CONTACT:
Doug Curran
Manager, Corporate Communications
Pindar Systems
+(781) 862-0034
doug.curran@pindarsystems.com
CHICAGO, USA, and YORK, UK, Feb. 21, 2002 -- Pindar Systems, the leader in
catalog commerce technology, announced today that it has joined the growing
list of companies in the Star Partner Program of BEA Systems, Inc., one of
the world¹s leading e-business infrastructure software companies. Pindar
Systems is building its all-new Agility enterprise catalog commerce system
on the BEA WebLogic Server platform, enabling B2B and B2C companies to
drive sales and cut costs through faster, more creative development of even
the most complex catalogs and promotions.
Pindar Systems` Agility is the first comprehensive product information
management system built with a Java-based, J2EE-compliant Web application
server architecture -- powered by BEA -- making it an IT-friendly enterprise
solution for fully integrated catalog development.
Agility manages and drives catalog and promotional content worldwide: across
print and online sales channels; among in-house merchandising, marketing,
creative and production teams; between domestic and international company
divisions and brands; and in collaboration with both supply and sell-side
trading partners.
"We chose the BEA server platform for our next-generation catalog commerce
system because of the flexibility, scalability and many new capabilities it
allows us to offer our customers, including some of the largest and most
sophisticated manufacturing, retailing and distribution companies in the
world," said Kurt Dressel, Pindar Systems Chief Marketing Officer.
Office Depot (NYSE: ODP), the world¹s largest seller of office products
under its corporate and Viking Office Products brands, has signed on as
Pindar Systems¹ principal partner in the final beta development of Agility.
The system, being previewed this week by Pindar Systems at the Seybold/New
York conference (Booth #437), is due to be released commercially early in
the second quarter this year.
"BEA¹s Web and Java-based open architecture enables Pindar Systems customers
to bring literally thousands of users into our Agility system, including
catalog development teams from around the world, suppliers and trading
partners, said Barry Wooffitt, Pindar Systems Vice President, Product
Development. Using Agility¹s all-new Content Gateway, businesses can
leverage the power of the WebLogic server and our product information
database to manage and drive text, data and images through the
merchandising, creative and production process -- automating workflow,
synchronizing information with enterprise business systems, and using
powerful new XML and PDF-based tools to speed creation of polished catalogs
for output to print and e-commerce engines."
Pindar Systems` unique and almost infinitely flexible new object-based EDGE
data management technology gives Agility unmatched out-of-the-box
capabilities to manage media assets, product information and assortments,
and marketing promotions. EDGE allows Agility users to link objects, the
basic building blocks of the data structure, into an infinite variety of
taxonomies. Each object can include an unlimited number of attributes.
With Agility`s numerous merchandising, creative, production and
collaboration tools, B2B companies can create an unlimited number of
catalogs based on geography, industry, brand, channel, customer type and
more. Agility`s Web-based remote connectivity for translators speeds the
most complex multi-lingual, multi-version catalog projects. For B2C
companies, Agility provides extensive brand asset management capabilities,
collaborative online "whiteboarding" to speed the most creative designs, as
well as support for leading third-party forecasting/analytical tools and
customer-facing e-commerce systems.
Agility also offers easy-to-use and manage Web-based supply chain commerce
resources, whether it¹s providing sell-side partners with targeted catalogs
for their customers or giving buy-side suppliers managed links into the
system to import their own product descriptions and images.
As a member of the BEA Star Partner program, Pindar Systems will receive an
array of benefits in marketing, sales, training, education and technical
development. BEA Star members are systems integrators, independent software
vendors and application service providers building e-business solutions on
the BEA WebLogic E-Business Platform to help make their customers
Internet-ready and future-proof.
About Pindar Systems
Pindar Systems powers catalog commerce, the management and delivery of
product information to drive sales. The company¹s robust catalog commerce
technology enables businesses, including distributors, retailers and
manufacturers, to focus on effective marketing rather than the mechanics of
the complex production process. Pindar customers are able to aggregate
product, business and media content from many different sources into a rich
product knowledge database. Pindar`s software presents a unified view of
this information, giving merchandisers the ability to create targeted offers
that are delivered across print and Web with significantly greater
flexibility, precision and speed.
Pindar Systems (www.pindarsystems.com) is the recognized leader in catalog
commerce. Clients include W.W. Grainger, Office Depot, Spiegel, Freemans,
Rexel, Spicers and Eddie Bauer. Privately held, Pindar Systems operates
globally from European headquarters in York, UK, and North American
headquarters in Chicago, USA.
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