Clarus Publishes 11 BizTalk Framework Compatible Schemas for B2B Electronic Commerce; Clarus Suppliers and Customers Applaud Effort to Enable E-Commerce.ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 13, 1999-- Clarus Corporation (Nasdaq:CLRS CLRS Center for Labor Research and Studies CLRS Central Launch and Recovery Section CLRS Claims Legal Research System ) today announced plans to support the BizTalk Framework See BizTalk. by publishing 11 schemas for the seamless exchange of electronic procurement information. These XML-based document definitions address the electronic exchange of purchase orders, supplier information, receipt acknowledgement and accounting data, and provide for routing of documents between applications. The schemas are compatible with documents defined by the Open Applications Group Integration Specifications (OAGIS OAGIS Open Applications Group Integration Specification OAGIS Office for Applied Geographic Information Systems ), providing access to external systems such as back-office systems. The BizTalk Server Software from Microsoft that provides integration between business processes within an enterprise and between different organizations. BizTalk Server uses protocol implementations called "adapters" to communicate with applications and includes built-in adapters and a framework for and 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. tools Microsoft Corp. is building will help to simplify transformation of data between the different schemas and will greatly reduce the problems associated with the transportation of data between applications. "The BizTalk strategy is a perfect match with Clarus' corporate goal to accelerate the creation of an open global digital infrastructure leveraging the World Wide Web. These schema definitions are used by our Clarus(TM) Fusion product to integrate Clarus(TM) eProcurement to virtually any 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. backoffice application," said Steve Hornyak, vice president of strategy and business development for Clarus. "Clarus selected XML as a foundation of open application integration for its flagship eProcurement solution in early 1998. This decision, coupled with rapid implementation of BizTalk, puts Clarus far ahead of the pack in realizing the first framework for plug-and-play applications." Clarus announced its participation and BizTalk Steering Committee steer·ing committee n. A committee that sets agendas and schedules of business, as for a legislative body or other assemblage. steering committee Noun membership in July of this year. The goal of the committee are synergistic with Clarus' innovative integration strategy that will help to facilitate and support any ERP solution and is designed for aggressive market penetration Noun 1. market penetration - the extent to which a product is recognized and bought by customers in a particular market penetration - the act of entering into or through something; "the penetration of upper management by women" to companies of all sizes. "The BizTalk library provides the data needed for integration," said Marcus Schmidt, industry manager for e-commerce at Microsoft. "Making this information available to all systems will reduce the cost and time currently needed to implement e-commerce, so more organizations can experience the ROI (Return On Investment) The monetary benefits derived from having spent money on developing or revising a system. In the IT world, there are more ways to compute ROI than Carter has liver pills (and for those of you who never heard of that expression, it means a lot). benefits immediately." About the BizTalk Framework Introduced by Microsoft in March, the BizTalk Framework makes it easy for businesses to exchange information between software applications and conduct business over the Internet with trading partners and customers. The BizTalk Framework includes a design framework for implementing an XML schema The definition of an XML document, which includes the XML tags and their interrelationships. Residing within the document itself, an XML schema may be used to verify the integrity of the content. and a set of XML tags used in messages sent between applications. Microsoft, other software companies and industry standards to enable integration across industries and between business systems, regardless of platform, operating system or underlying technology. More information about the BizTalk Framework is available at http://www.biztalk.org/. About Clarus Atlanta-based Clarus Corporation (www.claruscorp.com) (Nasdaq:CLRS) is a leader in providing B2B e-commerce (Business to Business Electronic-COMMERCE) Refers to one business selling to another business via the Web. See e-commerce. applications that enable organizations to gain control of their operational resources, including non-production goods and services In economics, economic output is divided into physical goods and intangible services. Consumption of goods and services is assumed to produce utility (unless the "good" is a "bad"). It is often used when referring to a Goods and Services Tax. . The Clarus Commerce solution leverages Web technology and channel partners to connect large populations of employees, management and suppliers with continuous planning, monitoring and control of resources, which can result in a dramatic impact on the bottom line. Clarus delivers its e-commerce solutions via direct and indirect channels and offers innovative "zero capital" pricing models to service very large to medium and small sized companies. The company's flagship product, Clarus eProcurement, is being used at more than 20 sites for customers including MasterCard International, MetLife, First Data Corporation, Hyatt Regency and Parsons Brinckerhoff, with planned deployment to more than 120,000 employees. THIS PRESS RELEASE CONTAINS FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS WITHIN THE MEANING OF SECTION 27A OF THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 AND SECTION 21E OF THE EXCHANGE ACT. ACTUAL RESULTS COULD DIFFER MATERIALLY FROM THOSE PROJECTED IN THE FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS AS A RESULT OF CERTAIN RISKS INCLUDING THAT THE BENEFITS EXPECTED BY THE COMPANY AS A RESULT OF THE ANNOUNCEMENT MAY NOT OCCUR. Throughout this release, software and hardware products are mentioned by name. In most, if not all, cases, these product names are claimed as trademarks by the companies that manufacture the products. It is not our intention to claim these names or trademarks as our own. 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