Content Repository Standard Led by Day CTO Approved by JCP Executive Committee; JSR 170 Specification Receives Final Ballot Approval.BASEL, Switzerland & IRVINE, Calif. -- Day Software (SWX SWX Swiss Exchange (trademark of SWX Swiss Exchange) SWX SolidWorks (3D solid modeling CAD software) SWX Splitter / Wave Division Multiplexer :DAYN), a leading provider of global content management and content infrastructure software, today announced that the JSR JSR Java Specification Request JSR J Sargeant Reynolds Community College (Virginia) JSR Journal of Sedimentary Research JSR Jump to Subroutine (6502 processor instruction) 170 Content Repository for Java Technology API has been approved by an industry expert group of the major players in content management. JSR 170, which has been developed under the Java Community Process Sun's system for allowing third parties to submit requests for new features to Java. JCP is a formal process that must be adhered to, and fees are involved. In 1999, Sun submitted Java to the ECMA standards body, but withdrew its J2SE specification later in the year. (sm) (JCP See Java Community Process. JCP - Java Community Process (sm)) program, will lessen the risks of proprietary vendor lock-in by improving the interoperability between content repositories and applications. This new standard ensures that companies can easily manage content across large-scale enterprises. Day, a long-time innovator in the content management industry with its virtual repository technology, again has taken an industrywide leadership role in helping to develop and implement a standard that will enable the entire industry to grow and mature. Day's CTO (Chief Technical Officer) The executive responsible for the technical direction of an organization. See CIO and salary survey. , David Nuescheler, has lead the JSR 170 initiative by acting as the specification lead since its inception. Apache, BEA Systems, IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) , Oracle, and SAP amongst many others all serve as members of expert group for JSR 170. Other leading industry participants include Documentum Inc., Filenet Corp. and Vignette. "The final approval of JSR 170 marks the beginning of a new era in content management, a true paradigm shift A dramatic change in methodology or practice. It often refers to a major change in thinking and planning, which ultimately changes the way projects are implemented. For example, accessing applications and data from the Web instead of from local servers is a paradigm shift. See paradigm. . Content Repositories are becoming a critical element in the software infrastructure of global companies and complex organizations. Infrastructure, however, can only be successful when it is based on truly open standards," said Nuescheler. "Now with JSR 170, technology vendors will be able to more effectively compete in open, transparent and comparable markets. Ultimately, enterprise-level content repository consolidation can only be driven by open standards. This consolidation will be centered around JSR 170." "The volume of enterprise content is exploding creating a highly complex system within the enterprise that is difficult and expensive to manage," said Michael Moppert, 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 chairman of Day Software. "Day is proud to have contributed our technology vision to the evolution of the industry which ultimately helps customers access unstructured and structured content locked away in proprietary silos." To view the results of the JCP EC vote, go to http://jcp.org/en/jsr/results?id=3195, and to check out the final release of the standard, visit the JSR page at http://jcp.org/en/jsr/detail?id=170, where it will be soon posted under Download Page. About Day - www.day.com Day is a leading provider of integrated content, portal and digital asset management software. Day's technology Communique offers a comprehensive, rapidly deployable framework to unify and manage all digital business data, systems, applications and processes through the Web. Communique's content-centric architecture, and its innovative ContentBus, turns the entire business into a virtual repository, bringing together content from any system, regardless of location, language or platform. Day is an international company, founded in 1993, and listed on the SWX Swiss Exchange SWX Swiss Exchange An all-electronic securities exchange formed from the 1995 merger of exchanges in Geneva, Basel, and Zurich. The exchange offers trading in equity securities, investment funds, exchange-traded funds, bonds, Eurobonds, and options. (SWX:DAYN) since April 2000. Day's customers are some of the largest global corporations and include Audi, DaimlerChrysler, Deutsche Post World Net, General Electric, Intercontinental Hotels Group InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) (LSE: IHG NYSE: IHG) is a multinational company which operates several hotel brands. The largest hotel company by number of rooms (556,000 as of March 2007 [1]), its headquarters are in Windsor just outside Greater London and , McDonald's, UBS UBS Union Bank of Switzerland UBS United Bible Societies UBS United Blood Services UBS United Buying Service UBS Used Bookstore UBS University Business Services UBS Universal Building Society (UK) UBS Ulaanbaatar Broadcasting System and Volkswagen. About the Java Community Process Since its introduction in 1998 as the open, inclusive process to develop and revise Java technology specifications, reference implementations, and technology compatibility kits, the Java Community Process program has fostered the evolution of the Java platform in cooperation with the international Java developer community. The JCP has over 850 company and individual participants; more than 270 Java technology specifications are in development in the JCP program, of which 46 percent are in final stages. For more information on the JCP program, please visit http://jcp.org. |
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