OASIS MEMBER NEWS: DataChannel Extends the Internet as XML-Enabled Platform for Enterprise Computing

[Laura Walker <laurawalker@earthlink.net>]

From: Michelle Taylor <Michelle@DataChannel.com>



DATACHANNEL EXTENDS THE INTERNET
AS XML-ENABLED PLATFORM FOR ENTERPRISE COMPUTING
DataChannel Continues XML Technology Leadership
in Advancing the Art of the Possible for E-business

Bellevue, WA - November 9, 1999 -In a series of related announcements this
week, DataChannel demonstrated its ongoing commitment to extend the
Internet as an XML-enabled platform for enterprise computing. Companies
are seeking an enterprise-class platform on which to build and deliver
e-business applications that are capable of accessing all enterprise data
and delivering that data in a secure, personalized way to any device.
DataChannel announced the formalization of its XML Backbone(tm)
Professional Services Practice and a strategic alliance with STC.
DataChannel will utilize STC e*Gate(tm)  4.0 as part of the XML Backbone
to provide a greater breadth of enterprise application integration and
real-time transaction processing. DataChannel further demonstrated its
ongoing commitment to advancing the rapid adoption of XML and its belief
in the importance of open-standards and open-source by donating its
DataChannel XPages(tm) to the XML.Apache.Org Open Source XML Tools
Library.


*	DataChannel formalizes its XML Backbone(tm) Professional Services
Practice.

DataChannel XML Backbone is a comprehensive platform for xml-based
enterprise data and application integration. The XML Backbone is a core
component of the DataChannel Enterprise Information Portal (EIP) Solutions
framework. The XML Backbone provides a data exposure and integration
services layer for the DataChannel EIP. The DataChannel EIP, the only true
xml-based enterprise portal solution can access any enterprise data and
deliver that data through the DataChannel Server 4.0, a single point of
secure, personalized access for any device via the intranet, extranet or
internet.

*	DataChannel forms strategic alliance with STC to utilize STC's
e*Gate(tm)  4.0 for enhanced enterprise application integration and
real-time transaction processing.

The DataChannel - STC alliance will enhance and extend the kinds of
enterprise data and applications accessible through DataChannel's EIP.
DataChannel will deploy STC e*Gate 4.0 as part of its XML Backbone. e*Gate
4.0 is fully Internet-enabled and allows companies to tie together new
Web-based applications with existing systems such as ERP and CRM -
regardless of platform or technology  -- with  unprecedented speed and
reliability.

*	DataChannel donates DataChannel XPages(tm) to the XML.Apache.Org
Open Source
XML Tools Library.

DataChannel demonstrated its ongoing commitment and belief in the
importance of open-standards and open-source by participating as a
founding contributor to the XML.Apach.Org Project. DataChannel's XPages is
an XML application markup language for quickly building
data-driven, cross-platform Web applications that integrate disparate data
sources.



"DataChannel's core mission is to advance the way the world does business
by unleashing enterprise information with XML and allowing companies to
deliver that information to the right person, at the right time, to any
device over the internet," said ," said Lucie Fjeldstad, CEO and
president, DataChannel. "These announcements represent just another step
that we are taking to deploy this company's unmatched XML knowledge-base
to help our customers build the most advanced, flexible xml-based EIP
platform for their e-business strategies."

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DataChannel Announces XML Backbone, a Comprehensive Platform for
Enterprise Data and Application Integration

Industry Leader Formalizes Professional Services Practice
to Deliver XML-based Platform for E-business
as part of its Enterprise Information Portal (EIP) Solutions Framework

Bellevue, WA - November 9, 1999 -- DataChannel today announced the XML
Backbone(tm), an architectural platform for e-business that delivers
comprehensive enterprise data and application integration. XML Backbone is
a core component of the DataChannel Enterprise Information Portal (EIP)
Solution Framework(tm) that enables access to all enterprise data
resources. DataChannel's Professional Services teams design and build the
XML Backbone based on both common enterprise landscape elements and unique
customer requirements using best of breed technology that ensure
enterprise-class scalability, reliability and extensibility.

"The DataChannel XML Backbone practice is another powerful example of
turning this company's unmatched XML knowledge-base into solutions that
unleash enterprise information," said Lucie Fjeldstad, CEO and president,
DataChannel. "We're working together with our customers to define and
build re-usable infrastructures based on XML that provide normalized
access to enterprise wide data and application resources. This is an
important step in the evolution of our EIP solutions to provide the most
advanced, flexible platform for e-business."

