Active Software and Portal Software Partner to Enable Next-Generation Telecommunications Integration Solutions.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers 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)--Dec. 21, 1999 New Alliance Strengthens Active Software's Position in Telecommunications Communicating information, including data, text, pictures, voice and video over long distance. See communications. Industry Active Software, Inc. (Nasdaq:ASWX), a leading provider of eBusiness integration software products, today announced that they have partnered with Portal Software Portal Software was founded in 1985 as Portal Information Network, one of the first ISPs in the San Francisco Bay Area. It was founded by John Little. The company offered its own interface through modem access that featured Internet email. (Nasdaq:PRSF PRSF Presidio of San Francisco (US National Park Service) PRSF Peoples Republic of San Francisco ), a leading provider of business infrastructure software for Internet and next-generation communications services, to simplify the integration of enterprise applications for telecommunications. As a result of the partnership, Active Software will build an ActiveWorks(TM) Adaptor An alternate spelling of "adapter." See adapter. (tool) Adaptor - (Automatic DAta Parallelism TranslatOR) A source to source transformation tool that transforms data parallel programs written in Fortran 77 with array extensions, parallel loops, and layout directives to to connect with Portal's Infranet(R) real-time customer management and billing solution. This relationship will provide telecommunication service providers with an eBusiness integration solution that facilitates the introduction of new initiatives and enables providers to respond quickly to the changing marketplace. Today's announcement strengthens Active Software's leadership position in the telecommunications industry, where over a dozen telecommunications customers and system integrators worldwide have chosen ActiveWorks to solve their eBusiness integration problems. Active Software's ActiveWorks(TM) Integration System provides an easy-to-use platform for Portal Software customers to develop the complex InterActions required for automating business processes across their enterprise. Using the ActiveWorks Visual Integrator (1) In electronics, a device that combines an input with a variable, such as time, and provides an analog output; for example, a watt-hour meter. (2) See systems integrator. , Infranet Adapter A device that allows one system to connect to and work with another. An adapter is often a simple circuit that converts one set of signals to another; however, the term often refers to devices which are more accurately called "controllers. , and other Intelligent Adapters, customers can easily develop eBusiness integration solutions that links their sales, customer care, financial, order provisioning, network facing and other enterprise applications with Infranet. The result is automated cross-application business processes that allow faster responses to customer inquiries. "The integration of Infranet technology with ActiveWorks is important because it fulfills an important market need -- to incorporate real-time, business process-driven customer management and billing solution into eBusiness services," said Jill Kyte vice president strategic alliances at Portal. "We are proud to partner with ActiveWorks in order to provide our customers with the best possible solutions to meet their needs." "We are pleased to partner with Portal to provide a complete eBusiness integration solution for automating business processes both within and across the extended enterprise," said Chet Kapoor, vice president, business development, Active Software. "This alliance, combined with our recently announced Project Broadband initiative and other strategic partnerships, makes us a leading force in the telecommunications market." Active Software/Portal Software Solution Under the terms of the agreement, Active Software will develop and ship an Infranet Adapter. The Infranet Adapter will be an Intelligent Adapter designed to take advantage of all the new features of the ActiveWorks Integration System, release 4.0. Portal and Active Software are working together to create an infrastructure and billing solutions that will enable both traditional and emerging telecommunications players to create an integrated services In computer networking, IntServ or integrated services is an architecture that specifies the elements to guarantee quality of service (QoS) on networks. IntServ can for example be used to allow video and sound to reach the receiver without interruption. infrastructure in order to rapidly bring to market a full range of new world services and provision and bill for these services in real-time. The Infranet Adapter will be available from Active Software in Q1 of 2000. Active Software's ActiveWorks Integration System The ActiveWorks Integration System is the only eBusiness solution of its kind to offer a flexible, scalable and reusable re·use tr.v. re·used, re·us·ing, re·us·es To use again, especially after salvaging or special treatment or processing. re·us platform that enables customers to quickly become eBusinesses by linking their front-office, back-office, supply chain and eCommerce operations. This 4th generation 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. ) technology offers InterActions, Intelligent Adapters and Visual Design Tools, all of which will help accelerate a company's time to market. About Portal Software Portal Software, Inc., is building business infrastructure for the Internet. Based in Cupertino, Calif., Portal is a leading provider of customer management and billing software for Internet and emerging, next-generation communications services. The company's real-time solution enables service providers to manage customers, support services support services Psychology Non-health care-related ancillary services–eg, transportation, financial aid, support groups, homemaker services, respite services, and other services and collect money. Portal's customers include US WEST, Qwest, Concentric Coming from the center, or circles within circles. For example, tracks on a hard disk are concentric. Tracks on optical media are concentric or spiral shaped (in a coil) depending on the type. , Covad, T-Online, Telenor Mobil AS, Juno Online, France Telecom, Demon demon, supernatural being, generally malevolent in character. In general, the more civilized pagan societies came to consider demons as powerful, supernatural beings who lacked the dignity of gods and who, depending on the circumstance, might be either benevolent or , OzEmail and ICL (International Computers Ltd., London) The former name of Fujitsu Services, the European-centered arm of the global Fujitsu Group and one of the leading IT services companies in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. . Information about Portal and its products can be found at http://www.portal.com. About Active Software Founded in 1995, Active Software, Inc., (Nasdaq:ASWX) is a leading provider of eBusiness integration software products that enable the integration of enterprise software applications within and across the extended enterprise. Active Software has more than 130 customers in industries such as telecommunications, 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. , government, technology, utilities, distribution, manufacturing and transportation. Active Software's headquarters are in Santa Clara. For more information, visit the company Web site at www.activesw.com. Except for the historical information contained herein, the matters discussed in this news release are forward-looking statements forward-looking statement A projected financial statement based on management expectations. A forward-looking statement involves risks with regard to the accuracy of assumptions underlying the projections. that involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in such forward-looking statements. Potential risks and uncertainties include, without limitation, Active Software's limited operating history, potential fluctuations in operating results, the company's substantial dependence on its ActiveWorks software products, uncertainties regarding the impact of the Year 2000 issue, the company's need to expand its sales and distribution channels, and the uncertain market acceptance of eBusiness integration software products. These and other risk factors are described in detail in the company's prospectus dated August 12, 1999 and in its other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Note to Editors: The Active Software logo, Active Software and ActiveWorks, are trademarks or registered trademarks of Active Software Inc. Portal, the Portal logo, and the Real-Time-No Limits tagline are trademarks of Portal Software, Inc. All other trademarks mentioned herein are the property of their respective owners. |
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