Actional Gives eCompanyStore Real-Time Interaction and High Throughput to Support Fortune 500 Companies; Actional Control Broker Reduces Deployment Time by 50 Percent.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. & ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 12, 2001 Actional(TM) Corporation, a leader in next generation application integration software, today announced that eCompanyStore, a leading provider of online promotional product solutions for Fortune 500 companies, has selected the Actional Control Broker(TM) (ACB ACB American Council of the Blind ACB Asia Commercial Bank ACB America's Community Bankers ACB Adjusted Cost Base ACB Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay ACB Amphibious Construction Battalion (US Navy) ACB Australian Cricket Board ) as the integration infrastructure for its web-based company storefronts. eCompanyStore creates, customizes, and maintains individual online "eCompanyStores" for its clients and backs them up with extensive customer service support and a fully-integrated fulfillment system. ACB provides the standardized standardized pertaining to data that have been submitted to standardization procedures. standardized morbidity rate see morbidity rate. standardized mortality rate see mortality rate. , real-time link for connecting all front-end storefronts to eCompanyStores back-end SAP systems. By leveraging the direct connect, real-time integration capabilities of ACB, eCompanyStore is able to provides accurate inventory and pricing information to eCompanyStore customers immediately after submitting their requests -- resulting in enhanced quality of services, network performance and customer care. "It's critical that our customers, suppliers, and partners receive real-time responses, accurate inventory and pricing information when they need it," said Jimmy McCullough, vice president and CIO CIO: see American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations. (Chief Information Officer) The executive officer in charge of information processing in an organization. at eCompanyStore. "By significantly reducing the implementation time to a matter of days, Actional has allowed us to streamline business operations Business operations are those activities involved in the running of a business for the purpose of producing value for the stakeholders. Compare business processes. The outcome of business operations is the harvesting of value from assets , enhance data and process integration and deploy an end-to-end electronic commerce solution across our customer base." "eCompanyStore is capturing a competitive advantage because they understand the importance of end-to-end business integration," said John Orcutt, 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. at Actional. "We're delighted that we can meet and exceed the expectations of our customer's e-Business needs with an easy-to-use, fast-to-deploy integration solution that is robust enough to meet the needs of even the most demanding technical environments." About eCompanyStore eCompanyStore is a leading provider of online promotional product solutions for mid to large corporations. Their fully integrated web-based solutions accelerate delivery times, reduce procurement The fancy word for "purchasing." The procurement department within an organization manages all the major purchases. costs and inefficiencies, eliminate storage problems and simplify distribution channels for their customers. eCompanyStore is headquartered in Atlanta, Ga., with offices nationwide. About Actional Actional's Control Broker integration platform is the fastest, easiest way to connect enterprise applications. ACB's patented Point-of-View Browser browser Software that allows a computer user to find and view information on the Internet. The first text-based browser for the World Wide Web became available in 1991; Web use expanded rapidly after the release in 1993 of a browser called Mosaic, which used allows developers to view, manage and connect applications, components and services across the enterprise, without requiring new middleware Software that functions as a conversion or translation layer. It is also a consolidator and integrator. Custom-programmed middleware solutions have been developed for decades to enable one application to communicate with another that either runs on a different platform or comes from a or software modification. This unique approach speeds the delivery of new functionality (e.g., 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. ), making them sharable across all applications in the IT infrastructure, in the native format of choice. Actional's customers include leaders in the Global 2000, with a focus on financial services The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. , telecommunications, energy and utilities, manufacturing and the travel industry. Actional Control Broker was recently selected by eAI Journal as the 2001 Integration Product of the Year. The company is backed by New Enterprise Associates, NeoCarta Ventures, and International Capital Partners. Actional can be contacted at 800/808-2271 or info@actional.com. More information about the company can be found at www.actional.com. Note to Editors: Actional and Control Broker are trademarks of Actional Corp. All other names mentioned above may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners. |
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