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From: Dorris T. <cw...@ce...> - 2005-07-07 08:42:21
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Hermes Selected Best Infrastructure Building and Communication Applicatio= n by Linux Business Award 2005 Hong Kong SAR, Peoples Republic of China =E2=80=93 July 7, 2005 =E2=80=93= Center for=20 E-Commerce Infrastructure Development (CECID), University of Hong Kong=20 (HKU) is pleased to announce that our open source ebXML=20 business-to-business (B2B) Messaging Server, Hermes, has won the Grand=20 Award in Infrastructure Building and Communication Application of Hong=20 Kong Linux Business Award 2005=20 <http://www.hitechweekly.com/linuxaward2005.htm>. Companies and products=20 competed under Business Adoption Award and Product Development Award in=20 sub-categories of Enterprise Business Application; Infrastructure=20 Building and Communication Application; Industry Based Application and=20 Linux Appliance resulting in four Grand Award and 10 Merit Award winners. Organized by the HKSAR Office of the Government Chief Information=20 Officer, Hong Kong Productivity Council and Hong Kong Linux Industry=20 Association, Linux Business Award aims to educate and motivate=20 enterprises in deploying IT application on Linux platform. Five entries=20 were shortlisted to the final stage of Product Development Award=E2=80=99= s=20 Infrastructure Building and Communication Application category. Based on=20 innovativeness and technology, deployment scale and scope, quality, cost=20 effectiveness and benefits to society, Hermes came up with the top score=20 to win the Grand Award. Two Merit Awards were also granted in this=20 category. Hermes Business-to-Business (B2B) Messaging Server is an open-source=20 Message Service Handler embracing an e-commerce open standard (OASIS=20 ebXML Messaging Service v.2.0). This award-winning product provides a=20 standardized, reliable and secure infrastructure for enterprises to=20 exchange business data on the Internet. Developers from 80+ economies=20 have already downloaded Hermes=E2=80=99 source code since its release thr= ee=20 years ago, and Hermes has many successful deployments. Some local users=20 of Hermes include MTR, OOCL, Sony, HMV, bigboXX.com and HKSAR=20 Government. Besides certified for ebXML and AS2 interoperability, Hermes=20 has won Certificates of Merit (Product Category) at the 6th HK Computer=20 Society IT Excellence Awards and Asia Pacific ICT Award 2004 (R&D=20 Category). Hermes is available for free from http://www.freebxml.org=20 <http://www.freebxml.org/>. About CECID (www.cecid.hku.hk <http://www.cecid.hku.hk>) Established in January 2002, Center for E-Commerce Infrastructure=20 Development (CECID) at the University of Hong Kong conducts e-commerce=20 research and development with the vision of helping organizations=20 increase their competitiveness in the global economy. CECID develops=20 e-commerce enabling technologies, participates in important=20 international e-commerce initiatives, supports e-commerce=20 standardization for Hong Kong and the Asia Pacific Region, and transfers=20 e-commerce technology and skills to the community. With projects=20 primarily funded by the Hong Kong Government's Innovation and Technology=20 Commission, CECID is an active member of OASIS and the ebXML Asia=20 Committee. The Center also collaborates with a number of lead technology=20 users in the Asia-Pacific. PR Contacts for Press and Analysts=EF=BC=9A Dorris Tai Business Manager, Center for E-Commerce Infrastructure Development Tel: +852 2859 2818 Fax: +852 2547 4611 e-M...@ce... URL=EF=BC=9Ahttp://www.cecid.hku.hk |