Creative Internet Solutions and Backsoft Deliver Solution That Moves ERP to the Web.ARDEN HILLS, Minn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 10, 1999-- Web applications developer Creative Internet Solutions (CIS Cis (sĭs), same as Kish (1.) (1) (CompuServe Information Service) See CompuServe. (2) (Card Information S ) and enterprise application integrator Backsoft Corporation today announced a strategic alliance to extend companies' existing 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 to the web. By combining Backsoft's < b >Talk enterprise application integration (EAI (Enterprise Application Integration) Refers to various techniques used to share data and business processes in large enterprises. When companies acquire another organization, disparate information systems have to be made to work together. ) technologies with Allaire's Cold Fusion cold fusion or low-temperature fusion, nuclear fusion of deuterium, an isotope of hydrogen, at or relatively near room temperature. Fusion, the reaction involved in the release of the destructive energy of a hydrogen bomb, requires extremely web platform technology, CIS' certified Allaire developers will build robust Web-based applications that will connect companies' existing SAP ERP The SAP ERP application is an integrated enterprise resource planning (ERP) software manufactured by SAP AG that targets business software requirements of midsize and large organizations in all industries and sectors. It is the successor product to SAP R/3. systems with the Internet. Working together, CIS's certified Allaire developers and Backsoft's engineers will create further state of the art e-commerce and business solutions for organizations wishing to reap the benefits of the Internet economy The Internet Economy refers to conducting business through markets whose infrastructure is based on the Internet and World-Wide Web. An Internet economy differs from a traditional economy in a number of ways, including: communication, market segmentation, distribution costs, and price. . Leveraging backend systems in enterprise applications is fundamental to integrating Internet initiatives with traditional business practices. < b >Talk Builder will allow CIS to rapidly access and integrate SAP's ERP system that is the backbone for much of the Global 5000. "CIS will be a valuable partner in the Team Backsoft Program with their cutting edge technological expertise and professional approach to developing solutions for the complex and dynamic world of the Internet economy," said Howard Wheeldon, Director of Strategic Alliances for Backsoft Corp. Backsoft delivers e-commerce applications to customers who want to leverage their back-end SAP applications for Internet initiatives. Earlier this year, Backsoft partnered with Allaire Corporation to use its Web application server technology to develop scalable e-commerce Web solutions. "Using Backsoft's < b >Talk technology will allow our consultants to focus on the application elements and business processes that fundamentally shape the way the Internet is used by large organizations," said Tom Charland, Managing Director of Creative Internet Solutions. "Backsoft has created a tool that eliminates the overhead of engineering around SAP's intricacies, and has increased our competitive edge by being able to bring solutions to market more readily." About CIS Creative Internet Solutions (CIS), a subsidiary Control Data Systems, Inc., focuses on web application consulting and development. Emphasizing the translation of business objectives into opportunities, CIS helps clients ranging from Fortune-class corporations to high paced start-ups leverage the power of the web. Learn more about what CIS can do for your business at http://www.creativeis.com On September 1, 1999, BT (British Telecommunications plc, NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : BTY BTY Battery BTY Betty BTY Back To You BTY Better Than You BTY Blessings to You ) announced that Syntegra, its market-leading systems integration business, received final approvals and completed its acquisition of Control Data Systems, Inc. CIS and Control Data are an integrated part of Syntegra's global operations. For more information about Syntegra, call Nicola Appleby at +44-1252-777-029. About Backsoft Founded in 1998, Backsoft Corporation is dedicated to delivering EAI technology enabling customers to build Web-based applications that extend existing ERP infrastructure. Backsoft Corporation is a privately held company privately held company A firm whose shares are held within a relatively small circle of owners and are not traded publicly. located in Sarasota, Florida, that is pioneering the development of advanced software technologies to link the Internet to ERP systems. Backsoft's < b >Talk product has been used by some of the world's largest enterprises to Web-enable their SAP R/3 installations. < b >Talk 2.0 is the first product on the market designed to connect any SAP R/3 function to the web using Allaire's ColdFusion web application server (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on : ALLR). About < b >Talk < b >Talk 2.0 produces speed to market through the simplification of web development. Every other tool in the market requires the developer to build the components from scratch, and in most cases is limited to certain functions in SAP R/3. < b >Talk 2.0 builds every component required by the developer within seconds for any function in SAP R/3. < b >Talk 2.0 was designed to reduce the complexity of developing an Internet Solution in COM or JAVA, as well as to assist the web-developer in leveraging web-technology like CFML (ColdFusion Markup Language) See ColdFusion. CFML - ColdFusion Markup Language and 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. . This `ready to run' functionality provides companies with a simple, robust and market leading approach to build powerful enterprise applications fast. Additional information on < b >Talk is available at http://www.Backsoft.com All company names, brand names and product names are trademarks of their respective holder(s). NOTE TO EDITORS: The < b >Talk products mentioned in this release have less than and greater than symbols one space before and one space after the letter b. These symbols may not show correctly in some systems. |
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