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The Gift that Keeps on Giving

G O Software, a division of Network Commerce Inc., and Givex USA Corp., a subsidiary of gift certificate provider Givex Corp., have formed an agreement by which Givex Corp. will provide Network Commerce with the technology to launch the company's first gift certificate management tool.

Givex's technology will be integrated with PCCharge products and enable merchants to sell and redeem gift certificates in real time directly through their point-of-sale systems. The Givex technology provides merchants with a single solution for tracking and managing gift certificates, including gift cards and e-gift certificates.

"We are pleased to be able to offer a gift card solution as an option to our customers," said Tony Abruzzio, vice president and general manager of Network Commerce. "This relationship was driven by our existing customer base, especially point-of-sale software developers who were asking for an easy way to integrate gift card solutions into their software."

Pete Catoe, president of ECR Software Corp., said, "Our customers have been asking for a payment-processing solution that has gift card capabilities. Now, with PCCharge we can provide a seamless solution to our Catapult dealer channel."

ECR's Catapult Retail Enterprise Automation product is a point-of-sale solution that uses PCCharge Payment Server to process electronic transactions.

Givex gift certificate technology will be available in PCCharge Pro, PCCharge Express and as an integrated solution in PCCharge Payment Server.

Network Commerce Inc. is a global technology infrastructure and services company. Network Commerce provides domain registration, hosting, e- commerce, business, one-to-one marketing and wireless technology services. In 1999, Network Commerce acquired GO Software. For more information, visit www.networkcommerce.com.

Givex Corp. provides gift certificate solutions to the retail and hospitality sectors. Givex seamlessly integrates point-of-sale (POS) devices - LAN-based registers, credit card terminals, kiosks and the telephone - with the Internet to create a secure real-time gift certificate management system. For more information visit www.givex.com.