(EMAILWIRE.COM, February 14, 2001 ) Toronto, ON. and SANTA CLARA, CA -- Xenos (TSE: XNS), the data to e-content company(tm), and iPlanet(tm) E-Commerce Solutions, a Sun-Netscape Alliance, today announced a joint solution that will help enable large enterprise customers to quickly migrate from paper to Web-based billing systems for both business-to-business and business-to-consumer billers. Customers of the solution will see fewer bill presentment errors via an easy to use graphical interface.

"Our relationship with Xenos will allow customers to leverage both the Xenos d2e Platform and the iPlanet Commerce Platform," said Stanford Au, vice president at iPlanet and responsible for Internet billing. "This will provide customers with integrated buying, selling, marketplace capabilities, more secure transactions, and billing with our industry-leading iPlanet(tm) BillerXpert software, for a complete e-commerce solution. Working with Xenos furthers our commitment to deliver on our iPlanet vision of smart, open web services."

Software from Xenos will transform existing data from legacy systems to electronic content (e-content) that iPlanet BillerXpert will then transform into Internet Bill Presentment and Payment (IBPP). Data transformation, usually a time consuming, error-prone and complex part of Internet billing, will be simplified through this process, mapping the information directly into XML (extensible mark-up language) to be readable by iPlanet(tm) BillerXpert software.

"Working with iPlanet is an exciting affirmation of our d2e Alliance Strategy whereby we are sharing our technology with industry leaders," said Glen Manchester, president and CEO of Xenos. "Through this relationship we will work together to provide end-to-end Internet billing and presentment solutions to large 'bricks and mortar' organizations, as well as application service providers (ASPs) and systems integrators. Enterprises can benefit from proven, robust and highly scalable solutions that will be totally integrated to take output from print and data streams and deliver it to the Internet seamlessly."

iPlanet BillerXpert software is a comprehensive IBPP solution that allows billers to present personalized statements to their customers. The software leverages the iPlanet Platform to provide the high performance, scalability and availability needed by today's most demanding corporations. The BillerXpert family of products includes iPlanet BillerXpert for business to consumer billing, iPlanet BillerXpert B2B Edition, and iPlanet BillerXpert Consolidator Edition. All will be compatible with the Xenos d2e Platform.

The Xenos d2e Platform features a component-based architecture that allows individual software components to be selected to enable customer organizations to transform existing legacy data to e-content formats, such as XML, HTML, WML and PDF, for presentment on the Internet. This announcement and Xenos' use of open standards supports the recently announced Sun(tm) Open Net Environment (Sun ONE) architecture by delivering an integrated, easily deployed, end-to-end solution for online billing.

About iPlanet E-Commerce Solutions
IPlanet(tm) E-Commerce Solutions, a Sun-Netscape Alliance, was established in March 1999 by America Online, Inc. (NYSE: AOL) and Sun Microsystems, Inc. [NASDQ: SUNW] to power the next wave of the net economy through thought leadership, technical innovation, expert services and the creation of exceptional customer satisfaction. The iPlanet Platform is the industry's leading software environment designed to enable rapid assembly and deployment of scalable Internet services. Based on best-of-breed, open and proven technologies, the platform includes the world's #1 Messaging, Directory, Web and Application Servers. For more information, consult the iPlanet(tm) E-Commerce Solutions Web site at www.iplanet.com.

About Sun ONE
Sun(tm) Open Net Environment (Sun ONE) is one of the industry's most
comprehensive offerings to deliver Web services today and includes an
architecture and roadmap based on open standards, such as Java and XML, to take advantage of the new generation of smart Web services and beyond. Smart Web services are enhanced Web services with a level of intelligence based on context, span multiple networks beyond the Web, and provide a richer experience for both enterprises and end-users. Sun(tm) ONE will simplify the way in which both Web and open smart services are created, assembled and deployed -- benefiting enterprises with better business-wide productivity, developers with faster time-to-service and increased market opportunity, and consumers with an enriched user experience. More information about Sun(tm) ONE can be found at www.sun.com/software/sunone

About Xenos
Xenos (TSE: XNS, www.xenos.com ) develops software solutions that transform legacy data and documents into e-content for delivery on the Web. Xenos solutions are deployed by large 'clicks and mortar' organizations in key industry segments, including banking and financial services, insurance, telecommunications and utilities. The company has corporate headquarters in Toronto, Canada, supported by global sales, marketing, product development and customer support. Xenos' leading-edge software is used by alliance partners, such as IBM and iPlanet, to provide total e-business solutions.

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For further information please contact:

Barry Monk
Vice President, Marketing
Xenos
Tel: 905-709-1020
Email: bmonk@xenos.com

Lois Long
iPlanet E-Commerce Solutions
Tel: 408-276-5699
Email: llong@iplanet.com

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