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CECID Provides Professional Support Services for Hermes
and ebMail
Hong Kong SAR, Peoples Republic of China – 13 December 2004 – Center for E-Commerce Infrastructure Development
(CECID), The University of Hong Kong (HKU), the core developer
of Hermes and ebMail, announced that it will provide support
and training services for these two open-source ebXML software.
Since their release to FreebXML.org
(http://www.freebxml.org) in 2002, Hermes and ebMail have
recorded 10,000+ downloads
by developers from over 80 economies, and many installations
have been successfully deployed in production in public
and private sectors. From time to time, CECID has received
requests for technical support on installation and enhancements
as well as training services.
Besides the present channels of the active mailing lists,
technical professionals of end-user organizations can now
also contact CECID directly when they need help with deployment
of Hermes or ebMail. OEM/ISVs who need assistance with
incorporation of these open-source software into their
products can readily access Hermes and ebMail developers.
Different support packages covering installation, connectivity,
integration, enhancement and plug-ins development are available
to cater to different needs. Visit http://www.cecid.hku.hk/open-source/ to learn more about the support.
Hermes is an electronic document exchanging server based
on an open e-business messaging standard (OASIS ebXML Messaging
Service v.2.0). It provides a standardized, reliable, and
secure infrastructure for enterprises to exchange business
data traditionally provided by EDI (electronic data interchange)
but on the Internet and at a low cost affordable by small
and medium enterprises. Awards won by Hermes include Merit
of Certificate of the 6th HK Computer Society IT Excellence
Awards 2004 and Merit of Certificate of the Asia-Pacific
Information and Communications Technology Awards (APICTA
2004). Certified by the ebXML Asia Committee for its interoperability,
Hermes is donated to the ebXML development community, FreebXML.org
and released under the Academic Free License.
ebMail is a desktop e-mail client which helps organizations,
small-and-medium-sized enterprises (SME) in particular,
to engage in B2B e-commerce activities. This lightweight
toolkit enables trading partners to exchange business documents
cost-effectively through email, or ebXML Message Service
(ebMS) over Simple Mail Transport Protocol (SMTP). ebMail
is a trimmed-down ebMS handler which does not require any
application server software and dedicated Internet connection
to use ebXML. It allows a user to compose electronic documents
offline through graphical user interface (GUI), and send
and receive documents when the user is connected to the
Internet. ebMail is available also at FreebXML.org and
released under the Academic Free License.
About CECID (www.cecid.hku.hk)
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, supports e-commerce standardization for Hong
Kong and the Asia Pacific Region, and transfers e-commerce
technology and skills to the community. With projects primarily
funded by the Hong Kong Government's Innovation and Technology
Commission, CECID is an active member of OASIS and the
ebXML Asia Committee. The Center also collaborates with
a number of lead technology users in the Asia-Pacific Region
on turning R&D results into real-life business applications.
CECID's contributions to the community include its code
donation of Hermes and ebMail to freebXML (http://www.freebxml.org)
and the production of an in-depth design and management
guide on XML Schemas for the Hong Kong Government. CECID
is currently developing a plug-and-play Internet appliance
for secure and reliable transmission of electronic documents
based on ebXML / Web Services.
PR Contacts for Press and Analysts
Dorris Tai (cwtai@cecid.hku.hk)
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
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