B2eMarkets Chooses Informative Graphics Corp.'s Brava! For Viewing and Collaboration in its Strategic eSourcing Management Solution.Business/Hi-Tech Editors PHOENIX & ROCKVILLE, Md.,--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 30, 2000 Partnership Enables Customers to Securely View, Edit and Share Documents and Drawings Using Any Standard Web Browser The program that serves as your front end to the Web on the Internet. In order to view a site, you type its address (URL) into the browser's Location field; for example, www.computerlanguage.com, and the home page of that site is downloaded to you. Informative Graphics Corp., a leading provider of Web-based view, mark-up and collaboration for drawings, documents and images, and B2eMarkets, the developer of the first self-service intelligent eSourcing solution in the eProcurement market, today announced a dynamic partnership that will perfect eSourcing management for the procurement The fancy word for "purchasing." The procurement department within an organization manages all the major purchases. professional. B2eMarkets serves as a leading Web-based collaboration center, empowering Global 1000 organizations with the ability to manage eMarkets directly from their desktop. B2eMarkets' Strategic eSourcing Management (SeSM(TM)) solution enables procurement professionals to institutionalize in·sti·tu·tion·a·lize v. To place a person in the care of an institution, especially one providing care for the disabled or mentally ill. in strategic sourcing processes and create the best total cost purchase agreements. Through the deployment of Brava bra·va interj. Used to express approval of a woman, especially for a performance. n. A shout or cry of "brava." [Italian, feminine of bravo, bravo; see bravo1.] !(TM), B2eMarkets will now enable suppliers and procurement professionals to view project-related documents and drawings using any standard Web browser. Documents and drawings will be stored on B2eMarkets' servers and delivered to user desktops in a small Java applet A Java program that is downloaded from the server and run from the browser. The Java Virtual Machine built into the browser is interpreting the instructions. Contrast with Java application. . By delivering the SeSM solution using the ASP model, B2eMarkets eliminates software installations and desktop file transfers, ensuring desktop simplification and protecting intellectual property. Registered users will save document alterations to the server over the Web, making them available to other registered project members for review and comment. The integration permits design or documentation changes to be associated and managed over the Web. In addition, metadata (1) (meta-data) Data that describes other data. The term may refer to detailed compilations such as data dictionaries and repositories that provide a substantial amount of information about each data element. information is retrievable through the integration to build customized watermarks and banners for document status information. Since Brava! does not transfer the actual file to the client for display, the combined solution creates a secure solution for supply and project collaboration activity over the Web. "With B2eMarkets' well-established, innovative presence in the eSourcing market, this agreement marks a great triumph for Informative Graphics(R) and eSourcing management," said Gary Heath, Informative Graphics 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. and President. "Their selection of Brava!, based on the product's features and functionality, makes for a perfect match between our companies' goals, the current state of technology and the needs of the marketplace." "By incorporating Brava!, B2eMarkets is able to further meet the collaborative needs of our clients," said Orville Bailey, CEO of B2eMarkets. "Adding the ability to easily and securely view and collaborate on documents within the SeSM solution is another step forward in our continuous effort to improve the sourcing process for both buyers and suppliers." About Informative Graphics Informative Graphics Corp., based in Phoenix, Ariz., is the leading manufacturer of commercial software products for the information viewing process. The company has been developing software for national and international end-users, OEMs and systems integrators An individual or organization that builds systems from a variety of diverse components. With increasing complexity of technology, more customers want complete solutions to information problems, requiring hardware, software and networking expertise in a multivendor environment. since 1986. Informative Graphics maintains a home page on the World Wide Web at www.infograph.com. About B2eMarkets B2eMarkets has developed the first end-to-end, intelligent eSourcing application that allows buyers to negotiate the lowest total cost for purchased goods and services In economics, economic output is divided into physical goods and intangible services. Consumption of goods and services is assumed to produce utility (unless the "good" is a "bad"). It is often used when referring to a Goods and Services Tax. . B2eMarkets' Strategic eSourcing Management (SeSM) solution is embedded Inserted into. See embedded system. with a proven sourcing methodology, content, and coaching to capture, retain, and share sourcing information. With the SeSM solution, buyers can research supply markets, create multi-variable RFQs, and manage Multi-round Private Offer and reverse auction eNegotiations. B2eMarkets, Inc., 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. headquartered in Rockville, MD. For more information, visit www.B2eMarkets.com Note to Editors: Informative Graphics and MYRIAD are registered trademarks, and Brava! is a trademark, of Informative Graphics Corporation. All other names are property of their respective owners. |
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