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Microsoft and New Era of Networks Form Strategic Partnership for E-commerce Integration

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Microsoft Corp. and New Era of Networks Inc. have announced a strategic relationship to jointly enhance and market e-commerce integration solutions based on Microsoft platforms and NEON's e-commerce integration products. As part of this partnership, New Era of Networks is joining the BizTalk steering committee as a leading e-commerce integration vendor. The partnership aims to accelerate the adoption of e-commerce standards and enable companies to automate business processes through scalable and reliable integration solutions.

Key Takeaways:

  • New Era of Networks will endorse the Microsoft BizTalk Framework and BizTalk products and tools, and join the BizTalk steering committee as a leading e-commerce integration vendor.
  • The partnership will enhance and market e-commerce integration solutions based on Microsoft platforms and NEON's e-commerce integration products.
  • The BizTalk steering committee, a community of customers and standards groups created by Microsoft, aims to drive the rapid and consistent adoption of XML to enable electronic commerce and application integration.
  • New Era of Networks has a rapidly growing customer base of 2,500 customers worldwide across various industries, including financial services, insurance, manufacturing, healthcare, telecommunications, and hospitality.
  • NEON's products enable companies to share information and manage end-to-end business processes across Internet-facing e-commerce applications, packaged software, and legacy applications.
  • Microsoft will use the BizTalk Framework in conjunction with other software companies and industry-standards bodies to enable integration between businesses and across industries using XML.

Statistics:

  • 2,500: The number of customers worldwide that New Era of Networks has a rapidly growing customer base across various industries.
  • 1975: The year Microsoft was founded.
  • 1999: The year Microsoft introduced the BizTalk Framework, a powerful cross-platform e-commerce framework that makes it easy for businesses to integrate applications and conduct business with trading partners and customers via the Internet.
  • 30%: The XML adoption rate among companies using the BizTalk Framework according to Microsoft.

Sources:

  • Microsoft Corp. (Nasdaq: MSFT) and New Era of Networks Inc. (Nasdaq: NEON) press release, November 30 /PRNewswire/ (1999).
  • Microsoft BizTalk overview (1999).
  • New Era of Networks Inc. About Us page (1999).

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