AppWorx Standardizes on IONA's Orbix E2A Web Services Integration Platform to Power Enterprise Workload Management Solutions.Business/Technology Editors WALTHAM, Mass. and BELLEVUE, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 29, 2002 IONA 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. Technology to Streamline Information Transfer Within Solutions Utilizing Numerous Applications IONA(R), the leading e-Business Platform provider for Web Services Integration (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on : IONA), today announced that AppWorx Corporation, a leader in enterprise scheduling and application automation solutions, will use IONA's Orbix E2A E2A End to Anywhere (Orbix platform) (TM) Web Services Integration Platform to streamline information exchange within AppWorx's enterprise scheduling solutions. AppWorx's enterprise scheduling and application automation solutions manage business processes and data processing data processing or information processing, operations (e.g., handling, merging, sorting, and computing) performed upon data in accordance with strictly defined procedures, such as recording and summarizing the financial transactions of a requirements within companies across multiple applications to optimize IT efficiency. AppWorx will use Web services supported by IONA's Orbix E2A to power its enterprise automation and scheduling solutions, enabling efficient batch information transfer and integration that can incorporate any application based on any computing platform See platform. . "Today's environment creates a perpetual challenge for the computer services Data processing (timesharing, batch processing), software development and consulting services. See service bureau, SaaS and ASP. department and end users; to drive applications in a cohesive and controlled manner in order to deliver further efficiency gains and increased effectiveness. Applications should operate according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the current business conditions and with as little manual input as possible. Manual input is the most common point of failure and the biggest culprit for wasting time in any IT process," said Charles Wilson, Vice President of Worldwide Sales at AppWorx. "IONA's Orbix E2A Web Services Integration Platform will allow our customers to seamlessly connect their internal systems as part of our scheduling solutions," said Wilson. "IONA's platform was easily incorporated into the AppWorx framework because of our companies mutual commitment to standards, and will mean direct benefit for our customers." "Companies are deploying enterprise applications that run on numerous and incompatible systems, which is advantageous for business purposes but presents complicated integration issues," said Bob Sandie, vice president of global alliances for IONA. "Orbix E2A Web Services Integration Platform will allow AppWorx to deliver enterprise scheduling solutions that inherently facilitate the transfer of information among separate systems. In the end, the result is an even more flexible, extendable environment for application scheduling." Orbix E2A - the Next Generation of Services-Oriented Integration Solutions The Orbix E2A Web Services Integration Platform, announced in November 2001, is a complete enterprise-class business-to-business and enterprise application integration solution. The first 100% standards-based, services-oriented Web Services Integration platform, IONA Orbix E2A provides the tools and the management services required for reliable, scalable, and secure dynamic data exchange, business process automation, and composite applications. The Orbix E2A Web Services Integration Platform is available in three editions: XMLBus, Partner and Collaborate. The Orbix E2A Application Server Platform is the most deployed, heterogeneous application server in the industry. Orbix E2A Application Server Platform combines the scalability of CORBA (Common Object Request Broker Architecture) A software-based interface from the Object Management Group (OMG) that allows software modules (objects) to communicate with each other no matter where they are located on a private network or the global and the productivity of J2EE (Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition) A platform from Sun for building distributed enterprise applications. J2EE services are performed in the middle tier between the user's machine and the enterprise's databases and legacy information systems. , with Web services standards. The Orbix E2A Application Server Platform provides the management services required for reliable, scalable, and secure applications. The Orbix E2A Application Server Platform is available in three editions: J2EE Technology, Standard and Enterprise. IONA's Orbix E2A product lines benefits from the company's commitment to open standards. IONA is an active member of the Web Services Interoperability The Web Services Interoperability Organization (WS-I) is an industry consortium chartered to promote interoperability amongst the stack of web services specifications. (WS-I (Web Services Interoperability Organization, www.ws-i.org) A consortium founded by Microsoft, IBM, BEA Systems and Intel that is dedicated to the development of Web services. Its goals are to provide guidance and education, to promote interoperability and to ensure that Web services ) Organization and the SOAPBuilders Forum--independent organizations dedicated to the promotion and interoperability of Web services standards. IONA recently hosted the SOAPBuilders Interoperability Lab Round III at its Waltham, MA headquarters. At the event, IONA's Orbix E2A XMLBus demonstrated superior support and interoperability across WSDL (Web Services Description Language) An XML-based language for defining Web services. Developed by Microsoft and IBM, WSDL describes the protocols and formats used by the service. and with all SOAP encoding styles. IONA is also an active member of other industry standards bodies including the W3C (World Wide Web Consortium, www.w3.org) An international industry consortium founded in 1994 by Tim Berners-Lee to develop standards for the Web. It is hosted in the U.S. by the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) at MIT (www.csail.mit.edu/index.php). , OASIS, OMG (1) See Object Management Group. (2) "Oh my God!" See digispeak. OMG - Object Management Group , RosettaNet, and UCCnet. About AppWorx Corporation AppWorx Corporation is a leading provider of innovative enterprise scheduling products that have automated application business processes, improved efficiency, and significantly reduced IT operating expenses Operating expenses The amount paid for asset maintenance or the cost of doing business, excluding depreciation. Earnings are distributed after operating expenses are deducted. for over 400 corporations worldwide. AppWorx revolutionary technology and expertise in optimizing software application processing allows organizations worldwide to automate their application business processes across applications and platforms encompassing the entire enterprise. For more information visit our website at www.appworx.com or call toll free at 1.877.APPWORX or +44 (0)1293 874400 in the U.K. About IONA IONA is the leading e-Business Platform provider for Web Services Integration with more than 4,500 customers worldwide. IONA Orbix E2A(TM), which consists of the award-winning Orbix E2A Web Services Integration Platform and Orbix E2A Application Server Platform, enables the flow of information across disparate systems and the liberation of application assets for new business opportunities. Founded in 1991, IONA(R) (NASDAQ: IONA) is headquartered in Dublin, Ireland, with U.S. headquarters in Waltham, Massachusetts. The company had revenues of $181 million in 2001 and employs more than 800 people in more than 30 offices worldwide. For additional information about IONA, visit our Web site at http://www.iona.com. IONA, IONA Technologies, the IONA logo, Orbix, E2A, End 2 Anywhere, End To Anywhere, Orbix E2A, IONA E2A, IONA e-Business Platform, iPortal Application Server, SureTrack, IONA XMLBus, Adaptive Runtime Technology, Orbacus, Orbix/E, IONA University and Total Business Integration are trademarks or registered trademarks of IONA Technologies PLC and/or its subsidiaries. Java and J2EE are trademarks or registered trademarks of Sun Microsystems, Inc in the United States and other countries. CORBA is a trademark or registered trademark of the Object Management Group, Inc in the U.S. and other countries. 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