ALSTOM and Vitria Announce Strategic Partnership for Energy Industry; ALSTOM to Resell and Standardize Integration Strategy on Vitria's BusinessWare.Business Editors/High-Tech & Energy Writers BELLEVUE, Wash. & SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 15, 2002 Global Strategic Partnership Between Energy Giant and Integration Server Leader Ensures Seamless Integration An addition of a new application, routine or device that works smoothly with the existing system. It implies that the new feature or program can be installed and used without problems. Contrast with "transparent," which implies that there is no discernible change after installation. of ALSTOM's EMM (Expanded Memory Manager) Starting with 386-based PCs, an EMM is software that converts extended memory (beyond one megabyte) into EMS memory, the first technique used to increase memory in the PC. Product Line to Other IT Projects ALSTOM (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : ALS Als (äls), Ger. Alsen, island, 121 sq mi (313 sq km), Sønderjylland co., S Denmark, in the Lille Bælt, separated from the mainland by the narrow Alensund. ) and Vitria (Nasdaq: VITR VITR Vitria Technologies (stock symbol) VITR Visible and Thermal Infrared Radiometer ), a leading collaboration platform An emerging category of computer software, collaboration platforms are unified electronic platforms that support synchronous and asynchronous communication through a variety of devices and channels. and collaborative application provider, today announced a global strategic partnership. The partnership will allow ALSTOM's Transmission and Distribution (T&D) sector's Energy Management and Markets (EMM) business unit to deliver an out-of-the-box solution for system integration using Vitria's pioneering process management approach, and significantly expand Vitria's access to energy market customers throughout the globe. The partnership encompasses the entire ALSTOM EMM product line and professional services (job) professional services - A department of a supplier providing consultancy and programming manpower for the supplier's products. products group, ensuring that ALSTOM EMM products can seamlessly connect -- out of the box -- to all other major enterprise software systems in use in the energy industry. This seamless integration gives ALSTOM EMM customers the flexibility to easily connect to a range of proprietary systems. Over the next several months, ALSTOM EMM will upgrade its product line to resell Vitria's BusinessWare as an original equipment manufacturer (OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) The rebranding of equipment and selling it. The term initially referred to the company that made the products (the "original" manufacturer), but eventually became widely used to refer to the organization that buys the products and ) component. ALSTOM and Vitria will give ALSTOM's 120 existing government and Fortune 100 customers the opportunity to upgrade to the versions of the software that include Vitria's integration facilities. ALSTOM EMM America 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. , Alain Steven, characterized the strategic alliance as beneficial for both companies. "We are pleased to be working with the leader and pioneer in a process management approach to integration," Steven said. "The benefit to us is that Vitria's products enable companies to rapidly `plug-and-play' a range of applications in a global IT infrastructure," he added. "As a result, ALSTOM EMM products will increase in value because our customers will have the confidence that they can seamlessly integrate to the rest of their enterprise systems, resulting in tremendous cost savings and far more efficient business processes." Vitria's president and CEO, JoMei Chang, said Vitria would benefit in several ways from the partnership. "With over 20 billion euros in annual sales, ALSTOM is an exciting addition to the roster of Vitria OEMs, and is the first such partnership in the energy industry vertical." Because power generators and transmission facilities have enormous challenges connecting specific legacy systems, Chang said that Vitria has a significant role to play in the energy industry. "Maintaining global visibility of their markets, and connecting to modern customer relationship management systems is critical," Chang said. "I'm proud that ALSTOM EMM will rely on Vitria to deliver out-of-the-box solutions for these problems to their customer base." About ALSTOM ALSTOM is the global specialist in energy and transport infrastructure. The Company serves the energy market through its activities in the fields of power generation, power transmission and distribution, and power conversion; and the transport market through its activities in high-speed rail High-speed rail is a type of passenger rail transport that operates significantly faster than the normal speed of rail traffic. Specific definitions include 200-320 km/h (125-200 mph) - depending on whether the track is upgraded or new - by the European Union and above 90 mph , urban transit systems, cruise ships This is a list of cruise ships, both those in service and those that have since ceased to operate. Both cruise ships and cruiseferries are included in this list. (Ocean liners are not included on this list, see List of ocean liners. , and other marine vessels. Following the sale of its electrical contracting activity, finalized on July 20, 2001, ALSTOM has annual sales in excess of $20 billion and employs 120,000 people in over 70 countries. The Company is listed on the Paris, London, and New York stock exchanges New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) World's largest marketplace for securities. The exchange began as an informal meeting of 24 men in 1792 on what is now Wall Street in New York City. . In the United States, ALSTOM employs more than 7,000 people and has annual sales exceeding $4 billion. http://www.alstom.com ALSTOM's Energy Management and Markets (EMM) Business unit, is based in Bellevue, Washington USA. With the onset of industry restructuring, the company has provided leadership in addressing the IT needs of energy market operators and market participants. In the same tradition, the company is taking the initiative to address current industry problems by providing the systems and software solutions that enable retail energy companies to respond, on behalf of customers, to fluctuating electricity prices. http://www.esca.com The e-terra family of products and services are trademarks and/or service marks of ALSTOM ESCA Corporation. About Vitria Vitria Technology, Inc. is a leading integration collaboration platform and collaborative application provider. Vitria BusinessWare integrates applications and automates mission-critical business processes within and across the extended enterprise, reducing time to market, shortening lead times, lowering operating costs, and increasing customer satisfaction. Vitria is a publicly traded company publicly traded company A company whose shares of common stock are held by the public and are available for purchase by investors. The shares of publicly traded firms are bought and sold on the organized exchanges or in the over-the-counter market. (Nasdaq:VITR) based in Sunnyvale. For more information, call 408/212-2700, visit the company's Web site at www.vitria.com or send email to info@vitria.com. Except for the historical information contained herein, this press release contains forward-looking statements that involve risk or uncertainties. The success of the business relationship may differ materially from the results discussed or forecasted in the forward-looking statements due to factors that include, but are not limited to, risks related to market acceptance of Vitria's products, deployment delays or errors associated with these products, hardware platform incompatibilities, and release of competitive products and other actions by competitors and economic downturns in either domestic or foreign markets. These and other risks related to Vitria are detailed in Vitria's Annual Report on Form 10-K Form 10-K A report required by the SEC from exchange-listed companies that provides for annual disclosure of certain financial information. Form 10-K See 10-K. for the year ended December 31, 2000, filed with the SEC on March 29, 2001, as amended, and in Vitria's quarterly reports on Form 10-Q Form 10-Q See 10-Q. as filed with the SEC. Vitria does not undertake an obligation to update forward-looking statements. Note to Editors: BusinessWare(R) is a registered trademark of Vitria Technology, Inc. All other names may be trademarks of the companies with which they are associated. |
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