Crowley Maritime Corporation Implements Sterling Commerce Gentran Integration Suite for Newer, More Complete B2B Integration Platform

Sterling Commerce, a subsidiary of AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T), announced today that Crowley Maritime Corporation has successfully implemented Sterling Commerce Gentran Integration Suite (GIS) as its business-to-business (B2B) integration platform. Crowley is a leading provider of diversified transportation, logistics and emergency response services both domestically and internationally. Using Sterling Commerce solutions, Crowley is now able to build, deploy and manage B2B solutions more easily and quickly across diverse business partner communities. "Since implementing Gentran Integration Suite, we have been able to establish a direct connection with U.S. Customs, eliminating reliance and failure points with outside entities and enabling a smoother transportation process,” said Tom Sheridan, manager of information technology at Crowley. "Additionally, we now have enhanced connection points with our partners, giving us greater visibility into our trading partners and improving document tracking.” Sterling Gentran Integration Suite has also enabled Crowley to: Reduce operating cost across the board and eliminate mainframe dependence Improve flexibility to meet individual customer communication requirements Tie together applications, processes, data and people, both within and outside of their enterprise On-board new partners and documents faster and more efficiently Improve customer satisfaction through increased processing reliability, responsiveness to customer issues and self-service capabilities Retain a higher number of customers and increase new customer wins through more expansive service offerings and flexibility "Sterling Commerce designs its solutions, such as GIS, to help eliminate barriers to effective business collaboration. We’ve worked closely with Crowley to enable extended secure, managed process visibility beyond the edge of their enterprise,” said Chris Johnson, vice president, Global Product Line, B2B Solutions for Sterling Commerce. "Crowley has made a commitment to its future and its business partners by increasing visibility and flexibility in both internal and external communications and business processes.” With recognized industry leadership, financial viability and more than 1,000 Gentran Integration Suite customers, Sterling Commerce has demonstrated that it can manage critical processes, transactions and relationships within and outside the enterprise. GIS enables the evolution of existing systems environments to integrate past, present and future technologies and practices. It powers business process orchestrations, high-volume electronic message exchange, complex routing, translation and flexible interaction with multiple internal systems and external business partners. About Crowley Maritime Corporation Jacksonville-based Crowley Maritime Corporation, founded in San Francisco in 1892, is a privately held family and employee-owned company that provides diversified transportation, logistics and emergency response services in domestic and international markets by means of six operating lines of business: Puerto Rico/Caribbean Liner Services, Latin America Liner Services, Logistics Services, Petroleum Services, Marine Services and Technical Services. Offered within these operating lines of business are the following services: liner container shipping, logistics, contract towing and transportation; ship assist and escort; energy support; salvage and emergency response; vessel management; vessel construction and naval architecture; government services, and petroleum and chemical transportation, distribution and sales. Additional information about Crowley its subsidiaries and business units may be found on the Internet at www.crowley.com. About Sterling Commerce Sterling Commerce, a subsidiary of AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T), has more than 30 years of leadership and expertise in helping FORTUNE 500® customers thrive in a global economy by optimizing the performance of their business communities. With nearly 30,000 customers worldwide, the company is one of the world’s largest providers of multi-enterprise collaboration solutions. Sterling Commerce has unparalleled experience in the retail, consumer packaged goods, manufacturing, financial services, healthcare and telecommunications industries. For detailed, up-to-date information about Sterling Commerce and its solutions, visit www.sterlingcommerce.com.