The Parks and History Association Chooses JDS Solutions' WinRetail™ Enterprise System and TradeWind® Point of Sale for Its Retail Operation.

CARLSBAD, California -August 14, 2003

The JDS Solutions Corporation today announced that The Parks and History Association, an arm of the National Parks Service, licensed the JDS WinRetail™ Enterprise Management solution for its multi-store, multi-site operation.
After and extensive search and study, the selection committee at PHA selected JDS's WinRetail™ to manage both the back office and front end Point of Sale operations throughout its organization. The Association also selected The JDS WinRetail™ Communications Manager to control all communications amongst its stores and additionally contracted for The JDS Solutions Corporation's nationally acclaimed 24/7/365 Customer Support Service. The Parks and History Association will be utilizing Point of Sale cash registers manufactured by the NCR Corporation.

PHA joins the constantly expanding list of Museum and Attraction retail operations that have selected WinRetail™. The Association is beginning the installation process immediately and is scheduled to go live with WinRetail™ Enterprise in late Q4-2003.

About the Parks and History Association
The Parks and History Association was established in 1968 as a charitable organization "for the educational, historical, scientific, and benevolent purposes of promoting and assisting historical, scientific, educational, and interpretive activities of the National Park Service and other governmental agencies…" Operating book stores at twenty five different locations, including such National treasures as the Arlington House, the Arlington Cemetery Visitors Center, the Lincoln Memorial, the Jefferson Memorial, the FDR Memorial, the Washington Monument, Ford's Theater and the Frederick Douglass Home, the Parks and History Association serves in excess of 15 million visitors per year.