CrossWorlds Software Announces CrossWorlds Exchange.Business Editors/High Tech Writers BURLINGAME, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 15, 2000 New Resource Designed to Broaden Customer and Partner Access To CrossWorlds' Development Tools, Products and Expertise CrossWorlds Software, Inc., a leading provider of e-business infrastructure software, today announced the CrossWorlds Exchange initiative. The CrossWorlds Exchange is designed to provide CrossWorlds' customers and partners with an expanded breadth of integration products, methodologies, implementation and development tools. Through a subscription to the CrossWorlds Exchange, CrossWorlds' customers and partners can purchase reusable software components and tools and participate in a best-practices information exchange. Initially based on work CrossWorlds has done with customers and internally-developed methodologies, CrossWorlds will work with partners to include additional products, tools and methodologies through a revenue sharing revenue sharing Funding arrangement in which one government unit grants a portion of its tax income to another government unit. For example, provinces or states may share revenue with local governments, or national governments may share revenue with provinces or states. program. "The CrossWorlds Exchange leverages our modular architecture and the work that CrossWorlds and our partners have done for our customers," said Fred Amoroso Am`o`ro´so n. 1. A lover; a man enamored. adv. 1. (Mus.) In a soft, tender, amatory style. , 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 CrossWorlds Software. The CrossWorlds Exchange is designed to provide customers and partners access to the following:
-- Specialized business process integration modules;
-- Select generic business objects;
-- Select application-specific object support;
-- Niche and vertical applications connectivity;
-- Custom implementation and development tools, templates and
best-practice methodologies;
-- Related training modules; and
-- An integration information forum.
CrossWorlds will certify the CrossWorlds Exchange products, whether contributed by customers, partners or CrossWorlds client services, for compatibility with the CrossWorlds architecture. Starting in Q2 of this year, customers and partners will be able to access the products, tools and methodologies included in the CrossWorlds Exchange via a secure web site at www.crossworlds.com/exchange. Using the CrossWorlds Exchange, customers can access an expanded selection of CrossWorlds products designed to help accelerate the time-to-market of their integration projects. Additionally, systems integrators can utilize additional tools, methodologies and training information that are designed to help optimize their work with CrossWorlds' solutions. Third-party developers  It has been suggested that First-party developer, Second-party developer be merged into this article or section. can use the
CrossWorlds Exchange to resell certified products they develop for the
CW platform.
Pricing and Availability The CrossWorlds Exchange is available via an annual subscription-based pricing model for $50,000. The initial version of CrossWorlds Exchange Web site will debut at the start of Q2 2000, with software components, tools and integration modules added in subsequent quarters. About CrossWorlds Software, Inc. CrossWorlds is a leading provider of e-business infrastructure software that enables the integration and automation of business processes within enterprises and among trading partners using the Internet. CrossWorlds' products help traditional and emerging businesses to leverage the Internet as a platform to increase productivity, improve responsiveness to customer demands and enhance overall competitiveness. The company offers a suite of integration products including development and management tools, connectivity to leading e-business and enterprise application packages and pre-built modules for the most common business integration requirements. CrossWorlds' business partners include: 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) , SAP, Cap Gemini, CSC (Card Security Code) A three- or four-digit number printed on the back of credit cards for security purposes. Called "Card Verification Value" (CVV) by Visa, "Card Validation Code" (CVC) by MasterCard and "Card Identification (CID) by American Express and Discover, , Deloitte Consulting, Ernst & Young, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Baan, Clarify, J.D. Edwards (J.D. Edwards & Company, Denver, CO, www.jdedwards.com) A developer of multinational, integrated enterprise software for distribution, finance, human resources, manufacturing and supply chain management. , Manugistics, MetaSolv, Oracle, PeopleSoft, Portal, Siebel, Trilogy, and Vantive. The company's customers include industry-leading companies such as Applied Materials Applied Materials, Inc. NASDAQ: AMAT (HKSE: 4336 ) is the global leader in nanomanufacturing technology solutions with a broad portfolio of innovative equipment, service and software products for the fabrication of semiconductor chips, flat panel solar displays, solar , Caterpillar/Solar Turbines, Delphi Automotive, DuPont, Nortel Networks (Nortel Networks Limited, Brampton, Ontario, www.nortelnetworks.com) A world leader in telecommunications products, which includes switching, wireless and broadband systems for service providers and carriers, telephones and systems for residential and business users, computer telephony , Roche Group, Siemens AG Siemens AG German electrical-equipment manufacturer. The first Siemens company, Siemens & Halske, was founded in Berlin in 1847 to build telegraph installations. , U S WEST and Whirlpool Corporation Whirlpool Corporation (NYSE: WHR) is the world's leading manufacturer and marketer of major home appliances,with annual sales of approximately $18 billion, more than 73,000 employees, and more than 70 manufacturing and technology research centers around the world. . Additional information can be found at www.crossworlds.com. Note to Editors: CrossWorlds and the CrossWorlds logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of CrossWorlds Software, Inc. in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. and/or foreign countries. All other company or product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners. |
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