Mercator Inside Integrator 6.7 Launches as Mercator Expands Focus On Industry-Ready Integration Solutions.Business Editors & High-Tech Writers WILTON, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 3, 2003 Latest Innovations Include Unique Solutions-Oriented Architecture(TM) Powering Industry-Ready Integration Solutions Inside Healthcare, 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. , Manufacturing, Retail and Distribution Mercator Software, Inc. (Nasdaq: MCTR MCTR Missile Technology Control Regime mCTR Murine Calcitonin Receptor MCTR Medical Center for Translational Research (Osaka University Hospital, Japan) MCTR Mackinac Transportation Company ), today announced the general availability of Mercator Inside Integrator(TM) 6.7, the latest version of its suite of Industry-Ready Integration Solutions(TM) featuring state-of-the-art data transformation and routing as well as specific solutions for mandate and standards-driven compliance challenges in the healthcare, financial services, manufacturing, retail and distribution industries. Introducing Mercator Inside Integrator 6.7 Mercator's new product release will help customers connect enterprise applications of all kinds through rich business process management; industry-leading transformation and routing; a scalable, open and flexible architecture; best-of-breed components; and robust, ready-to-use adapters. Mercator Inside Integrator 6.7 provides the following new or updated features: Powerful business-to-business expansion options -- including the ability to transform business processes into Web services (1) Loosely, any online service delivered over the Web. Such usage appears in articles from non-technical sources, but not in IT-oriented publications, because definition #2 below describes the correct use of the term. . Enhanced Java support -- including support for Java Messaging Systems (JMS (Java Messaging Service) A programming interface (API) from Sun for connecting Java programs to messaging middleware such as IBM's MQSeries and TIBCO's Rendezvous. JMS is part of Sun's J2EE platform. See J2EE. JMS - Java Message Service ), integration with Java-based directories, and the ability for third-party software to invoke Mercator software via the Java 2 Enterprise Edition Connector Architecture (JCA (1) (Java Cryptography Architecture) An umbrella term from Sun for implementing security functions for the Java platform. It includes Sun's Java Security API as well as the Java Cryptography Extension (JCE), which adds more programming interfaces for encryption ). Improved performance, scalability and flexibility -- including extended support for the Sun platform and reduced design, development and deployment time through updated design tools and new templates and command line utilities. Expanded automated management of business processes -- including expanded capabilities for managing the human steps in business processes, seamless integration An addition of a new application, routine or device that works smoothly with the existing system. It implies that the new feature or program can be installed and used without problems. Contrast with "transparent," which implies that there is no discernible change after installation. with application servers, and extended management capabilities to facilitate real-time response to changing business scenarios. Increased interoperability -- including new options for invoking Mercator(R) operations via JCA, CORBA (Common Object Request Broker Architecture) A software-based interface from the Object Management Group (OMG) that allows software modules (objects) to communicate with each other no matter where they are located on a private network or the global , COM (1) (Computer Output Microfilm) Creating microfilm or microfiche from the computer. A COM machine receives print-image output from the computer either online or via tape or disk and creates a film image of each page. and other integration products, as well as extended support for mainframe environments and SAP customers. These enhancements build on Mercator's state-of-the-art integration solution, known for its rich business process management; industry-leading transformation and routing; scalable, open and flexible architecture; and robust, ready-to-use adapters. Mercator 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. Roy C. King said, "Mercator Inside Integrator 6.7 strengthens our core competencies: providing best of breed data transformation and integrating diverse applications and systems across a variety of platforms in complex and high volume, business environments. Mercator Inside Integrator 6.7 also powers our Industry-Ready Integration Solutions, which combined with Mercator's inside expertise, help customers meet the integration challenges specific to their industries." Introducing Mercator's Industry-Ready Integration Solutions Mercator's Industry-Ready Integration Solutions enable the rapid integration of business-critical applications and leverage current technology investments. Mercator Industry-Ready Integration Solutions run on a strong and reliable integration platform, Mercator Inside Integrator 6.7, so customers get the "advantage inside integration" for