Control Data and TIBCO Announce Strategic Partnership Agreement.PALO ALTO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 28, 1996--Control Data Systems, a worldwide leader in Product Data Management (PDM (1) (Product Data Management) An information system used to manage the data for a product as it passes from engineering to manufacturing. The data includes plans, geometric models, CAD drawings, images, NC programs as well as all related project data, notes and ) solutions, and TIBCO TIBCO The Information Bus Company Inc., (http://www.tibco.com) an international leader and pioneer in communications middleware, jointly announced today a strategic partnership to further address the PDM market. The goal of this strategic alliance is to design and build sophisticated information infrastructures, based on Metaphase metaphase /meta·phase/ (met´ah-faz) the second stage of cell division (mitosis or meiosis), in which the chromosomes, each consisting of two chromatids, are arranged in the equatorial plane of the spindle prior to separation. (a Control Data company) and TIBCO technologies to allow enterprise-wide information exchange of product-related information between PDM applications, Enterprise Resource Planning See ERP. (application, business) Enterprise Resource Planning - (ERP) Any software system designed to support and automate the business processes of medium and large businesses. (ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) An integrated information system that serves all departments within an enterprise. Evolving out of the manufacturing industry, ERP implies the use of packaged software rather than proprietary software written by or for one customer. ) systems and legacy systems. TIBCO Inc., headquartered in Palo Alto, California “Palo Alto” redirects here. For other uses, see Palo Alto (disambiguation). Palo Alto (IPA: /ˌpæloʊˈʔæltoʊ/, from Spanish: palo: "stick" and alto: "high", i.e. , is a leading provider of distributed systems integration technology for connecting a wide variety of applications using The Information Bus (TIB See NIST binary. ) platform. This unique publish-subscribe middleware provides a CORBA-based infrastructure that enables event-driven information exchange. Event-driven communications technology enables applications (or even modules of a single application) to communicate anonymously and transparently by subject, without knowledge of each other's physical location. "The combination of the Metaphase and TIB technology results in a very effective IT-architecture for a controlled, enterprise-wide information exchange, reducing considerably the number of point-to-point interfaces otherwise required," explained Hans Visser, IT-director from Philips Medical Systems (PMS (Pantone Matching System) A color matching system that has a unique number assigned to more than 500 different colors and shades. This standard for the printing industry has been built into many graphics and desktop publishing programs to ensure color accuracy. ). Philips Medical Systems, a division of Philips Electronics NV Philips Electronics NV in full Royal Philips Electronics NV Dutch Koninklijke Philips Electronics NV Major Dutch manufacturer of consumer electronics, household appliances, lightbulbs, and imaging equipment. , develops and manufactures a comprehensive range of highly sophisticated products and systems for medical imaging and therapy. Commenting on the partnership between TIBCO and Control Data, Vivek Ranadive, President and 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 TIBCO, Inc., said, "We are pleased to be working with a highly regarded force in PDM like Control Data to help extend the capabilities of ERP and legacy systems. TIBCO's publish-subscribe middleware empowers Control Data to create enterprise-wide information pipelines for their large corporate customers, enabling the delivery of critical data across business processes." "TIBCO's technology is a well-designed and well-engineered information integration platform," said Hans L. Wagemans, Managing Director of Control Data's PDM Division Europe. "By applying this technology in conjunction with our Metaphase PDM offering we'll be able to deliver customized, scalable solutions to our customers more efficiently and effectively." Control Data Systems is a global software and services company dedicated to helping organizations develop the enterprise information systems required to create, transmit, access and control business information. The company is focused on the architecture, implementation, lifetime support of electronic commerce, product design, and product information solutions. Control Data was founded in 1957 and employs over 1,800 persons at revenues of US$455 M in 1995. About TIBCO Inc. Founded in 1985 as Teknekron Software Systems, TIBCO Inc. (www.tibco.com) is an international market leader and pioneer in network software tools for building distributed computing applications that provide real-time information exchange throughout the enterprise. TIBCO holds patents for publish and subscribe (1) To provide a source of information that users select from and then receive on a regular basis or when certain events occur. The service can be public or private, free or paid, and information can be provided via e-mail and the Web or by means of proprietary applications. technologies which allow for inter-application communications across heterogeneous environments. The company was acquired in 1994 by Reuters Holdings PLC, one of the world's largest news and information companies, and now operates as an independent division based in Palo Alto, California, with more than 400 customers worldwide. TIBCO sells its technology to the commercial marketplace, including manufacturing and telecommunications businesses, and is the world's premier supplier of trading information integration technologies to financial service firms. CONTACT: TIBCO Inc. Kathleen Farmer, 415/846-5110 kfarmer@tibco.com |
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