'Copernicus' Middleware Wins First Patent in Application Integration Field.LYNDHURST, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 23, 1998--Copernicus, VIE Systems' middleware solution to integrate disparate applications, has received the first patent by a corporation in the application integration field. Developed and marketed by VIE Systems Inc., Copernicus allows organizations to achieve application integration in a more timely and cost-effective manner than the traditional approach of writing custom software on a case-by-case basis. "The awarding of the first patent in the application integration field to Copernicus establishes the originality and value of the approach to the application integration challenge taken by VIE Systems," said Eric LeGoff, president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of VIE Systems. "Copernicus has effectively solved a large and growing problem: How to make long-term software investments rapidly accommodate changes in the needs of a business and its customers." "The technology covered by this patent gives Copernicus its unmatched combination of flexibility and speed," said John Brann, chief technology officer and creator of Copernicus. The patent granted to VIE Systems covers two main areas. First, it protects the mechanism of constructing a "late-binding" translation program that is configured by data in a database. This technology is the core of the translator component of the Copernicus system. The advantages of this mechanism are the ability of users to control the program through an intuitive Graphical User Interface graphical user interface (GUI) Computer display format that allows the user to select commands, call up files, start programs, and do other routine tasks by using a mouse to point to pictorial symbols (icons) or lists of menu choices on the screen as opposed to having to , while offering extremely high performance. Second, the patent protects the extension of this technique to be used for general development of programs. By capturing the results of a translation and passing it to functions, the capabilities of Copernicus can be extended without limit. This technology drives the Copernicus Server component. Copernicus is a proven software product in an immature but growing market. Copernicus is the first non-IBM product to be resold by the IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) Transaction Systems sales force in conjunction with MQSeries, the leading message and queuing system. Copernicus is of strategic importance to IBM's MQSeries offering, providing IBM clients with a complete enterprise solution to integrating disparate systems. VIE Systems is a privately held company privately held company A firm whose shares are held within a relatively small circle of owners and are not traded publicly. focused on providing application integration products, services and solutions to organizations worldwide. VIE's flagship product A primary product of a company, which is typically why the company was founded and/or what made it well known. For example, MS-DOS, Windows and the Microsoft Office suite have been flagship products of Microsoft. CorelDRAW is a flagship product of Corel Corporation. , Copernicus, provides a software-based integration framework for companies to achieve application and system interoperability across the enterprise. VIE products are sold through its direct sales force, third-party distributors Third-Party Distributor The name given to institutions that sell or distribute mutual funds to investors for fund management companies without direct relation to the fund itself. and strategic partners. VIE Systems is headquartered at 9 Polito Avenue, Lyndhurst, N.J. 07071, minutes outside New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , with additional offices in Atlanta, Denver and San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden . |
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