Cohera Announces Charter Members in Its Compatibility Testing Program.HAYWARD, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 29, 1999-- Cohera's Compatibility Testing Compatibility testing, part of software non-functional tests, is testing conducted on the application to evaluate the application's compatibility with the computing environment. Program Illustrates Industry-Wide Support For The Company's Initial Product Release Cohera Corporation today announced its Compatibility Testing Program for Cohera Technology Partners. The purpose of this program is to ensure seamless, "out of the box" compatibility between Cohera's enterprise middleware and the many other software products in use by Fortune 1000 customers. Leading software vendors that have already completed compatibility testing include Actuate Software (Nasdaq:ACTU ACTU Australian Council of Trade Unions ACTU AIDS Clinical Trials Unit (Washington University Medical Center, St. Louis, Missouri) ACTU Association of Catholic Trade Unionists ACTU Australian Capital Territory Union ), BEA/WebLogic (Nasdaq:BEAS), Brio Technology Brio Technology was a San Francisco Bay area software company cofounded in 1984 by Yorgen Edholm and Katherine Glassey. It made money early on by doing contract work for Metaphor Corporation and performing contract programming. (Nasdaq:BRYO BRYO Brisbane Regional Youth Orchestra (Brisbane, Australia) BRYO Brunswick Maine Youth Orchestra (now Maine Youth Orchestra) ), Information Advantage (Nasdaq:IACO IACO International Association of Correctional Officers IACO International Aid and Cooperation Organization IACO Integration, Assembly and Checkout IACO Integration and Checkout Operations IACO International Aviation Consulting ), Seagate Software (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :SEG n. 1. (Bot.) Sedge. 2. The gladen, and other species of Iris. 1. A castrated bull. ), Sun/NetDynamics (Nasdaq:SUNW SUNW Sun Microsystems, Inc (former stock symbol; now JAVA) SUNW Stanford University Network Workstation (Sun Microsystems, Inc) ), and Viador, Inc. The firms that have demonstrated their support for the Cohera Data Federation System represent a wide range of industry solutions, including enterprise information portals, business intelligence systems, reporting systems, and application servers. This broad industry support confirms Cohera's leadership in enterprise data integration. Cohera's new Data Federation System is a breakthrough solution for providing a single view of heterogeneous data sources, in real time. By providing enterprise-wide data integration through a standard ODBC (Open DataBase Connectivity) A database programming interface from Microsoft that provides a common language for Windows applications to access databases on a network. interface, Cohera extends the reach of partners' products to operational and analytical systems both within and outside of customer firms. "Our compatibility testing program provides customers with the assurance that our middleware will work with their existing tools and servers," said Michael Laven, President and Chief Executive Officer of Cohera Corporation. "We see our technology partners completing the product solution for customers, by providing multiple options for enterprise-wide data integration. Middleware isn't a solution on its own, and as a middleware vendor, Cohera must ensure that our products work seamlessly with the many others that our customers will use." Leading Vendor Support Leading software vendors that have completed the testing program are impressed with Cohera's commitment to ensure that its customers have a complete solution for enterprise computing. "We see Cohera as the 'secret sauce' that customers have been asking for - a way to access more data across the enterprise. In keeping with the Brio (Brio Technology, Palo Alto, CA, www.brio.com) A software company founded in 1989 and acquired by Hyperion Solutions Corporation in 2003 that specialized in enterprise analysis and reporting programs that run on several platforms. tradition of innovation and creativity, we are proud to be the first partner to certify compatibility with Cohera. Brio is excited to be working closely with Cohera as we bring to users of our distinctive business intelligence suite the benefits of Cohera's integration middleware." -Katherine Glassey, CTO (Chief Technical Officer) The executive responsible for the technical direction of an organization. See CIO and salary survey. and co-founder, Brio Technology "Cohera extends the leadership position of the NetDynamics application server platform into the decision-support area, giving customers the ability to leverage the Net for both business transactions and business analysis. Our customers want complete solutions