Bowstreet Technology Provides Easy Portal Development for $20 Billion London Rail Project; New Partnership with NetInfo Ltd Results in Deal With Crossrail.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers TEWKSBURY, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 4, 2004 Bowstreet(TM), a leading provider of development tools for adaptive J2EE applications, announced today that Crossrail, the company responsible for developing a $20 billion railway infrastructure under London, has selected Bowstreet Portlet A small window on a portal page. Portlet technology allows a portal page to be customized more quickly either internally by the development team or by the end user. Portlet technology can come as an adjunct to a portal server or as optional interfaces to ERP applications. Factory. This customer win came on the heels of a recent partner agreement with NetInfo Ltd. NetInfo, a leading IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) business partner delivering enterprise information portal See corporate portal. solutions to the UK marketplace, is Bowstreet's first European business partner and will deliver Bowstreet Portlet Factory to Crossrail. Crossrail commissioned NetInfo to 'portalize' its IBM Lotus Domino Lotus Domino is an IBM server product that provides enterprise-grade e-mail, collaboration capabilities, and custom application platform. Domino began life as Lotus Notes Server, the server component of Lotus Development Corporation's client-server messaging technology. (a) applications with Bowstreet Portlet Factory for IBM WebSphere(a) software. Crossrail will use Bowstreet Portlet Factory to create an employee productivity portal to disseminate a large amount of information currently stored in disparate databases. This information portal will be used by 200 employees initially and will eventually be expanded to thousands of users. "At Crossrail we have silos of experts working in their own applications. We decided to use WebSphere Portal(a) to provide universal access to this information, and we needed a way to develop portlets to tie in our Domino and other legacy data systems. Since we weren't familiar with Bowstreet's capabilities, we gave them our hardest Domino application as a proof-of-concept. Not only did they quickly prove their ability to develop role-based portlets, they came back with a more user-friendly implementation of the application," said Michael Pincher, head of information systems, Crossrail. "Crossrail is also developing a portal implementation methodology for deploying portals in the government sector, and Bowstreet Portlet Factory is an important component. We are confident we made the right decision in selecting WebSphere Portal and Bowstreet Portlet Factory." Bowstreet Portlet Factory extends existing Domino applications and data to WebSphere Portal with easy-to-use, graphical tools for automating the creation, customization, and maintenance of Domino portlets for WebSphere Portal. Users can create these portlets without writing any Java code or learning the Domino or WebSphere Java APIs There are three types of Java Programming Language Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) :
"Working with IBM WebSphere software, Bowstreet Portlet Factory can help organizations transform their core business processes to become sophisticated e-businesses," said Steve Smith, director of WebSphere, northern EMEA (Europe, Middle East, Africa) Refers to that region of the world. For example, one might see products packaged differently for the UK, EMEA and Asia Pacific markets. , IBM Software Group. "Furthermore, with Bowstreet Portlet Factory's RAD features, clients are able to develop custom portlets at a fraction of the current cost." Bowstreet's recent agreement with NetInfo enables its sales force to resell Bowstreet Portlet Factory in conjunction with WebSphere Portal, deliver portal-based solutions, and develop customized portlets. NetInfo will resell Bowstreet Portlet Factory for WebSphere in Europe to accelerate the development of customized J2EE (Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition) A platform from Sun for building distributed enterprise applications. J2EE services are performed in the middle tier between the user's machine and the enterprise's databases and legacy information systems. portlets for WebSphere Portal. "Integrating Bowstreet Portlet Factory with WebSphere Portal can help accelerate our customers' ability to develop, deploy, manage, and maintain highly adaptive portal applications that change as quickly as their businesses do," said Jonathon Bradshaw, general manager, NetInfo. "We are pleased with the quick traction we have already started to see in Europe. Crossrail is a great example of a successful WebSphere Portal customer, that is now looking to extend and customize that portal with Bowstreet," said Michael George, president 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. , Bowstreet. "Developing a strong partner network with companies like NetInfo will be key to our success throughout Europe and the UK." "Together NetInfo, with the IBM WebSphere Portal product, and Bowstreet deliver an unsurpassed portal solution coupled with the ability to rapidly create and deploy customized portlets," continued Bradshaw. "We have long enjoyed working with IBM and now, with Bowstreet, we can help our customers address the specific challenges of ongoing portlet development as part of the overall IBM solution." About Crossrail Crossrail was established to promote and develop direct rail links across London to safeguard the long-term economic prosperity of the Capital. These vital links will meet the needs of people and businesses throughout the South East, and ensure that London continues in its role as Europe's leading financial and business center. The formation of Crossrail by Transport for London Not to be confused with Transport in London. Transport For London (TfL) is a local government body responsible for most aspects of the transport system throughout Greater London in England. and the Strategic Rail Authority The Strategic Rail Authority (SRA) was a non-departmental public body in the United Kingdom set up - under the Transport Act 2000 - to provide strategic direction for Britain's railway industry. represents a real commitment to the development of new services to tackle the lack of capacity and congestion The condition of a network when there is not enough bandwidth to support the current traffic load. congestion - When the offered load of a data communication path exceeds the capacity. on the existing network. By bringing forward schemes, which are feasible, practical and likely to achieve private sector partner funding, Crossrail will help to support economic growth and boost the region's regeneration areas. About NetInfo Founded in 1995, NetInfo is an interactive agency and information management specialist providing Intranet, Extranet, Website and Portal solutions for UK corporate organizations. NetInfo provides e-business consultancy, solution planning, creative web design and branding, content management, back office integration, hosting, digital marketing, maintenance and support. Over 100 UK corporate organizations across various industry sectors, such as Yell Ltd, Wella UK, Sky Media, Johnson & Johnson and Regional Development Agencies have benefited from our experience of delivering successful web-based solutions. About Bowstreet Bowstreet(TM) is the leading provider of development tools for the creation and maintenance of adaptive J2EE applications. With Bowstreet's award-winning automation framework and patented reusable software components, development teams can rapidly build adaptive portlets, 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. , and J2EE web applications that stand-alone or integrate directly into an existing infrastructure. Unlike with traditional RAD tools, Bowstreet-built applications are inherently designed for maximum adaptability, allowing for the creation of multiple iterations from a single model without the need for costly reprogramming Reprogramming refers to erasure and remodeling of epigenetic marks, such as DNA methylation, during mammalian development[1]. After fertilization some cells of the newly formed embryo migrate to the germinal ridge and will eventually become the germ cells . The Bowstreet development framework is used by more than 65 companies, including Bureau Veritas an institution, in the interest of maritime underwriters, for the survey and rating of vessels all over the world. It was founded in Belgium in 1828, removed to Paris in 1830, and reëstablished in Brussels in 1870. See also: Bureau , Cardinal Health System, Cisco, Crossrail, DuPont, GM, John Crane, Kroger, Northwestern Mutual, Sanchez Computer Associates, Sun Microsystems, UNICCO UNICCO United Nimba Citizen's Council , and Wackenhut. Bowstreet is headquartered in Tewksbury, Massachusetts and has offices in Boston, New York Boston is a town in Erie County, New York, United States. The population was 7,897 at the 2000 census. The town is named after Boston, Massachusetts. The Town of Boston is an interior town of the county and one of the county's "Southtowns. , Chicago, San Francisco, Los Angeles, and London. www.bowstreet.com. Bowstreet is a trademark of Bowstreet, Inc. All other company names and product names may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies or owners. (a) Indicates a trademark or registered trademark of International Business Machines Corporation. |
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