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Spherion Technology Uses Hermes with Large Australian
Telco
Hong Kong SAR, Peoples Republic of China - 2 April 2004
- Center for
E-Commerce Infrastructure Development (CECID), The University
of Hong Kong (HKU) is pleased to announce that our open
source ebXML message service handler, Hermes, has been deployed
in a B2B e-procurement system by Spherion Technology Solution
(STS), a large business and technology consulting firm in
Australia. STS adopted Hermes (based on ebMS v2) to implement
an e-procurement system for a division of Spherion Asia
Pacific, Spherion Education Solutions, and a large Australian
telecommunications company. The system is in production
and Spherion Education Solutions, an education/training
service provider, can now provide reliable and secure training
course procurement service to her telecom client cost-effectively.
When the project started, the telecom client had already
adopted a commercial ebXML messaging gateway product, and
Spherion needed a reliable and interoperable ebXML messaging
handler. Hermes' certification of the Asian ebXML Interoperability
Test became an important selection criterion for STS. At
the technology evaluation stage, STS created a development
and testing environment for Hermes at a considerably low
cost compared with those commercial counterparts available
in the market. Throughout the implementation process, Hermes'
quality was enhanced by STS and CECID. Also, thanks to the
Hermes developer community, minor problems for the open
source product took a short time to fix.
With the new e-procurement system using ebXML messaging
service, the telecom company exchanges purchase orders,
invoices and remittance advice with Spherion Education Solutions.
Besides exploiting the features of Hermes to achieve reliable
electronic document exchange, the PKI capacity of Hermes
is being utilized in this project to enhance transaction
security and provide non-repudiation support of the messages
transacted.
Both STS and the telecom company are satisfied with the
ebXML production environment. The telecom company is now
planning to phase out the existing EDI e-procurement system
to the new ebXML-enabled system to handle all education
service procurement. With the surge of interest in open
source software and ebXML technology, STS expects Hermes
to be engaged in more B2B system development projects.
About Spherion (www.spherion.com.au)
Spherion Technology Solution (STS) is part of the Spherion
Group, which was established in Australia in 1968 and later
joined the Spherion Corporation, a global business consultation
organization listed in the New York Stock Exchange. Spherion
Group has many years of business experience with expertise
and experience in recruitment, education and training, technology
and outsourcing services. STS offers its clients services
in project management, application development, technical
implementation and technical consulting. Its reputation
is built through developing customized and innovative technology
solutions that are aligned with the clients' objectives
and business strategies.
About CECID (www.cecid.hku.hk)
Established in January 2002, the 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
recent 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.
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 & Information Systems
The University of Hong Kong
Tel: +852 2859 2818
Fax: +852 2547 4611
URL: http://www.cecid.hku.hk
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