WWRE Leverages Sonic`s Native XML Storage and Processing to Improve the Accuracy and Timeliness of Product Information
NEW YORK, N.Y.; NRF Convention & Expo, Booth #2425 — January 12, 2004 — The WorldWide Retail Exchange (WWRE) has selected Sonic eXtensible Information Server(TM) from Sonic Software, the leader in distributed, standards-based integration, as part of its WorldWide Item Management (WIM) Solution, consisting of a global catalog and data synchronization product. The WWRE depends on the real-time XML storage and processing capabilities of XIS to provide timely and accurate product information to retailers around the globe. Leveraging optimized XML processing and storage, Sonic enables the WWRE to deliver synchronized item information, such as pricing, description and inventory to retailers, reducing data discrepancy and improving inventory control.
Faced with the performance and scalability challenges that working with XML often impose, the WWRE sought to increase its ability to meet market demands. Sonic eXtensible Information Server, running on Sun Solaris SPARC servers, provides the WWRE with optimized, native XML storage and processing, enabling them to accommodate growth. eXtensible Information Server bolsters the WWRE`s ability to respond to market changes by making it easier to change or add data structures, a process which previously took up to 18 months. Using Sonic, the WWRE is also able to converge on a single data store to support multiple languages, which previously required separate databases to support.
"The native XML support provided by Sonic technology allows us to provide near real-time product information that meets the specific needs of our retail members," said Jimmy Kim, director of WorldWide Item Management at the WWRE. "Using Sonic makes it simpler to manage complex XML schemas, and make changes more quickly improving the overall performance of our system."
The WWRE`s WIM Solution is a comprehensive suite of tools and services that provides retailers and their suppliers with a single point of access to synchronize accurate, consistent and complete item information. This quality data is the foundation for enabling more sophisticated collaborative processes with the end goal of increasing supply chain efficiencies and overall productivity.
About the WWRE
The WWRE is the premier Internet-based business-to-business exchange for retailers and suppliers. Designed to facilitate and simplify trading between retailers, suppliers, partners and distributors, the WWRE currently consists of 75 members and participants from Africa, Asia, Europe, North America and South America with combined sales of approximately U.S. $900 billion. To date, the WWRE has saved its members over $1 billion through the use of its solutions. For more information, visit the website at www.wwre.org or www.worldwideretailexchange.org.
About Sonic Software
Sonic Software provides the first comprehensive business integration suite built on an enterprise service bus (ESB). The Sonic product line delivers a distributed, standards-based, cost-effective, easily managed infrastructure that reliably integrates applications and orchestrates business processes across the extended enterprise.
Sonic is the world`s fastest growing integration and middleware company and counts global leaders among over 500 customers in financial services, retail, energy, telecommunications and manufacturing. Sonic is an independent operating company of Progress Software Corporation (NASDAQ:PRGS) , a $300 million software industry leader. Headquartered in Bedford, Mass., Sonic Software can be reached on the Web at www.sonicsoftware.com, or by phone at +1-781-999-7000 or 1-866-GET-SONIC.
Sonic eXtensible Information Server and Sonic Software (and design) are trademarks or registered trademarks of Sonic Software Corporation in the U.S. and other countries. Any other trademarks or service marks contained herein are the property of their respective owners.
Contacts:
Trip Kucera
Sonic Software
781-999-7142
trip.kucera@sonicsoftware.com
John Moran
Schwartz Communications, Inc.
781-684-0770
sonic@schwartz-pr.com
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