Crossroads 2000 A-List Awards Recognize the Best, Newly Proven Technologies for IT Infrastructure for E-Business.Business/Technology Editors BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 31, 2000 Open Systems Advisors, Inc. (OSA 1. OSA - Open Scripting Architecture. 2. OSA - Open System Architecture. ) today announced the third and final group of winners of the Seventh Annual Crossroads A-List Awards (http://www.crossroads-osa.com). The Awards identify the best newly proven products and services that meet today's critical business challenges in the enterprise. Vendors win a Crossroads A-List Award based on references from early adopters. Crossroads A-List Award categories are based on the Crossroads Decisions study, which outlines the key business priorities for IT investment in the coming year. For 2000, the categories are: -- Customer interaction in the new economy (winners announced September September: see month. 7, 1999) -- Excellence in execution in the changing business landscape (winners announced November November: see month. 9, 1999) -- IT infrastructure for the age of e-business (Electronic-BUSINESS) Doing business online. The term is often used synonymously with e-commerce, but e-business is more of an umbrella term for having a presence on the Web. (winners announced today) Group 3: Crossroads 2000 A-List Winners: IT Infrastructure for the Age of E-Business Most corporate IT infrastructures have grown by a process of accretion The act of adding portions of soil to the soil already in possession of the owner by gradual deposition through the operation of natural causes. The growth of the value of a particular item given to a person as a specific bequest under the provisions of a will between the over the last three decades. Infrastructure incompatibilities have been papered over for years, but the cracks are now becoming visible impediments IMPEDIMENTS, contracts. Legal objections to the making of a contract. Impediments which relate to the person are those of minority, want of reason, coverture, and the like; they are sometimes called disabilities. Vide Incapacity. 2. to effective and efficient business operations Business operations are those activities involved in the running of a business for the purpose of producing value for the stakeholders. Compare business processes. The outcome of business operations is the harvesting of value from assets . Gaps in the infrastructure must be filled to support today's goal of 360-degree customer relationships through all touch points and to optimize optimize - optimisation the business in today's global, highly competitive, rapidly changing world. Even with the considerable improvements many companies made by replacing (rather than repairing) applications prior to Y2K See Y2K problem and Y2K compliant. Y2K - Year 2000 , the e-business age is motivating organizations to plan major investments in renewing re·new v. re·newed, re·new·ing, re·news v.tr. 1. To make new or as if new again; restore: renewed the antique chair. 2. the corporate IT infrastructure. Twenty-seven products and services were identified as the best newly proven solutions for today's challenges in IT Infrastructure for the Age of E-Business. The winners are:
Crossroads Category Company Name Product Name Product Category
Inter-Enterprise and Adhesive Siteflash Affiliate
Trading Community Software, Inc. E-Commerce
Interaction
Application Service Applicast, Inc. Applicast Enterprise
Providers Business Application
Applications Outsourcing
Network
Application Service Aventail Aventail.Net Managed Extranet
Providers Corporation Infrastructure
Service
Comprehensive AXENT Enterprise Security Policy
Information Security Technologies, Security Enforcement with
Inc. Manager (ESM) Intrusion
(NASDAQ:AXNT) with Intruder Detection
Alert
Strategic Software Blaze Software, Blaze Advisor Business Rules
Platforms Inc. Solutions Development and
Suite Execution
Software
Strategic Software Bluestone Sapphire/Web Application
Platforms Software, Inc. Server Platform
(NASDAQ:BLSW) for E-Business
Interaction
Infrastructure Chain Link Apps*Integrity Deployment
Management Technologies, Automation for
Inc. Mission-Critical
E-Business
Applications
Application Service Citrix Systems, Citrix Enabling
Providers Inc. MetaFrame Technology for
(NASDAQ:CTXS) the ASP Industry
Enterprise DataMirror Transformation Data
Integration Corporation Server Transformation
(TSE:DMC) and Integration
for E-Business
Comprehensive enCommerce, getAccess Personalization
Information Inc. and Access
Security Management for
Global
E-Business
Portals
Enterprise Evoke Software Migration Data Profiling
Integration Architect and Mapping
Software for
Business
Integration
Inter-Enterprise Extricity Extricity Business-to-
and Trading Software, Inc. AllianceSeries Business Process
Community Interaction Integration
Infrastructure FirstSense FirstSense Meeting
Management Software, Inc. Enterprise User-Visible
Application
Service Levels
Strategic Hardware Hewlett-Packard HP SureStore Storage Area
Platforms Company E Disk Array Networks for the
(NYSE:HWP) XP256 Enterprise
Strategic Software Informatica PowerMart Rapid Deployment
Platforms Corporation of Data
(NASDAQ:INFA) Warehouses for
E-Business
Analysis
Comprehensive Netegrity, Inc. SiteMinder Personalization
Information (NASDAQ:NETE) and Access
Security Management for
Extranets and
Portals
Infrastructure Nortel Networks ReliaMetrics Risk Assessment
Management Corporation, Enterprise and Quality
