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API EXTENDS ITS CAPABILITIES USING SPS COMMERCE'S HOSTED EDI SOFTWARE
Integrated EDI Service Allows Outsourcer to Support Hundreds of Thousands of EDI Transactions Without Adding Internal Resources

St. Paul, MN, March 2005 – API Outsourcing, Inc., a business transformation outsourcing company for automated billing and payable solutions, announced today that SPS Commerce has been selected as their Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) service provider. As an integrated part of API's solution, the EDI service will allow API's customers to transmit data in an EDI format.

"Many of our larger clients have vendors who have requested information transmission in an EDI format," said Peter Donlon, Executive Vice President of Sales & Marketing. "By leveraging SPS' EDI service, API will expand its service offering to better serve our clients. We are extremely pleased about this new technology capability."

Donlon stated that API researched many vendors but chose SPS Commerce because they were the leading provider of hosted EDI software - currently serving over 9,000 clients. "We are excited to team with SPS Commerce, not only because it expands our solution's capabilities, but because we know that SPS Commerce has the experience and knowledge needed to deliver proven results."

"As a software-as-a-service solution, SPS Commerce offers organizations a rapid and cost-effective means of doing EDI, virtually hands-free," said Archie Black, President and CEO of SPS Commerce. "As an outsourcing company itself, API finds value in partnering with an organization that specializes in EDI solutions, rather than purchasing software, adding staff & managing the application internally. We are pleased to team with API to provide them with an ideal solution for their EDI needs."

About API Outsourcing, Inc.
API Outsourcing, Inc. is a leading provider of state-of-the-art billing and accounts payable automation solutions. By transforming manual, paper-dependent processes through our proprietary imaging, printing and workflow systems, clients are able to minimize the labor-intensive work associated with back office processing. Clients have more time to focus on their core business. Benefits include reduced DSO an average of 6-13 days, reduced processing costs of 30%-60%, increased business intelligence, and improved customer and vendor relations. API is an "onshore" outsourcing company headquartered in St. Paul, MN. API Outsourcing currently processes over 250 million transactions annually and is a Six Sigma service provider. Visit us on our Web site at www.apioutsourcing.com or call 651.675.2600 for more information.

About SPS Commerce
SPS Commerce is the leading provider of Hosted EDI Services to the retail and distribution supply chain. Through its online service platform, SPSCommerce.net delivers technologies like EDI, UPC Catalogs, Item Synchronization and Online Ordering sites. SPS Commerce dramatically lowers the setup and on-going costs, along with the time and risks of traditional EDI software by providing a superior alternative to complicated, lengthy and expensive traditional software deployments. Today, more than 9,000 companies are outsourcing their EDI to SPS Commerce. SPSCommerce.net is widely used by companies running a variety of ERP systems including Oracle, NetSuite, SAP, Epicor, Great Plains, QuickBooks, Macola, MAS 90/200 & 500, Microsoft Business Solutions applications, Peachtree and many more. SPS Commerce is headquartered in Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minn. For additional information, please contact SPS Commerce at 866-245-8100 or visit www.spscommerce.com.

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