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Leading Sporting Goods Retailer Migrates More Than 800 Trading Partners to Inovis' Value-Added Network in One Day ATLANTA, Aug. 29 /PRNewswire/ -- Inovis, a leading provider of business-to-business solutions and services, announced today that The Sports Authority (NYSE:TSA), one of the nation's largest full-line sporting goods retailers, has selected Inovis as its preferred Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) provider and has migrated to Inovis' next-generation value-added network (VAN), inovisworks.net. Previously a QRS VAN customer, The Sports Authority valued the long-term partnership and support they received from the QRS team. When Inovis acquired QRS, the focus on customer service remained and The Sports Authority decided to migrate to Inovis' next-generation VAN to manage the flow of critical e-commerce information and product information with its trading community of more than 800 vendors. In addition, the new Inovis VAN, inovisworks.net, serves as the single interface for all Inovis interactions and provides around-the-clock customer support. Inovisworks.net, which provides a powerful engine for end-to-end control and visibility of business-to-business (B2B) transactions and trading partner relationships, is complemented by full integration capabilities with Inovis TrustedLink(R), which converts internal application data formats to and from EDI. "We have embraced much change since our merger with Gart Sports and continue to look for ways to strengthen our existing supply chain," said Kimberly Davis, EDI Project Lead at The Sports Authority. "Inovis offers a very comprehensive product suite, enabling us to connect to our trading community through inovisworks.net and translate critical product information using Inovis TrustedLink. This tight integration allows us to exchange mission-critical business documents with our trading partners efficiently and effectively. Also, we needed to incorporate the VAN migration into other critical B2B projects at The Sports Authority and Inovis was able to accommodate our required timeline." "We are focused on providing customers like The Sports Authority with a robust, integrated suite of business-to-business solutions and services that deliver revenue and profitability through trading community management," said Sean Feeney, president and CEO of Inovis. "By providing one point of contact for the software and the network, we are helping our customers work more efficiently in the global trading community and remain competitive in today's retail marketplace." About The Sports Authority The Sports Authority, headquartered in Englewood, CO, is one of the nation's largest full-line sporting goods retailers offering a comprehensive high-quality assortment of brand name sporting apparel and equipment at competitive prices. As of April 30, 2005, The Sports Authority operated 393 stores in 45 states under The Sports Authority(R), Gart Sports(R), Sportmart(R) and Oshman's(R) names. The Company's e-tailing websites, located at thesportsauthority.com, gartsports.com, sportmart.com and oshmans.com, are operated by GSI Commerce, Inc. under license and e-commerce agreements. In addition, a joint venture with AEON Co., Ltd. operates "The Sports Authority" stores in Japan under a licensing agreement. About Inovis Inovis is a leading provider of business-to-business solutions for global trading relationships. With more than 20 years of experience, Inovis enables collaborative business processes and solves the complete B2B integration challenge for more than 20,000 customers and their trading partners. The company's comprehensive line of B2B software and managed services help companies speed transaction flows, synchronize product information and improve supply chain processes. For more information, visit http://www.inovis.com/. NOTE: Inovis is a trademark of Inovis, Inc. DATASOURCE: Inovis CONTACT: Katherine Calvert of Inovis, +1-510-965-4521, or Web site: http://www.thesportsauthority.com/ Web site: http://www.inovis.com/

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