eXcelon Corporation Announces New Dynamic B2B Integration Server and Industry-specific B2B Frameworks
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eXcelon Corp. today announced two new products:
eXcelon B2B Integration Server - a software suite that includes development tools and a delivery platform for building and deploying dynamic B2B solutions. The B2B Integration Server enables users to expand their partner and trading networks, and integrate their new and existing business processes with these partners and eMarkets. By giving an enterprise direct control over who they work with (with the B2B Translator) and how they work with them (with the Business Process Workflow Engine), an enterprise can establish high-value business relationships that are built for change.
B2B Translator provides interoperability between existing and emerging XML-based B2B standards, and extensions to those standards. Enterprises will be able to broaden their trading networks, and simultaneously connect with partners, suppliers, resellers, and eMarkets regardless of the B2B standard or protocol they use. Web-based relationships can be established with partners of all sizes, located anywhere because no IT investment by partners is required.
Business Process Workflow Engine allows companies to include partners in a unified business process workflow. Workflows are represented using a business document metaphor, so that state information can be shared with internal systems and external partners. Interactions between partners can be tracked, audited and dynamically changed based upon internal and external partner events. This capability is critical for Internet B2B, to ensure the completion of business transactions that could span days, weeks or even months.
Together, the B2B Translator and the Business Process Workflow Engine provide the basis for a powerful platform, which also includes enterprise connectivity, development of business rules, and powerful deployment options for scalability and performance.
eXcelon eSolutions - eXcelon Corporation has announced a suite of industry-specific Frameworks for the insurance, retail, telecommunications and manufacturing industries. Each Framework will leverage common components for extending EDI using XML, and connecting to industry specific eMarkets and trading hubs. These Frameworks are the first available in what will be an ongoing program through which eXcelon Corp. will provide eBusiness Frameworks for selected vertical industries.
The Frameworks announced today work with the B2B Integration Server to provide out-of-the-box, extensible, industry-specific "dictionaries," data models and workflows for users in these industries. Each eSolution offering, implements the standard models developed by industry consortiums, enabling customers to get up and running quickly and easily. eXcelon eSolutions Frameworks provide a high level of flexibility and customization, enabling users to define business models and workflows for their industries that can be updated and changed very quickly as partnerships and business collaborations change. In the future, eXcelon Corp. will expand the eSolutions Frameworks family to other industries.
"eXcelon Corp. was one of the first companies to recognize the importance of dynamic solutions in the fast-changing world of eBusiness, said Bob Goldman, CEO of eXcelon Corporation. "We have been developing extensible XML-based products for three years and these products have become the fastest-growing part of our business. With today's announcements, eXcelon Corp. provides customers with dynamic B2B solutions that allow an enterprise to establish many more partnerships, and leverage these partnerships simultaneously, in an opportunistic and strategic manner. This represents an enormous advantage over previous systems."
Pricing, Platform Support and Availability
eXcelon B2B Integration Server will be available in March, 2000 from eXcelon Corporation and its resellers. Prices for a typical installation start at $80,000. eXcelon eSolutions Frameworks will be available in March, 2000. Prices depend on the implementation. |