ReliaMetrics (code-named Management for
Group (formerly EMERALD) Software
Emerald Group) Reliability
(NYSE:NT)
Infrastructure Optimal Networks Application Diagnosing and
Management Corporation Vantage Troubleshooting
Mission-Critical
Application
Performance
Application Service Oracle Oracle Vendor-Hosted
Providers Corporation Business Enterprise
(NASDAQ:ORCL) OnLine Applications
Strategic Software Persistence PowerTier for High Performance
Platforms Software, Inc. EJB E-Commerce
(NASDAQ:PRSW) Infrastructure
Infrastructure RadView WebLoad Web Application
Management Software, Inc. Performance and
Load Testing
Strategic Software Saba Saba Learning Business-to-
Platforms Enterprise Business
Learning
Networks
Enterprise Software e*Gate Enterprise
Integration Technologies Application
Corp. (STC) Integration for
E-Business
Enterprise Sun Forte Fusion Application and
Integration Microsystems, Process
Inc Integration for
(NASDAQ:SUNW) E-Business
Inter-Enterprise and The Sun-Netscape ECXpert Supplier and
Trading Community Alliance Customer
Interaction (NASDAQ:SUNW, Interaction
NYSE:AOL) through the
Internet and EDI
Comprehensive Tivoli Systems, Tivoli Enterprise User
Information an IBM company SecureWay Access
Security (NYSE:IBM) Policy Management and
Director Single Sign-On
for Internet and
Object-Based
Applications
Enterprise Vitria BusinessWare Process
Integration Technology, Inc. Automation for
(NASDAQ:VITR) E-Business
About the Crossroads A-List Awards The Crossroads A-List Awards clearly outline the business benefits, concisely con·cise adj. Expressing much in few words; clear and succinct. [Latin conc summarize sum·ma·rize intr. & tr.v. sum·ma·rized, sum·ma·riz·ing, sum·ma·riz·es To make a summary or make a summary of. sum the technology differentiators, validate To prove something to be sound or logical. Also to certify conformance to a standard. Contrast with "verify," which means to prove something to be correct. For example, data entry validity checking determines whether the data make sense (numbers fall within a range, numeric data solutions with real customer experiences, and provide a basis for informed dialogue between business and technology partners. The Crossroads A-List Awards focus on enterprise computing Refers to information technology in the larger company. See enterprise data and enterprise networking. , the integrated system supporting the business process from the supply chain through the back office all the way to customer interaction. Winners are determined after a detailed review of the vendors' products or services and strategies. In-depth in-depth adj. Detailed; thorough: an in-depth study. in-depth Adjective detailed or thorough: an in-depth analysis , confidential confidential, adj pertaining to information that is only shared with those directly responsible for patient care. interviews with experienced customers are the cornerstone cornerstone Ceremonial building block, dated or otherwise inscribed, usually placed in an outer wall of a building to commemorate its dedication. Often the stone is hollowed out to contain newspapers, photographs, or other documents reflecting current customs, with a view to of the judgment process. Seventh Annual Crossroads Conference Winners of the Crossroads 2000 A-List Awards and their customers will be recognized at the Seventh Annual Crossroads Conference to be held March 12-15, 2000 at the Westin Mission Hills Resort in Rancho ran·cho n. pl. ran·chos Southwestern U.S. 1. A hut or group of huts for housing ranch workers. 2. A ranch. Mirage, CA. Additional information on the conference can be obtained by contacting Jennifer Jennifer became a common first name for females in English-speaking countries during the 20th century. The name Jennifer is a Cornish variant of Guinevere, deriving ultimately from Proto-Celtic *windo-seibaro- "white ghost", via Brythonic *wino-hibirā (cf. Richards Rich·ards , Dickinson Woodruff 1895-1973. American physician. He shared a 1956 Nobel Prize for developing cardiac catheterization. at 617.859.0859 or jenn@crossroads-osa.com About Open Systems Advisors, Inc. and the Crossroads Research Program Founded in 1989, Open Systems Advisors, Inc. (OSA) provides a real-world perspective on using new technology in business. OSA's research is based on an ongoing and in-depth dialogue with hundreds of seasoned IT executives and business leaders who are using emerging technologies to achieve business results. OSA reports the Crossroads Decisions, awards the Crossroads A-List and produces the Crossroads Conference. For additional information, contact the company at: Open Systems Advisors, Inc., 268 Newbury Newbury, town (1991 pop. 31,488), West Berkshire, S central England. In a farming region, Newbury trades in wool, malt, and farm products. Paper, furniture, and metal products are also made. In the Middle Ages the town was an important textile manufacturing center. Street, Boston Boston, town, England Boston, town (1991 pop. 26,495), E central England, on the Witham River. Boston's fame as a port dates from the 13th cent., when it was a Hanseatic port trading wool and wine. Having recovered from a decline in the 18th and 19th cent. , MA 02116, 617/859-0859; www.crossroads-osa.com. (R)Crossroads is a registered trademark, and (TM)Crossroads A-List, (TM)Crossroads Decisions and (TM)Bizno-tech are trademarks of Open Systems Advisors, Inc.; any other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. |
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