Enterworks, Inc. and Sequoia Software Announce Marketing Relationship.Business Editors/Hi-Tech Writers ASHBURN, Va. and COLUMBIA, Md.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--August 9, 2000 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 Software and E-Business Portal Software Portal Software was founded in 1985 as Portal Information Network, one of the first ISPs in the San Francisco Bay Area. It was founded by John Little. The company offered its own interface through modem access that featured Internet email. Leaders Market Intelligent Content Integration Capability for Portals Enterworks(R) Inc., a leading vendor of real-time content integration and business process automation solutions for e-marketplaces and information portals, and Sequoia Software (Nasdaq: SQSW), a leading provider and innovator of XML-powered e-business software, today announced a joint marketing relationship. The combined offering is an e-business portal solution based on Sequoia's 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. Portal Server (1) A network server that deploys portal services to a public Web site or internal intranet. See portal. (2) An application that is used to develop, deliver and maintain a Web portal. (TM) (XPS (1) See XML Paper Specification. (2) A brand name for certain models of Inspiron laptops from Dell. ) and Enterworks' Content Integrator(TM) that can support revenue generating, mission critical business activities. The joint Enterworks / Sequoia e-business portal solution extends an organization's existing IT infrastructure so it can support new e-services for customers, partners, and suppliers, in addition to making it easier for employees to navigate their company's Intranet. "The sweet spot for XPS are customer deployments where information from core operational applications is re-purposed to support e-processes aimed at retaining or acquiring customers," said Bryan Caporlette, vice president, Product Management, Sequoia Software. "Sequoia has engineered XPS to be an e-business command center that aggregates, manages and extends information and processes from across a company's value chain. Our relationship with Enterworks fuels this functionality by providing Sequoia with a proven XML application integration solution." To educate businesses about the advantages gained by tightly integrating key operational applications with an e-business portal, Sequoia and Enterworks will engage in joint marketing and sales program. In addition, the two companies' sales and services groups will support this joint offering across regional offices located throughout 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. . "To move at Internet speed, businesses are looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. innovative ways to work and communicate with their customers, partners and suppliers," said Robert Lewis For the actor named Robert Lewis still living as of 2007, see Robert Lewis (living)[1] Robert Lewis (16 March, 1909 – 23 November, 1997) was an American actor, director, drama teacher, author and founder of the influential Actors Studio in New York in 1947. , president of Enterworks. "The joint Enterworks / Sequoia e-business portal solution enables this cross value chain interaction by taking information and processes out of application-based silos to support mission critical e-business operations." On June 19, 2000, Sequoia released XPS version 3.0, its next generation interactive e-business portal server. Designed to help businesses operate at Internet speed, XPS 3.0: -- Provides personalized content delivery on browsers or any Internet-enabled wireless device. -- Automates business processes through an integrated workflow engine Workflow engine is a software application meant to manage and execute modeled business processes. It is a key component in workflow technology. It will typically make use of a database server. . -- Enables businesses to easily aggregate information from disparate sources so they can share information and support interactions among employees, customers, trading partners, and suppliers across the value chain. The Enterworks(R) Suite for e-business integration includes Enterworks Content Integrator(TM) and Enterworks Process Integrator(TM). Enterworks Content Integrator(TM) powers the full range of e-business interactions by managing content in real time from disparate sources and consolidating it into a single Web-enabled view. The product will enhance Sequoia Software's ability to access a wide range of content sources, including content from customers, partners and suppliers using any number and type of databases, legacy systems, enterprise applications, and XML and other Web-based sources. In addition, Enterworks Process Integrator(TM) manages and coordinates e-commerce transactions based on retrieved information. The product automates end-to-end business transactions, including incorporating supply chains and enterprise applications across multiple organizations, partners and suppliers. About Enterworks Enterworks(R), Inc. develops and markets software for the real-time content integration and business process automation that drives e-marketplaces and information portals. The company's advanced solutions improve time-to- market for customers in healthcare, manufacturing, government, financial services The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. and telecommunications worldwide, including IBM/Tivoli and U.S. Department of Defense. For additional details about Enterworks and its solutions, visit www.enterworks.com or call 1-888-242-8356. About Sequoia Software Sequoia Software Corporation (Nasdaq: SQSW) is a leading provider and innovator of XML-powered-e-business software. Sequoia'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. , the XML Portal ServerTM (XPS), gives users a Web-based single point of personalized access to distributed information, along with the capability to publish, edit, change, or update content. As the cornerstone of an effective e-business strategy, customers deploy Sequoia's XPS to improve the accuracy of information search and retrieval, and foster the interchange of information between organizations and their customers and trading partners. Sequoia's customers and partners include marchFIRST Cornerstone, Baylor Health Care System, General Electric Power Systems Division, SAIC SAIC - http://saic.com. , S2Systems, Lockheed Martin For the former company, see . Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) is a leading multinational aerospace manufacturer and advanced technology company formed in 1995 by the merger of Lockheed Corporation with Martin Marietta. and Kaiser Permanente Kaiser Permanente is an integrated managed care organization, based in Oakland, California, founded in 1945 by industrialist Henry J. Kaiser and physician Sidney R. Garfield. . For e-business solutions that let you do more in less time, visit www.sequoiasoftware.com or call Sequoia toll free (888) 820-7917. "Enterworks Content Integrator" and "Enterworks Process Integrator" are trademarks, and "Enterworks" is a registered trademark, of Enterworks, Inc. " Sequoia's XML Portal Server" and "XPS" are trademarks of Sequoia Software Corp. All other product, service, and company names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners. Note: Other than historical information contained herein, certain statements in this release are "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (PSLRA) implemented several significant substantive changes affecting certain cases brought under the federal securities laws, including changes related to pleading, discovery, liability, class representation and awards fees and of 1995. Forward-looking statements in this release involve a number of risks and uncertainties including, but not limited to, changes in market conditions, government regulation, technology, our ability to expand, our early stage of development, attraction and retention of key personnel, management of rapid growth, entry into new markets, intense competition, customer concentration and attrition and our dependence on XPS. These risk factors are discussed in further detail in the Company's SEC filings including the prospectus filed in connection with our initial public offering and the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q Form 10-Q See 10-Q. for the quarter ended June 30, 2000. |
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