Consolidated Commerce Joins UDDI Standards Initiative; Supply Chain Operations Software Leader Lends Expertise to Standards Development and Adoption Project for Global eCommerce.Business/Technology Editors CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 20, 2001 Consolidated Commerce, Inc., the leading provider of supply chain operations software solutions, today announced that it has joined the Universal Description, Discovery and Integration (UDDI (Universal Description, Discovery and Integration) An industry initiative for a universal business registry (catalog) of Web services turned over to the stewardship of OASIS in 2002 as the version 3 specification of UDDI was released. ) Project, a cross-industry initiative designed to accelerate and broaden business-to-business integration and commerce on the Internet Internet Publicly accessible computer network connecting many smaller networks from around the world. It grew out of a U.S. Defense Department program called ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network), established in 1969 with connections between computers at the . Consolidated Commerce now joins other e-business leaders in developing this platform-independent, open framework for delivering business services across the Internet. "Consolidated Commerce fully embraces the development of 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 for 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," said Bryan Eckhoff, vice president of product strategy and services for Consolidated Commerce. "It is our goal to help companies build an efficient and dynamic cross-enterprise supply chain, and this project will help to eliminate many of the communication hurdles that exist today. The cooperation and collaboration of e-business leaders, along with the commitment to establishing a global standard for successful B2B e-commerce (Business to Business Electronic-COMMERCE) Refers to one business selling to another business via the Web. See e-commerce. , will ensure that this goal is realized. Consolidated Commerce is primed to contribute to this worthy endeavor." UDDI will create an open, Web-based framework to enable businesses to describe their services and indicate their preferred means of conducting e-commerce e-commerce, commerce conducted over the Internet, most often via the World Wide Web. E-commerce can apply to purchases made through the Web or to business-to-business activities such as inventory transfers. . UDDI then includes this information in the globally distributed UDDI Business Registry The configuration database in all 32-bit versions of Windows that contains settings for the hardware and software in the PC it is installed in. The Registry is made up of the SYSTEM.DAT and USER.DAT files. Many settings previously stored in the WIN.INI and SYSTEM. . Businesses can use the UDDI Business Registry to search for other businesses that provide the products or services they need and transact An earlier e-commerce system for the Web from Open Market that included order capture and secure order fulfillment using credit cards, ecash and other payment systems. It included customer service and subscription administration capabilities as well as an integrated database for reporting with one another using their preferred applications. UDDI, therefore, creates a quick and easy means for businesses to come together and transact business with one another. Consolidated Commerce offers a dynamic trading application that integrates directly with UDDI. Written in 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 XSL/t, the Consolidated Commerce solution can now be easily accessed through UDDI, offering an immediate business advantage to those that register to use it. "Consolidated Commerce has always believed that businesses must be able to easily manage transactions across multiple trading partners in order to succeed in B2B e-commerce," said Eckhoff. "The UDDI Project supports Consolidated Commerce's goal of automating the new collaborative supply chain. By offering our expertise to this initiative and supporting the adoption of UDDI standards, Consolidated Commerce is helping to accelerate the achievement of true collaborative commerce and the benefits it offers our customers." About Consolidated Commerce, Inc. Consolidated Commerce, Inc. is a leading provider of Net-resident, cross-enterprise supply chain operations software that helps Global 2000 manufacturers and distributors create and fulfill ful·fill also ful·fil tr.v. ful·filled, ful·fill·ing, ful·fills also ful·fils 1. To bring into actuality; effect: fulfilled their promises. 2. the perfect order. Consolidated Commerce's software is the central nervous system for companies engaging in collaborative commerce. The supply chain operations solution automates the new business processes not addressed by existing solutions using a true peer-to-peer approach. This "virtual" consolidation complements traditional systems and enables companies to interact across enterprises, in real-time to order, fulfill, deliver and settle, more quickly and cost-efficiently. Based in Chicago, Illinois, and with expertise in supply chain management business practices and automation, Consolidated Commerce is available on the World Wide Web at http://www.consolidatedcommerce.com. About The UDDI Project The Universal Description, Discovery and Integration (UDDI) Project is a 200 member plus coalition of business and technology leaders committed to the acceleration and broadening of business-to-business integration and commerce on the Internet. For more information on the UDDI Project go to: http://www.uddi.org. |
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