430 Percent Return-On-Investment is Achieved by Delivering Web Applications with Unify NXJ.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers JavaOne 2003 Booth #1708 SACRAMENTO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 4, 2003 One of France's Largest Suppliers of Essential Office and Computer Products and Services Selects Unify NXJ A business application platform from Unify Corporation, Sacramento, CA (www.unify.com) for building J2EE-based Web applications. Unify NXJ is the company's flagship software product. See UNIFY 2000 and Unify VISION. to Enhance Customer Responsiveness Unify Corporation (company) Unify Corporation - Developers of the Unify relational database. At one time, before Sybase, they were a competitor of Oracle, et al. http://unify.com/. ftp://ftp.unify.com/. (OTCBB OTCBB See OTC Bulletin Board (OTCBB). :UNFY), a global provider of software product solutions, today announced that Corporate Express, France quickly achieved a 430 percent ROI (Return On Investment) The monetary benefits derived from having spent money on developing or revising a system. In the IT world, there are more ways to compute ROI than Carter has liver pills (and for those of you who never heard of that expression, it means a lot). by building and maintaining their enterprise sales force automation Automating the sales activities within an organization. A comprehensive SFA package provides such functions as contact management, note and information sharing, quick proposal and presentation generation, product configurators, calendars and to-do lists. application on the Web with Unify NXJ. The return-on-investment includes the elimination of 300 inbound call center inquiries per day, significantly enhanced call center processes and improved effectiveness of field sales force operations. Additionally, the company was able to deliver this Web application in a record time of four weeks. As part of its commitment to a high level of customer service, Corporate Express, France embarked on a series of Web initiatives to better support their customers and reduce operating costs operating costs npl → gastos mpl operacionales . To meet this business objective, Corporate Express created a robust and data-rich sales force automation Web application using Unify NXJ. Not only was Corporate Express able to deliver this application in four short weeks using their existing IT development staff, the resulting Web application was built using the standards-based J2EE (Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition) A platform from Sun for building distributed enterprise applications. J2EE services are performed in the middle tier between the user's machine and the enterprise's databases and legacy information systems. architecture. "We were able to cut development time by 80 percent and we anticipate that our application maintenance requirements will be reduced by 90 percent due to leveraging our expertise and experience with 4GL programming and the power of the pre-built functionality and easy to use SQL SQL in full Structured Query Language. Computer programming language used for retrieving records or parts of records in databases and performing various calculations before displaying the results. queries encapsulated in Unify NXJ," said Christian Bukisow, IT Manager at Corporate Express, France. Corporate Express, France provides a range of business products and services including parcel delivery, office and computer imaging supplies, furniture and document management. Because their customers depend heavily on Corporate Express' goods and services In economics, economic output is divided into physical goods and intangible services. Consumption of goods and services is assumed to produce utility (unless the "good" is a "bad"). It is often used when referring to a Goods and Services Tax. to run their businesses, the company required more sophisticated process automation for its complex and time-sensitive processes such as supply chain management, fulfillment and delivery and transportation scheduling. They needed to Web-enable these business processes quickly and deliver them on the Java platform Running Java programs under the Java Virtual Machine (JVM). Java "platform" refers to the running of Java programs versus Java itself, which is a programming language. Java programs are machine independent and run intact on any hardware platform that has a Java interpreter (JVM). . Based on the success of the first application, Corporate Express plans to use Unify NXJ to revolutionize the way in which its supply chain processes are managed for the Web. Corporate Express selected Unify NXJ for its overall ease-of-use and the ability to deliver the application on the J2EE platform, while using their existing business application development staff. NXJ simplifies and speeds the creation and management of Web applications by providing 70 percent of the application functions and logic required for a robust Web application. This enabled Corporate Express to add business rules, customize the user interface and quickly deploy the application on the J2EE platform in only four weeks. The pre-built application functionality and framework allows their developers to easily change and maintain the deployed application. Unify at JavaOne Unify will showcase Unify NXJ in booth #1708 at the upcoming JavaOne 2003 Worldwide Developer Conference, to be held June 10-13, 2003, at the Moscone Convention Center in 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 . About Corporate Express, France Corporate Express, France is a subsidiary of Corporate Express, Inc. a wholly-owned subsidiary of Buhrmann, NV, an international business services and distribution group. Corporate Express, France has over $70 million US in revenue annually and more than 30,000 customers. Buhrmann is a leading global supplier of office products, paper and graphic systems for the business market. Corporate Express' product offering includes office and computer supplies, imaging and computer graphics supplies, office furniture, document and print management, desktop software, promotional products, and other similar products. Corporate Express has operations in Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Mexico, the Netherlands, New Zealand New Zealand (zē`lənd), island country (2005 est. pop. 4,035,000), 104,454 sq mi (270,534 sq km), in the S Pacific Ocean, over 1,000 mi (1,600 km) SE of Australia. The capital is Wellington; the largest city and leading port is Auckland. , Norway, Poland, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and the United States. The Company's Web site address is www.CorporateExpress.com. About Unify Corporation Unify Corporation (OTCBB:UNFY) is a global provider of software product solutions that helps companies deliver robust and reliable Web and business applications in less time, at a lower cost and with significantly reduced maintenance. More than 2,000 organizations around the world use Unify solutions to deliver applications that enhance revenue opportunities, improve operational effectiveness, and enrich customer relationships. Unify's customers include AT&T, Boeing, Credit Lyonnais, Citigroup Inc., Fannie Mae Fannie Mae: see Federal National Mortgage Association. , Fuji Electric Co. Ltd, GlaxoSmithKline, Heineken, Sescoi, Triple G Systems Group and Wells Fargo. Founded in 1980, Unify has offices in the UK and France in addition to a worldwide network of distributors. Further information is available at www.unify.com. |
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