PRESS
RELEASE
SEEBEYOND
AND RAINING DATA ALIGN TO GENERATE STANDARDS-BASED RFID SOLUTIONS
FOR SUPPLY CHAIN COLLABORATION
Companies
To Support Real-Time RFID Information Service
CHICAGO,
IL, RFID Journal LIVE!, April 11, 2005 — SeeBeyond
(Nasdaq: SBYN), provider of the world’s first fully integrated
composite application network suite (SeeBeyond ICAN) for advanced
integration and composite application solutions, and Raining
Data (Nasdaq: RDTA), a leading XML Data Management, XQuery and
Web Services technology provider, today announced an intent
to enter into a strategic agreement whereby the two companies
will team to provide solutions to manage and orchestrate the
flow of data generated by Radio Frequency Identification (RFID)
systems. As a part of the intended agreement, the companies
intend to enable the integration of information from existing
applications to generate standards-based collaboration among
partners across the Supply Chain, powering the EPCglobal Information
Service, EPC-IS.
As companies struggle to unlock the ROI around RFID initiatives,
the realization of a best practices framework to enable real-time
information sharing is becoming fundamental to any RFID project.
This sharing of data not only encompasses the enterprise applications
within the four walls of a corporation, but also the business
processes that span the extended enterprise. The EPC-IS in the
context of EPCglobal standards, is an important evolving component
of any supply chain that needs to be able to share information
with partners through an open standards framework.
As companies deploy this kind of infrastructure, the performance,
extensibility, interoperability and ease of access will become
important criteria when sharing high volumes of information.
With the XML-based repository (TigerLogic XDMS) from Raining
Data and the RFID Composite Application Network offering
from SeeBeyond, customers and partners can take advantage of
the standards-based Web Services and XQuery to aggregate information
not previously accessible – delivering new efficiencies to help
support accelerated ROI from RFID projects.
Together the companies will provide a standards-based technology
platform which collects, manages and integrates RFID and sensor
data with existing systems to enable composite applications
such as: track and trace, product recall, advanced shipping
and receiving reconciliation, and total inventory visibility.
“Organizations trying to unlock the ROI from RFID investments
must be able to integrate this real-time data with existing
systems to drive new ROI driven applications,” said Reed Henry,
senior vice president of Business Development, Strategic Alliances
and Marketing for SeeBeyond. “Partnering with a leading XML
Data Management, XQuery and Web Services technology provider,
such as Raining Data, enables our customers to leverage our
ICAN suite and integrate real-time EPC/RFID data to drive new
business application development.”
“We believe the intended alliance between Raining Data and SeeBeyond
offers companies the most complete RFID platform today,” said
Ajay Ramachandran, vice president of Enterprise Applications
Group for Raining Data. “Combining XML Data Management, XQuery
and Web Services with an integration platform, such as SeeBeyond
ICAN, delivers the necessary components to drive new Supply
Chain applications and fully take advantage of EPC/RFID data.”
SeeBeyond and Raining Data will be demonstrating a live EPC-IS
application at RFID Journal LIVE! (Booth 111). In addition,
as part of SeeBeyond’s RFID partner portfolio, Bent Systems
will join the two companies at the conference to highlight the
value of delivering next generation ROI-focused applications
for RFID. For more information about RFID Journal LIVE! 2005,
please visit www.rfidjournallive.com.
About Raining Data
Raining Data Corporation (Nasdaq: RDTA) has been providing reliable
data management solutions for more than three decades. Product
offerings include the high performance TigerLogic® XML Data
Management Server, Pick® Universal Data Model based data
management systems and .Net integration solutions. Raining Data’s
EPC/RFID and Supply Chain business solutions utilize XML, XQuery
and Web Services to enable companies to leverage their existing
enterprise systems and incorporate EPC/RFID data and business
processes seamlessly. Raining Data’s customer installed base
includes more than 500,000 active users, representing over 20,000
customer sites worldwide with a significant base of diverse
vertical applications. More information about Raining Data Corporation
and its products can be found at www.rainingdata.com.
About
SeeBeyond
With more than 15 years of software innovation and real-world
experience in integrating systems across Global 2000 organizations,
SeeBeyond (Nasdaq: SBYN) delivers the industry’s first integrated
composite application network built on a comprehensive integration
platform. The SeeBeyondÒ Integrated Composite Application
Network Suite™ helps organizations rapidly assemble and deploy
enterprise-scale end-user applications built on existing systems
and infrastructure to dramatically improve business operations.
SeeBeyond has approximately 2,000 customers worldwide, including
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts, BHP Billiton, The Cleveland
Clinic, The Dial Corporation, DuPont, Florida Power & Light,
Fluor Daniel, Fujitsu, General Motors, Halliburton, Hertz Corporation,
HP, Lockheed Martin, Pfizer, Samsung and Sprint. For more information,
please visit www.SeeBeyond.com.
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is a registered trademark of SeeBeyond Technology Corporation
in the United States and select foreign countries. SeeBeyond
Integrated Composite Application Network Suite is a trademark
of SeeBeyond Technology Corporation. The absence of a trademark
from this list does not constitute a waiver of SeeBeyond Technology
Corporation’s intellectual property rights concerning that trademark.
All other brands or product names are trademarks of their respective
owners.
This news release includes statements that are not historical
in nature and as such are intended to be forward looking statements
for purposes of the safe harbor provided by the Securities Litigation
Reform Act. These statements, including those related to the
intention of SeeBeyond and Raining Data to enter into an alliance
as well as the success of SeeBeyond's intended relationship
with Raining Data as well as the success of the jointly developed
RFID solutions are statements based on SeeBeyond’s current expectations,
assumptions, estimates and projections, its industry and its
future prospects. These statements are predictions, and actual
events and results may differ materially from those forward-looking
statements based on certain risks, including market acceptance
of SeeBeyond products and services as well as the joint RFID
offerings with Raining Data. Additional risks include the intended
alliance agreement not being finalized, potential release of
competitive products, and the market acceptance of the jointly
developed offerings among other factors. The forward-looking
statements contained in this news release are also subject to
other risks and uncertainties, including those more fully described
in the Company’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission
including its Annual Report filed on Form 10-K for the year
ended December 31, 2004, and its quarterly reports on Form 10-Q.
SeeBeyond does not undertake to update any forward-looking statements.
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