(EMAILWIRE.COM, February 25, 2002 ) SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., -- 4D, Inc., publishers of the 4th Dimension RAD/RDBMS Environment and 4D WebSTAR Server Suite, today announced the immediate availability of 4D Business Kit, an integrated multi-language, multi-store eCommerce development tool, designed for rapid development of storefront solutions.

4D Business Kit is a complete solution providing catalogs, shopping carts, payment systems, tax calculations, shipping, customer management and order tracking. 4D Business Kit is available today directly from for $499 including two stores, with five-store expansion packs also available.

"4D Business Kit is complete and easy enough to build today, sell tomorrow," said Brendan Coveney, president and CEO, 4D, Inc. "For rapid, hassle-free development of secure, web-based eCommerce solutions, including language localization, tax calculations, payment systems, and shipping, 4D Business Kit lets you sell products online very quickly. We're very proud to offer an eCommerce tool which provides the full-spectrum of storefront functionality at an amazingly reasonable price."

"digital.forest is very excited to be able to offer 4D Business Kit Hosting to businesses around the world," stated digital.forest, Inc. founder Chris Kilbourn. "With its unprecedented ease in establishing and maintaining an online commerce web site, this is a significant breakthrough for e-commerce, making it more approachable, affordable
and manageable than ever before. We are confident that digital.forest 4D Business Kit Hosting will provide businesses with new revenue opportunities for their existing or planned e-commerce web sites, having worked with 4D to ensure a robust, secure and easily managed solution."

About 4D Business Kit
The 4D Business Kit includes the complete scope of eCommerce functionality from catalog development, and shopping cart technology, through multi-currency payment systems, including tax calculations, to shipping, customer management and order tracking features. Payment support includes modules for Authorize.net, Verisign or PayPal with tools for creating custom payment systems. Easy to use, complete storefront solutions can be developed using a quick setup wizard along with 4D Business Kit's optimized tag language. 4D Business Kit is a complete standalone solution or current 4D Developers can also integrate 4D Business Kit with existing 4D applications via 4D's IP
component.

4D Business Kit is $499 and includes a license for two stores. Five-store expansion packs are also available today at $499 each. OEM and volume discounts are available for ISPs and other hosting organizations. As part of its commitment to software support
excellence, 4D Business Kit purchases include a year of upgrades.

About 4D, Inc.
Located in San Jose, California, 4D Inc. is the U.S. distributor of 4th Dimension (4D), and publisher of 4D WebSTAR Sever Suite. 4D is an award-winning, tightly integrated suite of Windows and Mac OS, Web-embedded development tools for business solutions. 4D WebSTAR Server Suite V is a fast, secure and extensible server suite for Mac
OS X, best known for easy administration. 4D, Inc. is a wholly owned subsidiary of 4D SA. Further information can be found at .

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