rapidly integrating critical business applications while leveraging current technology investments. Mercator's Industry-Ready Integration Solutions include Mercator Inside Financial Services(TM), Mercator Inside Healthcare(TM), and Mercator Inside MRD MRD or mrd abbr. minimal reacting dose (TM). Mercator Inside Financial Services Mercator is a proven leader in financial services. $100 billion of SWIFT traffic goes through Mercator daily; 40% of London securities transactions are powered by Mercator; Eight of the 12 GSTPA GSTPA Global Straight Through Processing Association pilots that chose a vendor solution selected Mercator; and 100 international banks, 70 investment managers, 40 broker dealers and 10 global custodians rely on Mercator for Straight Through Processing In financial technology, the ability to process a stock transaction by computer from beginning to end without manual intervention at any of the stages. (STP STP or standard temperature and pressure, standard conditions for measurement of the properties of matter. The standard temperature is the freezing point of pure water, 0°C; or 273.15°K;. ). Mercator Inside Financial Services solutions, including, Mercator InsideSWIFT(TM); Mercator InsidePayments(TM); Mercator InsideFSManager(TM); Mercator InsideSTP(TM); and Mercator InsideGemini(TM), seamlessly integrate risk-bearing transactions between banks, securities firms, and other financial service providers, delivering comprehensive straight through processing that reduces risks and increases operational efficiencies. Mercator Inside Financial Services solutions offer integration, connectivity, data transformation and message management to organizations that want to automate key business processes and improve straight-through-processing rates. Mercator Inside Financial Services also allows the integration of multiple delivery channels, systems and infrastructures; automatically ensures compliance with multiple client service-level agreements; and manages exceptions in a consistent way across all delivery channels, including SWIFT, SWIFTNet, 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. , ISO (1) See ISO speed. (2) (International Organization for Standardization, Geneva, Switzerland, www.iso.ch) An organization that sets international standards, founded in 1946. The U.S. member body is ANSI. 15022, Omgeo, CLS (Common Language Specification) The structure and syntax of .NET and CLI programming languages. See .NET. 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. . Commenting on Harris Bank's use of Mercator InsideSWIFT and SAP integration, Greg Makowski Gregory "Greg" Makowski is a retired U.S. soccer defender. He was a three time first team collegiate All American and was a member of the 1980 U.S. Olympic soccer team which was prevented from competing in the Moscow Olympics due to President Carter's boycott of the games. , Senior Product Manager of Harris Bank said, "We chose Mercator because of its experience integrating software solutions with major enterprise systems and the widespread use of its mapping development software across many industries, including the financial services market. Mercator technology will enable Harris Bank Cash Management services to address the future needs of our clients by enhancing our products." Mercator Inside Healthcare A recognized leader in healthcare integration solutions, Mercator has been selected for HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act of 1996, Public Law 104-191) Also known as the "Kennedy-Kassebaum Act," this U.S. law protects employees' health insurance coverage when they change or lose their jobs (Title I) and provides standards for patient health, compliance by more than 100 health care organizations and is used by more than 50% of the BlueCross BlueShield plans. Mercator has dramatically reduced development time for HIPAA compliance by 6-12 months and the cost of claims processing within multiple customer environments. Mercator Inside Healthcare solutions provide rich, healthcare-specific functionality that streamlines adjudication The legal process of resolving a dispute. The formal giving or pronouncing of a judgment or decree in a court proceeding; also the judgment or decision given. The entry of a decree by a court in respect to the parties in a case. and supports eHealth initiatives, enabling healthcare organizations to leverage tactical compliance into long-term strategic advantage. Mercator Inside Healthcare provides connectivity, rich integration, and transformation capabilities. Prepackaged pre·pack·age tr.v. pre·pack·aged, pre·pack·ag·ing, pre·pack·ag·es To wrap or package (a product) before marketing. Adj. 1. functions enhance your ability to send and receive electronic healthcare transactions, receive and transmit data using legacy standards, integrate with internal applications and data, and leverage integration investments across multiple projects. Mercator Inside Healthcare Solutions, including Mercator Inside Healthcare Integration Package(TM) (Mercator InsideHIPAA, Mercator InsideNCPDP, Mercator InsideHL7), and Mercator Inside Healthcare HUB(TM), handle high-volume, mission-critical transactions and support all major