TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Canadian Corp News, January 31, 2000)--

Extension to Delano e-Business Interaction Suite simplifies integration with SAP, PeopleSoft, CORBA, and TuxedoDelano Technology Corporation, a provider of interaction-based e-business solutions for the enterprise, today announced the release of D elano Enterprise Connectivity, a new software integration solution that extends the Delano e-Business Interaction Suite to provide seamless connectivity and integration between applications deployed on Delano's e-business platform and middleware technology, such as BEA/Tuxedo and CORBA, as well as mission-critical enterprise applications, such as SAP and PeopleSoft.Delano Enterprise Connectivity enables enterprise customers to rapidly deploy interaction-based e-business applications that are fully integrated with existing enterprise applications and legacy ERP systems. Delano Enterprise Connectivity helps companies eliminate lengthy development cycles and reduce total cost of ownership by leveraging existing platforms and processes to support new e-business applications.  According to recent research by the Aberdeen Group, approximately 60 percent of the average IT budget is spent integrating internal systems, and Gartner Group research shows that fully 79 percent of the total cost of estab lishing an e-commerce site goes to labor. In fact, the same Gartner Group study determined that the cost of labor to deploy new e-commerce sites typically outruns software costs 30 to 1. Delano Enterprise Connectivity reduces development time and effort by automating integration, allowing IT professionals to use pre-built connectors to quickly and seamlessly integrate Delano e-business applications with SAP, PeopleSoft, Tuxedo, and CORBA applications.  "Middleware integration has traditionally bee n a bottleneck for enterprises implementing e-business strategies, and creating velocity in all aspects of e-business is Delano's commitment to our customers," said John Foresi, president and CEO of Delano. "With the release of Delano Enterprise Connectivity, we are providing enterprises with a complete platform to rapidly deploy diverse e-business applications that seamlessly integrate with legacy middleware, ERP, and mission-critical applications. This combination of the Delano e-Business Interaction Suite and Delano Enterprise Connectivity will enable enterprises to maintain greater business agility, and realize an even faster return on their e-business investment. "Delano Enterprise Connectivity offers a complete integration platform for e nterprises to immediately leverage industry standards such as CORBA and products like BEA/M3 and BEA/Tuxedo to implement cross-application business processes faster and more cost effectively. An intuitive browser administration tool enables users to br owse and view all business functions and business components in all enterprise systems without requiring additional development. Additionally, the solution enables enterprises to seamlessly integrate Delano interaction-based e-business applications, w hich span the entire enterprise from the front office to the back office, with enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems, including SAP R/3 and PeopleSoft. With this solution, enterprises can leverage their ERP systems as a foundation for e-business interaction. Additionally, since the platform extends the Delano e-Business Interaction Suite, users already have connectivity to other databases, COM/DCOM applications, XML applications, and other back-end processes.

The Delano Enterprise Connectivity solution not only saves development time, it also provides higher security when integrating existing systems, using a role-based security model to manage system access authentication and business process access authentication. An auditing system is built into the software for overall system monitoring and proactive identification of system bottlenecks to deliver increased reliability. The Delano Enterprise Connectivity solution requires the Delano e-Business In teraction Suite and Windows NT 4.0 with Service Pack 4. Individual licenses are available for SAP R/3, PeopleSoft, CORBA, and BEA/Tuxedo. The product is immediately available from Delano or an authorized Delano reseller.

About the Delano e-Business Interaction Suite

The Delano e-Business Interaction Suite is a software platform for developing and deploying powerful and diverse applications that enable an enterprise to interact with its customers, partners, suppliers, and employees. The platform, which is built o n open standards, complements and easily extends a company's existing technology investments. The platform includes the Delano e-Business Application Builder, a rapid application builder environment for developing interaction-based e-business applicat ions; and the Delano e-Business Interaction Server, a highly scalable server designed to simultaneously run thousands of applications. The platform enables companies to deploy e-business applications that span the entire enterprise, from the back offi ce to the front office, including sales, marketing, service, finance, operations and HR. Delano's speed of deployment coupled with the strategic breadth of the solution enables companies to quickly increase revenue, reduce costs, and improve customer satisfaction and loyalty.

About Delano Technology Corporation

Delano Technology Corporation is a provider of interaction-based e-business solutions that enable an organization to interact with its customers, partners, suppliers, and employees. At the core of Delano's enterprise e-business solution is the Delano e-Business Interaction Suite, a software platform for rapidly deploying e-business applications that span the entire enterprise-including sales, marketing, service, finance, operations, and human resources-and enable companies to increase revenue, red uce costs, and improve customer satisfaction and loyalty. Delano's e-business solution is currently powering some of today's leading enterprises, including BCE Emergis, Charles Schwab Canada, Clarify, Commerx (for PlasticsNet.Com), Ericsson, Harborfre ight.com,Macromedia, and Mark VII. Delano is headquartered in Toronto, Ontario with offices in New York, Chicago, Dallas, San Francisco, and the United Kingdom. For additional information, contact Delano Technology Corporation, 40 West Wilmot Street, Richmond Hill, ON, L4B 1H8; Tel: 905-764-5499; Fax: 905-764-7445; http://www.delanotech.com.

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