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Technology Stocks : OBJECT DESIGN Inc.: Bargain of the year!! -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: hasbeen101 who wrote (2776)	3/8/1999 8:53:00 AM
From: GUSTAVE JAEGER	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 3194

Damien, I think that when webMethods is mentioning ORCL, SYBS, IFMX and the like, it only comes to the usual PR name-dropping: they're just reassuring customers that their software works fine with the mainstream DBMSs. Now, I have achieved a little recap for you... Chicago, IL/XML '98 (November 16, 1998) - webMethods, Inc. and Microsoft Corp. today announced that the companies are collaborating on the development of XML technology for data-driven Web applications, including sophisticated new technology for querying XML documents. Microsoft selected webMethods as a partner for these efforts because of the company's expertise in the development and deployment of XML-based software for business-to-business integration and e-commerce. "XML is a key component in our Windows distributed application platform called Windows DNA," said J Allard, General Manager of Microsoft. "By addressing common application requirements such as query and data retrieval, Microsoft and webMethods are helping evolve XML from a document-centric markup language to the basis for a new generation of interoperable enterprise and Internet distributed applications." Below is an excerpt from webmethods.com Under the agreement, webMethods will integrate Object Design's ObjectStore(tm) database management system with its webMethods B2B products to provide high-availability, continuous operation capabilities. Additionally, this integration provides webMethods B2B with a dynamic repository for the storage and maintenance of XML documents. webMethods B2B, comprising the B2B Integration Server and the B2B Developer, is an XML-based solution that facilitates inter-enterprise integration between ERP applications, Web sites and legacy data sources. webMethods B2B is first to market with its ability to enable secure and scalable inter-enterprise application integration based on XML and standard Internet protocols such as HTTP and SSL. "We are pleased to partner with Object Design to embed high-performance data management capabilities into webMethods B2B," says Phillip Merrick, president and CEO of webMethods."Together, our technologies offer the industry's most robust and reliable solution for business-to-business application integration between trading partners." Separately, Object Design will resell webMethods B2B as a connectivity solution for the company's new eXcelon™ XML data server, which Object Design announced yesterday at the XML '98 show. eXcelon is a high-performance, highly scalable data server that caches, manages and serves all information to enterprise applications and Web servers as XML. eXcelon can be used as an application cache for existing data sources, or as a complete data management system for new XML-based applications. Now, mix the above pieces of news with this: biz.yahoo.com ... Unlike products that are modified to offer simple XML ''support,'' eXcelon is based on field-proven technology for the caching, storage, management and distribution of XML data. As a result, eXcelon is ''dynamically extensible,'' which means that users can define, manage and extend the XML driving their applications without compromising performance. This enables them to fully leverage the simplicity, extensibility, flexibility and portability of XML. ''With eXcelon, Object Design has delivered a crucial piece of the puzzle for developers creating Windows DNA Web applications: a high-performance data-management solution that enables developers to truly leverage the portability, flexibility and extensibility of XML,'' said Adam Bosworth, general manager, Microsoft Corporation. ''eXcelon makes XML ready for 'prime time' and will become a key enabling technology for the impending explosion of new XML Web applications.'' So... I think the relationship and the synergy between the three companies (MSFT, webMethods, ODIS) are obvious, isn't it?