Fujitsu Software Strengthens B.P.M. Offering With Interstage I-Flow 5.0 - Product Announcement

EDP Weekly's IT Monitor, Feb 4, 2002

Fujitsu Software Corporation has announced the availability of two new editions of its INTERSTAGE i-Flow business process management engine. i-Flow 5.0 Enterprise Edition and i-Flow 5.0 Advanced Edition meet industry demand for Java 2, Enterprise Edition (J2EE) technology-based business process management products that allow the rapid adaptation of internal processes to meet changing business needs. i-Flow is a component of INTERSTAGE, an e-Business infrastructure platform that also includes the INTERSTAGE Application Server.

Fujitsu has extended the architecture of i-Flow 5.0 Enterprise Edition around Enterprise Java Beans (EJB) technology, enabling deployment on several leading application servers, including Fujitsu's INTERSTAGE Application Server 4.0. By embracing EJB technology while continuing support for CORBA and RMI, Fujitsu provides customers the flexibility to deploy i-Flow in any environment, thereby preserving IT investment and avoiding the risk of vendor lock-in.

"TOWER Technology has hundreds of successful workflow deployments worldwide, and in our experience, Fujitsu's new EJB-based i-Flow architecture is ahead of the game in supporting customers' existing technology infrastructure," said William Zastrow, senior vice president of worldwide corporate marketing at TOWER Technology. "Our OEM relationship with Fujitsu has allowed us to provide customers with the Web-based tools they need to manage business processes more effectively, and we're looking forward to the EJB architectural enhancements in i-Flow 5.0."

i-Flow, first introduced to the United States market in August 1998, was the first Java technology-based business process management solution and provides comprehensive features for changing business processes. i-Flow provides support for both human and application-level interaction, allowing for seamless integration with Web-based systems. i-Flow is highly customizable and can be tailored to meet customers' unique requirements. Its intuitive graphical user interface enables customers to easily build workflow applications according to their specific needs. Customers reduce operating expenses, improve productivity, efficiency and time-to-market.

"Fujitsu's longstanding commitment to J2EE standards is reflected in our continual enhancements to the INTERSTAGE Application Server and i-Flow business process management solutions," said Shizuo Inagaki, president of Fujitsu Software Corporation. "Our users told us that they wanted EJB support without having to re-program or re-engineer their products. We have met this market demand and preserved customer investments by introducing EJB functionality and continuing support for other technology standards."