Defense Information Systems Agency Selects TSI Software's Mercator For Electronic Trade Initiative.WILTON, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 23, 1997-- Software To Streamline DoD Order Fulfillment Order fulfillment (in BE also: order fulfilment) is in the most general sense the complete process from point of sales inquiry to delivery of a product to the customer. Sometimes Order fulfillment Process By Integrating Back Office Applications With The DoD Electronic Commerce Infrastructure TSI TSI Total Solar Irradiance (sum solar light in energy per unit of time) TSI Trading Standards Institute (UK) TSI Transportation Safety Institute (US DOT) International Software Ltd. (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 :TSFW), a leading supplier of business application integration solutions, announced today that Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA 1. (body) DISA - Defense Information Systems Agency. 2. (standard) DISA - Data Interchange Standards Association. ), the information technology agency for the Department of Defense (DoD), has selected TSI Software's Mercator(R) as the commerce server translation engine for processing transactions with the DoD Electronic Commerce Infrastructure. The addition of Mercator to the EC Infrastructure provides translation services not previously available for converting data between internal proprietary formats and standardized EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) The electronic communication of business transactions, such as orders, confirmations and invoices, between organizations. Third parties provide EDI services that enable organizations with different equipment to connect. (X12) formats, for both inbound and outbound transactions. The DoD EC Infrastructure is a seamless network of systems supporting the exchange of EDI transactions between government agencies and their private sector trading partners for the acquisition of goods and services In economics, economic output is divided into physical goods and intangible services. Consumption of goods and services is assumed to produce utility (unless the "good" is a "bad"). It is often used when referring to a Goods and Services Tax. costing less than $100,000. To use the EC Infrastructure, each agency defines its business interfaces using proprietary User Defined Any format, layout, structure or language that is developed by the user. Formats (UDF (1) (Universal Disk Format) A file system for optical media developed by the Optical Storage Technology Association (OSTA), www.osta.org, based on the ECMA 167/ISO 13346 standard. ). Each UDF represents the application requirements of their individual business, hardware and software environments. Mercator provides the integration of DoD agency applications with the EC Infrastructure by translating any UDF, from any DoD agency into, or out of, the applicable EDI X12 transactions. In addition, Mercator can be used to determine which trading partner, or group of partners, should receive each transaction and handle other associated functions such as auditing, functional reconciliation, and error logging. Using Mercator, government agencies can realize the benefits of using the EC Infrastructure in significantly less time and at less cost than writing custom interface programs. The use of a single EC infrastructure allows both government agencies and commercial VANs to connect to the DoD's Electronic Commerce Processing Nodes (ECPN ECPN El Capitan Precious Metals, Inc ECPN Electronic Commerce Processing Node ) in an economical and efficient manner. The infrastructure also provides a "single face to industry," so private sector trading partners can register with the Government once and then be able to trade with any DoD agency or contracting authority. "TSI Software is honored to have our Mercator software selected following rigorous engineering reviews and live bench testing. The deployment of Mercator as the single translation technology for this DoD initiative is exciting for TSI Software," said Jeff Kidwell, Federal Sales Manager sales manager n → gerente m/f de ventas sales manager n → directeur commercial sales manager sale n → for TSI Software. "The Federal Government has a mandate to streamline its order fulfillment systems and Mercator is a natural fit to solve the complex data transformation problems associated with that effort." About TSI Software's Mercator Mercator is an "any-to-any" data transformation tool that can create seamless interfaces between business applications, such as SAPF' R/3, without writing intermediary programs. Data transformation "maps" created by Mercator are able to execute on more than 15 different operating platforms including NT, UNIX UNIX Operating system for digital computers, developed by Ken Thompson of Bell Laboratories in 1969. It was initially designed for a single user (the name was a pun on the earlier operating system Multics). , Windows, OS/400, and MVS (Multiple Virtual Storage) Introduced in 1974, the primary operating system used with IBM mainframes (the others are VM and DOS/VSE). MVS is a batch processing-oriented operating system that manages large amounts of memory and disk space. . Pre-built adapters simplify data mapping Data mapping is the process of creating data element mappings between two distinct data models. Data mapping is used as a first step for a wide variety of data integration tasks including:
COBOL in full Common Business-Oriented Language. High-level computer programming language, one of the first widely used languages and for many years the most popular language in the business community. copybooks and relational databases. Mercator supports the full spectrum of application integration approaches including file-based, database and message-based architectures, including IBM's MQSeries messaging software. About TSI International Software Ltd. TSI International Software is a leading provider of software for "business application integration" -- the seamless connection of computer applications. TSI Software's flagship product A primary product of a company, which is typically why the company was founded and/or what made it well known. For example, MS-DOS, Windows and the Microsoft Office suite have been flagship products of Microsoft. CorelDRAW is a flagship product of Corel Corporation. , Mercator, is an important component of an array of business application integration solutions. These include integration of enterprise applications, such as SAPF' R/3, with legacy and third-party applications, transformation of electronic commerce data to and from applications, and integration of Web applications with back-office systems. TSI Software's products are in productive use worldwide by companies integrating internal business applications or conducting business electronically. TSI Software is headquartered in Wilton, Connecticut and is publicly traded on NASDAQ under the symbol TSFW. More information on TSI Software can be found on the Internet at www.tsisoft.com Legal Notice Regarding Forward-Looking Statements Statements in this press release that are not purely historical are forward-looking statements, including statements regarding the Company's beliefs, expectations, hopes or intentions regarding the future. Forward-looking statements in this release include, but are not limited to, statements regarding the demand for applications integration solutions and acceptance of Mercator for R/3. It is important to note that actual outcomes and the Company's actual results could differ materially from those in such forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially include risks and uncertainties such as changes in demand for applications integration solutions, failure to effectively manage anticipated growth, changes in demand or market acceptance of the Company's Mercator(R) family of products, seasonality in quarterly and annual operating results and difficulties and/or delays in SAP R/3 implementations. Readers should also refer to the risk disclosures outlined in the Company's Registration Statement (No. 333-27293) filed in connection with its initial public offering. All forward-looking statements and reasons why results might differ included in this release are made as of the date hereof, based on information available to the Company as of the date hereof, and the Company assumes no obligation to update any such forward-looking statement or reason why results might differ. -0- Mercator is a trademark of TSI International Software Ltd. All other products and company names mentioned are the property of their respective owners. CONTACT: TSI International Software Steve Rosen, 203/761-8600 srosen@tsisoft.com or Schwartz Communications Jennifer Tansey or Michael DiLorenzo, 781/684-0770 miked@schwartz-pr.com |
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