|
Fujitsu and Software AG Deliver Joint Offering to Manage
Integration Components within an SOA
CentraSite™
enables customers to gain visibility and control of SOA assets as
never before
Tokyo,
Japan and Darmstadt, Germany, October 11, 2005 –
Fujitsu Limited and Software AG today announced that they have delivered
a joint offering to help organizations manage integration components
within a Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA). CentraSite™,
an open, next generation SOA repository, promotes greater collaboration
between business and IT by uniting metadata from service oriented
integration products, including Fujitsu’s Interstage Business
Process ManagerTM and Software AG’s Enterprise Service IntegratorTM
and Enterprise Information IntegratorTM.
Jointly developed
between Fujitsu Limited and Software AG, CentraSite is an SOA repository
that manages SOA metadata assets and enables maximum visibility
and re-use of Web services components within and across organizations.
CentraSite also provides reporting on those metadata assets and
supports the sharing of the assets in the context of an SOA. This
will enable customers around the world to quickly and cost-effectively
implement initiatives for business transformation, process excellence
and improved customer service.
“One
of the key pre-requisites to successfully implementing SOA on a
significant scale is the ability to store, track and manage all
of the service, process, integration and other metadata as well
as the control data for governance, compliance and event tracking
that will only increase in significance and volume over time,”
said Yefim Natis, distinguished analyst, Gartner, Inc.
Fujitsu and
Software AG will initially offer the following three products enabled
with CentraSite:
- Fujitsu’s
Interstage Business Process Manager – models, automates
and optimizes business processes to increase business agility,
efficiency, competitiveness and profitability (see Fujitsu Software
Corporation press release also dated October 11);
- Software
AG’s Enterprise Information Integrator – provides
a single view of information to business users when and where
they need it to enable better decision making;
- Software
AG’s Enterprise Service Integrator – an Enterprise
Service Bus (ESB) that orchestrates web services into new business
services from existing systems to more quickly align data and
business logic with business requirements.
Both companies
are in agreement to continue to extend the number of products enabled
with CentraSite. Additionally, Fujitsu and Software AG are developing
a “community” program to allow partners and other technology
vendors to utilize CentraSite. This program is currently planned
for introduction at the beginning of 2006.
Fujitsu
and Software AG Sign Strategic Partnership Agreement
Following the March 1, 2005 announcement of a strategic alliance
between the two companies, Fujitsu and Software AG have signed a
Strategic Partnership Agreement to jointly develop and market CentraSite.
Additionally, Fujitsu will market Software AG’s Enterprise
Service Integrator and Enterprise Information Integrator, and Software
AG will market Fujitsu’s Interstage Business Process Manager.
Business benefits
include lower cost and cycle times of integration projects through
maximized re-use of SOA components, increased responsiveness to
customer requirements, a richer collaboration environment within
project teams or across organizational teams, business risk mitigation
through the ability to measure change impact, and less burdensome
implementation of governance and compliance initiatives.
“Enterprises
around the world are turning toward the implementation of SOA-based
solutions in order to better align their IT infrastructure with
their changing business needs,” said Yoshiyuki Tanakura, Corporate
Senior Vice President, Fujitsu Limited. “By building on our
existing relationship with Software AG, we have been able to leverage
our mutual technology innovation to deliver a new paradigm for SOA
integration for meeting both the current and future needs of our
global customers.”
“In
partnering with Fujitsu, we have combined our strengths and common
vision to produce a revolutionary set of products for business integration
based on the power and flexibility of SOA,” said Karl-Heinz
Streibich, CEO of Software AG. “Together we can now enable
global enterprises to maximize the value of their service-oriented
architectures by enhancing collaboration and providing a tight link
between IT investments and business results.”
Customers
Validate Joint Offering from Fujitsu and Software AG
Based upon recent previews of the joint offering, Bundeswertpapierverwaltung,
part of the Federal Ministry of Finance in Germany, and Entory,
a specialist for business processes in the financial services industry,
have provided strong validation of Fujitsu’s and Software
AG’s groundbreaking approach to building an SOA. Additionally,
BearingPoint, Inc., (NYSE:BE) a leading global management and technology
consulting firm provided insight on how the two companies’
initiative for building an SOA addresses industry issues.
“An efficient
process is less dependent on its structure and more dependent on
the way it is supported by tools and methodologies,” said
Hagen Buchwald, member of the executive committee and COO, Entory.
“The orchestration of business processes and back-end systems
through a Service-Oriented Architecture enabling focused measuring
and monitoring is a significant competitive advantage for our customers.”
“The joint offering from Fujitsu and Software AG can provide
universal views of integration metadata across the enterprise and
extended networks, which are critical for business transparency
and visibility.” said Bobby Soni, senior vice president and
chief technology officer, Client Services, BearingPoint.
Joint
Offering to be Demonstrated at Upcoming Events
Fujitsu and Software AG will be exhibiting together and demonstrating
CentraSite at these two major IT industry events:
Gartner Symposium/ITxpo
2005, October 16 – 21, Orlando, Florida
http://www.gartner.com/2_events/symposium/2005/sym15.jsp
Gartner Symposium/ITxpo
2005, November 7 - 11, Cannes, France
http://www.gartner.com/2_events/symposium/2005/esc17.jsp
About
Software AG
Software AG provides a real-time single view of strategic business
information by integrating applications and systems, in addition
to modernizing mainframe and open system IT environments. Its offerings
are based on the product families Adabas, Natural, ApplinX, EntireX
and Tamino. Around 2,500 employees in 59 countries support the mission-critical
systems of 3,000 customers around the world. The company maintains
five R&D facilities across three continents. Founded in 1969,
Software AG today is Europe’s largest and most established
systems software provider. It is headquartered in Darmstadt, Germany
and is listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange (TecDAX, ISIN DE 0003304002
/ SOW). In 2004 Software AG posted 411 million euros in total revenue.
The Internet address is www.softwareag.com.
About
Fujitsu
Fujitsu is a leading provider of customer-focused IT and communications
solutions for the global marketplace. Pace-setting device technologies,
highly reliable computing and communications products, and a worldwide
corps of systems and services experts uniquely position Fujitsu
to deliver comprehensive solutions that open up infinite possibilities
for its customers' success. Headquartered in Tokyo, Fujitsu Limited
(TSE: 6702) reported consolidated revenues of 4.7 trillion yen (US$44.5
billion) for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2005. For more information,
please see www.fujitsu.com
and www.fujitsu.com/interstage.
###
Copyright 2005. Fujitsu, the Fujitsu Symbol Mark, and Interstage
are registered trademarks of Fujitsu Limited. All Interstage products
and components are trademarks of Fujitsu Limited and Fujitsu Software
Corporation. CentraSite is a trademark jointly owned by Fujitsu
Limited and Software AG. All other registered trademarks, trade
names, or service marks mentioned in this document are the property
of their respective owners.
Software
AG and/or all Software AG products are either trademarks or registered
trademarks of Software AG. CentraSite is a trademark jointly owned
by Fujitsu Limited and Software AG. All other products and company
names mentioned herein are used for identification purposes only,
and may be the trademarks or service marks of their respective owners.
Press Contacts:
Software AG
Paul Hughes
Director Media Relations
Tel.:+49-6151-92-1787
press@softwareag.com
Fujitsu Limited
Public and Investor Relations
Inquiries:
http://www.fujitsu.com/global/news/contacts/index.html
Customer
Contacts:
Fujitsu Software
Corporation
Lisa Schiltz
Director of Marketing
Tel.: +1-408-746-6247
lisas@us.fujitsu.com
wartrol
|
