ComponentSource Goes Live With Microsoft .NET Alerts.Business Editors & High Tech Writers NEW ORLEANS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 9, 2002 Microsoft's Notification Technology Provides Instant Updates to ComponentSource's Global Developer Community ComponentSource(TM), the world's largest marketplace and community for reusable software components for all platforms and first to market as a Software Reuse The ability to use software routines over again in new applications. This is one of the benefits of object technology. See object-oriented programming. Infrastructure Provider, announced that it is live this week with its first implementation of Microsoft .NET See .NET. Alerts(a), Microsoft's instant notification Web service. The first live implementation allows customers posting community questions via ComponentSource's online product discussion forums to opt-in to being alerted as soon as they have received a response via this free service. In the next six weeks, the half million strong user base of ComponentSource's public online marketplace and commercial customers deploying the hosted ComponentSource Enterprise Reuse Solution to establish their own private marketplaces and communities internally(b), will also be able to specify notifications on a variety of different community information such as the availability of component upgrades, software service packs and new components or tools. Customers can choose to have .NET Alerts delivered to the desktop when online, to an e-mail address See Internet address. e-mail address - electronic mail address , or to a mobile device(c) when away from their computer. "We serve a large diverse corporate developer community who use a variety of different programming languages and platforms. They rely heavily on the immediacy of our online services as they look to find, evaluate, procure and build reusable components to expedite their development efforts and meet business deadlines," commented Sam Patterson 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 ComponentSource. ".NET Alerts adds an important new dimension to our customer services model, enabling us to more closely meet the information needs of our developer community." "ComponentSource understands the needs of developers, whose productivity depends heavily on up-to-the-minute information," commented Charles Fitzgerald Captain Charles Fitzgerald (1791–1887) was the Governor of The Gambia from 1844 until 1847, then Governor of Western Australia from 1848 to 1855. The town of Geraldton, Western Australia was named after him. , general manager of the .NET Platform Strategy Group at Microsoft Corp. ".NET Alerts gives ComponentSource a powerful new communications mechanism to reach its customers with timely, specific and actionable information." Note to editors (a) This is stage two of its Microsoft .NET implementation - ComponentSource implemented Microsoft .NET Passport on its online marketplace July 2001 (b) ComponentSource ERS ERS, n.pr See extended rotated side-bent. customers include the National Association of State CIOs, National Software Component Exchange initiative for the reuse of software component assets amongst state governments and EDS (Electronic Data Systems, Plano, TX, www.eds.com) Founded in 1962 by H. Ross Perot (independent candidate for the President of the U.S. in 1992), EDS is the largest outsourcing and data processing services organization in the country. Europe Africa and Middle East Division (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. ) (c) Customers can receive .NET Alerts via any e-mail solution (e.g., AOL (A division of Time Warner, Inc., New York, NY, www.aol.com) The world's largest online information service with access to the Internet, e-mail, chat rooms and a variety of databases and services. mail, MSN (1) (MicroSoft Network) A family of Internet-based services from Microsoft, which includes a search engine, e-mail (Hotmail), instant messaging (Windows Live Messaging) and a general-purpose portal with news, information and shopping (MSN Directory). , Microsoft Outlook(R), IBM-Lotus Notes, MCI Mail) and on any device that currently supports MSN Mobile (e.g., Web-enabled mobile phones and other PDA (Personal Digital Assistant) A handheld computer for managing contacts, appointments and tasks. It typically includes a name and address database, calendar, to-do list and note taker, which are the functions in a personal information manager (see PIM). devices, including alpha pagers, Pocket PCs and Handspring or Palm operating system-based handheld computers) About ComponentSource Founded in 1995, ComponentSource, the pioneer of the open market for reusable software components for all platforms, established the world's largest marketplace and software component community. The company is first to market in its extended role as a Software Reuse Infrastructure Provider. Its marketplace infrastructure forms the basis of the hosted ComponentSource Enterprise Reuse Solution(TM) - the first credible model for enterprise-wide reuse, which has been selected as the basis for the National Software Component Exchange initiative and a number of private organizations' reuse programs. ComponentSource is the marketplace of choice for business and technical decision makers involved in reusing, specifying, locating, procuring, and building software components. Through its award-winning e-business model, which combines content, community and transaction services, and its groundbreaking work to establish the first widely accepted reusable component standard, ComponentSource is Making Reuse a Reality(TM). The company, which actively recruits and assists new component authors to enter the open market, is headquartered in the Atlanta area and has offices in Reading, England. A global e-business, ComponentSource's customer base spans over 110 countries. |
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