Bluestone Energizes Amerigas Propane With Comprehensive, Standards-based E-Business Foundation; Bluestone Total-e-BusinessTM to Power Mission-Critical Applications for Leading Propane Retailer.Business Editors PHILADELPHIA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 4, 2000 Bluestone bluestone, common name for the blue, crystalline heptahydrate of cupric sulfate called chalcanthite, a minor ore of copper. It also refers to a fine-grained, light to dark colored blue-gray sandstone. (R)Software, Inc. (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 : BLSW), a leader in business-to-Web and wireless technologies, announced that AmeriGas Partners, L.P. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : APU APU Azusa Pacific University APU Auxiliary Power Unit APU Alaska Pacific University APU Asia Pacific University (Japan) APU American Public University APU Anglia Polytechnic University (Chelmsford) ) has selected Bluestone's Total-e-Business(TM)platform as the business-to-business (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 ) infrastructure for transforming its mission-critical applications to a three-tier, Java-based architecture. AmeriGas is one of the nation's largest retail propane propane, CH3CH2CH3, colorless, gaseous alkane. It is readily liquefied by compression and cooling. It melts at −189.9°C; and boils at −42.2°C;. providers, operating from approximately 600 locations in 46 states. Bluestone Total-e-B2B(TM) is the business Integration Server edition of Bluestone's comprehensive, J2EE- and XML-based Total-e-Business platform. The first application targeted for completion using the Bluestone infrastructure is a field operations system that manages 2,000 trucks and drivers delivering propane to businesses and homes nationwide. Using Total-e-B2B, AmeriGas will link into an existing legacy field operations system, while providing new capabilities that will enable more efficient delivery and improved customer service. Total-e-Business also is enabling rapid development and deployment of new applications, while allowing AmeriGas to leverage its investment in custom-developed legacy software. The Bluestone system provides complete compliance with industry standards, ensuring platform independence for AmeriGas and avoiding the technological obsolescence ob·so·les·cent adj. 1. Being in the process of passing out of use or usefulness; becoming obsolete. 2. Biology Gradually disappearing; imperfectly or only slightly developed. associated with proprietary solutions. It ensures that AmeriGas will have the expansion headroom head·room n. 1. Space above one's head, as in a motor vehicle, above a doorway, or in a tunnel; clearance. 2. Electronics Dynamic headroom. needed to meet future growth requirements, and will enable AmeriGas to cost-effectively interchange data in real-time over the Internet with field offices and business partners. "As a market leader, Bluestone always appears on the short list of top Application and Integration Server providers," said Dom Daniele, director of business systems for AmeriGas. "Especially because of its strict adherence to industry standards, scalability, and relatively short implementation cycle, Bluestone was the ideal strategic e-business infrastructure for both our near- and long-term application development projects." Added Andre Pino, senior vice president of marketing for Bluestone Software, "Like AmeriGas, many well-established companies are facing the challenge of extending their legacy applications to a Web-enabled environment. Bluestone offers the most versatile solution, while providing next-generation tools and allowing companies like AmeriGas to reap the benefits of our J2EE- and XML-based Internet Operating Environment In computing, an operating environment is the environment in which users run programs, whether in a command line interface, such as in MS-DOS or the Unix shell, or in a graphical user interface, such as in the Macintosh operating system. (TM), the foundational architecture that underpins Bluestone's e-business platform." Easy Integration with Legacy Systems is Key A critical consideration in the selection of Bluestone Total-e-Business was the flexibility provided to integrate custom-developed VAX/VMS-based applications and the ability to run on multiple platforms Refers to two or more operating environments, which typically include the CPU family and operating system. For example, if versions of a program run on Windows and the Macintosh, the software is said to support multiple platforms. . In developing the new field operations system, AmeriGas will link into an existing VMS-based application, as well as new applications. Eventually, AmeriGas plans to extend application access out to the field, further improving the timeliness and efficiency of propane delivery. "Bluestone is enabling AmeriGas to more easily develop and distribute thin-client applications. Because Bluestone provides a high level of interoperability The capability of two or more hardware devices or two or more software routines to work harmoniously together. For example, in an Ethernet network, display adapters, hubs, switches and routers from different vendors must conform to the Ethernet standard and interoperate with each other. , it is an ideal application development environment for anchoring both custom development and development targeted at application integration. With Bluestone as a foundation, we can leverage the capabilities of the Internet while moving to a lower cost of ownership over our entire software lifecycle," added Daniele. "The completeness of Bluestone's product offering, as well as its impressive, standards-based architecture, made us very confident in our decision." About AmeriGas Propane AmeriGas Partners, L.P. is one of the nation's largest propane marketers, operating from approximately 600 district locations in 46 states. UGI UGI abbr. upper gastrointestinal (as in series) Corp. (NYSE: UGI) through subsidiaries owns 58% of the partnership and individual unitholders own the remaining 42%. About Bluestone Software Bluestone(R) Software, Inc. is a leader in business-to-Web and wireless technologies. Companies deploying e-business applications, like Avnet, Food.com, Hewlett-Packard, Planalytics, Reliance National, SGI (SGI, Sunnyvale, CA, www.sgi.com) A manufacturer of workstations and servers, founded in 1982 by Jim Clark. The company was founded as Silicon Graphics, Inc., but changed to its acronym in 1999. , and Time Inc., rely on Bluestone's Total-e-Business(TM) platform to provide comprehensive e-business platforms, Internet-class infrastructures, and robust integration services that e-business success demands. Bluestone is headquartered at 300 Stevens Drive, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19113-1597. For more information, please call 888-Bluestone or 610-915-5000, email info@bluestone.com, or visit http://www.bluestone.com Bluestone is a registered trademark, and Total-e-Business, Total-e-B2B and Internet Operating Environment are trademarks of Bluestone Software, Inc. All other names, brands or products may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners. Certain statements in this press release constitute forward-looking statements forward-looking statement A projected financial statement based on management expectations. A forward-looking statement involves risks with regard to the accuracy of assumptions underlying the projections. as such term is defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (PSLRA) implemented several significant substantive changes affecting certain cases brought under the federal securities laws, including changes related to pleading, discovery, liability, class representation and awards fees and of 1995. Forward looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors, including those contained in Bluestone's publicly filed reports with the Securities and Exchange Commission, which may cause Bluestone's actual results, performance, or achievements or those of its customers or its industry to be materially different from the future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by these forward looking statements. Specifically, the Company's beliefs with respect to the business opportunities presented by e-business and the Company's ability to profitably market and deploy its product solutions may prove to be inaccurate. In light of the significant uncertainties inherent in these forward looking statements, the information in this press release should not be considered a representation by the Company or any other person that Bluestone's objectives and plans will be achieved. |
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