The XML Backbone is a data exposure and integration services layer based
on XML and built by a DataChannel Professional services team that has
extensive expertise in XML and enterprise integration. The XML Backbone
incorporates the DataChannel Server 4.0(tm), a portal server, and other
DataChannel open-standards technologies like DataChannel Xpages(tm) and
DataChannel Xconn(tm). DataChannel will leverage strategic partners for
connector technologies such as STC's e*Gate 4.0(tm).

"We have an outstanding professional services team with unparalleled
experience in implementing open-standards for enterprise data-access and
management with dozens of significant engagements," said Steve Sterba,
vice president Professional Services, DataChannel.
"The formalization of the XML Backbone practice is a key milestone in
advancing the way we help our customers construct EIP's as an extensible
platform for e-business success. The XML Backbone architecture enables us
to take source data, exposed by EAI vendors, and represent it as XML so
that it can be aggregated, transformed, manipulated, and integrated for
the purpose of creating dynamic two-way applications."


DataChannel XML Backbone Key Benefits:

*	Open-standards based integration (XML, XSL, etc.)
*	Re-usable infrastructure
*	Data abstraction layer providing normalized access to heterogeneous
information
*	Extend existing infrastructure for e-business without adding another
"legacy" system
*	Web-access and -enablement all enterprise information resources
*	Separation of data from presentation, allowing re-purposing of data
for multiple applications

DataChannel Technologies:

*	DataChannel XPages which can be used as a component of the XML
Backbone, is an XML-based application markup language that generates
URL-addressable objects.

*	DataChannel Xconn provides data manipulation, transformation and
mapping as well as the ability to "plug-in" to DataChannel Server.

*	DataChannel Server 4.0, an enterprise information portal server,
provides a single point of secure, personalized access to all enterprise
information exposed, both structured and unstructured.

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DATACHANNEL AND STC RE-DEFINE "E"
IN XML-BASED ENTERPRISE INFORMATION PORTALS
DataChannel joins STC e*SP Alliance Program

Bellevue, WA - November 8, 1999 -- DataChannel and STC jointly announced
today a Strategic Alliance that will create the most comprehensive
XML-based Enterprise Information Portal (EIP) in the industry. The
DataChannel - STC alliance brings true "enterprise-wide" data access to
DataChannel's already powerful XML-based EIP. DataChannel will combine
STC's e*Gate 4.0 with DataChannel Server 4.0(tm), to access any system,
data, or application in the enterprise. As part of the alliance,
DataChannel has joined STC's e-Solutions Partner (e*SP) Alliance Program
as an e* Software Partner.

STC's mission is to provide business process connectivity and enterprise
application integration technology -- supplying real-time and batch
enterprise integration of applications, databases and legacy systems to a
wide variety of industries. STC's e*Gate(tm) 4.0 e-Business Integrator is
a  fourth generation product implemented at more than 1,200 sites
worldwide.  e*Gate 4.0 is fully Internet-enabled and allows companies to
tie together new Web-based applications with existing systems such as ERP
and CRM - regardless of platform or technology  -- with  unprecedented
speed and reliability.

The breadth of application integration and real-time transaction
processing provided by STC's e*Gate will enable DataChannel's EIP to
create a dynamic, two-way, e-business interface, to any system, data, or
application throughout the enterprise.

In addition, STC has created an XML DTD converter that allows the
DataChannel Server to transform information from its original source to
XML format, which can then be managed, integrated, published, or indexed
dynamically through the portal server.  This is the foundation of the
alliance.  By providing proprietary data structures in open, XML format,
an enterprise can rapidly re-purpose its information for use by any
application.

"Building an EIP isn't an out-of-the box experience.  The combination of
STC's technology and the advanced XML expertise of our professional
services team, allows DataChannel to build scalable, reliable Enterprise
Information Portals that deliver a single point of access to all mission
critical information systems. The use of XML in the DataChannel EIP
solutions framework enables the re-purposing of mission critical
information.  STC's XML strategy compliments our own and strengthens our
enterprise credibility," said Steve Sterba, Vice President of Professional
Services, DataChannel.

The alliance creates a new view of information for STC customers.  "
DataChannel XML-based EIP offers a solution based on open standards,
coupled with a seasoned professional services division.  Not only is their
product advanced with its fourth generation, their XML expertise is
superior.  We look to them as a premier solutions provider that is well
equipped to solve our customer's information portal requirements." said
Harry Gould, Vice President of Alliances, STC.

