AppWorx Automates Internal Processing at Oracle Corp., Supports Massive Data Center Consolidation

Business Wire, Feb 7, 2000

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BELLEVUE, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 7, 2000

AppWorx Corporation today announced that Oracle Corporation is implementing AppWorx software as part of its sweeping initiative to improve global IT services, and restructure the use of computing systems throughout the company.

The database giant is in the midst of streamlining operations and consolidating vital systems from 40 data centers around the world down to two locations. AppWorx, an enterprise process automation solution certified for Oracle Applications 11 and Oracle 8i, will help extend the capabilities of these newly revamped data centers. In addition, AppWorx provides a solid framework for the automation of traditional manual system and database administration tasks. In this regard, AppWorx will be used to automate and manage the flow of Oracle's internal Global IT systems automation processes, from job submission and error tracking through output delivery. It will also define IT system operations policies based on job priorities, job-related failures and repairs, and resource availability, and ensure &uot;hands-off&uot; operational efficiency.

&uot;For the past six months, we've been on a course to revitalize our IT infrastructure with new technologies and improved processes,&uot; said Gary Roberts, senior vice president, Global IT. &uot;The first priority is assembling the right infrastructure tools to support top-flight data center and e-business services. AppWorx will be key in automating processes, flagging problems, improving productivity, eliminating recurring repair issues, and helping system and database performance and uptime.&uot;

&uot;Having been an Oracle partner since 1992, we are delighted to play a role in Oracle's current transformation,&uot; said Bill Wrenn, president and CEO of AppWorx. &uot;By selecting AppWorx, Oracle's Global IT organization can do away with many of the manual inefficiencies that have hindered processing. Like our other customers we would expect Oracle to see dramatic cost reductions and increased productivity.&uot;

AppWorx is best known for automating and accelerating business processes across a wide range of applications and platforms. AppWorx allows companies to quickly automate business rules without programming, and provides a fast, efficient approach to streamlining a variety of processes that are typically performed manually. In particular, the product can set policies and manage processing based on data volume, resource availability, time constraints, changing data values and application dependencies, so that processes run faster and are error free. By using AppWorx automation capabilities Oracle Global IT intends to reduce the workload for current technical personnel by 30 percent and re-deploy their efforts to other areas of the business.

About AppWorx Corporation

AppWorx provides software automation products that schedule and coordinate jobs between systems, initiate events as required, and manage delivery of resulting application output. AppWorx goes beyond traditional time and system event-based management by integrating with applications, including Oracle Applications, PeopleSoft, SAP R/3, Retek and SCT Banner2000, to trigger events based on conditional rules that parallel the dynamics of the business. AppWorx innovative output management capabilities speed the reliable delivery of information to the business people who need it. Companies using AppWorx realize improvements in application continuity, application integration and end user satisfaction.

AppWorx international customer base includes AT&, Citicorp, DoubleClick, Eastman Kodak, General Electric, Glaxo Wellcome, John Deere, Motorola, New York Life, Price Waterhouse, Texaco, the US Navy and the US Postal Service. AppWorx Corporation is privately held. For more information call 1-877/APPWORX or visit the website at www.appworx.com.