[ebmail-develop] Hermes 2 Non-GPL Enterprise Edition Released

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

*Hermes Messaging Gateway v2.0 Enterprise Edition Available*

Hong Kong SAR, Peoples Republic of China -- March 23, 2006 - Center for 
E-Commerce Infrastructure Development (CECID), The University of Hong 
Kong (HKU) and iASPEC Technologies announce the release of Hermes 
Messaging Gateway v2.0 Enterprise Edition (Hermes 2 EE). With the GPL 
community edition released last December, this non-GPL enterprise 
edition comes with additional features including an installation wizard, 
message status query capabilities, and a Web-based administrative tool 
for easy configuration and management of the messaging gateway. Full 
documentation - an installation guide, configuration guide, admin tool 
user guide, plug-in development guide and technical reference of Hermes 
2 -- is bundled with the Enterprise Edition, along with iASPEC's Silver 
Support Service. The whole package helps users to get Hermes up and 
running more quickly and to develop applications efficiently. It also 
frees OEMs and service providers from GPL's requirement of distributing 
their proprietary source code. Hermes 2 EE can be obtained through 
iASPEC Technologies (http://www.iaspec.com/Hermes2.htm).

Completed Drummond Group's AS2 Interoperability Testing AS-1Q05 
(http://ebusinessready.org/as2.html), Hermes 2 enables real-time 
communication through HTTP or HTTPS to transmit data over the Internet. 
Besides, it provides security for the transport payload through Secure 
Multi-Purpose Internet Mail Extensions (S/MIME), digital signatures and 
encryption, while reliability and non-repudiation are achieved through 
the use of receipts. It operates as a Java web application. The ebXML 
Messaging Service (ebMS) and AS2 messaging capabilities are facilitated 
by the corresponding plug-ins, which can be easily developed by users 
through Hermes' Simple Plug-in Architecture specification. The messaging 
operation uses a database with JDBC connectivity to keep track of the 
messaging status.

About CECID (www.cecid.hku.hk <http://www.cecid.hku.hk/index.php>)

Established in January 2002, Center for E-Commerce Infrastructure 
Development (CECID) at the University of Hong Kong conducts e-commerce 
research and development with the vision of helping organizations 
increase their competitiveness in the global economy. CECID develops 
e-commerce enabling technologies, participates in important 
international e-commerce initiatives, as well as supports e-commerce 
standardization for Hong Kong and the Asia Pacific Region. With projects 
primarily funded by the Hong Kong Government's Innovation and Technology 
Commission, CECID also takes on the mission to transfer knowledge and 
technology to the community. Besides organizing forums and seminars, the 
Center licenses its R&D results through the University of Hong Kong to 
IT industry. Its acclaimed e-commerce technology, Hermes, has penetrated 
over 80 economies and won the Best Infrastructure and Communication 
Application of the Linux Business Award 2005 as well as Certificates of 
Merit of the Asia-Pacific ICT Awards 2004 and HK Computer Society IT 
Excellence Award 2004.

About iASPEC (www.iaspec.com <http://www.iaspec.com>)

iASPEC is an IT consulting and software services firm headquartered in 
Hong Kong. Since its founding in 1988, the Company has built a solid 
reputation with proven track records in serving its local and 
international customers. The Company has subsidiaries and associated 
firms in Mainland China and the United States of America. Leveraging on 
the combined strength of its multi-location operations, iASPEC provides 
innovative software products, high-quality IT consulting and 
professional services to its clients in these expanded regions.

PR Contacts for Press and Analysts:
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: http://www.cecid.hku.hk