Tomax Sets Transaction Performance Milestone; Supports Over 1,000 Point-of-sale Devices per Database Server, Leverages Oracle(R) Technology.

SAN DIEGO -- At Oracle AppsWorld 2002, Tomax Corporation announced the completion of tests verifying the ability of the Retail.net(R) application suite to support over 1,000 thin client point-of- sale (POS) devices from a single database server. This is a convincing demonstration of the retail-in-realtime(TM) strategy -- deploying a web-based architecture across a retail enterprise to simplify IT infrastructure maintenance and capture significant cost savings.

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Tomax conducted scalability testing to benchmark the Retail.net Customer Management solution under conditions far more demanding than most retail environments experience. Specifically, the test was designed to examine the capability of Retail.net Customer Management to support large numbers of POS devices processing transactions concurrently. The results demonstrated the ability of the Retail.net suite to deliver prime-time applications to retail chains of any size.

"Retailers know they need to thin down the store, but they have real concerns about the ability for a WAN-based solution to scale. These performance results demonstrate that the largest retailers in the world can now deploy a thin solution like the Tomax Retail.net suite with confidence," says Virgil Fernandez, Chief Technology Officer for Tomax.

Oracle(R) technology played a key role in this success. In the test, the Retail.net application leveraged the Oracle database and application server combination for POS item lookups as well as transaction posting. Utilizing Oracle's shared server capabilities, the database was configured to initialize 20 servers with the option to have as many as 300 servers running at any one time, each server having the ability to support up to 1,000 POS devices. The solution completed the test with no degradation due to transaction volume.

   To learn more about this achievement, visit www.retail.net/news/POSTest .   About Tomax 

Tomax Corporation is a leading provider of web-based solutions for retail operations and multichannel management. Tomax Retail.net(R) software enables retailers to create a retail-in-realtime(TM) infrastructure across the enterprise, supporting associates in stores and customers at the point of sale, kiosk, and online. Four primary components are available: Customer Management, Transaction Management, Portal/Workflow and Workforce Management. Retail.net components can be hosted by Tomax or the retailer and can be rapidly deployed and modified to support comprehensive requirements. Over 100 branded retail chains, in a variety of retail markets and representing thousands of stores, rely on Tomax solutions, including Franklin Covey, Ultimate Electronics, Gateway, Kroger, Snyders Drug Stores, TJ Maxx/Marshalls, WH Smith, and Benjamin Moore & Co.

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