Excelergy Announces First Use of Microsoft's SQL Server in Restructuring Energy Markets; Award-Winning Company Delivers Integrated System With Microsoft's Latest Database Technology.Business/Technology Editors LEXINGTON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 5, 2001 Excelergy(R) Corporation has successfully integrated its core software products with Microsoft Corporation's SQL Server An earlier relational DBMS from Sybase and from Microsoft. Sybase introduced SQL Server in 1988 for various Unix versions. In that same year, with help from IBM, Sybase created an OS/2 version that Microsoft licensed and branded as Microsoft SQL Server. (TM) for general release, following hands-on validation with an undisclosed top national energy retailer. Excelergy delivers high performance software products that automate mission-critical business processes in restructuring industries such as the global energy and utility industry. "This news is significant because Microsoft's database technology is now a viable, cost-effective alternative for energy and utility companies, and we're pleased to offer our clients a greater number of options as they create or modernize mod·ern·ize v. mo·dern·ized, mo·dern·iz·ing, mo·dern·iz·es v.tr. To make modern in appearance, style, or character; update. v.intr. To accept or adopt modern ways, ideas, or style. their systems," said Bill Mahoney Bill Mahoney (born June 23, 1936 in Peterborough, Ontario) is a former Canadian ice hockey coach. He was head coach of the Minnesota North Stars from 1983 to 1985. External links
The Excelergy-Microsoft combination couples some of the world's most powerful and highest performance software and hardware products currently available to the energy marketplace. All of Excelergy's platform- and database-independent software products are based on an open, object-based, Web-architected, native 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. technology foundation, considered the most advanced in the industry. Excelergy's clients can now use database technology from Microsoft or Oracle Corporation, the current market leader. "Due to the componentization and abstraction In object technology, determining the essential characteristics of an object. Abstraction is one of the basic principles of object-oriented design, which allows for creating user-defined data types, known as objects. See object-oriented programming and encapsulation. 1. built around our products and underlying reusable re·use tr.v. re·used, re·us·ing, re·us·es To use again, especially after salvaging or special treatment or processing. re·us object libraries, we can deploy in a wide variety of distributed, multi-tiered architectures," added Mahoney. "Whether our products are configured con·fig·ure tr.v. con·fig·ured, con·fig·ur·ing, con·fig·ures To design, arrange, set up, or shape with a view to specific applications or uses: with Microsoft or Oracle technology at the database server tier, Excelergy delivers the industry's fastest, most reliable deployments and integrations, leading directly to lower cost of ownership for our clients." About Excelergy(R) Corporation Excelergy is the world's first provider of open co-action software products - putting "action" at the heart of "collaboration" - to meet restructuring market needs worldwide. Excelergy delivers open co-action through three core product lines: Excelergy eXACT(R) for inter-company collaboration, the Excelergy Advanced Business Package(TM) for intra-company collaboration, and Excelergy Energy Trading(TM) for the straight-through processing straight-through processing The direct exchange of cash and securities. Straight-through processing is a major objective for cross-border transactions that are generally much more costly to settle compared to domestic transactions. of wholesale energy business processes. These products are based on an open, object-based, Web-architected, native XML technology platform. Excelergy's North American North American named after North America. North American blastomycosis see North American blastomycosis. North American cattle tick see boophilusannulatus. headquarters are located in Lexington, MA, with its European headquarters in Bristol, England and its Asia-Pacific operations based in Melbourne, Australia. More information is available at www.excelergy.com. |
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