BHR Software Introduces the First Java-Enabled Business Information System Solution; Info.Net Provides Organizations with a Secure Integrated System that Runs on the Internet/Intranet.SAN JOSE San Jose, city, United States San Jose (sănəzā`, săn hōzā`), city (1990 pop. 782,248), seat of Santa Clara co., W central Calif.; founded 1777, inc. 1850. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 28, 1996--BHR Software, a leading provider of information systems, today announced BHR BHR Bahrain (ISO Country code) BHR Birmingham Hip Resurfacing (Smith & Nephew) BHR Bureau for Humanitarian Response (USAID) BHR Bronchial Hyper Reactivity Info.Net, the most complete Internet-enabled business information system which can be implemented as a corporate intranet solution or outsourced to BHR Software and used via the Internet. BHR Info.Net is an integrated suite of Java-enabled business applications designed for manufacturing and distribution companies. BHR Info.Net is an open client/server system that exploits the full potential of integrating enabling Internet technologies with a mature, market tested suite of business applications to offer cost effective on-line information systems solutions. BHR Info.Net addresses the full spectrum of manufacturing needs, from repetitive to configure-to-order and supports process, batch process and make-to-stock environments. The high performance modular product family features rapid deployment, multimedia training, and full security. In both, intranet and Internet environments, BHR Info.Net creates a 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. on the client that communicates with the server application via a TCP/IP TCP/IP in full Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol Standard Internet communications protocols that allow digital computers to communicate over long distances. network to perform database tasks. Users can access all their data by using standard Internet browsers like Netscape Navigator An earlier Web browser for Windows, Macintosh and X Windows from Netscape that provided secure transmission over the Internet. Soon after its introduction in 1994, Navigator, or just "Netscape," as it was commonly called, quickly became the leading browser on the Web. and Microsoft Explorer. In order to maximize network performance and system response time, very small amounts of data are sent back and forth between clients and servers, the Java applets present data to the user while the applications run on a server, allowing companies to use "thin clients" based on any platform (PC, Mac, 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). , or Network Computer (NC)). "BHR Info.Net is the first Java-enabled information system and it is immediately available," said John Byrnes, president of BHR Software. "It is built on an extremely robust and proven architecture, which has years in the market and many satisfied customers. BHR Info.Net provides a company's customers, suppliers, business partners and employees with authorized, scalable, and secure Internet access See how to access the Internet. to corporate information," said Byrnes. "By providing my suppliers with direct Internet access to our information system through BHR Info.Net, they, in turn, have total visibility to demand driven inventory needs based on customer purchase orders," said Jim Root, Ungo Securities. "They access real-time data Real-time data denotes information that is delivered immediately after collection. There is no delay in the timeliness of the information provided. Some uses of this term confuse it with the term dynamic data. over the Internet that will effectively reduce occurrences of inventory shortages and overages," said Root. BHR Info.Net Benefits: Cost Effective System: BHR Software offers BHR Info.Net directly and indirectly with BHR Software certified system integrators and VARs, and through a unique outsourcing service called Web IS. Web IS enables customers to access BHR Info.Net's applications through BHR Software's Web site, allowing full use of the system without heavy up front investment in hardware and software. Customers only use the applications they need and are charged 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. their monthly usage of the system. Rapid Implementation: To facilitate rapid deployment, BHR Software offers the "Fast Track Deployment Program," a project management system that plans and tracks all tasks to be accomplished in order to get the system up and running. Through Fast Track, customers can be up and running with BHR Info.Net in under 120 days. Full Security: BHR Software provides its customers with 99 levels of system security, at the server, to prohibit unauthorized access to data and applications, as well as SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) The leading security protocol on the Internet. Developed by Netscape, SSL is widely used to do two things: to validate the identity of a Web site and to create an encrypted connection for sending credit card and other personal data. (Secure Socket Layer) browser based encryption technologies. Minimal Consulting Requirements: BHR Software offers a CD based multimedia training system to train and educate its customers. The CD, called Teacher, extensively covers all BHR Info.Net's features and functions by using both audio and visual elements that guide the user through each application and educates the user on additional functions that are impacted by their input. In addition, all customers receive complete documentation. BHR Software also offers expert consulting services for any custom development or training that customers may require. Application Modules BHR Info.Net consists of more than 350 business applications with drill-down capabilities and thousands of reports grouped into the following financial and manufacturing modules: -0-
1. Inventory Control 8. Sales Order Management/
Shipping
2. Bill of Materials 9. Accounts Payable
3. Purchasing/Receiving 10. Accounts Receivable
4. Production Management 11. General Ledger
5. Cost Accounting 12. Budgeting
6. Master Production Schedule 13. Project Tracking
7. Material Requirements 14. Warehouse Control/
Planning (MRP) Distribution
-0- BHR Info.Net's core architecture consists of a set of tools for building enterprise-wide software applications that handle report writing, screen generating, database access, 99 levels of system security and a full library of business functions. The system, written in the ANSI C, SQL SQL in full Structured Query Language. Computer programming language used for retrieving records or parts of records in databases and performing various calculations before displaying the results. and Java languages, is designed in a layered methodology for easy data input from outside sources and data transfer to other systems. The layers include: user interface that supports SQL inquiry and report writer, applications layer, database interface layer and database layer. Pricing and Availability BHR Info.Net is immediately available and can be purchased on a concurrent user basis directly through BHR Software or authorized resellers; leased through authorized leasing partners; or outsourced through Web IS. A corporate intranet implementation starts at $2,875 per concurrent user. An outsourced Internet implementation averages $1,000 per month and is based on transaction usage (monthly fee includes warranties, software updates and upgrades, and system administration assistance). All BHR applications run on both, Info.Net's optimized C-Scribe and Informix relational database management systems See DBMS for a shorter list of “typical”, representative database management systems. Open-source software
OSF - Open Software Foundation . BHR Software Background BHR Software 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. and is poised to lead the Internet-enabled information systems market. BHR Software's flagship product, the BHR Info.Net business information system, incorporates Internet/intranet technologies to provide customers with high performance modular software that can be implemented as a corporate intranet solution or outsourced to BHR Software and used via the Internet. Headquartered in San Jose, Calif., BHR Software was founded in 1992 as part of an acquisition of Unisyn. BHR Info.Net's applications are currently used by over 1,000 users in discrete and process manufacturing and distribution companies with annual revenues ranging from $2 to $300 million. BHR Software's customers include Ungo Security, a Division of Clarion Corporation; American Educational Products; and Sterling Tube, a Division of IT&T. BHR Software can be found on the Internet at http://www.bhrsofware.com CONTACT: BHR Software Doug Jones, 408/882-0680 or Price Public Relations public relations, activities and policies used to create public interest in a person, idea, product, institution, or business establishment. By its nature, public relations is devoted to serving particular interests by presenting them to the public in the most Julia Price/Caroline Carmagnol, 415/373-1515 caroline@pricepr.com |
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