Sonic Joins ARTS at the NRF Convention and Expo; Sonic Integration Products Added to ARTS XML Tools List
NEW YORK, N.Y.; NRF Convention & Expo, Booth #2425 — January 12, 2004 —Sonic Software, the leader in distributed, standards-based integration, is working with the Association for Retail Technology Standards (ARTS) of the National Retail Federation (NRF) to develop key retail standards and promote the use of XML by retail organizations. IXRetail, the XML standards group of ARTS, has adopted Sonic Stylus Studio for XML Schema and XSLT development, helping retail organizations migrate to XML standards more easily.
Sonic will be showcasing Sonic ESB(TM) (enterprise service bus) and Stylus Studio in the ARTS Standards Pavilion during the NRF show in Booth #743, and offering an evaluation CD containing schemas and tools for retailers considering the use of any of the eight ARTS IXRetail Standard XML Schemas. Like many industries, retail is embracing XML as a powerful way to exchange data between applications, platforms and sites. ARTS and its contributing members are responsible for developing XML and other standards that enable retailers to integrate applications using an XML-based processing model.
"Sonic is a great partner and member for ARTS to have as we enable the migration to XML standards in the retail industry," said Richard Mader, executive director of ARTS. "Sonic Stylus Studio, which we`re providing to NRF members and show attendees through this CD offer, provides a powerful toolset for working with the XML Schema, XSLT, XQuery and related XML standards that our ARTS members have developed."
Sonic will be showcasing its complete Sonic Business Integration Suite(TM), which includes Sonic ESB, Sonic Orchestration Server(TM), Sonic XML Server(TM), and Sonic Integration Workbench(TM) in NRF show Booth #2425.
About ARTS
The Association for Retail Technology Standards (ARTS) is an international membership organization dedicated to reducing the costs of technology through standards.
Since 1993, ARTS has been delivering application standards exclusively to the retail industry. ARTS has three standards: The Standard Relational Data Model, UnifiedPOS and IXRetail.
Membership is open to all members of the international technology community - retailers from all industry segments, application developers and hardware companies. For more information contact ARTS at ARTS@NRF.com or 1- 202-626-8140.
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 Business Integration Suite, Sonic ESB, Sonic XML Server, Sonic Orchestration Server, Sonic Stylus Studio Integration Edition and the Sonic Software logo (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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