ICS Acquires MDLINK from Sirius Computer Solutions

ICS, Inc. the developer ofthe RF-SMART® brand of wireless and mobile solutions exclusively for J.D. Edwards, today announced that it has acquired MDLINK from Sirius Computer Solutions. With this acquisition, ICS strengthens its wireless divisions market share and enhances the strategic value of RF-SMART to J.D. Edwards and its worldwide base of customers.

JACKSONVILLE, FL (PRWEB) May 3, 2003 - ICS, Inc., a business partner of J.D. Edwards® and developer of the RF-SMART® brand of wireless and mobile solutions exclusively for J.D. Edwards, today announced that it has acquired MDLINK from Sirius Computer Solutions. With this acquisition, ICS continues to augment its wireless divisions market share and enhances the strategic value of RF-SMART to J.D. Edwards and its worldwide base of customers.

Supporting ICS founder and President Jorge F. Morales wireless vision, the combined knowledge and expertise of the RF-SMART/MDLINK team will deliver new products and services to meet the growing demand for wireless and mobile solutions while maintaining ICS market-leading customer support and satisfaction.

Regarding the acquisition Jorge Morales said, Given our complementary business cultures and knowledge bases, we recognized immediate value in teaming the sales, development, delivery and support arms of RF-SMART and MDLINK into a single organization. This truly represents a win-win situation for RF-SMART and MDLINK employees as well as for J.D. Edwards and our joint customers."

Added Sirius President and CEO Harvey Najim, Like ICS, our objective is to satisfy the technology and service needs of our customers. To accomplish this while leveraging our position as IBM's largest midrange eServer reseller in the world, we felt that merging MDLINK with RF-SMART would best serve our MDLINK customers while enabling Sirius to focus on serving our J.D. Edwards customers through our advanced hardware infrastructure business. I am confident that MDLINK customers will continue to receive exemplary levels of support and service from the newly combined RF-SMART/MDLINK team."

About ICS, Inc. & RF-SMART

One of the fastest-growing technology firms in Florida, ICS is a Jacksonville-based Distributor Channel and Alliance Product Partner of J.D. Edwards specializing in supply chain application development, deployment and integration. ICS is also the developer of the RF-SMART brand of wireless data collection (barcoding) solutions specifically for J.D. Edwards enterprise software and has established itself as the leader in technology innovation, solution performance and customer satisfaction in the J.D. Edwards data collection market. Visit us at http://www.icsfl.com and http://www.rfsmart.com

About Sirius Computer Solutions, Inc.

For more than two decades, Sirius Computer Solutions has been helping customers design, implement and maintain their IT infrastructure with best of breed technology solutions. With offices across the U.S. and partnerships with the leading hardware and software providers, including IBM, Sirius Computer Solutions architects infrastructure solutions that incorporate servers, storage, software and networking products. Sirius is the largest IBM eServer midrange reseller, and hundreds of clients depend on Sirius to provide the server and storage foundation for their J.D. Edwards suite of applications, including sizing, configuration, implementation and strategic planning. For more information, go to http://www.siriuscom.com.

About J.D. Edwards & Company

J.D. Edwards (Nasdaq: JDEC) makes customers stronger, enabling them to solve their most important business challenges. The company offers collaborative enterprise software as well as consulting, education and support services. J.D. Edwards' offerings are differentiated by a deeply ingrained attitude of listening to customers, innovating on their behalf, and delivering solutions as part of a results-oriented relationship. Founded in 1977 and headquartered in Denver, J.D. Edwards focuses on long-term business partnerships and helping its 6,600 customers in more than 110 countries collaborate electronically to manage their business processes, supply chains, enterprise assets, and supplier and customer relationships. For more information: http://www.jdedwards.com or 1-800-727-5333.

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