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HBOC Chooses HIE as Integration Partner
ATLANTA, Sept. 15, 1998 — HBO & Company (Nasdaq:HBOC) today announced that it
has signed a multiyear strategic distribution agreement to market Healthdyne Information
Enterprises' (Nasdaq:HDIE) message broker tool. Under the agreement, HBOC will market
the HIE interface engine under the name Pathways Interface Manager.
The agreement underlines HBOC's ongoing commitment to application integration, said
Albert J. Bergonzi, HBOC president and co-chief operating officer. "We share our
customers' continuing focus on application integration," said Bergonzi. "In HIE, we've
chosen a partner with a strong position in the industry, an outstanding reputation for
customer service, and technology innovation that matches our own."
The HIE message broker will be the go-forward engine for Pathways Interface Manager.
HBOC will continue to support and upgrade its existing interface engine customers,
which will have the option to continue with their current interface engine or to migrate to
the HIE engine.
"The partnership will keep HIE abreast of HBOC's ongoing interface requirements and
new product developments that influence customers' integration needs," said Robert
Murrie, HIE president and chief executive officer. "The goal is to offer seamless support
for the significant integration needs felt by today's complex healthcare organization."
HIE will offer HBOC customers a full range of related services, including training,
technical support, implementation and integration consulting. In addition, the two
companies will cooperate on interoperability strategies to maximize customer value, and
HIE will work closely with HBOC to create standard integration for HBOC products
acquired in the future.
HIE's message broker tool offers healthcare organizations significant competitive
advantages, including better journaling capabilities for easier message state recovery,
superior monitoring capabilities and more active alerting mechanisms. It also provides
integrated data communications with a spectrum of protocols that are delivered in a
seamless, layered architecture. The architecture offers integrated store-and-forward,
batch and online operations with open systems and heterogeneous networking
capabilities.
The message broker is available on all platforms required by HBOC applications,
including: Data General 4.11 and 4.2; IBM AIX 4.1.5 and 4.2.1; Sun Solaris 2.5.1 and 2.6;
Hewlett-Packard UX 10.20; Digital Equipment Corporation UNIX 4.0c; and Intel Pentium®
family Pro Windows NT® Server 4.0.
HIE helps enterprises rapidly integrate their existing and new applications using the
company's market leading software tools and strategic and tactical integration services.
More than 1,000 customers around the world use the company's tools. HIE is
headquartered in Marietta, Ga., with offices in Dallas, Columbus, Nashville, London,
England, and Essen, Germany. For more information visit HIE's Web site at
hie.com.
HBOC delivers enterprisewide patient care, clinical, financial and strategic management
software solutions, as well as networking technologies, electronic commerce,
outsourcing and other services to healthcare organizations throughout the world. For
product information, call 1-800-981-8601 or visit HBOC's home page at
hboc.com. |
