PaylinX Announces Exclusive Agreement With Merisel; Merisel to Distribute PaylinX Enterprise Payment Server to Its Extensive Network of VARs and System Integrators.

ST. LOUIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 7, 1999--PaylinX Corporation, the leader in the Enterprise Payment Server (EPS) market, today announced an exclusive distribution agreement with El Segundo, Calif.-based Merisel, Inc., a leading distributor of computer hardware and software products. Under the terms of the agreement, Merisel will distribute the PaylinX Enterprise Payment Server software to its extensive network of North American Value-added Resellers (VARs) and System Integrators, enhancing its competitive e-commerce offering with PaylinX's unique enterprise commerce payment processing platform.

The PaylinX solution set offered through Merisel includes PaylinX Enterprise Payment Server and PaylinX Internet Payment Server. Both offerings utilize three payment options -- PaylinX VISA POS-port, PaylinX VISA ISDN, and PaylinX Paymentech Frame Relay. These options enable Merisel resellers to offer their customers cost-effective, e-commerce payment solutions.

Only PaylinX provides enterprise commerce payment processing -- enabling credit card transaction processing that spans electronic commerce, point-of-sale, interactive voice response (IVR) systems, catalog sales and call centers. PaylinX recently was named the 1998 Call Center News Service Product of the Year, and is a three-time winner of the Internet Commerce Expo Best of Show award.

Merisel VARs and system integrators will find the PaylinX distribution agreement instrumental in expanding their options for e-commerce solutions. "Most first- and second-generation electronic commerce implementations focus entirely on the Internet, forcing those who provide solutions, such as Merisel's resellers, to implement costly, redundant systems and processes," said Bob Lozano, president and chief executive officer of PaylinX. "PaylinX enables market leaders such as AT&T, PageNet, Bose, Microsoft, and MediaOne to provide a uniform, enterprise-wide transaction infrastructure for all customer sales interactions."

"We are delighted to make PaylinX available to our resellers," said Merisel's Director of Software, Tony Warwick. "As the market leader in the enterprise payment server category, PaylinX brings significant value-add to Merisel resellers and system integrators, not only for enterprise-wide payment processing, but also in consolidation with existing legacy systems. The enterprise payment server market is a key enabler of enterprise commerce -- and we're pleased to be at the forefront with PaylinX."

In addition to its enterprise-wide capability, the PaylinX architecture meets the high availability objectives of the most demanding IT environments by enabling feature set enhancements such as multi-processor failover, Payment Pipes(TM) transaction routing and load balancing, while safeguarding existing infrastructure investments. Running on a single NT server, PaylinX Enterprise Payment Server software processes tens of thousands of transactions per hour. Lab tests extend that number to a processing capability that supports one million transactions per hour. PaylinX Enterprise Payment Server is a true multi-threaded solution for enterprise applications.

About Merisel

Merisel, Inc., (Nasdaq:MSEL) is a leader in the distribution of computer hardware and software products. Based in El Segundo, Calif., Merisel is a Fortune 500 Company with reported 1998 sales of $4.6 billion. Merisel distributes a full line of 25,000 products and services from the industry's leading manufacturers to resellers throughout North America. In addition, the company provides a full range of customized, value-added services. Merisel also offers dedicated support to high-end resellers through the Merisel Open Computing Alliance (MOCA(TM)) and the company's Enterprise Computing Division. Merisel's corporate Web site is located at www.merisel.com.

About PaylinX

Focused on enterprise commerce payment processing since 1995, PaylinX Corporation is the leader in the Enterprise Payment Server market providing real-time and/or batch credit card authorization, settlement and reporting across the entire enterprise. Only PaylinX provides enterprise commerce payment -- enabling credit card transactions processing spanning e-commerce, point-of-sale, interactive voice response systems, catalog sales and call centers. PaylinX is available from Value Added Resellers, PaylinX OEM Partners, or directly from the company. PaylinX is headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri, and can be reached at (314) 692-0929 or www.paylinx.com.

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