Catalyst and Viewlocity Partner to Provide Supply Chain Collaboration and Visibility for the Warehouse.Business Editors MILWAUKEE & ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 29, 2000 Viewlocity's Integration Broker to be Bundled with Catalyst WMS WMS Warehouse Management System WMS Web Map Service (open geospatial consortium specification) WMS West Middle School (Rochester Hills, MI) WMS Workforce Management Software WMS Wechsler Memory Scale Catalyst International (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 : CLYS), a global supplier of supply chain execution software and Viewlocity a leading global provider of software and services that integrate e-business networks and synchronize supply webs, announced today that they have signed an OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) The rebranding of equipment and selling it. The term initially referred to the company that made the products (the "original" manufacturer), but eventually became widely used to refer to the organization that buys the products and agreement whereby Viewlocity's AMTrix(R) integration broker will be bundled with Catalyst's web-based warehouse management solution(R) (WMS). Viewlocity's integration broker will be a key technology foundation allowing customizable information access via portals, real time alerts, application-to-application integration with other supply chain applications and collaboration via exchanges for the Catalyst WMS. Catalyst will work with Viewlocity to optimize the technology to support the specific information and business process needs of Catalyst customers. "Combining the collaborative qualities of Viewlocity's Integration Broker with WMS will provide Catalyst customers with the visibility and integration technology required in a 21st-century company," said Sean McGowan Sean Michael McGowan (born December 21st, 1980) is one of the few American writers to publish photographic novels (similar to photo novels in that they are both literary and graphic, yet distinguished from them by using photography instead of illustrations). , 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. of Catalyst. "Exploiting these technologies is mandatory for companies creating highly optimized supply chains in today's internet-driven marketplace. Although there are a multitude of vendors offering integration software, we partnered with Viewlocity because they fully understand the complex natures of today's supply chain environment. At Catalyst, we want our customers to be the leaders in their respective industries. Viewlocity is helping us achieve that goal." "Business today is collaborative and global," said Greg Cronin, CEO of Viewlocity. "With instant access to countless suppliers, distributors, and retailers possible, the supply chain has been transformed into a supply web. The first step to effectively managing a supply web is to ensure real time communications Instantaneous transmission. There is little or no network latency when transmitting in real time. See real time. between many different systems. Catalyst understands this well and will deliver this access to their many customers." "Incorporating Viewlocity's robust integration broker with Catalyst's fully web-based architecture will provide Catalyst WMS customers with extremely rich and flexible publish and subscribe (1) To provide a source of information that users select from and then receive on a regular basis or when certain events occur. The service can be public or private, free or paid, and information can be provided via e-mail and the Web or by means of proprietary applications. , alert messaging, and portal capabilities," said Lynne Briggs, senior vice president, software engineering, Catalyst. "We also value Viewlocity's relationship with Microsoft and their ability to use the XML-based BizTalk(TM) framework. This will allow our customers to rapidly connect their BizTalk e-business networks to the many heterogeneous operating environments of their trading partners." Briggs continued, "By partnering with Viewlocity, we will bring a broad range of capabilities to market quickly and be able to enhance and support those capabilities more rapidly than some of our competitors who have decided to implement their own collaboration and integration tools." About Viewlocity Viewlocity is a leading global provider of software and services that integrate e-business networks and synchronize supply webs. Our agnostic solutions provide application integration, 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 integration and trading community management, allowing our customers to leverage their existing technology. Viewlocity's supply web monitoring See Internet monitoring. solutions, based on XML XML in full Extensible Markup Language. Markup language developed to be a simplified and more structural version of SGML. It incorporates features of HTML (e.g., hypertext linking), but is designed to overcome some of HTML's limitations. and other open standards Specifications for hardware and software that are developed by a standards organization or a consortium involved in supporting a standard. Available to the public for developing compliant products, open standards imply "open systems;" that an existing component in a system can be replaced , provide business process automation over the Internet between customers, suppliers and trading communities. With more than 3,200 installations worldwide, our event-based integration broker runs on major operating systems Operating systems can be categorized by technology, ownership, licensing, working state, usage, and by many other characteristics. In practice, many of these groupings may overlap. (Unix, NT, AS/400) and provides a unique non-intrusive method to rapidly connect business partners' heterogeneous systems, platforms, applications or communication formats. Viewlocity has 14 offices worldwide, with its global headquarters in Atlanta, European headquarters in London and its Asia Pacific headquarters in Singapore. For more information, call 877.512.8900 or visit the company on the web at www.viewlocity.com. About Catalyst International, Inc. Catalyst International, Inc., a global supplier of warehouse management software (WMS) collaborates to provide global supply chain execution solutions that accelerate business growth and facilitate change. Noted for technologically advanced WMS solutions, instant service and comprehensive support, Catalyst systems are reducing costs and increasing operating efficiencies like delivery speed for hundreds of national and international companies. An innovator since 1979, Catalyst is first to bring Internet power to the warehouse with a web browser-based application that is faster to deploy and easier to navigate. Headquartered in Milwaukee, WI and London, UK, Catalyst customers include Eli Lilly, Family Dollar, General Motors, Schneider Electric, Homebase, Reebok Ree´bok` n. 1. (Zool.) The peele. International and Sony Music. CLYS shares are traded on the NASDAQ stock exchange. For more information visit Catalyst on-line at www.catalystwms.com. |
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