Baan and Business@Web Extend Powerful Client/Server Business Applications Across the Internet.WATERTOWN, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 14, 1996--Baan Company, with U.S. headquarters in Menlo Park Menlo Park. 1 Residential city (1990 pop. 28,040), San Mateo co., W Calif.; inc. 1874. Electronic equipment and aerospace products are manufactured in the city. Menlo College and a Stanford Univ. research institute are there. 2 Uninc. , Calif., and Business@Web Inc. of Watertown, Mass., today announced a partnership under which the two companies will jointly develop and market Internet-enabled client/server application solutions, based on Business@Web's OpenScape line of strategic business solutions which leverage the Internet for mission-critical internal processes or external transactions, and Baan's TRITON family of applications and tools. This partnership, which includes pilot projects and seminars with Baan customers, leverages Baan's expertise in open, client/server-based enterprise resource planning See ERP. (application, business) Enterprise Resource Planning - (ERP) Any software system designed to support and automate the business processes of medium and large businesses. for manufacturing, distribution, finance, service, project and transportation industries. Business@Web's technology will enable Baan's TRITON customers to easily and cost-efficiently extend and enhance their current client/server and legacy computing systems via the Internet and private intranets. "Baan has always focused on helping companies enhance organizational responsiveness, accelerate product time-to-market, and improve their ability to innovate using client/server technology," stated Tom Tinsley, President and COO of Baan Company. "Our relationship with Business@Web gives Baan customers an immediate Internet solution that easily and quickly leverages their existing applications to enhance their competitiveness." "While many companies use the Web for marketing purposes, very few harness the Internet for mission-critical business processes," added Klaus P. Besier, chairman 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 Business@Web. "Our partnership with Baan enables TRITON customers to easily use the Internet for critical interactions with customers and partners." Under the partnership agreement, Baan's popular TRITON family of applications and tools will become "Internet-enabled," with the help of Business@Web's three-tier client/server A three-way interaction in a client/server environment, in which the user interface is stored in the client, the bulk of the business application logic is stored in one or more servers, and the data are stored in a database server. See client/server. , reusable re·use tr.v. re·used, re·us·ing, re·us·es To use again, especially after salvaging or special treatment or processing. re·us component software technology. The two companies will also work together on joint product development ventures and marketing projects, including educational seminars for Baan customers. In addition, Besier will keynote at Baan World, April 25 in Orlando, Florida The city of Orlando is a major city in central Florida and is the county seat of Orange County, Florida. According to the 2000 census, the city population was 185,951. A 2006 U.S. . About Baan Company Baan Company is a leading provider of open, client/server-based Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) An integrated information system that serves all departments within an enterprise. Evolving out of the manufacturing industry, ERP implies the use of packaged software rather than proprietary software written by or for one customer. ) software for manufacturing, distribution, finance, service, project, and transportation. Designed to enable multi-national, multi-site organizations to maintain a competitive advantage in the management of critical business processes, Baan's TRITON family of applications and tools provides rapid implementation, flexibility to accommodate changing needs and technologies, and scalability to support on-going business performance improvements. Baan and its partners provide implementation and customization services to more than 1,700 customers in more than 58 countries worldwide. The TRITON family supports multiple relational databases 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. and and is available in 25 languages. Founded in 1978, Baan operates from dual corporate headquarters in Ede, The Netherlands and Menlo Park, California Menlo Park is a city in San Mateo County, California in the United States of America. It is located at latitude 37°29' North, longitude 122°9' East. Menlo Park had 30,785 inhabitants as of the 2000 U.S. Census. , and has 1,500 employees worldwide. The company's shares are traded publicly on 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 (BAANF) and in Europe on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange
The Amsterdam Stock Exchange is the former name for the stock exchange based in Amsterdam. (BAAN). Baan's World Wide Web address is http://www.baan.com. About Business@Web Business@Web is the technology company that enables business customers to extend and enhance their current computing systems via the Internet. Business@Web's OpenScape line of software products provides a wide range of cost-effective solutions which leverage the Internet for mission-critical internal processes or external transactions. OpenScape is based on reusable software components which integrate multiple computing environments and existing systems, and provide maximum flexibility to organization adapting to rapidly changing markets. For additional information about Business@Web, call (617) 923-6500, send email to info@busweb.com, or access the company's World Wide Web site at http://www.busweb.com. CONTACT: Annette Shimada or Doug Sallen Baan Company Phone: (415) 462-4949 OR Oliver Churchill Business@Web Phone: (617) 923-6525; email: oliver@busweb.com |
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