Announcing Unique Internet-based EDI Solution; ECom/EDI and OpenPath Software Inc. Partner to Provide Unique Approach to EDI.IRVINE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 2, 1998--The ECom/EDI Company has partnered with OpenPath Software Inc. in the development of Paragon-Net, the newest in electronic-data-interchange (EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) The electronic communication of business transactions, such as orders, confirmations and invoices, between organizations. Third parties provide EDI services that enable organizations with different equipment to connect. ) software. Paragon-Net is a secure Internet-based EDI system that instantly synchronizes documents between multiple trading partners, allowing companies to provide Web-based access to business documents; connecting internal departments, external sites, suppliers and trading partners; and will begin shipping by the end of September 1998. Paragon-Net will take advantage of the growing trend in Internet-based EDI by using the Paragon EDI database and database-mapping technology for the translation and storage of EDI data. Paragon-Net will be demonstrated at e-Business World in Boston, booth No. 2199. The partnership will leverage OpenPath Software's strengths in electronic commerce and data exchange in addition to its sales channels in Asia. "OpenPath Software and ECom/EDI together will offer a powerful product for the Internet Internet Publicly accessible computer network connecting many smaller networks from around the world. It grew out of a U.S. Defense Department program called ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network), established in 1969 with connections between computers at the EDI market, and expand our international distributorship," said Chris Curione, vice president of sales and marketing for ECom/EDI. "Taking advantage of the Internet for EDI transactions is an obvious step in pursuing lower costs and increased efficiencies. With OpenPath Software's secure OpenPath DataX Internet transport and ECom/EDI's unique open database EDI systems, our companies will provide a superior Internet EDI system." OpenPath DataX, OpenPath Software's data-flow-management system, focuses on business-to-business electronic commerce, supply-chain management, ISP (1) See in-system programmable. (2) (Internet Service Provider) An organization that provides access to the Internet. Connection to the user is provided via dial-up, ISDN, cable, DSL and T1/T3 lines. storefront services and data exchange between company and mobile/regional sales forces. ECom/EDI's Paragon technology gives direct connectivity to key database systems like Oracle, Sybase, SQL Server An earlier relational DBMS from Sybase and from Microsoft. Sybase introduced SQL Server in 1988 for various Unix versions. In that same year, with help from IBM, Sybase created an OS/2 version that Microsoft licensed and branded as Microsoft SQL Server. and ODBC (Open DataBase Connectivity) A database programming interface from Microsoft that provides a common language for Windows applications to access databases on a network. without the use of a flat file. This allows for seamless management of application data to and from EDI format. Together, OpenPath DataX and Paragon-Net will provide exceptional functionality and easy-to-use Internet EDI solutions. Dr. Wei-Jyh Lin, vice president, research and development, for OpenPath Software, stated: "We are very pleased to partner with ECom/EDI to provide Paragon-Net, enabling business partners to exchange EDI documents over the Internet without the expensive EDI development and document transmission costs. This has a tremendous impact on business-to-business electronic commerce such as supply- chain management. "Paragon-Net complements OpenPath DataX, which provides an infrastructure for exchanging data among business partners without programming," continued Lin. "With Paragon-Net and OpenPath DataX, an enterprise can easily build a Web-based business in weeks, instead of months or years with alternative products. Paragon, Paragon-Net and OpenPath DataX are simply the best tools for implementing business-to- business e-commerce e-commerce, commerce conducted over the Internet, most often via the World Wide Web. E-commerce can apply to purchases made through the Web or to business-to-business activities such as inventory transfers. ." OpenPath Software, based in Taiwan, will provide technical expertise and application development for the secure transfer of EDI information over the Web. OpenPath Software will also become a value- added reseller An organization that sells hardware and software to the general public. Resellers purchase products from software publishers and hardware manufacturers. for ECom/EDI's suite of software products in Taiwan and throughout Asia. About OpenPath Software OpenPath Software has a worldwide presence with U.S. headquarters in Pomona, Calif., and offices in Japan, Malaysia and Taiwan, and product distribution worldwide. OpenPath Software also offers consulting and development services to companies that require sophisticated and reliable client/server or Internet applications. OpenPath Software is located at 3191 Temple Ave AVE Avenue AVE Average AVE Alta Velocidad Espanola (train between Madrid and Seville) AVE Alta Velocidad Española (Spanish: High Speed Train) AVE Audio Video Entertainment AVE Advertising Value Equivalent ., Suite 210, Pomona, Calif. 91768. For more information, visit http://www.openpath.com, or e-mail to: main@openpath.com. About ECom/EDI The ECom/EDI Company is a privately held company privately held company A firm whose shares are held within a relatively small circle of owners and are not traded publicly. with more than 12 years of direct experience in relational database relational database Database in which all data are represented in tabular form. The description of a particular entity is provided by the set of its attribute values, stored as one row or record of the table, called a tuple. EDI and electronic-commerce applications. Product offerings include a low-end PC program that acts as a "spoke" in the EDI trading partner relationship and a high-end "hub" application for Windows 95/NT, UNIX UNIX Operating system for digital computers, developed by Ken Thompson of Bell Laboratories in 1969. It was initially designed for a single user (the name was a pun on the earlier operating system Multics). and VMS (1) (Virtual Memory System) A multiuser, multitasking, virtual memory operating system for the VAX series from Digital. VMS applications run on any VAX from the MicroVAX to the largest unit. See OpenVMS. platforms. ECom/EDI has an international installed client base of more than 100 large and small companies in industries such as aerospace, manufacturing, banking and retail. The ECom/EDI Company is located at 16842 Von Karman, Suite 400C, Irvine, Calif. 92606. For more information, visit www.ecomedi.com, or e-mail ccurione@ecomedi.com. CONTACT: OpenPath Software Inc. 909/594-5815 909/594-5816 (fax) www.openpath.com or Independent Marketing Pamela Jacques, 626/821-1885 626/821-1889 (fax) pajacques@earthlink.net |
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