JustSystems' xfy Helps IBM Deliver Real-Time Visualization of SOA
JustSystems' xfy Achieves Ready for IBM Retail Integration Framework Status
Jul. 16, 2008 12:00 PM
Just Systems announced that it has successfully completed
testing of xfy (pronounced ‘x-fye’), its document-based composite
application for the IBM Retail Integration Framework. xfy serves as a
management interface, providing retailers optimal management and decision
support through real-time views of data in underlying applications and
repositories.
“Today, retailers need real-time information at their
fingertips to make faster, better decisions,” said Jake
Sorofman, senior vice president of marketing and business
development for JustSystems. “At the same time, they expect to work in an
environment that is familiar, flexible and easy to understand. JustSystems’ xfy
achieving Ready for IBM Retail Integration Framework status reflects the power
of xfy as an information visualization component to deliver up-to-date views of
constantly changing data from multiple sources and present that data as context
relevant information that can be interacted with and shared as necessary.”
“In today’s marketplace, retailers need an intimate
understanding of their customers to quickly and cost-effectively respond to
changing demand patterns across sales channels,” said Patrick Gibney, director,
distribution sector solutions, IBM Software Group. “The Retail Integration
Framework creates a technology foundation for solutions that combine the
real-time data access capabilities of xfy to help retailers utilize an SOA
environment. This helps them respond dynamically to customer and employee
needs, aligning evolving customer requirements with business imperatives.”
xfy Helps IBM Deliver Real-Time Visualization of SOA
IBM Retail Integration Framework utilizes open standards —
including Association for Retail Technology Standards (ARTS), Open Application
Group Integration (OAGIS) and Global Standards (GS1) — to unlock communications
between services, information sources, and business processes, making the store
and the retail enterprise one seamless landscape rather than disconnected
islands. xfy, among the first solutions to take advantage of IBM’s DB2 pureXML
innovation, unifies and processes data from multiple sources within a simple
and intuitive dynamic document interface.
The Retail Integration Framework initiative brings together
platform-independent software vendors that deliver proven solutions designed
and built for the retail industry. Through this initiative, IBM works with
select IBM Business Partners to validate solutions that meet a rigorous
assessment of next-generation, open-standards-based store environments.
xfy provides an end-user interface that unifies and
processes data from multiple sources into a clear, contextually-rich dynamic
document interface. xfy connects directly to the native information sources
that drive the retail environment, allowing the data processing to be done
within the dynamic document itself and providing a truly real-time view of
information.
Continued JustSystems’ Sorofman, “In retail, xfy dynamic
documents are a novel supplement to traditional business intelligence tools,
which provide sophisticated analytics at the expense of timeliness. We’re
giving users a true, real-time view of information, and we’re giving it to them
in a familiar format — the document — that promotes fast, informed decisions on
inventory control, demand forecasting, process performance, and other business
activities.”
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