Availability
The integration of the companies' offerings is available now through
DataChannel's XML-based EIP Solutions Framework(tm). This Framework
combines the industry leading XML expertise of DataChannel's Professional
Services team with robust, open standards technology that will evolve with
the growing demands of an enterprise's e-business objectives.


About STC
Software Technologies Corporation (STC) is the leading global provider of
e-business application integration (EAI) packaged solutions with its
flagship product, e*Gate e-Business Integrator. e*Gate 4.0 is the
industry's first open strategic EAI architecture that enables true
e-business integration with unprecedented speed and reliability. The
e*Gate product family is installed at more than 1200 customer sites
worldwide, in leading companies that include: Amdahl, BarnesandNoble.com,
Chevron, Hewlett Packard, PETsMART, Union Bank of Switzerland (UBS) and
Warner Lambert.  In addition, STC has strategic partnerships with Andersen
Consulting, EDS, Ernst & Young, KPMG, Oracle, PeopleSoft,
PricewaterhouseCoopers, SAP and Siebel Systems.  Founded in 1991, STC
pioneered the EAI market category. STC is headquartered in Monrovia,
Calif., with marketing and sales headquarters in Redwood Shores, Calif.,
and sales, services and support offices worldwide.

For more information about STC and e*Gate, please visit the company's Web
site: www.stc.com
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DataChannel Supports Xml.Apache.Org Technology Project

Industry Leader Donates XML Application Markup Language
to Open Source Tools Library

Bellevue, WA - November 9, 1999 -- DataChannel today announced support for
the formation of the XML.APACHE.ORG Project. DataChannel will donate its
XPages(tm), an XML application markup language, to the Apache XML Project
Open Source Library. The rapid adoption of XML has triggered an
overwhelming demand for Open Source XML and XSL tools. DataChannel, Inc.,
the leader in XML-based Enterprise Information Portal Solutions is
continuing its active role in enabling the accelerated development and
deployment of XML applications for electronic commerce and
business-to-business transactions by supporting Apache's Open Source
Library.

DataChannel's XPages is an XML application markup language for quickly
building data-driven, cross-platform Web applications that integrate
disparate data sources. XPages offers a dynamic application environment
defined by an XML file that aggregates multiple data sources, makes that
data URL addressable and defines custom methods to access that data for
presentation at the desktop or other devices. The DataChannel submission
to the XML.APACHE.ORG Project includes Java code for a servlet based
engine.

"DataChannel has been a leader in the open standards development of XML
and sees the formation of XML.APACHE.ORG as another critical step in the
swift adoption of the XML standard," said Lucie Fjeldstad, CEO and
president, DataChannel. "We are pleased to contribute the XPages
technology that we deliver in our Enterprise Information Portal Solutions
to the broader development community via Apache."

XPages is the industries first implementation of a standards-based,
Web-aware, XML-native, platform independent engine for rapidly integrating
disparate data sources. This data may span unstructured data sources like
documents, spreadsheets, and web content, as well as structured data
sources like databases, legacy systems, and customized mission critical
applications.
Using XML declarations to specify the integration of data sources provides
the capability for efficient implementations that have enterprise-class
scalability and reliability.

"Apache was at the heart of the first web revolution and is continuing its
open standards leadership with the formation of the xml.apache.org
Project," said Eliot Kimber, senior consulting engineer, Isogen
International, a DataChannel Company. "By providing high quality Open
Source XML tools, Apache is launching the next major wave in the evolution
of the web."

The Project code, along with developer participation guidelines, are now
available at http://xml.apache.org/
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About DataChannel
DataChannel advances the way the world does business by providing
open-standards-based Internet solutions through its products, services and
partners; ensuring that customers maximize the value of their information.


Privately held and founded in 1996, DataChannel, Inc. is an XML-based
Enterprise Information Portal (EIP) Solutions company that unleashes
enterprise information over the Internet, making it easier for employees,
customers and partners to participate in your business.  DataChannel's EIP
Solutions Framework(tm) provides the building blocks for a solid
e-business strategy.  DataChannel Server(tm) 4.0, an XML-based portal
server, provides a personalized and secure e-business interface, a core
component of the Framework.  The foundation of the Framework is the XML
backbone, which extends your existing infrastructure by using XML to
expose all enterprise information so that it can be accessed in a uniform
manner to build dynamic Web-based applications.  To learn more about
DataChannel, visit the company's Website at <http://www.datachannel.com>.

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