healthcare standards such as HIPAA, HL7, NCPDP NCPDP National Council for Prescription Drug Programs , CMS (1) See content management system and color management system. (2) (Conversational Monitor System) Software that provides interactive communications for IBM's VM operating system. Flat File and X12. In addition to offering the industry's leading HIPAA compliance solution, Mercator offers Mercator Inside Healthcare HUB, which intelligently transforms and manages healthcare transaction data so that insurance providers and healthcare organizations may benefit from improved decision support, more efficient business processes, and greater operational flexibility. Mercator Inside Healthcare HUB captures data from healthcare transactions throughout the processing lifecycle. It features an Operational Data Store (ODS (Operational Data Store) A database designed for queries on transactional data. An ODS is often an interim or staging area for a data warehouse, but differs in that its contents are updated in the course of business, whereas a data warehouse contains static data. ) for unformatted (1) A hard disk, rewritable optical disc or floppy disk that has not been initialized and is completely blank. See format program. (2) Without a structure. For example, an e-mail message that contains only text without any style attributes and no graphics is HIPAA transaction data not handled by back-end systems. Commenting on the new Mercator Inside Healthcare HUB, Chris Cadieux, Director of Web and eServices at Vytra Health Plans, said: "Vytra has been testing the new Mercator Inside Healthcare HUB, and all indications are that this new solution will not only help us achieve HIPAA compliance on schedule but will allow us to track and manage healthcare transactions, streamlining our business processes." Mercator Inside MRD Mercator is recognized as a market leader of integration solutions for the Manufacturing, Retail and Distribution (MRD) industries. Mercator's leadership in MRD Solutions includes SAP integration experience with over 400 SAP customers, citation by an Internet Week survey as the leading 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. vendor in supply chain integration, deployment by 6 of the 11 leading pharmaceutical companies, and being chosen by 4 major national postal services. Mercator also provides a leading customs integration solution and 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 transformation and routing solutions for the distribution/transportation sector. Mercator Inside MRD Solutions such as Mercator InsideDataExchange(TM) and Mercator InsideSupplyChainVisibility(TM) provide visibility to all supply chain partners, handle high-volume, mission-critical transactions, and support all major standards. Mercator Inside MRD Solutions require minimal customization and enhance quality and performance of data throughput. Implementation is accelerated by easy out-of-the-box pre-built processes, featuring flexible open, modular architecture that adapts to standards changes and convergence seamlessly. The result is rapid ROI (Return On Investment) The monetary benefits derived from having spent money on developing or revising a system. In the IT world, there are more ways to compute ROI than Carter has liver pills (and for those of you who never heard of that expression, it means a lot). through synchronization and global visibility of critical business information independent of technology architecture, systems, and data standards and protocol -- all delivered in real-time on single platform for connectivity, integration and message management. Mercator InsideDataExchange, a component of Mercator Inside MRD's suite of solutions, processes and manages transactions between any input and any output while simultaneously handling complex EDI and XML data transactions, helping to reduce the high costs involved with manually processing EDI and XML transactions, as well as the risk of weeks-long delays and failures associated with processing complex data transactions. "Using Mercator InsideDataExchange, as our integration platform has enabled us to create a central hub through which to manage all of the port's logistics," said customer Javier Gallardo, Technology Director at PortIC, a consortium of businesses from the Port of Barcelona community that works together to define the technology strategy for one of the world's busiest ports The world's busiest port is contested by several ports around the world, as there is as yet no standardised means of evaluating port performance and traffic. Most keenly fought over this for the past decade was between the Port of Rotterdam and the Port of Singapore, with both . "A determining factor in the selection of Mercator was its ability to handle any message format required by any member of the port community." With Mercator InsideSupplyChainVisibility, a component of Mercator Inside MRD suite of solutions, visibility is provided to all value chain partners. By employing Mercator Inside Integrator's Business Process Management capabilities, companies can quickly robust, scalable cross-application and cross-enterprise processes. Easy to install and use, the Mercator InsideSupplyChainVisibility