Contivo Releases First Desktop Tool for Automating XML Schema Creation -- Contivo Builder(TM) 2.0; Tool Unifies Disparate Enterprise Data; Introductory $499 Price Designed to Help Companies Quickly Get SOA Back on Track.

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. -- Contivo, the leading provider of automated data integration solutions, today announced the release of Contivo Builder(TM) 2.0, the first desktop tool to allow companies to create common vocabularies by converting disparate data into usable system files. As enterprises deal with the increased complexity of the SOA environments needed to support Web services, they are finding that their organizations have created data in service silos that cannot be commonly understood throughout the system. For example, various "customer" records might be labeled under a dozen different names, including "client, partner, user, buyer", etc., making it impossible to offer seamless customer fulfillment and support.

Contivo Builder 2.0 is an inexpensive and simple desktop tool that allows IT to reconcile such data within the enterprise through the creation of common vocabularies based on semantics. It is compatible with most middleware, enterprise applications and Web services software. At an introductory price of $499, Builder allows companies to quickly get SOA initiatives back on track.

With Contivo Builder 2.0, data design for multiple projects can be performed with just one tool, which greatly reduces costs and increases efficiency and other benefits of tight collaboration across all levels of development teams. With Contivo Builder's ease of use, business managers can be directly responsible for the service that their SOA is implementing and avoid mistakes that occur when the data structures are being re-invented instead of being re-used.

"Web services are incredibly complex, with a myriad of internal and external players all bringing XML Schemas based on their own unique vocabularies to the party," said Dave Hollander, CTO of Contivo. "Contivo Builder provides 'the missing link' for successful SOA because it organizes a significant portion of the development process and reduces the complexity that comes with having to synchronize and understand data from various players."

Contivo Builder 2.0 supports W3C XML Schema and is compatible with all industry standards based on XML Schemas, ISO 11179 naming conventions, and the ISO/EIC Core Components Technical Specifications.

Contivo Builder 2.0 is now available and has an introductory price for the desktop at $499.

About Contivo

Contivo provides solutions that enable enterprises to dramatically reduce implementation and maintenance costs of enterprise-wide integration projects. Contivo Vocabulary Management Solution (VMS) (TM) provides a central semantics-based metadata repository, development tools, infrastructure, and code generators that automate data transformation for application integration across multiple platforms. Contivo recently added capabilities and platform support that extend to legacy systems and Web services. Contivo Builder(TM) is the first desktop tool to allow users to create common vocabularies by converting disparate data into usable system files.

Contivo was founded in 1998 and has forged significant relationships with strategic customers like Hewlett Packard, Agilent Technologies, US Bank, JP Morgan Chase, MetLife, Department of Homeland Security, Federal Trade Commission, Network Appliance, Mitsubishi, Liaison, as well as strategic partnerships with companies such as Bearing Point, Capgemini, EDS, Perficient, Crowe, MphasiS, Atos Origin, Cisco, E2Open, DataPower, Cyclone Commerce, and Avolent. Investors include BankAmerica Venture Partners and Voyager Capital along with industry leaders BEA Systems, TIBCO Software, and webMethods. Contivo is privately held and headquartered in San Jose, CA. For more information, go to www.contivo.com.

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