[announce] OASIS Member News: TietoEnator Starts To Resell Republica'sX-Fetch Products

[Ulla Reinikainen <ulla.reinikainen@republica.fi>]

Press Release 10.6.2002
 
TIETOENATOR STARTS TO RESELL REPUBLICA'S X-FETCH PRODUCTS
 
Republica Corporation and TietoEnator Corporation have signed a Cooperation And Reseller Agreement regarding to Republica's X-Fetch product family. The products have been developed for processing XML-data and they enable real-time information exchange between companies and their interest groups as well as easy and fast integration of various information systems. This cooperation allows all business units of TietoEnator to use X-Fetch products as a part of different information system solutions.
 
The Application-unit of TietoEnator already has several years of experience in using X-Fetch products. From now on, all TietoEnator's business units and subsidiaries will use X-Fetch products as components to build information systems for their clients. The first projects based on Republica's X-Fetch products for end-customers are currently starting.
 
"Based on our experience in Republica's products and our clients' needs gave us a good reason to tighten our cooperation. Republica's X-Fetch products are useful in several areas and efficient tools in processing XML, and we see great demand for them in our own customer projects", says CTO Ari Hirvonen from TietoEnator Corporation.
 
Republica's CEO Jouko Salonen emphazises the value of the agreement. " Tightening our cooperation with TietoEnator is very valuable for our company. Together with TietoEnator we are able to offer our products and expertise especially well for public sector, for instance, that has several XML-based projects going on."
 
The focus of the cooperation is in customer projects carried out by TietoEnator where Republica's X-Fetch products will be utilized from now on. TietoEnator also has a possibility to exploit Republica's XML-expertise in their projects.
 

About Republica 
Republica Corp., founded in 1996, concentrates on XML-business. Republica's products enable real-time information exchange between company's information systems, as well as between company and its interest groups. The products facilitate easy and fast integration of these different systems. Republica is based in Finland and has offices both in Helsinki and Jyväskylä. Additional information can be found at the company web site www.republica.fi.
 
About TietoEnator
With almost 12,000 employees and annual net sales of EUR 1,1 billion, TietoEnator is a leading supplier of high value-added IT service in Europe. TietoEnator specializes in consulting, building and hosting its customers' business operations in the digital economy. The Group's services are based on a combination of deep industry-specific expertise and latest information technology. www.tietoenator.com.