aggregates critical information from across a diverse set of applications and databases and places the data in a central metadata repository where organizations can analyze and process it. Mercator InsideSupplyChainVisibility also generates on-demand reports to support supply chain management and alerts for exception handling. "A key part of our continued growth strategy relies on getting an accurate, real-time view of our supply chain, so that we can provide a steady supply of products for our growing retail customer base," said Bob Travatello, CIO CIO: see American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations. (Chief Information Officer) The executive officer in charge of information processing in an organization. of Blue Rhino Blue Rhino was cofounded in 1994 by Billy Prim and Andrew Filipowski, both North Carolina businessmen, with the goal of building a national brand of propane tank exchange that would capitalize on the growth in gas grill sales and year-round grilling. . "Combined with Mercator integration technology, the Mercator InsideSupplyChainVisibility should help us maintain our competitive edge by providing us the connectivity and oversight we need." Blue Rhino is a leading national provider of branded propane cylinder exchange and complementary propane-fueled products to consumers, with branded cylinder displays at more than 26,000 retail locations in 48 states plus Puerto Rico Puerto Rico (pwār`tō rē`kō), island (2005 est. pop. 3,917,000), 3,508 sq mi (9,086 sq km), West Indies, c.1,000 mi (1,610 km) SE of Miami, Fla. . Mercator Leads the Way "Our core technology and Industry-Ready Integration Solutions offer precise answers for specific integration challenges," said Mercator SVP SVP S'il Vous Plaît (French: Please) SVP Senior Vice President SVP Schweizerische Volkspartei (Swiss People~s Party) SVP Society of Vertebrate Paleontology SVP Social Venture Partners SVP St Vincent de Paul and Chief Marketing Officer Michael J. Collins. "Mercator provides the `Advantage Inside Integration' because our solutions are out-of-the-box, require minimal coding and are flexible enough to work with any application or system. Best of all, they deliver outstanding return on investment." About Mercator Software, Inc. Mercator delivers large global organizations The Advantage Inside Integration(TM), providing Industry-Ready Integration Solutions(TM) that solve critical business problems in real-time, while leveraging current technology investments and maximizing ROI. Mercator Inside Integrator(TM) 6.7 integration suite features a Solutions-Oriented Architecture(TM), which easily and seamlessly automates high-volume, complex transactions. Over 1,100 global businesses leverage the power, speed and flexibility of Mercator's proven integration technology and industry expertise to build better business value and faster ROI. To hear why our customers and partners believe Mercator is the advantage inside integration, visit our Web site at www.mercator.com. (c) 2003 Mercator Software, Inc. All rights reserved. Mercator and the Mercator logo are registered trademarks of Mercator Software, Inc. All other marks appearing with a "TM" thereafter are intellectual property of Mercator Software, Inc. Any other product or company names mentioned are used for identification purposes only, and may be trademarks or service marks of their respective owners. Legal Notice Regarding Forward-Looking Statements Statements in this press release that are not purely historical are forward-looking statements, including statements regarding Mercator's beliefs, expectations, hopes or intentions regarding the future. Forward-looking statements in this release include, but are not limited to, statements regarding the growth of the enterprise application market; the demand for the Company's application integration solutions; and the speed of deployment of new products, including the Mercator Inside Integrator suite of products and Industry-Ready Integration Solutions; and sometimes contain words such as "believe," "expect, " "intend, " "anticipate," "plan," and "estimate" or similar expressions. 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It was released in March of 2002, following its public multiplayer beta version which contained only the Quebec map. ; the ability of the Company to develop and introduce new or enhanced products; the ability of the Company to continue to add resellers and other distribution channels; the success of third parties in utilizing and marketing the Company's products; the success of the vertical industries and platforms we target; the Company's access to and success of third party products in which we embed our products or in which our products are embedded; the Company's ability to raise financing; and seasonality in operating results. Readers should also refer to the risk disclosures outlined in the Company's reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. All forward-looking statements and reasons why results might differ included in this release are made as of the date hereof based on information available to the Company as of the date hereof. 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