webMethods Inc. Supports Commerce XML (cXML) in e-commerce Initiative

Strategic Insights -

webMethods Inc., the leading provider of XML-based business-to-business e-commerce and integration solutions, has announced its support for Commerce XML (cXML), an open XML-based standard created to facilitate e-commerce within trading communities. This move aligns webMethods with 40 leading companies, including Ariba Technologies, in the development of cXML, a suite of lightweight XML Document Type Definitions (DTDs) that define the exchange of catalog content and transaction information between buyers and suppliers. webMethods will integrate support for cXML into its webMethods B2B product, enabling companies to achieve inter-enterprise application integration over the Internet with their customers, partners, and suppliers.

Key Takeaways:

  • webMethods Inc., a leading provider of XML-based business-to-business e-commerce and integration solutions, has announced its support for Commerce XML (cXML).
  • webMethods will integrate support for cXML into its webMethods B2B product, enabling companies to achieve inter-enterprise application integration over the Internet.
  • The cXML initiative is an open XML-based standard created to facilitate e-commerce within trading communities, and webMethods is among 40 leading companies that have joined Ariba Technologies in its development.
  • philip Merrick, president and chief executive officer of webMethods Inc., expressed excitement about collaborating with Ariba and other partners on cXML, and emphasized webMethods' commitment to eliminating barriers to e-commerce.
  • Keith Krach, president and chief executive officer of Ariba Technologies, praised webMethods as a leader in the application of XML to business-to-business e-commerce and expressed pleasure at their participation in the cXML initiative.
  • webMethods B2B is unique in its ability to interface with, consume, and translate XML documents conforming to different XML DTD sets, providing a flexible architecture for business-to-business application integration.
  • webMethods' B2B products enable corporations to use open standards of the Web for inter-enterprise applications such as supply chain integration and automated procurement.
  • webMethods delivers real business value to companies by leveraging their investments in legacy, ERP, and Web-hosted applications to link their business processes with those of their key business partners.

Statistics:

  • webMethods is among 40 leading companies that have joined Ariba Technologies in the development of cXML.
  • The aggregate total of more than $67 billion annually is spent on operating resources by organizations that use the enterprise-class Ariba Operating Resource Management System (Ariba ORMS).
  • webMethods B2B products are in use at leading companies, including DHL Airways, Hewlett-Packard (NYSE:HWP), Dun and Bradstreet, Cisco Systems (Nasdaq:CSCO), 3Com, Orbital Sciences, and Dresdner Kleinwort Benson.
  • webMethods' award-winning products work with Web server, database, and ERP application products from vendors such as Microsoft (Nasdaq:MSFT), Netscape (Nasdaq:NSCP), Oracle (Nasdaq:ORCL), Sybase (Nasdaq:SYBS), Informix (Nasdaq:IFMX), SAP (NYSE:SAP), PeopleSoft (Nasdaq:PSFT), J.D. Edwards (Nasdaq:JDEC), and Baan (Nasdaq:BAANF).

Sources:

  • "webMethods Inc. Supports Commerce XML (cXML) in e-commerce Initiative." Business Wire, March 3, 1999.
  • webMethods Inc. Press Release.