OASIS MEMBER NEWS: Architag presents XML and E-Commerce Seminar

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Architag presents XML and E-Commerce Seminar

ENGLEWOOD, CO – March 20, 2000 – Architag International Corporation presents
the “Microsoft XML and E-Commerce seminar,” The event will be held in 21
cities nationwide via a simulcast satellite broadcast. This seminar is aimed
at corporate and enterprise developers who are interested in sharing
information with their business partners. “XML is a great syntax for
business-to-business [B2B] information interchange because it is an open
standard and flows easily through existing networks and firewalls,” said
Brian Travis, Architag’s Chief Technical Officer. “The promise of corporate
interoperability across different platforms can be realized by applying XML
in a standard, industry-recognized framework. The BizTalk Framework for
Application Interoperability provides a way to get business documents, such
as purchase orders, medical records, and insurance claims, from one company
to another. The Simple Object Access Protocol, SOAP, is used to build Web
Services that allow companies to share information with their trading
partners,” said Travis.

“This is an important event for developers who need to understand these
technologies right now. The theater format is designed to present the
maximum amount of information in the least amount of time,” said Architag
President Bryan E. Snyder. The 3½-hour event will be a combination of XML
syntax overview and framework syntax and use. Several tools will be
demonstrated, showing that the technology is ready to use today.

"One of the important messages of the Microsoft XML and E-Commerce Seminar
is to show that these technologies [XML, BizTalk, and SOAP] can be used
today with existing tools from Microsoft and other vendors," said Robert
Green, Visual Studio Product Manager at Microsoft. "With the knowledge they
receive, and with the Web Services SDK and BizTalk Jumpstart Kit they will
be given, attendees can get to work right away creating XML solutions. "In
addition to the Web Services Toolkit, each attendee will receive a copy of
Extensibility’s XML Authority schema development tool, a 120-day license of
Windows 2000 Professional, the first XML-enabled operating system, the
BizTalk Jumpstart Kit, OmniMark Web programming environment, an evaluation
copy of SoftQuad XMetaL XML editor, and other tools on the seminar CD.

The cities are Atlanta GA, Austin TX, Boston MA, Chicago IL, Dallas TX,
Denver CO, Houston TX, Irvine CA, Los Angeles CA, Minneapolis/St. Paul MN,
New York NY, Philadelphia PA, Phoenix/Scottsdale AZ, Portland OR, Raleigh
NC, Redmond WA, Salt Lake City UT, San Francisco CA, Santa Clara CA, St.
Louis MO, Washington DC/Bethesda MD.
The event Web site is http://architag.com/events/xmlecommerce.

About Architag International Corporation
Architag International Corporation is a seven-year-old consulting and
training organization, providing integrated solutions in structured
information systems and B2B e-commerce solutions. Through strategic
technical alliances with select software vendors, Architag’s consultants
provide valuable input to the customer’s technical development staff. By
maintaining its vendor independence, Architag International is able to
recommend the appropriate tool for each client’s application, providing
objective advice and services to meet its clients’ information management
needs.

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