Bind Systems Launches The First Business Collaboration Platform Supporting ebXML at JavaOne 2001.Business Editors & High-Tech Writers SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 6, 2001 Bind Systems Ltd, www.bindsys.com, a software products company providing Open 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. based technology, announced the launch of its BindPartner Business Collaboration Platform An emerging category of computer software, collaboration platforms are unified electronic platforms that support synchronous and asynchronous communication through a variety of devices and channels. at the JavaOne Conference in San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden today. The BindPartner platform delivers a business centric environment for developing, executing and managing inter-enterprise collaborative business processes. "BindPartner's support for key Web service standards enables businesses to reap the benefits of open, dynamic electronic collaboration, while also protecting their existing and future IT investment." said Colm Caffrey, Chief Executive Officer at Bind Systems. The BindPartner platform supports business collaboration over the Internet based on emerging standards including ebXML, WSDL/SOAP and UDDI (Universal Description, Discovery and Integration) An industry initiative for a universal business registry (catalog) of Web services turned over to the stewardship of OASIS in 2002 as the version 3 specification of UDDI was released. , and provides a process-oriented approach to business integration. Integration with existing internal business systems is facilitated through BindPartner's Java(tm), EJB (Enterprise JavaBeans) A software component in Sun's J2EE platform, which provides a pure Java environment for developing and running distributed applications. EJBs are written as software modules that contain the business logic of the application. and JMS (Java Messaging Service) A programming interface (API) from Sun for connecting Java programs to messaging middleware such as IBM's MQSeries and TIBCO's Rendezvous. JMS is part of Sun's J2EE platform. See J2EE. JMS - Java Message Service adapters. "Sun is a strong supporter of ebXML as a key enabling standard for open Web services," said Bill Smith, Director of Technology Development, Sun Microsystems Sun Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ: JAVA[3]) is an American vendor of computers, computer components, computer software, and information-technology services, founded on 24 February 1982. . "Bind Systems positions itself as an innovator in B2B (Business to Business) Refers to one business communicating with or selling to another. See B2B e-commerce, B2C and B2G. B2B - business to business Web services by providing early access to products in this space, based on the Java(tm) 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition." "BindPartner delivers on the promise of the open, dynamic and interoperable computing model represented by the Web services architecture" explained David O'Riordan, Chief Architect at Bind Systems. "The platform supports the full lifecycle of business collaboration solutions, including process modelling, service composition, integration and deployment." BindPartner will be on display all this week at booth #1503 in the JavaOne Pavilion as part of a combined Bind Systems and Sun Microsystems Web services demonstration. The BindPartner Early Access release is freely available for download from the company's web site. The product is a fully compliant J2EE application and is available on the Linux, Solaris and MS Windows 2000/NT platforms. For more information please contact bpEA@bindsys.com About Bind Systems Bind Systems is Enabling Business Collaboration using the latest open Web Services standards. Bind Systems flagship product, BindPartner, is a Java(tm) and XML based Business Collaboration Platform. BindPartner allows companies to develop cooperative, electronic business relationships with partner businesses. The company is privately held and is headquartered in Dublin, Ireland. Copyright (C) 2001 Bind Systems Ltd. All rights reserved. All trademarks contained herein are the property of their respective owners. |
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