Extricity Unveils New B2B Platform to Power Today's Rapidly Evolving B2B E-Commerce Needs.Business Editors/Technology Writers REDWOOD SHORES, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 27, 2000 Extricity Delivers First 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 Platform for "Relationship Management" To Enable Next-Generation B2B Over The Internet Extricity(tm), Inc., the leading platform provider for business-to-business relationship management (B2BRM BRM biologic response modifier. BRM Biological response modifier, see there ), today introduced its new release of Extricity B2B(tm) 4.0, the only complete B2B software platform to power and manage the collaborative flow of information and business processes among multiple businesses and markets over the Internet. Extricity B2B 4.0 includes new features that focus on rapid deployment, extended manageability and UNIX operating system Noun 1. UNIX operating system - trademark for a powerful operating system UNIX, UNIX system operating system, OS - (computer science) software that controls the execution of computer programs and may provide various services support. The new Extricity B2B 4.0 platform enables the evolution from first-generation B2B integration tools that provided basic data connectivity, to today's need for a complete platform that delivers a full spectrum of B2B capabilities. These capabilities range from simple data exchange to rich process execution and management among groups of businesses regardless of company size, IT sophistication so·phis·ti·cate v. so·phis·ti·cat·ed, so·phis·ti·cat·ing, so·phis·ti·cates v.tr. 1. To cause to become less natural, especially to make less naive and more worldly. 2. or existing software applications. B2B Relationship Management Business use of the Internet as a competitive tool has increased the demands on B2B beyond the initial requirements of basic data exchange and connectivity. Today's B2B needs have evolved to include dynamic collaboration and communication among interdependent in·ter·de·pen·dent adj. Mutually dependent: "Today, the mission of one institution can be accomplished only by recognizing that it lives in an interdependent world with conflicts and overlapping interests" groups of businesses and electronic markets. The unified management of information and the execution of business processes among companies, their people and diverse IT systems is called B2B relationship management (B2BRM). From simple to sophisticated, the Extricity B2B 4.0 platform supports next-generation B2B e-commerce (Business to Business Electronic-COMMERCE) Refers to one business selling to another business via the Web. See e-commerce. by enabling the basic requirements of B2B integration, while allowing companies to extend their ability to manage today's diverse, collaborative Internet-based environments without having to change the way they operate or require their partners to implement costly new software. "AMR (1) (Adaptive Multi-Rate) A variable rate speech codec selected by the 3GPP for the 3G evolution of the GSM cellphone system (WCDMA). Using the Algebraic CELP (ACELP) compression technology, AMR provides toll quality sound at transmission rates from 4.75 to 12. Research defines integration among businesses as Business Community Integration (BCI BCI Bat Conservation International BCI Brain-Computer Interface BCI Business Continuity Institute BCI Business Cycle Indicators BCI Banco de Credito e Inversiones (Chilean bank) BCI Bell Canada International )," said Kimberly Knickle, AMR Research analyst. "BCI involves more applications, more technology, more processes, more people involved in defining and supporting the processes, more decision-makers, and possibly more frequent change. BCI products have to allow companies to participate in a variety of e-business scenarios, with one or more partners and customers and with a fully automated au·to·mate v. au·to·mat·ed, au·to·mat·ing, au·to·mates v.tr. 1. To convert to automatic operation: automate a factory. 2. exchange of information from machine-to-machine and processes involving people. That's a lot more than just integration," said Knickle. "While many of the early B2B integration solutions provided basic connectivity, they all fall short of delivering the real promise of B2B," said Barry Ariko, Extricity's chairman and 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. . "What B2B environments require today is a single solution that can power and manage the natural business dialogue among trading partners over the Internet. As the first complete platform for B2BRM, Extricity B2B 4.0 supports not just simple data exchange and integration, but all the capabilities needed to manage real- world collaboration among business partners. This evolution will define the B2B landscape going forward," Ariko said. Extricity B2B 4.0 Platform The Extricity B2B 4.0 platform helps businesses forge tighter relationships and improve working efficiencies among customers, partners and suppliers. The Extricity B2B 4.0 platform features important patent pending technology that enables businesses to work together while each maintaining control over their own environment to add and/or change partners, processes or applications without having to reach ongoing consensus or engage in complex, joint IT projects with each company. The Extricity B2B 4.0 platform features and benefits include: Scalable and Open - Support for Solaris UNIX operating system - Support for Oracle database Rapid Deployment - New WebPartner Channel - Integration Wizards Flexible and Manageable - Enhanced diagnostics and monitoring support - Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) network monitoring - Unified partner management Extricity B2B 4.0 consists of four components: 1) Extricity Alliance Manager 4.0 is the core software server that models business processes, manages the integration into back-end systems, and coordinates interactions with external organizations and business partners. The Extricity Alliance Manager 4.0 provides a comprehensive management environment for partners, processes, business objects, security and communications. Extricity Alliance Manager 4.0 provides real-time visibility and control over the flow of information and execution of business processes. New Extricity Alliance Manager 4.0 features include:
- Unified Partner Management provides a new approach for the
consistent treatment of partners regardless of type of
communications channel being used. This capability provides
complete visibility into all partners and their interactions.
