Active Software and J.G. Van Dyke Partner to Develop Enterprise Application Integration Solutions for the U.S. Government.SANTA CLARA Santa Clara, city, Cuba Santa Clara (sän`tä klä`rä), city (1994 est. pop. 217,000), capital of Villa Clara prov., central Cuba. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 20, 1998--Active Software(TM), Inc., the leading provider of Enterprise Application Integration (EAI (Enterprise Application Integration) Refers to various techniques used to share data and business processes in large enterprises. When companies acquire another organization, disparate information systems have to be made to work together. ) software products, today announced an agreement with J.G. Van Dyke Van Dyke (or van/Van Dijk or Dyk etc) is a surname of Dutch origin. It refers to:
Under the terms of the agreement, J.G. Van Dyke will provide integration and solution support for Active Software's Integration System through its U.S. government contract vehicles and as a part of its commercial consulting practice. Together, the two companies will combine J.G. Van Dyke's world-class messaging and security expertise in the U.S. government and private sectors with Active Software's award-winning Integration System to implement new business-critical applications such as defense logistics, information fusion, packaged application integration, inter-agency data sharing The ability to share the same data resource with multiple applications or users. It implies that the data are stored in one or more servers in the network and that there is some software locking mechanism that prevents the same set of data from being changed by two people at the same time. and digital certificate authentication (1) Verifying the integrity of a transmitted message. See message integrity, e-mail authentication and MAC. (2) Verifying the identity of a user logging into a network. . "The U.S. Government has unique integration needs that must comply with Defense Department standards for interoperability and corporate messaging," said Elisa Cafferky, Director of Federal Operations, Active Software. "By leveraging J.G. Van Dyke's breadth of experience in Defense Messaging Systems and Security, Active Software can enable true application integration, thus improving and streamlining the way government applications communicate with one another." "We selected Active Software's Integration System because it enables us to provide the broadest scope of integration in the industry," said Gary Van Dyke, president, J.G. Van Dyke. "We are committed to providing maximum value to our customers, so the ability to specify technology tailored to their needs is a substantial advantage." In addition to providing integration and solution support, J.G. Van Dyke is a designated training and professional services (job) professional services - A department of a supplier providing consultancy and programming manpower for the supplier's products. organization in support of the Active Software Federal Operations Division. Active Software's Integration System Active Software's Integration System is the first product to significantly reduce the complexity of integrating corporate computing resources, such as packaged applications, databases, legacy systems and Internet applications. The System is based on events-messages that reflect a customer's business processes. It includes Information Brokers that store, queue and route events; Adapters to map native information formats to events; Agents that enable business processes to be mirrored in the system; GUI (Graphical User Interface) A graphics-based user interface that incorporates movable windows, icons and a mouse. The ability to resize application windows and change style and size of fonts are the significant advantages of a GUI vs. a character-based interface. Tools for developers to define events and interactions between applications and for administrators to configure, manage, and monitor the system. J.G. Van Dyke Founded in 1978, J.G. Van Dyke and Associates employs more than 200 consultants supporting customers like the National Security Agency, Office of Personnel Management, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), an independent U.S. federal executive agency designed to promote public confidence in banks and to provide insurance coverage for bank deposits up to $100,000. and ARKSYS Banking Systems. Services include security engineering, systems integration, and directory services implementation. For more information, visit the company Web site at www.jgvandyke.com Active Software Founded in 1995, Active Software is the leading supplier of network-based integration software products that help enterprises integrate disparate information resources (1) The data and information assets of an organization, department or unit. See data administration. (2) Another name for the Information Systems (IS) or Information Technology (IT) department. See IT. . A pioneer in the emerging category of enterprise application integration (EAI), Active Software provides a simple, flexible, scalable and manageable suite of products that offers the broadest scope of integration in the industry. Privately-held Active Software is funded by Enterprise Partners, Kleiner Perkins Caufield and Byers, Sierra Ventures, the KPCB KPCB Kings Park Concert Band Java Fund, Lehman Brothers Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. (NYSE: LEH), founded in 1850, is a diversified, global financial services firm. It is a participant in investment banking, equity and fixed income sales, research and trading, investment management, private equity, and private banking. , and BancAmerica Robertson Stephens. It is headquartered in Santa Clara, Calif. For more information, visit the company Web site at www.activesw.com Note to Editors: The Active Software logo is a registered trademark and Active Software is a trademark of Active Software, Inc. All other trademarks mentioned herein are the property of their respective owners.
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