Thomas Technology Solutions Partners with Riversand

ThomasTech will Integrate Riversand’s Product Information Management technology into their Content Management Solutions.

HOUSTON, March 31, 2005 —Thomas Technology Solutions, Inc., (ThomasTech), a software and systems integrator, has entered into a partnership agreement with Houston-based Riversand Technologies, Inc., a leading provider of Product Information Management (PIM) solutions. ThomasTech is a provider of content management and publishing solutions for industrial manufacturers, commercial publishers and other industries. Under this partnership, Riversand PIM product suite will be integrated into ThomasTech’s content management solutions for developing electronic catalogs.

ThomasTech has more than 40 years of electronic publishing and information management expertise. The company integrates best-of-breed software tools with customized systems to meet specific business needs. ThomasTech will integrate Riversand’s software, along with other applications into the end-to-end technology solutions it provides to clients worldwide. Additionally, ThomasTech will work closely with Riversand to develop solutions for industrial manufacturers who often struggle to digitize and manage thousands of SKUs for unique and diverse components and products.

"Riversand offers the most complete PIM technology we seen in a long time. After a detailed evaluation of several PIM vendors, we chose Riversand as our strategic partner because of its unbeatable combination of rich product features and a scalable architecture" said Jeff Catt, Vice President, Sales and Marketing, ThomasTech. "We look forward to working with Riversand to integrate their technology into our best-of-breed portfolio of technology solutions."

"ThomasTech has spent years developing unique systems and solutions to solve the problems of manufacturers looking to digitize and manage their product catalogs," said Sashi Narahari, co-founder & CEO of Riversand. "With this partnership, we can further penetrate the manufacturing market, where ThomasTech has an established presence."

About Riversand Technologies, Inc
Riversand is the leading provider of Product Information Management (PIM) solutions for global manufacturers and distributors delivering complex products into multiple markets. Riversand enables companies to populate accurate, timely & up-to-date product information across all corporate internal systems, customers and channel partners. Riversand customers include leading global companies such as ConocoPhillips, GHX, Ingersoll-Rand, Siemens, Weatherford and others. Riversand solutions accelerate time-to-market, improve order accuracy, reduce costs and enhance customer service. Headquartered in Houston, Texas, Riversand can be contacted at (713) 934-8899 or at www.riversand.com.

About ThomasTech
Thomas Technology Solutions, Inc. is a software and systems integrator providing content management and publishing solutions and services to commercial publishers and industrial manufacturers. ThomasTech builds solutions by combining industry-leading third-party software, custom-developed components, and value-added integration, implementation, and production services. Headquartered in Horsham, Pa., with additional offices in London, UK, ThomasTech is a wholly owned subsidiary of Thomas Publishing Company, LLC. ThomasTech maintains partner relationships with Adobe Systems, Inc., Arbortext, Inc., EMC Corporation, Microsoft Corporation and Oracle Corporation. For more information, visit www.thomastechsolutions.com.