ErgoTech announces strategic partnership with Conextions Inc.; offers seamless legacy integration for manufacturers.LOS ALAMOS, N.M.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 12, 1996--ErgoTech Development Inc., a provider of extensible, component software for manufacturing integration and factory automation, Thursday announced a strategic partnership with Conextions Inc., a software vendor that provides object middleware to integrate mainframe and midrange legacy systems into the World Wide Web and client/server environments. The companies' combined technology allows manufacturers to seamlessly integrate existing heterogeneous computing resources in order to improve production and inventory planning, simplify factory automation, share information between the front and back offices, and increase efficiency. "ErgoTech is committed to providing the best integration solutions for manufacturers," said Jim Redman, President of ErgoTech. "The strategic partnership with Conextions will allow us to integrate manufacturing systems from the smallest shop floor controller to the largest legacy or mainframe system into ErgoTech's 'MOFA MOFA - Ministry Of Foreign Affairs (Japan) MOFA - Motorfahrrad (bicycle with small motor) MOFA - Multi-Option Fuze for Artillery' object-oriented manufacturing integration framework." "ErgoTech and Conextions' solution is powerful and robust," said Scott Rudberg, Product Manager from Conextions, "the product architecture takes advantage of the existing business systems and application logic that manufacturers utilize today. Our combined technology requires no changes to the existing legacy systems and allows manufacturers to eliminate any disruption to the business process and operating procedures and to avoid change management challenges required with other solutions." Using solutions from ErgoTech and Conextions, it is now possible to integrate and share information from mainframes, midrange computers, workstations, PC's and factory floor equipment in real-time. ErgoTech's "plug-and-play" solutions provide a framework for manufacturing integration. Conextions' products provide seamless integration of legacy applications into ErgoTech's state-of-the-art manufacturing framework. This integration allows manufacturers to combine and share data from multiple sources and access this from the World Wide Web and client/server applications. About ErgoTech Development Inc. ErgoTech is a leading commercial provider of distributed object technology and component software for manufacturers. ErgoTech develops and sells ErgoCim, a flexible object-oriented product for industrial and manufacturing automation and enterprise-wide manufacturing information access. ErgoCim provides networked components for human machine interface creation, alarm handling, and control of discrete processes. ErgoTech's "MOFA" integration framework allows the creation of an integratable manufacturing execution system (IMES IMES - Industrial Material Exchange Services IMES - Institute for Monetary and Economic Studies (Bank of Japan) IMES - Instituto Militar de Educación Superior (Spanish) IMES - Instituto Municipal de Ensino Superior de São Caetano do Sul Brazilian College; São Caetano do Sul-Sp-Brazil) IMES - Iranian Metallurgical Engineering Society IMES - Iranian Metallurgical Engineers Society), providing easy access to information located throughout the organization, including real-time process information, and information stored in legacy applications such as MRP II (Manufacturing Resource Planning II) An information system that integrates all manufacturing and related applications, including decision support, material requirements planning (MRP), accounting and distribution. See MRP and ERP. or ERP systems. About Conextions Inc. Conextions is the premier provider of legacy access, integration and re-engineering solutions for the World Wide Web and client/server applications. By combining the power of object-oriented technology See object technology. with an innovative approach, Conextions offers a unique solution for legacy systems integration and reengineering, which requires no changes to the existing legacy system and provides secure and robust access to it from the World Wide Web and client/server applications. Conextions complements its product portfolio by offering object-oriented development expertise and mentorship support services for corporate clients using Microsoft Windows NT and Windows 95, NEXTSTEP A Unix-based operating system originally designed by NeXT for the NeXT computer. It was also ported to x86, Sun and HP workstations. Later, after Apple acquired the company, the Mach microkernel used in NextStep became the heart of Mac OS X. See OpenStep An object-oriented development environment from Apple, which runs on Windows, Sun and HP machines. OpenStep was originally developed by NeXT Computer as part of its NextStep operating system. OpenStep was incorporated into Rhapsody and later Mac OS X as the Yellow Box programming interface (Cocoa). See NeXT, Rhapsody and Cocoa., NeXT and Mac OS X./OPENSTEP, Sun Solaris, DEC OSF/1, and HP-UX operating environments. CONTACT: ErgoTech Development, Inc., Los Alamos Jim Redman, 505/662-5156 jredman@ergotech.com or Public_Relations@ergotech.com or Conextions, Inc., North Andover, Mass. Scott Rudberg, 508/689-3570 srudberg@conextions.com |
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