcats.org. ###  About SysCorp: SysCorp has 20 years of experience in providing business automation solutions to Petroleum Marketers and Convenience Store Chains.  We have participated in the development of the XML standards since their inception and are proud to be a charter member of PCATS.  We have implemented these XML standards as a key part of our software products to help these businesses drive down the cost of operation and increase profits through daily task automation and by providing a faster, more robust decision support system. SysCorp provides proven Home Office and Back Office software for Petroleum Marketers and Convenience Store Operators.  In addition, we provide custom development of solutions for companies in these industries. Areas in which SysCorp is currently involved in implementing the PCATS-XML standards include Supplier Invoicing, POS Scanning, Price Book, Supplier Prices for Fuel and Fuel Invoices.  Additional information on these solutions, or in helping your company implement its own solution, is available by contacting Richard Forrester at 800-292-1895.  About PCATS: The Petroleum Convenience Alliance for Technology Standards (PCATS) was incorporated in 2003, all of the NACS intellectual property related to existing technology standards was transferred to PCATS, and PCATS has taken over the entire responsibility for standards development in this space within the United States.   Recognition of PCATS as a “standards development organization” under US antitrust law was published by the United States Department of Justice in 2005. PCATS is a membership based non-profit organization with over 170 members who are both retailers and suppliers to the convenience store/petroleum marketing industry.