[ebmail-develop] Hermes Selected Best Infrastructure Building and Communication Application by Linux Business Award 2005]]

[Dorris T. <cw...@ce...>]

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