CrossWorlds Software Selected by GlobeRanger for E-business Integration Into Customers' Supply Chain Management Systems.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers BURLINGAME, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 6, 2000 CrossWorlds(R) Software, Inc. (Nasdaq:CWLD), an e-business integration platform provider, announced today that GlobeRanger Corporation has chosen CrossWorlds as its standard e-business integration solution. As a leading provider of intelligent asset management and supply chain visibility solutions, GlobeRanger will use CrossWorlds' solution to facilitate information exchange to, and from, its customers' business systems. The CrossWorlds solution will enable GlobeRanger to integrate its customers' legacy logistics and dispatching systems, as well as their supply chain and customer relationship management (CRM (Customer Relationship Management) An integrated information system that is used to plan, schedule and control the presales and postsales activities in an organization. ) solutions. With CrossWorlds' solution enhancing GlobeRanger's integration initiative, GlobeRanger can achieve a faster time-to-market for its solutions, providing its customers a more comprehensive view of the information affecting their supply chain. This will help customers track movement of goods on an events-driven basis and generate updates to forecasts, supply plans and deployment schedules in real-time. "We chose CrossWorlds because of its experience with packaged integration modules and pre-built connectivity," said John Sweitzer, vice president of corporate strategy of GlobeRanger. "With CrossWorlds' solution, we will have an industrial-strength integration platform that will help us better serve our customers and help us compete in the global marketplace." GlobeRanger will utilize CrossWorlds' pre-built connectivity and packaged integration modules to more efficiently integrate with customers' backend systems. The company will initially deploy CrossWorlds' solution within its North American North American named after North America. North American blastomycosis see North American blastomycosis. North American cattle tick see boophilusannulatus. customers' operations. "GlobeRanger's forward-thinking approach towards e-business integration complements its evolving business and technology strategy," 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 chief executive officer of CrossWorlds Software. "In extending its offerings to include CrossWorlds' integration platform, GlobeRanger can strengthen its customers' ability to exchange information between multiple systems and maintain system integrity at a business process level -- a crucial element of success." About The CrossWorlds(R) Platform CrossWorlds' solution is an end-to-end e-business integration platform comprised of: packaged integration modules; business objects to support the most common business processes; pre-built connectivity to leading applications; and a robust toolset for integrating to custom and legacy systems as well as extending and customizing business processes. CrossWorlds' solution features a patented, enterprise-class integration architecture to support a broad range of e-business requirements, including scalability, reliability, security and manageability. CrossWorlds' Java-based InterChange Server is application-version transparent so underlying applications can be upgraded, added or removed without affecting cross-application business processes. About GlobeRanger GlobeRanger Corporation is a leading provider of supply chain visibility and asset management services for business-to-business operations. The applications include eLocate(TM), a solution for tracking and managing mobile assets, such as trucking fleets or railroads rail·road n. 1. A road composed of parallel steel rails supported by ties and providing a track for locomotive-drawn trains or other wheeled vehicles. 2. , via paging, cellular and satellite technologies. eSee(TM) is another GlobeRanger application that enables digital remote monitoring (protocol) remote monitoring - (RMON) A network management protocol that allows network information to be gathered at a single computer. Whereas SNMP gathers network data from a single type of Management Information Base (MIB), RMON 1 defines nine additional MIBs that provide a and managing of stationary Stationary can mean:
About CrossWorlds(R) Software, Inc. CrossWorlds provides a comprehensive e-business platform both for integrating internal operations and extending these operations over the Internet. CrossWorlds' products help the Global 2000 and emerging businesses work more efficiently with customers and suppliers through unified, end-to-end business processes. The CrossWorlds platform enhances competitiveness and reduces information technology costs by decreasing long-term maintenance costs and enabling faster business application integration than traditional approaches. 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 , Delphi Automotive, Dow Chemical, DuPont, Ingersoll-Rand, 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 , Norwich Union Norwich Union is an insurance company in the UK. It is the biggest life-insurer in the UK, and has a strong position in motor insurance. It is part of the Aviva group, itself created by a merger of Norwich Union and CGU plc in 2000. , Roche Group, Sony, 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. . CrossWorlds (Nasdaq:CWLD) is based in Burlingame, Calif. with European headquarters in Munich, Germany and additional offices in the United Kingdom and France. Additional information can be found at www.crossworlds.com. Note to Editors: CrossWorlds, CrossWorlds Software 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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