to their business problems, and Cohera's compatibility testing program ensures that Sun's customers will get a seamless, well integrated solution that meets their business requirements." -Steve Zocchi, Director of Marketing of Sun's NetDynamics division "Cohera is delivering on two key trends in enterprise applications - data integration and real-time access. Corporate knowledge workers need easy and rapid access to information from a variety of data sources. Cohera's solutions can efficiently unify these pieces to provide a more integrated environment for an organization's reporting and analysis." -Rick Parker, Vice President of Marketing at Information Advantage "An Enterprise Information Portal is about bringing together data across the enterprise to the user. Cohera makes it possible to simultaneously integrate all types of data, including operational systems, within the Viador E-Portal Suite. The combination of Viador and Cohera bring business portals to a whole new level for our customers." -Stan Wang, President, 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. , and Founder, Viador, Inc. "BEA BEA - Basic programming Environment for interactive-graphical Applications, from Siemens-Nixdorf. continues its leadership in bringing Java to the enterprise through this partnership with Cohera. The combination of the BEA WebLogic Server(TM) with Cohera's enterprise integration technology is important to our customers who want to extend their Java applications across many diverse data sources. Our partnership is extending Java's reach further into enterprise computing." -Scott Dietzen, CTO for WebXpress, a BEA(R) company "Seagate Software maintains open standards for information access, analysis, and delivery with its integrated Business Intelligence (BI) solutions. We are committed to supporting major data providers like Cohera to add value to data and deliver it throughout an organization. Support for Cohera's Data Federation System expands the reach of our award-winning BI solutions to take full advantage of the growing number of data sources that exist across the enterprise." -Tony Wind, VP of Product Management, Seagate Software "As more applications are moving toward the Internet, Actuate has become the standard for Web reporting. We're pleased to be working with Cohera to rapidly access enterprise data sources, enabling organizations to more efficiently obtain business information. With Actuate, companies employ a single reporting infrastructure to link information into one business information portal that can be easily accessed inside and outside the corporation." -Nico Nierenberg, CEO and Chairman, Actuate Corporation Compatibility Testing Includes Fully-Supported Lab The Compatibility Testing Program includes access to a fully supported testing lab. The lab eases compatibility testing by giving partners a pre-configured test environment. Vendors typically bring a laptop computer with their product installed, connect to Cohera's lab machines, and begin running their products with Cohera. The lab includes a full Cohera installation running across multiple machines and database systems, simulating real-world conditions. Cohera provides the documentation, tools, and support to make the process easy and accurate. Cohera believes in creating successful partnerships to deliver comprehensive customer solutions. These partnerships complement the company's industry-leading data federation technology and help solve the real-world business problems faced by most Fortune 1000 companies. About Cohera Headquartered in Hayward, Calif., and founded in October 1997, Cohera Corporation is the leader in data federation systems for integrating enterprise-wide information in real time. Cohera is backed by top-tier investors including Accel Partners, Sequoia Capital, Sippl-Macdonald Ventures and Merrill Lynch. Cohera's customer advisory board includes senior IT executives from Federal Express (NYSE:FDX See full-duplex. fdx - full-duplex ), Merrill Lynch (NYSE:MER mer Among the Cheremi and Udmurt peoples of Russia, a sacred grove where people of several villages gathered periodically to hold religious festivals and sacrifice animals to nature gods. ), Bear Stearns (NYSE:BSC (Binary Synchronous Communications) See bisync. ), Cisco Systems (Nasdaq:CSCO CSCO Cisco Systems Incorporated (stock symbol) CSCO Chief Supply Chain Officer ), TRW TRW The Real World (TV reality show) TRW The Right Way TRW Tactical Reconnaissance Wing TRW The Retriever Weekly (University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD) TRW Thompson Ramo Wooldridge Inc (NYSE:TRW), and Deloitte Consulting. Cohera can be reached at 1.510.780.1700 or visit Cohera at www.cohera.com. |
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