CONNECT, Inc. Introduces OrderStream 2.0 for Turnkey Business-to-Business Electronic Commerce; Leading Sell-Side Application Integrates Information Exchange Gateway for Back-End EDI and ERP Integration, Enhances Payment Options and Adds Catalog Administration and Application Lifecycle Management Tools.LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 9, 1997--CONNECT, 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 :CNKT), a leading provider of business-to-business electronic commerce application software, today announced the immediate availability of OrderStream 2.0, the newest update to its award-winning, high-end, packaged Internet commerce application. CONNECT also announced the immediate availability of the OneServer 2.5 electronic commerce application development platform which will be bundled with OrderStream 2.0 and also sold as a separate product. These two new releases round out one of the most comprehensive electronic commerce product offerings in the market today. CONNECT OrderStream 2.0 makes it easier to link to EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) The electronic communication of business transactions, such as orders, confirmations and invoices, between organizations. Third parties provide EDI services that enable organizations with different equipment to connect. and other back-end systems such as SAP R/3 with the addition of the CONNECT Information Exchange Gateway (IEG IEG Implementing Electronic Government IEG Immediate Early Gene IEG Industries Electriques et Gazières (French: Gas and Electric Industries) IEG Institut für Europäische Geschichte ), which is based on TSI TSI Total Solar Irradiance (sum solar light in energy per unit of time) TSI Trading Standards Institute (UK) TSI Transportation Safety Institute (US DOT) International Ltd.'s data-transformation and mapping tool, Mercator. Other new enhancements include payment capabilities supporting most credit and procurement cards, full support for ActiveX and an easy-to-use catalog administration tool that simplifies the creation and enhancement of Web-based catalogs. With the fully integrated OneServer 2.5 development environment, rich sell-side functionality, easy integration to back-end systems, and the CONNECT Application Workbench for developing, monitoring and maintaining applications, OrderStream 2.0 is the only truly complete and turnkey electronic commerce solution on the market. 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. Ken Ross, executive vice president of development and chief technical officer, CONNECT, Inc: "Over the last five years, large corporations have come to expect leading application vendors to offer faster deployment time, back-end integration, compliance with the latest standards and technologies and a full set of tools to support their products. With OrderStream 2.0, CONNECT is now the first electronic commerce application vendor to adopt this approach and we expect it to add significant value to our market-leading technology. As the market matures, other vendors in our class will be expected to offer this type of end-to-end solution (jargon) end-to-end solution - (E2ES) A term that suggests that the supplier of an application program or system will provide all the hardware and/or software components and resouces to meet the customer's requirement and no other supplier need be involved. Compare: turn-key solution. ." Highlights of Major Enhancements in OrderStream 2.0: Information Exchange Gateway (IEG) for Back-End Integration Available as an option, CONNECT's IEG minimizes the time needed to integrate with back-end systems, enabling the OrderStream application to go live quickly and providing a faster return on investment. For companies looking to link to EDI, 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. and other legacy applications for purchase orders and order status, IEG provides a gateway that includes TSI Software's Mercator pre-integrated into OrderStream. "The rapidly growing business-to-business electronic commerce market demands expeditious ex·pe·di·tious adj. Acting or done with speed and efficiency. See Synonyms at fast1. ex order fulfillment Order fulfillment (in BE also: order fulfilment) is in the most general sense the complete process from point of sales inquiry to delivery of a product to the customer. Sometimes Order fulfillment ," said Connie Galley, 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. , TSI International Software Ltd. "By featuring the seamless back-office integration of TSI Software's Mercator, CONNECT OrderStream continues to be a powerful option for enterprise-class electronic commerce." CONNECT Catalog Administration Tool CONNECT's Catalog Administration Tool provides non-technical users with an easy-to-use, intuitive way to create and manage catalogs within the OrderStream 2.0 application. While users can create customer-specific catalogs that automate contract-based purchases, administrators can also use the tool to enhance simple product data with additional Web-based multimedia richness such as pictures and longer text. Written entirely in Java and based on the recently announced CONNECT Application Workbench, the Catalog Administration Tool runs on both Windows 95 and Windows NT (Windows New Technology) A 32-bit operating system from Microsoft for Intel x86 CPUs. NT is the core technology in Windows 2000 and Windows XP (see Windows). Available in separate client and server versions, it includes built-in networking and preemptive multitasking. . Credit Card Server Integration for Enhanced Payment Options OrderStream 2.0 also adds value to the end-user by offering the ability for customers to pay for their orders with most credit cards and procurement cards. Both simple authorization only and full authorization and settlement are supported. In addition, authorization can be configured for any amount and incoming orders can be examined for completeness. E-Mail Notification for Order Status and Approval In today's business Today's Business is a show on CNBC that aired in the early morning, 5 to 7AM ET timeslot, hosted by Liz Claman and Bob Sellers, and it was replaced by Wake Up Call on Feb 4, 2002. climate, buyers don't always have time to call and check on their order. With OrderStream 2.0, buyers