- Extended diagnostic monitoring and Simple Network Management
Protocol (SNMP) network monitoring
- Support for the Solaris UNIX operating system and Oracle database
2) Extricity Integration Adapters provide a set of packaged integration adapters for both enterprise applications and middleware Software that functions as a conversion or translation layer. It is also a consolidator and integrator. Custom-programmed middleware solutions have been developed for decades to enable one application to communicate with another that either runs on a different platform or comes from a along with a graphical Adapter A device that allows one system to connect to and work with another. An adapter is often a simple circuit that converts one set of signals to another; however, the term often refers to devices which are more accurately called "controllers. Development Environment (ADE) to enable the rapid development of new adapters for legacy systems. These adapters simplify connections to a company's existing applications and those of its partners. These applications include Baan, i2 Technology, IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) MQSeries, Oracle, PeopleSoft, SAP and TIBCO TIBCO The Information Bus Company . New Extricity Integration Adapter features include:
- Integration Wizards that dynamically generate adapters based on a
customer's implemented applications. Adapters can now be created
in minutes with no coding required.
- iForms, a browser-based interface to Alliance Manager 4.0, allows
companies to interact with business processes without the need to
integrate to back-end systems. iForms can be used for prototyping,
as an interim solution during integration development for back-end
applications, or as a permanent solution for data entry and
viewing.
3) Extricity Partner Channels coordinate interactions with external organizations, trading partners or electronic markets regardless of business size, sophistication or existing applications. Extricity Partner Channels support a full collaborative spectrum that includes file transfer, 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. data exchange, 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. , web browser The program that serves as your front end to the Web on the Internet. In order to view a site, you type its address (URL) into the browser's Location field; for example, www.computerlanguage.com, and the home page of that site is downloaded to you. interactions and support for RosettaNet. Extricity Partner Channels also support shared process collaboration with partners that choose to install Extricity software or other B2B tools at the partner location. New Extricity Partner Channel features include:
- Channel Manager, which operates in conjunction with the unified
partner management feature to isolate communications from B2B
process development, and allows for rapid implementation of new
communication channels and partners
- WebPartner is a complete packaged web application that provides a
browser-based interface for a company's business partners. This
new collaborative capability can be rapidly implemented and
provides process-based interactions that require no software
installation at the partner site.
4) Extricity B2B Process Paks provide market-specific process packages that help businesses jump-start the deployment and management of Internet-based environments specific to the unique needs of an industry or market segment. The Extricity B2B Process Paks deliver best-practice B2B processes and associated software objects. B2B Process Paks available include: - Consumer Packaged Goods - eRetailers - Net Markets - RosettaNet - Semiconductor Availability: Extricity B2B 4.0 availability begins immediately and continues into summer 2000. About Extricity Extricity, Inc. is the premier platform provider of complete business-to-business relationship management. Extricity simply powers B2B and enables companies to dramatically improve both their efficiencies and competitiveness by leveraging the Internet to automate To turn a set of manual steps into an operation that goes by itself. See automation. and manage collaborative business processes and to achieve a natural dialogue over the Internet among partners, customers and suppliers. Founded in 1996, Extricity is a privately-held company with headquarters in Redwood Shores, Calif., and offices nationwide. Recently featured in Time Magazine as an example of highly innovative technology companies that are creating new business models based on business-to-business (B2B) electronic commerce, Extricity was also named by Fortune Magazine as one of the "Top 25 Enterprise Software Companies to Watch". Extricity has strategic relationships with companies such as Aspen Technology Aspen Technology (NASDAQ: AZPN) provides software and professional services to the manufacturing and process industries which allows companies to model, manage, and control their operations. AspenTech was founded in 1981 by MIT professor Dr. , Baan, CommerceQuest, IBM, Intel, Manugistics, Microsoft, Moai, OnDisplay, PeopleSoft and SAP. The company is also working with major management consulting Noun 1. management consulting - a service industry that provides advice to those in charge of running a business service industry - an industry that provides services rather than tangible objects and systems integrators, including Andersen Consulting See Accenture. , Cambridge Technology Partners, IBM Global Services IBM Global Services is the world's largest business and technology services provider. It is the fastest growing part of IBM, with over 190,000 professionals serving customers in more than 160 countries. and PricewaterhouseCoopers. For more information, contact Extricity by phone at (650) 596-1300, via email at info@extricity.com, or on the Web at www.extricity.com. |
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