Hong Kong SAR, Peoples Republic of China – 29 February 2008 – Center for E-Commerce Infrastructure Development (CECID), The University of Hong Kong (HKU) is pleased to contribute Hermes Messaging Gateway v2.0 (H2O) testing server for free to facilitate users to conduct self-service testing after its installation.
Since its release at CECID open-source community website in June 2007, H2O has been downloaded and adopted by developers and users from over 60 economies around the world. Overwhelming responses and valuable feedback are received daily via the mailing list cecid-hermes2@googlegroups.com and the community website, in which some users reported that they experienced difficulties in setting up the appropriate configuration during installation, and finding partners for testing. In response to these comments related to H2O installation, a testing server which serves as a virtual testing machine is being setup at the community website to facilitate users to troubleshoot installation problems and conduct self-service testing on network connectivity to the Internet and message exchange functions.
The H2O
testing server (a.k.a. Swallow) is a web-based platform for testing
messaging functionality of any client installed with H2O. It acts as a
standardized, user-friendly, and comprehensive testing suite for users
to test and learn how to use H2O practically. At Swallow, a user
interface is provided to create an interoperability profile. After
setting up, users can send their testing messages from their message
gateway to Swallow. In turn, Swallow will send responses back to the
users' message gateway, notifying them the message status and reporting
error messages if any. All these network data is captured and displayed
at Swallow's web interface for ease of monitoring the message
connectivity. In short, Swallow helps users to install H2O more
effectively and provides an Internet-based host to test their H2O
deployment in a holistic way. Try it out yourself at http://community.cecid.hku.hk/swallow/.
About Hermes (www.cecid.hku.hk/hermes.php)
First version released in June 2002, Hermes has since become a popular and awards-winning open source solution for organizations to exchange information in ebXML Messaging (ebMS) or Applicability Specification 2 (AS2) format with their business partners. The latest version, H2O (H-two-oh), replaces two predecessors (H2CE and H2EE) with additional tools and a full set of documentation to make configuration and administration even more easily. H2O and its source code (http://community.cecid.hku.hk/index.php/product/download/download_h2o/) are released under GNU General Public License Version 2. Users and developers can get community support through the mailing list cecid-hermes2@googlegroups.com. To enhance support to H2O users, many useful information and articles ranging from technical issues to general usage of H2O in different platforms can be obtained from CECID open-source community website (http://community.cecid.hku.hk/index.php). In addition, CECID's VARs provide professional support to save users time. Requests can be sent to enquiry@cecid.hku.hk.
About CECID (www.cecid.hku.hk)
Established in January 2002, Center for E-Commerce Infrastructure Development (CECID) at the University of Hong Kong conducts e-commerce research and development with the vision of helping organizations increase their competitiveness in the global economy. CECID develops e-commerce enabling technologies, participates in important international e-commerce initiatives, as well as supports e-commerce standardization for Hong Kong and the Asia Pacific Region. With projects primarily funded by the Hong Kong Government's Innovation and Technology Commission, CECID also takes on the mission to transfer knowledge and technology to the community. Besides organizing forums and seminars, the Center licenses its R&D results through the University of Hong Kong to IT industry. Its acclaimed e-commerce technology, Hermes, has penetrated over 80 economies and won the Best Infrastructure and Communication Application of the Linux Business Award 2005 as well as Certificates of Merit of the Asia-Pacific ICT Awards 2004 and HK Computer Society IT Excellence Award 2004.
PR Contacts for Press and Analysts
Rosanna Yip (rwyyip@cecid.hku.hk)
Operations Manager
Center for E-Commerce Infrastructure Development (CECID)
Dept. of Computer Science
The University of Hong Kong
Tel: +852 2241 5798
Fax: +852 2547 4611
URL: www.cecid.hku.hk