Netfish and NEON Align to Develop Most Complete End-to-End Business Collaboration Solution.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers SANTA CLARA Santa Clara, city, Cuba Santa Clara (sän`tä klä`rä), city (1994 est. pop. 217,000), capital of Villa Clara prov., central Cuba. , Calif. & DENVER--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 2, 2000 Netfish Technologies, Inc., the leader in business-to-business (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 ) process collaboration, and New Era of Networks, Inc. (NEON), a leading e-Business integration software provider, today announced a strategic partnership and an OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) The rebranding of equipment and selling it. The term initially referred to the company that made the products (the "original" manufacturer), but eventually became widely used to refer to the organization that buys the products and agreement to deliver the industry's most complete, end-to-end business collaboration solution. Customers require complete, secure B2B solutions that embrace today's open Internet and 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. standards. The Netfish/NEON combined solution will allow customers to more fully integrate with their partners, share information, collaborate on projects and integrate business systems in a secure fashion. The companies' first offering, which will be available later this quarter, will combine Netfish's 100 percent Java based, secure B2B infrastructure with NEON's patented, routing and transformation technology and adapters to allow customers to improve internet-based supply-chain collaboration. Future plans for the partnership include pre-packaged business process accelerators to significantly reduce implementation times. "Netfish and NEON will provide customers with an end-to-end process solution, integrating business systems both inside and outside the enterprise. This requires 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. of applications and business processes across multiple businesses," said Ravi Iyer, chief executive officer of Netfish. "NEON provides the best integration technology and the most advanced adapters in the marketplace, and is the natural choice to complement our technology." Under the terms of the agreement, Netfish will integrate and resell NEON's e-Biz Integrator An application integration system from Sybase, which acquired it from New Era of Networks, Inc. in 2001. The successor to the MQSeries Integrator, e-Biz Integrator includes a messaging transport (messaging middleware), business rules software that determines how to route transactions (TM) software and NEON Adapters into its product line to help Netfish customers integrate their existing systems and packaged applications -- including SAP, Oracle and Commerce One -- with trading partners over the Internet. "Customers 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. an end-to-end process solution that will reduce costs, shorten cycle times and improve 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). . This partnership enables customers to lead their respective industries through collaboration with business partners and suppliers," said Rick Adam, chief executive officer of NEON. "Because of its pure Java infrastructure, XML foundation and industry leadership in the support of open standards, Netfish presents a natural partnership for extending our customers' implementations." NEON will integrate and resell the Netfish XDI (XRI Data Interchange) An emerging OASIS standard for data exchange and synchronization on the Internet. XDI is based on the OASIS XRI digital identifier standard for i-names and i-numbers (see XRI and i-name for details). System -- a complete B2B e-commerce (Business to Business Electronic-COMMERCE) Refers to one business selling to another business via the Web. See e-commerce. system that integrates its trading partners' business processes -- with its e-Biz Integrator product to extend its Internet-based integration offering. The combined solution will accelerate application-to-application (A2A A2A Access to Archives (UK) A2A Application to Application A2A Air-To-Air (weapon) A2A Administration-to-Administration A2A Any to Any ) and B2B integration for trading exchanges and e-Business enabled organizations. About Netfish Technologies Netfish Technologies is the leading provider of integrated XML-based B2B process collaboration solutions used by top Internet-enabled companies worldwide. Organizations such as Cisco Systems, NTT NTT Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation NTT New Technology Telescope NTT National Technology Transfer, Inc NTT Name That Tune (TV game show) NTT National Tree Trust NTT Number Theoretic Transform Communications and Sun Microsystems look to Netfish to facilitate B2B eCommerce with their customers, suppliers, and partners. Netfish products deliver complete end-to-end B2B process collaboration, support all major XML protocols 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. messaging standards, and provide seamless back-end integration to best-of-breed and legacy applications. Netfish solutions enable complete automation of a wide spectrum of business processes ranging from procurement and order fulfillment to billing and payment. Award-winning Netfish products allow corporations and both public and private marketplaces to realize a rapid return on investment, more effective collaboration with trading partners and increased efficiency. Netfish Technologies was founded in 1997 and is based in Santa Clara. Please visit www.netfish.com for more information. New Era of Networks, Inc. (NEON) New Era of Networks, Inc. (Nasdaq:NEON) is a leading provider of e-Business integration software and services for the New Economy. Drawing on proven core technology and years of experience, NEON integrates and automates e-Business processes, helping companies bring end-to-end business functionality to the Internet in the shortest possible time frame. In addition, NEON products help companies establish direct, electronic links with customers, suppliers and partners; build and participate in Net markets; and distribute and access information using wireless technology. NEON maintains strong partnerships with leading e-Business companies, including BEA Systems, BroadVision, Commerce One, IBM and Microsoft See Microsoft and IBM. , and has more than 3,000 customers worldwide. Founded in 1994, NEON is headquartered in Englewood, Colo., and employs 1,200 professionals in locations across the globe. For more information, call 800/815-6366 or visit www.neonsoft.com. Note to Editors: New Era of Networks, e-Biz Integrator and the NEON logotype are trademarks of New Era of Networks, Inc. and its subsidiaries. All other trademarks and registered trademarks are the property of the respective trademark owners. Netfish Technologies, XDI and XDI eProcess are trademarks of Netfish Technologies, Inc. All Rights Reserved. All other company, brand, and product names are referenced for identification purposes only and may be trademarks, which are the sole property of their respective owners. |
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