Object Design Inc (ODI), the provider of object data management solutions for Java-, XML- and C++-based applications, and Bluestone Software, an independent leader in enterprise interaction management, have announced a strategic partnership to integrate and jointly market Object Design`s eXcelon XML data server and the Bluestone XML Suite.
When used together, Bluestone XML Suite and eXcelon provide an effective, fully integrated XML data-management solution for companies seeking to build and deploy new XML e-business applications in areas such as electronic data interchange (EDI), enterprise application integration, supply chain management, thin-client device, and business-to-business and business-to-consumer e-commerce.
The Bluestone XML Suite comprises Bluestone XML-Server, Bluestone Visual-XML, and XwingML. Bluestone XML-Server is the first generally available dynamic XML server, defined as the middle-tier link that integrates legacy and new-age data sources with XML documents.
Bluestone Visual-XML is a developer toolkit that helps companies build XML-based applications through graphical drag-and-drop programming that generates pure Java and pure XML code. Bluestone`s XwingML is a public domain contribution from Bluestone labs that accelerates the learning curve for early adoptors of XML/Java tools.
Object Design`s eXcelon is the industry`s first dynamically extensible data server for caching, managing and extending XML in distributed e-business application environments. eXcelon lets users define, manage and extend the XML driving their applications without compromising performance, thus enabling them to leverage the simplicity, extensibility, flexibility and portability of XML.
"Our products are a natural fit because the Bluestone XML Suite provides the means to access and translate existing corporate information into XML, and eXcelon provides a high-performance data server for managing and serving XML to e-business applications," says Larry Alston, VP marketing for ODI. "Together we solve two major problems for customers seeking to capitalise on the benefits of XML: back-end connectivity with legacy systems, and industrial-strength data management in the middle tier."
The key benefits of using Bluestone XML Suite and eXcelon together include:
High performance: By dynamically exposing, interpreting, generating, parsing and caching XML documents in memory, the Bluestone XML Suite/eXcelon solution eliminates the need to redundantly translate legacy data into XML, thus improving application performance by orders of magnitude.
Better security: Allowing disparate business systems to interact and update one another across departmental and corporate boundaries raises a variety of security concerns. By using Bluestone XML Suite and eXcelon together, users can allay these concerns by having Bluestone XML Suite coordinate and control interaction between these systems, using eXcelon as an intermediary data store and preventing users from directly accessing back-end systems.
Improved productivity: Bluestone XML Suite provides customers with ready-to-use, bidirectional connectivity to legacy and enterprise systems. This reduces the cost and time required to custom-develop back-end connectivity solutions, thus enabling customers to deliver their eXcelon-based applications to market quickly and cost-effectively.
As part of the new partnership, Bluestone is building an integration between Bluestone XML-Server and eXcelon. Furthermore, the companies will engage in a variety of collaborative sales, marketing and educational programmes in coming months, including joint XML and e-business seminars, and joint trade show, advertising and direct mail programs. Object Design products are distributed in South Africa by Software Futures.
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