An Post Upgrades to Escher Group's Web-Based, Distributed Messaging and Content Management Solution.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 1, 2003 Ireland's national postal service postal service, arrangements made by a government for the transmission of letters, packages, and periodicals, and for related services. Early courier systems for government use were organized in the Persian Empire under Cyrus, in the Roman Empire, and in medieval reinforces commitment to Escher Group's counter automation solution with upgrade to WebRiposte(TM) Escher Group, Ltd., a leading provider of peer-to-peer messaging and data management solutions, today announced that An Post, the national postal service of Ireland, will be upgrading to WebRiposte(TM) for its counter automation system. For An Post, WebRiposte provides a clear migration path toward multi-channel applications. These applications can run seamlessly alongside existing Riposte ri·poste n. 1. Sports A quick thrust given after parrying an opponent's lunge in fencing. 2. A retaliatory action, maneuver, or retort. intr.v. (R) applications, but more importantly, they can be deployed beyond counter automation networks into other parts of the enterprise, and even into customer and partner organizations. WebRiposte is built upon the core-messaging infrastructure that has been deployed in the Riposte product line. With WebRiposte, customers maintain the benefits of a high-volume, fault-tolerant, distributed, transaction-processing platform while gaining support for open standards Specifications for hardware and software that are developed by a standards organization or a consortium involved in supporting a standard. Available to the public for developing compliant products, open standards imply "open systems;" that an existing component in a system can be replaced and a full set of XML-messaging and content delivery services See CDN. . "It was an easy decision. Since the launch of our Riposte-based counter automation system 10 years ago, we have achieved unprecedented volume increases for our counters business," said Eamonn Ryan, managing director of PostTS -- An Post Transaction Services. "We are confident that WebRiposte will provide the secure, reliable, cost-effective platform we need in order to continue this momentum as we embark on Verb 1. embark on - get off the ground; "Who started this company?"; "We embarked on an exciting enterprise"; "I start my day with a good breakfast"; "We began the new semester"; "The afternoon session begins at 4 PM"; "The blood shed started when the partisans future automation projects." An Post has been a customer of Escher Group since 1993, when it implemented Riposte throughout its retail network to automate post offices and link remote branches with central headquarters. In addition to providing mail services, An Post acts as a community hub by offering savings and investment products and processing utility and welfare payments, passports, and licenses. It is currently extending its service offerings to include banking, other 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. , and gift vouchers. "This year represents a milestone in Escher's history: we recently commemorated the 10th anniversary of our first Riposte installation, at An Post," said Michael J. Murphy, 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. of Escher Group. "The Irish postal service has accomplished a great deal with their counter automation system over the past decade, and we are honored by the confidence they have placed in us to take their business to the next level." About Escher Group, Ltd. Escher Group Limited is a leading provider of peer-to-peer messaging and data management solutions and services. The company offers a business-to-business, XML-based transaction management environment that is used in thousands of locations worldwide. Escher introduced Riposte(R)-- its flagship peer-to-peer messaging solution -- in 1993, and later extended the product's functionality with support for Internet-based applications when it launched WebRiposte(TM) in 2000. Today, the Riposte family of products has established Escher as the market leader in post office counter automation. The company is a proud sponsor of the MIT MIT - Massachusetts Institute of Technology Media Lab's "Things That Think Consortium," which researches advances in information technologies. In addition to its headquarters in Cambridge, Massachusetts This article is about the city of Cambridge in Massachusetts. For the English university town, see Cambridge, England. For other places, see Cambridge (disambiguation). Cambridge, Massachusetts is a city in the Greater Boston area of Massachusetts, United States. , Escher has offices in Dublin, London, and Singapore. Riposte and WebRiposte are trademarks or registered trademarks of Escher Group, Limited in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. and/or other countries. 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