J.D. Edwards Brings C-Commerce to Digital Marketplaces Providing Valuable Solutions for Building B2B Exchanges; Partnerships With Microsoft, Sun, IBM and Ariba Provide Online Trading Communities With The Benefits of Collaboration From Focus 2000
DENVER, June 21 /PRNewswire/ -- J.D. Edwards & Company (Nasdaq: JDEC), a leading provider of agile, collaborative solutions for the Internet economy, today announced that it is applying its C-Commerce initiative to B2B exchanges and expanding its Active Marketplace solutions for robust fulfillment and supply chain collaboration. As part of its Freedom to Choose business strategy (see related announcement, June 20), designed to meet customers' needs for flexibility and choice, J.D. Edwards is working with industry leading companies such as IBM, Sun, Microsoft and many others to address the design, integration and implementation needs of trading communities.
An extension of J.D. Edwards' C-Commerce initiative to deliver new technologies, solutions and partnerships to enable the next phase of e-business, J.D. Edwards' solution set for digital marketplaces allow organizations to communicate among vendors, suppliers and customers across the supply chain, maximizing value in business-to-business environments. The broad solution set consists of a variety of integrated options that give businesses the freedom to choose the tools they need to meet their specific business requirements.
"In order to create value for buyers and sellers, B2B exchanges need to offer more than just a forum for purchasing and order matching. They must also provide robust supply chain collaboration and fulfillment capabilities to deliver on their promise," said Michael Schmitt, senior vice president, B2B e-commerce, J.D. Edwards. "As more industries and companies embrace the concept of digital marketplaces, exchange operators need solutions that can keep up with the demand and pace of change, and also help them generate revenue. J.D. Edwards' expanded solution set for digital exchanges does just that by providing the ability to rapidly and efficiently implement the tools to build, and also the ability to change and expand in the future."
Expanded B2B Solution Set for Digital Marketplaces
J.D. Edwards' solution set for digital marketplaces, based on its Freedom to Choose strategy, includes:
-- Web-enabled Collaborative Commerce Solution - Microsoft(R) will
provide the tools necessary for J.D. Edwards' customers to access its
trading exchange solutions, by allowing OneWorld XPI and Microsoft
BizTalk Server 2000(TM) to communicate seamlessly thus automating B2B
processes. Building on the success Microsoft and J.D. Edwards have
realized with OneWorld(TM) on the Microsoft platform, the two
companies are extending their relationship to break down traditional
communication barriers on the Internet that result from transacting
business through disparate technology systems, and to provide powerful
collaborative commerce solutions to customers.
-- Advanced, Collaborative eHubs - Atlas Commerce and J.D. Edwards are in
a proposed partnership in which Atlas Commerce's Metaprise software
will be offered as J.D. Edwards' trading exchange platform solution.
Together with J.D. Edwards' leading fulfillment and supply chain
applications, the combined solutions will help organizations build
advanced, collaborative eHubs that provide trading communities the
capability to execute all aspects of B2B e-commerce.
-- B2B in a Box - J.D. Edwards, Sun and iPlanet are working together to
deliver a complete, flexible, open solution that will enable
marketplaces to go-live in 90-days. The solution will combine the
strength of iPlanet's Market Maker platform with Sun's scaleable
servers and J.D. Edwards' fulfillment and supply chain capabilities.
-- Complete C-Commerce Solution for Net Markets - J.D. Edwards and IBM
are in a proposed partnership that will allow J.D. Edwards to resell
IBM's WebSphere Commerce Suite, Marketplace Edition, in addition to
its current reseller agreement with WebSphere Commerce Suite. This
strategic global agreement would extend and enhance J.D. Edwards
Active Marketplace offering, a key component of J.D. Edward
ActivEra(TM) Solutions.
-- Digital Marketplace Platform Solutions - J.D. Edwards is licensed to
resell the TRADEX Commerce Center(TM) platform in the US to customers,
helping them establish business-to-business trading communities. The
TRADEX marketplace platform is specifically designed to meet the
demands of high-volume, multi-buyer/multi-seller trading communities.
The open architecture of the TRADEX platform provides a level of
marketplace flexibility and scalability that ideally complements J.D.
Edwards' solutions.
OneWorld Xe Delivers Inter-enterprise Collaboration
The latest release of OneWorld, OneWorld Xe (extended enterprise) provides the flexible architecture, pre-integrated applications and interoperability exchange operators need to deploy these best-of-breed solutions within their organizations and out to the buyers and sellers in the trading community. Extended Process Integration (XPI) is the technology behind OneWorld Xe's interoperability, giving customers the power to collaborate using multiple extended applications that are shared among numerous enterprises. XPI allows disparate technologies within an organization to effectively work together using functionality acquired through J.D. Edwards' new agreement with e-business infrastructure provider Active Software, Inc (see related news release, June 20). In order to provide multi-enterprise collaboration among vendors, partners and suppliers, J.D. Edwards will embed Netfish's XML-enabled processes and technology (see related news release, June 20). XPI's Integration Broker technology, coupled with its ability to automate business processes, enables the rapid integration of new applications into existing infrastructure.
About J.D. Edwards
J.D. Edwards is a leading provider of agile, collaborative solutions for the Internet economy. The Company's integrated ActivEra(TM) Solutions deliver supply chain collaboration and fulfillment, and enable business-to-business trading communities in the consumer products, industrial and services industries. The Company's solutions are web-enabled and operate in multiple computing environments.
Founded in 1977, J.D. Edwards is headquartered in Denver and posted fiscal 1999 revenues of $944.2 million. Additional information can be obtained by contacting the Company via the Internet at www.jdedwards.com or at 800-727-5333.
NOTE: J.D. Edwards is a registered trademark of J.D. Edwards & Company. The names of all other product and services of J.D. Edwards used herein are trademarks or registered trademarks of J.D. Edwards World Source Company. All other product names used herein are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners. The historical results stated above are not necessarily indicative of the results of any future period.
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