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From: Dorris T. <cw...@ce...> - 2006-01-12 10:48:45
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enerbility Integrated CECID's Hermes for European Energy Trading HONG KONG / VIENNA, January 13, 2006: The Center for E-Commerce=20 Infrastructure Development (CECID) of the University of Hong Kong (HKU)=20 and enerbility software gmbh of Vienna, Austria, are pleased to announce=20 that the open source ebXML message service handler, Hermes, has been=20 integrated in the electronic confirmation matching system enerbility 2.0. enerbility 2.0 is the second generation of an ECM-system developed for=20 the over-the-counter trading in the European energy industry. It is in=20 use at major energy trading companies in Europe like E.ON, ATEL,=20 Statkraft and APT. enerbility focuses on the integration of best-of-breed third-party=20 components into and around its transactional XML exchange and processing=20 technology. To comply with the industry demand for ebXML, enerbility=20 went for Hermes. In the selection process almost all available ebXML=20 products have been evaluated and a selected subset has been tested. Martin Schimak, the engineer evaluating the products, states: "In our=20 evaluation process, we've considered all relevant aspects to find the=20 best product concerning cost-performance ratio. We chose Hermes and are=20 very satisfied with its stability and performance." Hannes Stiebitzhofer, CEO of enerbility software gmbh, adds: "The=20 reliability of Hermes - besides its ebXML MS 2.0 compliance as tested by=20 ebXML Asia Committee - is a perfect complement to enerbility, running=20 without any incidents for months." CECID is happy about Hermes=92 first production use in the European energ= y=20 trading market. =93This is very encouraging to all of us. enerbility has=20 demonstrated the use of Hermes in a =91raw material=92 supply chain. With= out=20 the support of our funding agency, the Innovation and Technology=20 Commission of Hong Kong, we couldn=92t have developed Hermes. On the othe= r=20 hand, today=92s Hermes is also the result of contribution by developers i= n=20 the open-source community around the world. I=92m very pleased to see=20 Hermes being chosen as the messaging gateway to facilitate the energy=20 sector,=94 says Dr. David Cheung, Director of CECID. Thomas Lee, CTO of CECID, also responds positively to enerbility=92s=20 decision. =93enerbility is an innovative and fast-moving company. We are=20 proud that Hermes, an open-source project that has been downloaded by=20 80+ economies, is able to meet enerbility=92s stringent requirements for=20 performance and scalability in terms of handling a large number of=20 messages reliably and securely.=94 About enerbility software gmbh (www.enerbility.com) enerbility software gmbh is a dynamic flexible Vienna-based company=20 which emerged from a pilot project for the development of an Electronic=20 Confirmation Matching Systems (ECM) based on the EFET (European=20 Federation of Energy Traders) Standard. enerbility software gmbh was=20 founded in Spring 2004 and is focused on software development and=20 consultancy for the energy sector. About CECID (www.cecid.hku.hk) Established in January 2002, the 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 Region on turning R&D results into real-life=20 business applications. CECID's contributions to the community include=20 its code donation of Hermes and ebMail to freebXML=20 (http://www.freebxml.org) and the production of an in-depth design and=20 management guide on XML Schemas for the Hong Kong Government. CECID's PR Contact: Dorris Tai (cw...@ce...) 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 |