can be notified by any standard SMPT-based e-mail system regarding the status of their order and approval routing. Highlights of Major Enhancements in OneServer 2.5 Included in OrderStream 2.0 is CONNECT's OneServer 2.5 developme-end electronic commerce applications and is als OneServer X-Bahn, is an ActiveX control A software module based on Microsoft's Component Object Model (COM) architecture. It enables a program to add functionality by calling ready-made components that blend in and appear as normal parts of the program. offering full support for building ActiveX applications. The control can be used in both visual and non-visual scripting environments (such as Visual Basic for Applications). Designed to facilitate easier customization and integration, the OneServer Open Object API is a high performance, open interface to define and extend objects within the OneServer environment. It can be used for real-time integration to existing enterprise systems and to customize OrderStream 2.0, without having to use cumbersome Common Gateway Interface (CGI CGI in full Common Gateway Interface. Specification by which a Web server passes data between itself and an application program. Typically, a Web user will make a request of the Web server, which in turn passes the request to a CGI application program. ) scripting. CONNECT Application Workbench for Managing the Application Lifecycle Announced last month, the CONNECT Application Workbench, an end-to-end solution for managing the application throughout its lifecycle is available as an option in OrderStream 2.0. The CONNECT Application Workbench provides extensions to three third-party tools: CONNECT Object Designer, based on Rational Rose for drag-and-drop creation of OneServer objects; CONNECT Application Component for Java (ACE), based on Marimba's Bongo for rapid creation of Java-based, back-office administrative tools; and CONNECT Reporting Tools for advanced gathering of business intelligence with reports from COGNOS' Impromptu desktop reporting and PowerPlay OLAP (OnLine Analytical Processing) Decision support software that allows the user to quickly analyze information that has been summarized into multidimensional views and hierarchies. OLAP tools are used to perform trend analysis on sales and financial information. tools. Fifteen standard buyer and seller reports are provided in OrderStream 2.0. CONNECT's Application Workbench also includes two CONNECT- designed tools: CONNECT Site Manager for distributed management of application loading and staging and faster modification to all CONNECT applications; and CONNECT Operations Monitoring Console for comprehensive monitoring of all critical application and server functions such as performance, load balancing The fine tuning of a computer system, network or disk subsystem in order to more evenly distribute the data and/or processing across available resources. For example, in clustering, load balancing might distribute the incoming transactions evenly to all servers, or it might redirect them and bottlenecks. Pricing and Availability CONNECT's OrderStream 2.0 is available immediately and is priced on a per processor basis beginning at $100,000, which includes a license for OneServer 2.5. The CONNECT IEG starts at $25,000. A version of the IEG supporting SAP R/3 is also available, although pricing has not yet been determined. CONNECT's Application Workbench is priced at $5,000 per CONNECT application for an unlimited number of seats. The third party applications themselves will be available directly from Rational, Marimba marimba: see xylophone. marimba Xylophone with resonators under each bar. The original African instrument uses tuned calabash resonators. In Mexico and Central America, where it was brought by African slaves, the wooden bars may be affixed to a and Cognos respectively or through their authorized resellers. CONNECT OneServer 2.5 is also sold separately and begins at $90,000 per processor. About CONNECT OrderStream CONNECT OrderStream, built on CONNECT's OneServer architecture, is an end-to-end, business-to-business electronic commerce application designed to solve complex business challenges and support key functions necessary for large-scale interactive commerce, including: adaptive response The adaptive response is a form of direct DNA repair in E. coli that is initiated against alkylation, particularly methylation, of guanine or thymine nucleotides or phosphate groups on the sugar-phosphate backbone of DNA. , user registration, personalized catalog and content management, dynamic merchandising, order capture and management, security, payment processing, enterprise integration and systems administration. About CONNECT OneServer CONNECT OneServer provides a foundation to develop high-end, bu model using RSA (1) (Rural Service Area) See MSA. (2) (Rivest-Shamir-Adleman) A highly secure cryptography method by RSA Security, Inc., Bedford, MA (www.rsa.com), a division of EMC Corporation since 2006. It uses a two-part key. protocols and VeriSign digital certificates. It fully supports both Web browsers and custtware for electronic commerce. Its software applications, OneServer, OrderStream and PurchaseStream, allow global companies to automate order capture, build customer intimacy and streamline distribution and supply chain processes. CONNECT's end-to-end software solutions are dsupport large numbers of customers, products aisks and uncertainties that could cause actual on Form 10-K Form 10-K A report required by the SEC from exchange-listed companies that provides for annual disclosure of certain financial information. Form 10-K See 10-K. for the year ended December 31, 1996 and the Company's ability to implement its products, acceptance by the marketplace of the Company's products and services and the Company's ability to develop new products and services. OneServer, OrderStream, and PurchaseStream, are trademarks of CONNECT, Inc. CONNECT is a registered service mark of CONNECT, Inc. Mercator is a trademark of TSI International Software Ltd. All other trademarks are property of their respective holders. CONTACT: Schwartz Communications, Inc. Todd Berkowitz or Jason Mandell, 415/512-0770 toddb or jasonm@schwartz-pr.com |
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