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TSI's Mercator EAI Software Provides Industry's Most
Comprehensive SAP R/3 Interface Integration
Business Wire - January 19, 1999 07:15
WILTON, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 19, 1999--
Mercator is the Only EAI Product to Provide Five Interface Certifications for Technical Integration
With SAP R/3 Solutions
TSI International Software Ltd. (Nasdaq:TSFW), the provider of comprehensive enterprise
application integration (EAI) solutions, today announced that Mercator(R), its market-leading
software, has received two additional interface certifications from SAP AG.
TSI is now unique among EAI vendors having five certifications from SAP and thus is now
distinctively positioned to provide a complete EAI solution to companies with SAP(TM) R/3(TM).
"In the three years since Mercator became the first product certified for SAP's ALE interface,
many other EAI vendors have received a single interface certification for their products.
Mercator's five interface certifications further strengthen TSI Software's position as a leading
supplier of comprehensive packaged EAI solutions for SAP R/3," stated Saydean Zeldin, TSI
Software's vice president research and development.
"TSI continues to lead the global marketplace for SAP EAI by providing advanced, scalable
solutions -- as evidenced by our sustained growth and our expanding customer base with recently
announced customers such as Eli Lilly and General Motors."
Mercator: More Than Just Great Data Transformation
These two additional certifications mean that TSI's Mercator facilitates integration with every
technical interface available in the SAP R/3 environment enabling customers to leverage Mercator
across the enterprise. Mercator's re-certification for SAP's Application Link Enabling (ALE) and
new certification for ALE Message Handling Systems (AMS) provides significant advantages and
greater flexibility for TSI's customers.
About SAP ALE and AMS Certification
Mercator's ALE interface has been re-certified by SAP for the new release of R/3 4.0. ALE is
SAP's strategic messaging architecture and links distributed SAP applications with one another, as
well as with non-SAP applications affording customers the integration of distributed business
processes across the R/3 environment. With support for ALE 4.0, TSI's customers gain greater
flexibility and support for added functionality, including R/3 4.0 support for long names.
TSI's Mercator has also received interface certification from SAP AG for AMS. AMS is SAP's
ALE Message Handling System and acts as a bridge between SAP R/3 and another application or
multiple other applications. AMS complements Mercator's support for both content-based routing
and all major messaging middleware solutions.
About Mercator
TSI Software's Mercator is a comprehensive EAI solution that unleashes the benefits of optimized
business processes by enabling diverse software applications to work in concert. Mercator
dramatically reduces the time, cost and effort required to achieve EAI benefits by simplifying
business level integration while leveraging a customer's existing IT infrastructure through
non-invasive adaptation to middleware, applications, platforms and databases.
Mercator is a leading EAI technology for companies implementing SAP R/3 solutions, with over
200 SAP customers today using Mercator for R/3 integration, including Eastman Kodak, Eli Lilly,
General Motors, Hershey Foods, Hoechst, IBM, Lockheed Martin, Lucent Technologies and Texas
Instruments.
Industry analyst AMR Research states, "Mercator has become the 'de facto standard' for data
migration and the integration of R/3 with both legacy and bolt-on applications."
About TSI International Software Ltd.
TSI Software is a leading provider of packaged software for enterprise application integration
across all industries. TSI's flagship product, Mercator, is the leading solution for integrating SAP
R/3 with existing systems, best-of-breed applications, web applications, databases and data
warehouses. Over 1,500 customers worldwide have implemented TSI Software's integration
solutions.
TSI Software is a public company headquartered in Wilton. More information about the company
can be found on the Internet at tsisoft.com.
Note to Editors: Mercator is a registered trademark of TSI International Software Ltd. (the
Company). TSI Software is a trademark of the Company. SAP, R/3, and all SAP product and
service names mentioned herein are trademarks or registered trademarks of SAP AG. All other
product and company names mentioned may be the property of their respective owners.
CONTACT: TSI International Software Ltd.
Cynthia Cronk Brockhoff, 203/761-8600
ccronk@tsisoft.com
or
Edelman Worldwide
Deborah Morris, 650/968-4033 |
