TSI Software Advances Leadership in Business-to-Business Commerce with Next Generation Integration Broker
Lufthansa AirPlus Spin-Off Selects TSI Software for Industry's Leading XML Transformation Capabilities for New Electronic Marketplace
WILTON, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 30, 1999-- TSI International Software Ltd. (NASDAQ:TSFW - news), a leading provider of eBusiness and enterprise application integration (EAI) software, today announced that it has combined its Mercator integration broker software with its Novera Web application integration product to deliver a next-generation B2B integration broker. As the first new offering from the recent acquisition of Novera Software, this product will provide TSI Software's customers with the industry's most comprehensive capabilities, including XML integration and transformation, for deploying complex B2B integration solutions quickly, easily and cost-effectively. Customers will be able to Internet-enable any application by exposing and transforming existing business process interfaces as XML messages to trading partners over public and private networks and leverage their existing IT infrastructure in new B2B e-commerce initiatives.
``The networked economy is rapidly creating a global trading Web, consisting of dynamically interconnected enterprises, electronic marketplaces, and ASP-hosted services,' said Connie Galley, president and CEO of TSI Software. ``Leveraging TSI Software's deep expertise in Internet standards and strengths in integrating heterogeneous systems across any network, our goal is to become the dominant provider of B2B integration software in this new landscape.'
TSI Software Provides Seamless Integration between XML and Existing IT Infrastructure
XML and standard Internet protocols facilitate the widespread integration of business processes between trading partners by providing an interface for exposing existing information systems and business processes across corporate boundaries. In order to achieve true eBusiness integration however, enterprises must be able to seamlessly integrate application content between XML interfaces and existing business applications, without major IT development effort.
Mercator provides this link as a natural extension of its many-to-many data transformation capabilities. Using Mercator, customers are able to transform directly between XML schemas and schemas for any new and legacy supported content type, including EDI, CII, S.W.I.F.T., HL7, ACORD, SAP, PeopleSoft and RDBMS. Mercator provides the tools for extending the integration of applications and business processes to trading partners using XML, while protecting IT investment in existing information systems. Mercator's XML support, coupled with Novera for hosting component-based server applications for the Internet, enables eBusinesses to integrate complex business processes with trading partners over public and private networks.
The B2B integration broker will be the first combined deliverable from TSI Software's acquisition of Novera. In addition to providing capabilities for Internet-enabling commerce applications, it will provide comprehensive support for end-to-end management of B2B integration processes, support a rich set of B2B standards and enable simplified B2B technology transition. This will allow customers to easily deploy solutions for complex B2B integration scenarios, such as integrating XML-based procurement applications with EDI-based order processing systems, or exposing manufacturing/order/shipping status information from ERP systems to customers as XML documents.
Lufthansa AirPlus Spin-Off Selects Mercator for Proven XML Integration and Transformation
The strength of TSI Software's capabilities for B2B integration led to the selection of Mercator by Seals GmbH, a Germany-based application service provider in the B2B area, as its eBusiness integration broker for an innovative service for corporate customers. Seals was founded in 1999 as a spin-off of Lufthansa AirPlus, a company providing a wide range of business travel management and procurement services to corporate customers, including many of the largest companies in Europe. Seals offers a browser-based B2B e-commerce service, acting as a clearing-house for a wide range of transactions between enterprises. Seals has chosen Mercator as its integration broker to handle complex XML-to-any transformation and routing. The first service, InvoiceXchange, allows Seals' corporate customers to present their invoices through a Web-based service that delivers data electronically to their clients, and through the use of Mercator, in any format the client has specified. In the AirPlus case, invoices from travel agents, hotels, car rental agencies and other suppliers to AirPlus corporate customers are consolidated at AirPlus and delivered over the Internet through Seals.
``To quickly deliver innovative online invoicing services for our business customers, we need an integration architecture that supports the broadest possible set of applications, integration scenarios and B2B message formats,' said Marcus Laube, CEO of Seals. ``Mercator's powerful integration capabilities allow us to provide more customized service to our clients, respond quickly to new requirements for specific message formats or changes to our databases, and to integrate XML with any message format required by our clients, including SAP(TM) IDocs and EDI.'
Product Availability
Mercator and Novera are available today. TSI Software plans to offer the B2B integration broker in Q1 2000. Pricing and packaging details will be announced at a later date. To hear more information about TSI Software's B2B integration broker, sign up for an upcoming Webcast at www.tsisoft.com/b2b.
About TSI International Software Ltd.
TSI Software simplifies eBusiness integration. TSI Software's packaged integration solutions leverage Internet standards such as XML and EJB to replace expensive and time consuming integration alternatives such as manual coding and stand-alone B2B and EAI servers. With TSI Software's Mercator integration suite and Novera Web application integration product, companies can quickly and easily integrate business applications with any commerce touch point, including Internet marketplaces, trading partner applications, and Web-based eCommerce applications.
TSI Software is a public company (NASDAQ:TSFW - news) headquartered in Wilton, Connecticut. More information about the company can be found on the Internet at tsisoft.com.
Mercator and Novera are registered trademarks of the TSI International Software Ltd (the Company). TSI Software is a trademark of the Company. Other names may be trademarks of their respective owners.
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