Emerald Solutions and Vitria Form Strategic Partnership.Business Editors, High-Tech Writers PORTLAND, Ore.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 27, 2000 Companies join forces to enable rapid deployment of Internet-based customer interaction and supply chain automation solutions Emerald Solutions Inc., a leading provider of e-business professional services (job) professional services - A department of a supplier providing consultancy and programming manpower for the supplier's products. , today announced that it has signed a partnership agreement with Vitria Technology Inc. (Nasdaq:VITR VITR Vitria Technologies (stock symbol) VITR Visible and Thermal Infrared Radiometer ), a leading ebusiness platform provider. To streamline and automate their product and service supply chains, companies are using the Internet to create online marketplaces, exchanges and hubs that enable them to conduct business electronically with communities and networks of key customers, suppliers and partners. The Emerald/Vitria partnership will help to quickly create and deploy these new e-business solutions by leveraging Emerald's strategic business planning, digital branding, and interactive solutions together with Vitria's ebusiness platform, BusinessWare. The combined efforts create a comprehensive software infrastructure product that enables: 1) Business Process Management (BPM) for modeling and automating complex business-to-business (B2B (Business to Business) Refers to one business communicating with or selling to another. See B2B e-commerce, B2C and B2G. B2B - business to business ) processes, such as order fulfillment; 2) Business-to-business integration for automatic exchange of business information and transactions with trading partners using B2B standards like 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. and 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. ; 3) 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. ) for moving information and transactions in and out of internal IT systems; and 4) Real-time Analysis for continuous monitoring and analysis of B2B business processes and related performance metrics Performance metrics are measures of an organizations activities and performance. Performance metrics should support a range of stakeholder needs from customers, shareholders to employees [1]. . Emerald joins a select group of partners working with Vitria, including Andersen Consulting, DMR (Digital Media Receiver) See digital media hub. Consulting, EDS (Electronic Data Systems, Plano, TX, www.eds.com) Founded in 1962 by H. Ross Perot (independent candidate for the President of the U.S. in 1992), EDS is the largest outsourcing and data processing services organization in the country. , Sapient sa·pi·ent adj. Having great wisdom and discernment. [Middle English, from Old French, from Latin sapi and PricewaterhouseCoopers. Under the terms of the agreement, Emerald and Vitria will work together to generate new opportunities for implementing BusinessWare solutions. Vitria will also leverage the domain expertise of Emerald Solutions in the areas of business-to-consumer customer interactions and business-to-business supply chain markets where Emerald will serve as an implementation partner for BusinessWare. "The partnership with Vitria is a natural one from our perspective," said Michael Hattery, vice president of Emerald Solutions. "It enhances our high-end enterprise application integration capabilities, and it certainly puts us in great company, in terms of Vitria's selectivity in choosing strategic partners." "Emerald Solutions brings to the table a strong reputation in its field," said Vitria 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. JoMei Chang. "Together, we will be able to offer customers in the supply chain and customer interaction sectors a compelling set of ebusiness capabilities and solutions." About Vitria Vitria Technology Inc. is a leading ebusiness platform provider. Vitria's ebusiness platform, BusinessWare, automates mission-critical business processes across the extended enterprise, reducing time to market, shortening lead times, lowering operating costs, and increasing customer satisfaction. Vitria is a publicly traded company publicly traded company A company whose shares of common stock are held by the public and are available for purchase by investors. The shares of publicly traded firms are bought and sold on the organized exchanges or in the over-the-counter market. (Nasdaq:VITR) based in Sunnyvale, Calif. For more information, call 408/212-2700, visit the company's web site at www.vitria.com, or send email to info@vitria.com. About Emerald Solutions Emerald Solutions is an e-business services company that designs and builds Internet-based business solutions by integrating digital business strategy with both emerging and existing information technologies. Emerald Solutions helps its clients to create entirely new e-businesses or to expand and improve their existing e-business activities. Emerald Solutions enables its clients to use the Internet to enhance relationships with their customers and business partners, improve the efficiency of their operations and create new revenue opportunities. Emerald's client base includes AT&T, Lucent, Boeing, Priceline Webhouse Inc, Warner-Lambert/Parke-Davis, Pfizer, Consolidated Freightways, PGE PGE Pacific Gas and Electric Company PGE Portland General Electric PGE Prostaglandin E PGE Platinum Group Elements PGE Pacific Great Eastern (Railroad) PGE Phenyl Glycidyl Ether PGE Perfect Girl Evolution , Emery Worldwide, Benjamin Moore, and Hawaiian Airlines. The company is headquartered in Portland, Ore., and has offices in Bellevue, Wash.; Warren, N.J.; Vienna, Va.; Dallas, Texas; Birmingham, Ala.; Denver, Colo.; Walnut Creek, Calif.; Phoenix, Ariz.; and Atlanta, Ga. Call 503/276-2900 for more information or visit the Emerald Solutions web site at www.emeraldsolutions.com. Emerald Solutions, E-Business Engineering, E-Business Engineering at Work, and the Emerald Solutions logo are service marks of Emerald Solutions Inc. Other product and company names herein may be trademarks of their respective owners. BusinessWare(R) is a trademark of Vitria Technology, Inc. All other names may be trademarks of the companies with which they are associated. |
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