Above All Software Adds to Honors with Third Straight SIIA Codie Awards Finalist Recognition.Above All Composite Application In computing, the term composite application expresses a perspective of software engineering that defines an application built by combining multiple services. People often compare composite applications to mashups. Platform a Dual Finalist in Best Web Services (1) Loosely, any online service delivered over the Web. Such usage appears in articles from non-technical sources, but not in IT-oriented publications, because definition #2 below describes the correct use of the term. Solution and Best Software Development Solution Categories REDWOOD SHORES, Calif. -- Above All([R]) Software, a provider of award-winning business integration software, today announced that the Above All Composite Application Platform[TM] has been named a SIIA (Software & Information Industry Association, Washington, DC, www.siia.net) A trade organization devoted to the health and welfare of the software and digital content industry by providing support in government relations, business development, education and intellectual property Codie Awards finalist for a third consecutive year. For the first time, Above All was recognized in two different categories: the Best Web Services Solution and the Best Software Development Solution. The finalists represent the most innovative and visionary software solutions and are chosen by a group of software and information industry trade journalists, national technology writers, and analysts. Above All enables enterprises to reap the business benefits of composite applications in a matter of weeks through its unique "mine-refine-assemble-deploy" approach. With the Composite Application Platform, development teams, domain experts, and business analysts can enable users to interact with data and business logic from on-demand, packaged applications and legacy systems in one integrated application that streamlines business processes and delivers both revenue and productivity improvements. "This dual recognition mirrors what we are seeing with our customers: composite applications and enterprise mashups have pervasive appeal with both IT organizations and line of business teams," said Sanjay Sarathy, 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 Above All. "More and more, our customers are using Above All to deliver multiple composite applications using shared business services to address a variety of critical corporate needs -- such as improving customer service and increasing sales team effectiveness. We believe 2007 will be another break-out year for composite applications as more enterprises discover that they are the key to unlocking the value of an SOA (1) (Start Of Authority) The first record in a DNS zone file. See DNS records. (2) (Service Oriented Architecture) The modularization of business functions for greater flexibility and reusability. ." Established in 1986, the Codie Awards are the longest-running awards program in the software and information industry, and acknowledge the most innovative products and services. The final round of judging will be conducted by members of SIIA, making this the only peer-review awards program in the industry. See a complete list of finalists at www.siia.com/codies/2007/finalists.asp. Through a unique combination of journalist and peer review, the Codie Awards recognize 71 categories of outstanding products and services, as well as corporate excellence and philanthropy philanthropy, the spirit of active goodwill toward others as demonstrated in efforts to promote their welfare. The term is often used interchangeably with charity. . This year's 348 finalists represent a wide and impressive array of technology and business excellence, passion and success. They were chosen from more that 1,026 nominations submitted by more than 500 companies -- breaking the nominations record set in the 2005 awards. About Above All Software Above All Software provides award-winning software for rapid composite application assembly and delivery, enabling companies to leverage a service-oriented architecture See SOA. to meet changing business needs. This new, flexible service-level approach simplifies and reduces the cost of business integration. Above All's customers include Bell Canada Bell Canada Enterprises (TSX: BCE, NYSE: BCE), legally BCE Inc., is a major Canadian telecommunications company. Through its subsidiaries including Bell Canada, Bell Aliant, Northwestel, Télébec, and NorthernTel, it is the incumbent local exchange carrier for , CSA (1) (Canadian Standards Association, Toronto, Ontario, www.csa.ca) A standards-defining organization founded in 1919. It is involved in many industries, including electronics, communications and information technology. , Hilton, Medtronic, and NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on . Above All has alliances with some of the leading names in software, including Microsoft, Motorola, salesforce.com, Siebel Systems/Oracle, and Systinet/HP. Headquartered in Redwood Shores, CA, Above All is privately held. For more information about Above All, visit our Web site at www.aboveallsoftware.com or call 800-819-5530. |
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