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OpenEdge Platform Provides MXP Customers With A Seamless Web-Enablement Option
The Progress Company, a business unit of Progress Software Corporation (Nasdaq: PRGS) and a leading supplier of technology for building ebusiness applications, announced today that Atlanta-based partners BravePoint and Foresight Software have signed a collaborative agreement to offer Foresight customers BravePoint's webproEX® B2B and B2C solution for web-enabling Progress based applications. Because both solutions are built on the Progress® OpenEdge" platform, introducing webproEX is seamless, allowing Foresight customers to quickly and cost-effectively add Internet e-commerce functionality to their existing ERP solution without changing any source code.
"With the growing push towards lean manufacturing, businesses need to be able to take data from the back office and move it to the Internet in a cost effective manner," said Rod Austin, president of Foresight. "By introducing an integrated product like webproEX, we can web-enable MXP, providing a gateway for suppliers to access information, improve customer service and reduce cycle times which add up to process efficiency savings."
MXP, an ERP for the manufacturing industry installed in over 1,000 locations worldwide, offers effortless work and data flow from sales to manufacturing to financials. Based on OpenEdge, MXP ensures that departments have real-time access to accurate information and pricing, creating a common base of communication. BravePoint, a leading developer of e-business and enterprise solutions, uses Progress WebSpeed® as the basis for webproEX. WebSpeed is a proven OpenEdge client processing technology that provides high transaction volumes and rapid response times for browser-based applications. Used for quickly building and deploying business applications across corporate intranets, extranets, and the Internet, WebSpeed offers a rich development environment, flexible deployment and ease of use.
"We built webproEX on OpenEdge because it gives us the flexibility to meet our customer's business needs as well as accommodating almost any technology environment," said John Harlow, president of BravePoint. "With this collaborative approach, MXP customers can immediately reap the benefits of the Internet, as Foresight continues to find other ways to keep MXP ahead of industry trends."
Customers like Carlson Systems, one of the 50th largest industrial distribution companies in the United States, distributing fastening, packaging and product assembly systems, are already benefiting from webproEX's seamless integration and cost effective B2B functionality.
"We really liked MXP's rich functionality and low maintenance but we needed a way to open up that information to our customers," said Mike Carlson, Vice President of E-Commerce and Information Systems for Carlson Systems. "We liked webproEX because of its low cost, quick implementation and customizable operation. If people can educate themselves online about products and you give them a way to order above and beyond phones and fax machines, they are going make more informed choices, eliminating errors and service issues, and you are going to sell more. We currently average 80 orders per month resulting in $60,000 online sales and the site is accessed about 400 times per month. Another benefit, important to our customers, is the ability for them to look up their past orders and account history on-line. WebproEX has become a great business to business tool for Carlson Systems."
About Foresight Software
Foresight Software, Inc. (www.foresight-esp.com) is a leading provider of client / server enterprise resource planning (ERP) and customer relationship management (CRM) software. The company offers both front and back office solutions. Foresight's ERP system is specifically tailored for the needs of mid-sized manufacturers, providing manufacturing, distribution, and financial modules. The company's Service Management System automates and integrates help desk, call management, contract administration, field services, inventory logistics, repair center and financial management operations within service organizations. Based in Atlanta, the company operates independently as a Platinum Equity Holdings Company.
Foresight Software markets its products worldwide to customer-driven companies that develop or support highly complex products in both discrete and process oriented industries such as automotive, computer hardware and software, food and beverage, medical technology, office automation, telecommunications and instrumentation equipment. Customers include CompUSA, Danka, Philip Morris, Flamingo Oil, Sweet Candy, Silicon Valley Group and Plestel.
About BravePoint
BravePoint Inc., headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia is a leading developer of e-business and enterprise solutions for Global 2000 corporations, independent software vendors (ISVs) and e-commerce companies. Their software product, LAMPS, is built to facilitate member management of REALTOR® Associations.
Since 1987, BravePoint has helped more than 1,000 organizations create efficiencies and increase competitive advantage through application development and integration, ongoing training and on-site support for the Progress® market as well as the Java™-based and .NET services sector.
BravePoint is included in the information services group of Chesapeake Utilities Corporation (NYSE: CPK). For more information about BravePoint, please visit www.bravepoint.com. For more information about LAMPS visit www.getlamps.com
About the Progress Company
The Progress Company is a global supplier of software and services that simplify the development, deployment, integration, and management of business applications. The Progress® OpenEdge" platform, with the industry's leading embedded database, delivers lowest cost-ofownership applications that are rapidly implemented and easily integrated with other enterprise, extended enterprise and Internet applications.
With the expertise of more than 2,000 independent software vendors (ISVs) and application service providers (ASPs), the Progress Company and its application partners supply more than $5 billion annually in Progress technology, Progress-based applications, and related services. Progress customers span 50,000 organizations in more than 120 countries including 70 percent of the Fortune 100. The Progress Company, an operating unit of Progress Software Corporation (Nasdaq: PRGS), is headquartered in Bedford, Mass., and can be reached at 1-781-280-4000 or on the Web at www.progress.com.
FOR MORE INFORMATION
Contact Barbara Ware
Marketing Director
BravePoint, Inc.
(770) 449-9696
www.bravepoint.com
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