RE: OASIS MEMBER NEWS: Nimble TechnologyT Joins Universal Description, Discovery and Integration (UDDI) Initiative

[Carolyn Freeborn <cfreeborn@nimble.com>]

Nimble Technology(tm) Joins Universal Description, Discovery and Integration
(UDDI) Initiative

(Seattle, Washington, USA-February 28, 2001)-Nimble Technology, Inc.
(www.nimble.com), a Seattle-based software company developing a powerful
XML-based data integration platform, has joined the Universal Description,
Discovery and Integration (UDDI) initiative. Spearheaded by Microsoft, IBM
and Ariba, the UDDI initiative is designed to speed the use of the Internet
for business-to-business transactions and interactions. It will enable
diverse businesses of all sizes and industries to locate each other online
and define how each business prefers to interact with other businesses
online.  

As online business registries proliferate-UDDI being one of the first to be
encoded in XML-companies will want to combine data gathered from diverse
registries to get a complete picture of potential business partners. Nimble
Technology's participation in UDDI will help clarify the requirements that
XML querying applications must support for UDDI and multi-registry querying.


For example, a US-based financial services company seeking distribution
partners in South America would combine information from the UDDI registry
with other local registries, such as credit ratings services, better
business bureaus and consumer complaint sites, to create a "short list" of
companies to contact. Since local registries may or may not be encoded in
XML, querying applications must be flexible enough to incorporate non-XML
data sources into the query.

"To more productively leverage the web of data sources created by the
eBusiness revolution, Nimble Technology is developing an XML-based data
integration platform that serves business needs. Industry-wide efforts, such
as UDDI, are of critical importance in facilitating optimized interchange of
data, information and processes in the extended enterprise," said Denise
Draper, Chief Software Architect of Nimble Technology. "Nimble Technology
looks forward to sharing our unique perspective and expertise in XML-based
data integration with the UDDI community."

About Nimble Technology, Inc.
Nimble Technology has developed a powerful data integration platform that
allows businesses to dynamically access and integrate data from anywhere
inside or outside the corporation. Nimble's XML-based solution provides a
flexible integration platform that is data, application and system
independent. From a single point of access, users can query, customize and
publish real-time views of the information critical to their individual
needs. Nimble's enterprise-class solution is helping companies solve their
increasingly complex data integration challenges. For more information about
Nimble Technology, please visit the Web page at www.nimble.com.

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