[ebxml-mktg] ebXML support announcement

[James O'Leonard <JOleonard@kinzan.com>]

Kinzan Announces General Availability of AWSS 2.5
Services framework now supports global ebXML standard and open source
environments, greatly expanding opportunities for creating reliable and
cost-effective service-based applications
CARLSBAD, Calif. (January 21, 2003) - Kinzan, a leading provider of Web
services software for the extended enterprise, today announced general
availability of version 2.5 of its Adaptive Web Services Suite (AWSS.) "As a
framework for developing service-based applications, AWSS dramatically
reduces the costs of integration both within and between companies by
breaking applications into components and services that can be easily
modified and re-used," said Gari Cheever, CEO at Kinzan. The new version
provides Kinzan's customers and partners with the ability to create a
broader range of service-based applications through support for ebXML, the
globally accepted standard for conducting electronic business between
companies. It also enables customers and partners to deploy those
applications to a wider variety of server environments through support for
Apache Tomcat in addition to IBM WebSphere and BEA WebLogic. 
By incorporating support for ebXML, AWSS 2.5 enables the creation of both
simple request and respond services using web services standards such as
SOAP, WSDL and UDDI as well as more complex transactional services using the
security and reliability features of ebXML. Using Kinzan's ebXML service,
Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Company, the largest telecommunications
company in the world, recently passed a battery of ebXML interoperability
tests organized by the Electronic Commerce Promotion Council of Japan
(ECOM). "As a service provider, we know the importance of standards and
interoperability," said Haruhisa Ichikawa, Executive Director at NTT
Information Sharing Platform Laboratories, "and Kinzan's AWSS allows us to
integrate business processes with partners using globally accepted standards
that have been proven to be reliable and interoperable."
With AWSS 2.5, IT organizations and systems integrators also now have a
wider variety of choices when it comes to deploying their service-based
applications. In addition to supporting leading application server
environment such as IBM WebSphere and BEA WebLogic, AWSS can be run on top
of open source environments such as Apache Tomcat. To learn more about AWSS,
including how to obtain an evaluation copy of the software, please visit
www.kinzan.com or send mail to info@kinzan.com.
About Kinzan, Inc.
Kinzan provides leading Web services products for the extended enterprise.
Its Adaptive Web Services Suite simplifies how companies share information,
integrate systems and extend business processes to customers, partners and
employees. Based on open standards like SOAP, WSDL and UDDI, Adaptive Web
Services extend Web services capabilities and make them easier to use.
Kinzan is located in Carlsbad, California and its customers include
AutoTrader, Avon, Maytag, NTT and Sharp. 
For information, email info@kinzan.com <mailto:info@kinzan.com>, or visit
www.kinzan.com <http://www.kinzan.com>.
Kinzan, Adaptive Web Services, Kinzan Application Framework, Kinzan Tools
and Kinzan Connectors are trademarks of Kinzan, Inc. All other trademarks
belong to their respective owners.

Contact:
James O'Leonard
800.963.8424 ext. 1184
joleonard@kinzan.com <mailto:joleonard@kinzan.com>



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James O'Leonard:: Dir, Product Marketing
Kinzan :: 5857 Owens Ave. Suite 210 Carlsbad CA 92008 
Phone 760.602.1184 Fax 760.602.2910