BEAS,KPMG
BEA and KPMG Consulting Team Up To Help Simplify Enterprise Integration
Combination Offers Joint Customers a Standards-Based Integration Solution, Making it Easier and Faster To Integrate and Add New Applications
SAN JOSE, Calif., and MCLEAN, Va., Jul 10, 2001 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- BEA Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: BEAS chart, msgs), one of the world's leading e-business infrastructure software companies, and KPMG Consulting, Inc. (Nasdaq: KCIN chart, msgs), one of the world's largest consulting companies, today announced plans for KPMG Consulting to build integration solutions for the high-tech industry with its Configure to Fit(TM) (CTF) framework using BEA WebLogic(R) Integration.
"The expansion of our very successful alliance with KPMG Consulting is an important part of our strategy to help enterprises more effectively deal with the challenges of integrating applications across Web-based systems," said Ivan Koon, president of the BEA E-Commerce Integration Division. "By working closely with leading system integrators, we are able to streamline the delivery of complete solutions and maintain a leadership position in both technology and deployment capability. We're very pleased that KPMG Consulting is building an arsenal of solutions based on BEA WebLogic Integration to fast track successful implementations for their clients."
BEA WebLogic Integration(TM) is the only platform to combine the application development and deployment capabilities of the award-winning BEA WebLogic Server(TM) -- the world's #1 Java application server -- with comprehensive application integration, business process management and B2B integration capabilities. BEA WebLogic Integration provides a standards-based integration framework that enables disparate applications to talk to each other using adapters and technologies based on common protocols and open standards. Developed with the Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition Connector Architecture (J2EE CA), BEA WebLogic Integration features an Adapter Development Kit (ADK) that streamlines adapter creation, testing, packaging and distribution.
KPMG Consulting's Configure to Fit(TM) solutions provide end-to-end integration of business processes, workflows, and data across disparate systems, increasing an enterprise's ability to respond and adapt to change. This convergence may encompass business-critical functions such as collaborative product design, supply chain management (SCM), and customer relationship management (CRM). Applying best practices for business process and technology integration, CTF delivers streamlined business operations, thereby increasing scalability and reducing operational costs. CTF has been applied to vertical industry segments, addressing the unique needs of each industry |
