Vitria BusinessWare Integrates Front and Back Office Systems to Automate
Configure-to-Order Process for Notebook Computers
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., March 9 /PRNewswire/ -- Vitria Technology Inc., today announced that Fujitsu PC Corporation (FPC) of Milpitas, Calif., a leading supplier of high-performance mobile computing solutions, has chosen Vitria BusinessWare to integrate the information systems that support their custom-configuration business initiative. Systems integrated by BusinessWare will include a Web-based order configuration system, manufacturing and distribution applications from Oracle, and a manufacturing execution system. The BusinessWare solution will help FPC configure and ship notebook computers
to business partners in a fraction of the time it takes today.
FPC chose Vitria BusinessWare because of its powerful combination of model-driven process automation tools and industrial-strength, standards-based messaging. This unique blend will enable FPC business analysts to graphically model their entire configure-to-order process, together with related business rules, and then use the model to automate the flow of information across the underlying information systems. The BusinessWare solution will give FPC managers end-to-end visibility and control of the entire process -- helping them to quickly identify and eliminate processing bottlenecks and significantly reduce the time it takes to assemble and ship custom-configured notebook computers.
FPC also selected Vitria BusinessWare for its scalability and flexibility. In an environment where customer needs, manufacturing and distribution processes, and information systems undergo constant and rapid change, FPC required a solution that could grow and evolve as quickly as their business. BusinessWare will allow FPC business analysts to control and coordinate cross-application information flows using graphical process models that can be changed manually -- or dynamically based on user-specified business rules -- as needed. In addition, BusinessWare's federated architecture -- based on the same design principles as the Web -- provides an integration solution that supports incremental and unlimited growth.
"As competition in the PC notebook market intensifies, continuously enhancing the customer experience is a critical success factor for FPC," said Steve Andler, FPC's vice president of marketing. "Our goal is to make it significantly easier and more satisfying for customers to do business with us. End-to-end supply chain automation, with the help of the BusinessWare application integration platform, will help us move closer to this goal within a very aggressive timeframe."
"The return on investment for supply chain automation provides a clear and compelling reason to invest in application integration solutions like BusinessWare," said JoMei Chang, CEO and co-founder of Vitria. "FPC and Vitria share a common vision of using innovative technology to transform business operations and service customers in new and imaginative ways. We look forward to working closely with FPC to deliver on this vision."
About Fujitsu PC Corporation
Fujitsu PC Corporation (FPC) is a subsidiary of Fujitsu Limited, a leading provider of information technology products and solutions for the global marketplace with revenues of $37.7 billion in the fiscal year ending March 31,1998. FPC delivers high-performance mobile computing solutions for the North American market. FPC introduced the award-winning LifeBook(TM) Family of notebook computers in 1996 and has since become the eighth* largest supplier of notebooks in the U.S. FPC emphasizes leading-edge technology, exceptional product quality, user comfort and productivity, and outstanding customer service as primary competitive advantages. The company is headquartered in Milpitas, Calif. and has configuration and customer support centers in Memphis, Tenn. Visit the FPC web site at www.fujitsu-pc.com or call 888-4-ON-THE-GO for additional information.
About Vitria BusinessWare
BusinessWare is Vitria's industry-leading solution for Enterprise Application Integration (EAI). It includes the following four components:
-- BusinessWare Communicator: BusinessWare's messaging component provides the messaging backbone that allows independent applications to share information by exchanging messages based on open Internet standards like XML and CORBA IDL.
-- BusinessWare Connectors: BusinessWare's components for data extraction, translation, and transformation link applications, messaging systems, and databases into the messaging backbone provided by BusinessWare Communicator.
-- BusinessWare Automator: BusinessWare's model-driven business process automation component allows business analysts to define and execute graphical business process models -- with embedded business rules -- that control and coordinate multi-step business processes across multiple independent applications.
-- BusinessWare Analyzer: BusinessWare's business process monitoring and analysis component allows business analysts to continuously monitor and analyze business processes, providing instant and incremental updates on key performance metrics.
About Vitria
Vitria Technology Inc. provides the first process-driven software solution for Enterprise Application Integration. Vitria BusinessWare helps companies gain end-to-end visibility and control of business processes that span multiple information systems. BusinessWare solutions are driven by graphical business process models that allow business analysts to control and coordinate cross-application information flows without programming. This unique approach reduces the time and cost of integrating applications, and provides the flexibility companies need to continuously adapt processes and supporting systems to changing business conditions. Dozens of leading companies including CableVision, Deutsche Bank, Federal Express, Hewitt Associates, Inacom, KPMG, Qwest Communications, and SBC Communications have already chosen BusinessWare to integrate their business-critical information systems. Vitria also works closely with leading product and service partners including Clarify, HP, KPMG, Microsoft, Netscape, Oracle, and Sun Microsystems.
Founded in 1994 by recognized innovators in application integration technology, Vitria is a privately held, venture-backed company based in Mountain View, California. BusinessWare is available on Microsoft Windows NT and Sun Solaris, and HP-UX. For more information, call 650-237-6900, visit the Web site at www.vitria.com, or send email to info@vitria.com.
NOTE: Vitria and Vitria BusinessWare are registered trademarks of Vitria Technology, Inc. Fujitsu and the Fujitsu logo are registered trademarks and LifeBook is a trademark of Fujitsu Limited. All other trademarks mentioned herein are the property of their respective owners. The statements provided herein are for informational purposes only, and may be amended or altered by FPC without notice or liability. FPC disclaims liability for any inaccuracies, errors or omissions in this press release.
* Based on Total U.S. Mobile PC Shipments, Dataquest
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