To: Susan Saline who wrote (989 ) 11/17/1999 6:06:00 AM From: Neil H Respond to of 1222
COMMERCE ONE SELECTS NEON FOR GLOBAL E-PROCUREMENT INTEGRATION DENVER, Nov 16, 1999 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- New Era of Networks, Inc. (Nasdaq: NEON) today announced an agreement with Commerce One, Inc. (Nasdaq: CMRC), the leader in global business-to-business (B2B) electronic procurement solutions, that will enable customers to integrate the Commerce One Solution(TM) with legacy and ERP applications. NEON's e-Business Integration products, including NEON e-Biz Integrator and NEON e-Business Adapter Development Kit (e-ADK), will be integrated with Commerce One' BuySite(TM) Solution to deliver a fully interactive, multi-enterprise e-commerce solution for Commerce One's customers. "Our customers require real-time, large-scale interoperability between Commerce One BuySite and many different enterprise applications," said Sam Prather, vice president of engineering at Commerce One. "NEON's advanced technology, global presence and domain expertise in e-Business integration made them the clear choice as the right partner to address our product integration needs. In addition, their international customer base is clearly unmatched by any other integration solution provider." "The name Commerce One is synonymous with the explosion of business-to-business e-commerce," said Rick Adam, chief executive officer of NEON. "They are the leaders in electronic procurement and online community trading." The Commerce One Solution dynamically links buying and supplying organizations into real-time trading communities, increasing efficiency and reducing operational costs across the entire indirect supply chain. When implemented with NEON's e-Business Integration products, this solution inter-operates with existing systems, such as accounting and inventory management. For instance, purchase orders created by customers using the BuySite solution are integrated to an ERP system for posting to the accounts payable system. "Companies with existing production applications will benefit immediately from the Commerce One/NEON solution. Together, we can quickly connect buyers and suppliers to new, Internet-based business processes," Adam added. The Commerce One/NEON Solution The Commerce One BuySite electronic procurement application enables organizations to make purchases over the Internet, automating the entire purchasing cycle, from requisition to payment. Creating the necessary links between applications for such organizations can be a time-consuming, risky and error-prone custom programming task. NEON e-Biz Integrator eliminates the need for custom integration coding by supplying an out-of-the-box software solution to integrate Commerce One with packaged applications and legacy systems. The NEON e-Biz Integrator product will include the Adapters to Commerce One products such as BuySite and MarketSite.net.