Savvion to Utilize Mercator E-Business Broker Suite to Further Integrate Extended Enterprise Data and Applications to Web-Enabled PCs, Palms and Mobile Phones
SANTA CLARA, CALIFORNIA, U.S.A. - Mercator® Software, Inc., (Nasdaq: MCTR) the e-business transformation companyTM, today announced an alliance with SavvionTM, a global provider of innovative business process management solutions. Under the terms of the agreement, Savvion BusinessManagerTM will leverage the application integration capabilities of the Mercator E-Business Broker Suite to enable companies to transact business across their extended enterprise of customers, vendors, partners and employees using browser-enabled personal computers, PalmTM devices, or cellular phone platforms.
The Westaim Corporation holds a 22 per cent equity interest in Savvion.
"Savvion lets companies revolutionize the way they conduct business by leveraging Internet-based technologies,” said Dr. Ketabchi, Savvion founder and CEO. “Our partnership with Mercator will let our customers quickly integrate existing enterprise data and applications into automated, managed e-business applications to streamline processes across the extended enterprise.”
The combined Mercator and Savvion solution speeds application and data integration enabling complete business process management to be done throughout the extended enterprise. Savvion BusinessManager will leverage Mercator’s unequalled any-to-any data transformation capabilities to address intra-enterprise application-to-application (A2A) integration requirements, business-to-business (B2B), consumer-to-business (C2B), and business-to-employee (B2E) information processing needs. Mercator’s single, open architecture enables Savvion BusinessManager customers to use a common application integration platform to transform and route application and business process data among internal enterprise applications, external trading and supply chain partners, and employees, regardless of network infrastructure.
For example, a sales order business process stores order information in an SAP application which is then transformed and automatically routed to complementary financial and customer relationship management applications in their native formats using existing messaging systems and transports (A2A). That same order information can then trigger supply chain business process transactions with trading partners in XML or EDI formats (B2B), while order status information can be simultaneously presented back to employees and buyers in additional data formats, whether via secure HTTP, e-mail or wireless protocol (B2E and C2B). This all occurs from a single integrated application integration and business process management platform.
“Mercator’s powerful application integration and e-business transformation capability fully complements Savvion’s business process management capabilities,” stated Connie Galley, president and CEO, Mercator. “Together Mercator and Savvion will enable customers to focus on managing and integrating the flow of transactions across the extended enterprise to support both internal and external e-business transformation initiatives.”
About Savvion
Savvion is an innovative global provider of Internet-deployed business management solutions. The company's e-business platform, BusinessManager, lets customers automate business operations by quickly transforming internal and external processes into flexible, distributed Web applications that can be accessed and managed over intranets, extranets and wireless devices. Customers then manage their business operations online, streamlining interaction across the extended enterprise with their customers, partners, suppliers and employees. BusinessManager gives customers a real-time, online view of their automated business processes, and the power to modify their execution dynamically based on changing conditions. Privately held, Savvion received $25 million in first-round funding in April 2000 from an international investment group including: Westaim Corp, HIG Capital, TransCosmos USA (Japan), D-Age (Netherlands), and Redwood Venture Partners. Savvion is headquartered in the heart of Silicon Valley in Santa Clara, Calif. For more information, visit www.savvion.com or call 1-888-544-5511.
About Mercator
Mercator is a leading provider of integration software for e-business transformation. Our products automate the end-to-end integration of the commerce chain, enabling the seamless flow of information throughout the enterprise and with the applications of customers and partners. With Mercator, customers can lock in the benefits of e-business through the adaptive transformation of business processes, while fully leveraging current technology investments at every step.
More than 5,000 customers, across every industry, use our software to accelerate their transformation to e-business. Over 100 partners, including application software providers, systems integrators and Net markets, embed or resell our technology to enhance their product or service offerings. Additional information about Mercator can be found at www.mercator.com.
About The Westaim Corporation
The Westaim Corporation is a technology accelerator that launches exceptional technologies into the marketplace. In addition to its investment in Savvion, Westaim’s technology investments include Westaim Biomedical Corp., which has developed an infection control technology for use in the treatment of wounds, and iFire Technology Inc., which has developed a revolutionary low-cost flat panel display. Westaim’s common shares are listed on Nasdaq under the symbol WEDX and on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the trading symbol WED.
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For more information:
Tony Johnston, Senior Vice President, Corporate Affairs, The Westaim Corporation
(403) 234-3103, info@westaim.com, www.westaim.com
Don Nanneman, Savvion
(408) 330-3496; nanneman@savvion.com, www.savvion.com
Mary MacGregor, Spiralgroup for Savvion
(760) 360-9014, marym@spiralgroup.com
Mercator is a registered trademark of Mercator Software, Inc. “the e-business transformation company” is a trademark of Mercator Software, Inc. Savvion and Savvion BusinessManager are trademarks of Savvion, Inc.
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