Spescom Software Inc, the US operation of technology innovator, Spescom, has announced the release of a new version of its next-generation enterprise information management software platform, eB Version 14.
eB Version 14 supports the increasingly important market requirement of the information technology industry known as service-oriented architectures (SOAs). This architecture enables the effective communication and sharing of data between disparate computer systems.
The new release expands the already extensive enterprise content and configuration management functionality of the current eB platform using the latest Microsoft .NET framework to provide platform-independent connectivity and interoperability and add critical Web service and XML standards. These new standards enable both new and existing applications and systems to powerfully connect with software and services across many platforms and programming languages.
According to Spescom Software CEO, Carl Mostert, the new release of the eB software signifies a major milestone and forms the platform on which Spescom will base all future applications and solutions for the global multibillion-dollar information management markets that the company addresses.
"Spescom is taking the lead in offering an integrated, feature-rich XML Web service-enabled enterprise content and configuration management platform that meets the needs of next-generation applications and provides new levels of functional connectivity," says Mostert.
"As a result, businesses will be able to develop content-rich applications that deliver information when and where it is needed to empower business partners, suppliers and employees to make better decisions, faster."
Mostert notes that the new version provides existing customers with valuable capabilities for mission-critical data management applications across their enterprises.
According to Janice Hoerber, IT manager, AmerenUE, an early adopter of the 14 platform, AmerenUE is planning to make extensive use of the enhanced capabilities and architecture.
"eB forms one of the core technologies on which we will be deploying a range of applications for managing the configuration and all associated documents related to our Callaway nuclear power plant. We believe that eB will enable us to streamline our business processes by consolidating and integrating multiple applications in a common environment. This will result in improved operational effectiveness and regulatory compliance," says Hoerber.
Mostert concludes that eB Version 14.3 will be generally available from July 2005.
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Spescom is a multinational technology innovator with direct operations in the US, UK and SA.
The group is publicly listed on the JSE Securities Exchange SA (Spescom Ltd), and on the NASDAQ OTCBB : SPCO (Spescom Software Inc).
Spescom is an information and communications technology company focused on the various aspects of enterprise content management.
The group provides products and solutions to connect to the network economy, as well as enterprise software to manage information and knowledge.
Specifically, Spescom supplies solutions in the areas of access network, enterprise information management, multimedia transaction recording, broadcast and customer contact centres.
Spescom markets its products worldwide through appointed partners and distributors under the eB brand for its enterprise software, and the DataVoice brand for its multimedia transaction recording solutions.
eB is sold internationally by US-based Spescom Software Inc.
Spescom's global customer base consists of multi-national organisations including leading enterprises in the utilities, telecommunications, transportation, financial, banking and insurance sectors.
Worldwide, customers include Siemens, British Telecoms, Network Rail (formerly Railtrack), Lloyds of London, Barclays Bank, Abbey National Bank, WH Smith, Caterpillar, Bechtel, AmerenUE, Entergy, Bombardier, Ocean Energy, Sempra Energy, Telkom, SABC, Old Mutual, Eskom, Transnet and First National Bank.
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Spescom Software
Spescom Software is a developer and marketer of leading-edge content and configuration management software and solutions for complex applications in energy, homeland security, defence and other sectors that provide the unique ability to manage disparate types of content and other data on a single platform. The company's proprietary eB platform provides extensive enterprise content management (ECM) functionality, together with best-of-breed configuration management capabilities. These capabilities enable the secure capture and storage of both structured and unstructured information, in addition to the ability to organize, control and manage this information.
Spescom's eB software solution revolutionizes data management through an innovative new paradigm of data management that re-invents how organizations store, track, access, and use their enterprise's data to maximize efficiency and guarantee accuracy and integrity of the data. Spescom believes its eB platform is the first product capable of providing customers a unique multi-dimensional view of an organisation's information, whether it is so-called structured information in a traditional database , or unstructured data that might be in an e-mail, video, pictures or any other kind of information. The company's one-stop solutions provide rapid access to accurate information regarding its clients' assets, products and processes, resulting in improved customer satisfaction, productivity, regulatory compliance and safety. It achieves this through eB's unified suite of document, configuration and records management technologies, based on its powerful proprietary solutions platform.
Key customers include Constellation Energy, Continental Express, AmerenUE, Cities of Las Vegas and Dayton, Lloyds Register, United Space Alliance, Entergy, Northeast Utilities, London Underground, Network Rail, and many others.
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