Fw: [announce] Hermes 1.0 and ebMail 1.2 Released and Used by HKSAR Government's New Project

["David Webber \(XML\)" <david@drrw.info>]

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From: "Dorris Tai" <cwtai@cecid.hku.hk>
To: <announce@lists.oasis-open.org>
Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2005 10:11 PM
Subject: [announce] Hermes 1.0 and ebMail 1.2 Released and Used by HKSAR
Government's New Project


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> Hermes 1.0 and ebMail 1.2 Released and Used by HKSAR Government
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> Hong Kong SAR, Peoples Republic of China - January 28, 2005 - Center for
> E-Commerce Infrastructure Development (CECID), The University of Hong Kong
> (HKU) is pleased to announce that a new version of our two open source
ebXML
> software, Hermes and ebMail have been released to the ebXML community,
> www.freebXML.org. The new releases are already being used by the HKSAR
> Government in one of its joined-up service projects.
>
> In the latest version of Hermes, Hermes 1.0, one new feature is a
> customizable digital certificate resolver, in which the persistence
handler
> can customize the implementation for Hermes to save the message content.
In
> addition, Hermes 1.0 has improved its SSL (Secure Socket Layer) support to
> make configuration simpler and more flexible. ebMail 1.2, the new version,
> supports multiple party IDs handling in ebXML message by adding a
> customizable message dispatching mechanism.
>
> This latest version of Hermes has been adopted by the e-Government
> Infrastructure Service (EGIS) project to provide secure and reliable
> connectivity between the HKSAR Government and the business community.
Under
> the Hong Kong Digital 21 Strategy, EGIS is established as an
> open-standards-based, scalable and flexible service delivery platform for
> Government-to-Citizen (G2C) and Government-to-Business (G2B) transactions.
> The purpose is to achieve service integration and transformation towards
> citizen-centric service delivery with seamless information flow among
> participating service providers. Business partners who need to connect to
> EGIS may use the open-source ebMail 1.2 or Hermes 1.0 to exchange
electronic
> documents with B/Ds.
>
> About Hermes (www.cecid.hku.hk/hermes.php)
> Hermes is a Business-to-Business (B2B) Messaging Server which provides a
> standardized, reliable and secure infrastructure for enterprises to
exchange
> business data on the Internet. Developers from 80+ economies have
downloaded
> Hermes' source code. Hermes has many successful use cases, most of which
are
> innovative, cost-effective applications used by enterprises for exchange
of
> business documents such as POs and invoices. Some local users of Hermes
> include MTRC, OOCL, Sony, HMV, bigboXX.com and HKSAR Government's Marine
> Department. Besides accreditation by the ebXML Asia Committee with Level 2
> and 3 ebXML Asia Interoperability Certificates, Hermes has won
Certificates
> of Merit (Product Category) at the 6th HK Computer Society IT Excellence
> Awards and the Asia-Pacific ICT Awards 2004 (R&D Category).
>
> About ebMail (www.cecid.hku.hk/ebmail.php)
> ebMail is a desktop e-mail client which helps organizations,
> small-and-medium-sized enterprises (SME) in particular, to engage in B2B
> e-commerce activities. This lightweight toolkit enables trading partners
to
> exchange business documents cost-effectively through email, or ebXML
Message
> Service (ebMS) over Simple Mail Transport Protocol (SMTP). ebMail is a
> trimmed-down ebMS handler which does not require any application server
> software and dedicated Internet connection to use ebXML. It allows a user
to
> compose electronic documents offline through graphical user interface
(GUI),
> and send and receive documents when the user is connected to the Internet.
> Some users of ebMail include HKSAR Government's Department of Health, Hong
> Kong Observatory and Dagang Net of Malaysia.
>
> Hermes and ebMail are professionally supported by CECID. Different support
> packages covering installation, connectivity, integration, enhancement and
> plug-ins development are available to cater to different needs. Visit
> www.cecid.hku.hk/open-source/ to learn more about the support.
>
> 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, supports e-commerce standardization for Hong Kong and the
Asia
> Pacific Region, and transfers e-commerce technology and skills to the
> community. With projects primarily funded by the Hong Kong Government's
> Innovation and Technology Commission, CECID is an active member of OASIS
and
> the ebXML Asia Committee. The Center also collaborates with a number of
lead
> technology users in the Asia-Pacific Region on turning R&D results into
> real-life business applications. CECID's contributions to the community
> include its code donation of Hermes and ebMail to
freebXML(www.freebxml.org)
> and the production of an in-depth design and management guide on XML
Schemas
> for the Hong Kong Government. CECID is currently developing a
plug-and-play
> Internet appliance for secure and reliable transmission of electronic
> documents based on ebXML/ Web Services.
>
> PR Contacts for Press and Analysts:
> Dorris Tai (cwtai@cecid.hku.hk)
> Business Manager
> Center for E-Commerce Infrastructure Development (CECID) Dept. of Computer
> Science The University of Hong Kong
> Tel: +852 2859 2818
> Fax: +852 2547 4611
> URL: www.cecid.hku.hk
>
>
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