WinCom Systems Selects Elcom's eProcurement Solution to Automate its Purchasing of IT Products; Internet Infrastructure Firm to Use PECOS Internet Procurement Manager.

NORWOOD, Mass. -- Elcom International, Inc. , a leading international provider of remotely-hosted eProcurement and Private eMarketplace solutions and leveraged eProcurement services for IT products, today announced that WinCom Systems, Inc., an Internet infrastructure company providing hardware-based networking solutions for Internet data centers, has selected PECOS Internet Procurement Manager ("PECOS.ipm") to automate the purchasing of their IT products. WinCom Systems will use PECOS.ipm to help centralize its purchasing function for its office locations using Elcom as its primary supplier for IT products.

Douglas Henderson, Director of Marketing for WinCom Systems, Inc., said, "We understand the value that automation oriented technology brings to companies to enhance corporate effectiveness; one of the reasons why we chose to use Elcom's eProcurement system to purchase our IT products. Elcom offered us a unique blend of eProcurement technology combined with their many years of experience in the IT products marketplace."

John Halnen, Elcom International, Inc.'s President and COO, added, "WinCom Systems is another example of how Elcom is cost effectively providing large and small companies with the ability to automate their IT products purchasing process. As a procurement service provider for WinCom, Elcom can provide their IT products as well as flexible procurement functionality that can be integrated to their back-end system and enhanced by adding strategic suppliers. We welcome WinCom Systems to our growing list of customers."

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About WinCom Systems, Inc.

WinCom Systems, Inc. is an Internet infrastructure company with key operations in San Jose, CA and Research Triangle Park, NC. WinCom Systems designs, manufactures, and deploys Internet networking systems which will revolutionize existing Internet infrastructures for emerging Rich-Content and Rich-Transaction (wireless) Internet applications. WinCom Systems has secured venture financing from Crosspoint Venture Partners and TPG Ventures. For more information about WinCom products and services e-mail info@WinComSystems.com or call (408) 362-2160 or visit www.wincomsystems.com

About Elcom International, Inc.

Elcom International, Inc. , operates two wholly-owned subsidiaries: elcom, inc., a leading international provider of remotely-hosted eProcurement and Private eMarketplace solutions and Elcom Services Group, Inc., which provides leveraged procurement services for IT products. elcom, inc.'s innovative remotely-hosted technology establishes the next standard of value and enables enterprises of all sizes to realize the many benefits of eProcurement without the burden of significant infrastructure investment and ongoing content and system management. PECOS Internet Procurement Manager, elcom, inc.'s remotely-hosted eProcurement and eMarketplace enabling platform was the first "live" remotely-hosted eProcurement system in the world. Additional information can be found at www.elcominternational.com.

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