[ebmail-develop] Hermes Integrated by enerbility for European Energy Trading

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

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