Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Justice Network Selects webMethods to Enhance Information Sharing and Collaboration
September 12 2006 - 9:30AM
PR Newswire (US)
webMethods Fabric Tapped as the Foundation for a New SOA Delivering
Expanded Process Integration FAIRFAX, Va., Sept. 12 /PRNewswire/ --
webMethods, Inc. (NASDAQ:WEBM), a leading business integration and
optimization software company, today announced that the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania has selected the webMethods Fabric(TM)
product suite to support and enhance the Pennsylvania Justice
Network (JNET). Since its inception in 1997, JNET has served as a
national model for public sector information management. This most
recent initiative is designed to further improve real-time access
to information while also enhancing intra- agency collaboration
throughout the law enforcement and public safety communities. As a
core component of these efforts, webMethods is being employed as
the foundation for a comprehensive service-oriented architecture
(SOA), which includes the use of an Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) to
facilitate faster and more cost-effective integration of disparate
applications. "Our constituents are routinely called upon with
minimal notice to make some of the most critical decisions
imaginable. What the Pennsylvania Justice Network provides is the
information and resources needed to make the right decision," said
Phil Tomassini, Executive Director, Pennsylvania Justice Network.
"Today's emergence of service-oriented architecture will further
advance our mission by reducing or eliminating the remaining
barriers that exist to effective collaboration and information
sharing. Due to their leadership in the field and their long track
record, we're confident that webMethods is the right partner for
helping us to achieve our objectives." JNET's continuing success
has been predicated on its ability to create a common
infrastructure linking multiple applications and systems together
without the need for a common data warehouse. Through this
approach, each agency is able to maintain its operational autonomy
while benefiting from on- demand access to these additional, shared
resources. Building upon this model, JNET's Next Generation
Architecture initiative will further enhance these operations,
moving from a network that connects various systems together to a
fully-integrated one in which data and functionality can both be
shared across multiple applications. Underpinning these efforts is
webMethods Fabric, which brings together within a single,
fully-integrated product suite an industry-leading ESB with
comprehensive support for the entire service lifecycle. It allows
JNET to fully embrace an SOA as its architectural standard in order
to create a more flexible, adaptive and powerful platform for
multi-agency collaboration and information sharing at the state and
local level. Through the use of webMethods Fabric, JNET is able to
take advantage of a standards-based platform to simplify and speed
integration of multiple, disparate applications. Beyond the
immediate benefits of greater cost- effectiveness and improved
efficiencies, this approach also enhances the organization's
ability to respond to dynamic events, making it easier than ever to
address these ad hoc requirements using previously configured
processes and interfaces. JNET is also heavily leveraging the
business process management features offered by webMethods Fabric.
For example, this deployment will provide local agencies with the
ability to create regionalized processes with minimal programming
intervention. Equally important, the mission-tested product suite
also meets the organization's unwavering requirements for
scalability and reliability. "Nearly every government agency is
confronted with the need to eliminate application silos, automate
processes, and secure greater operational visibility. What the
Pennsylvania Justice Network demonstrates is how these objectives
can be achieved at the state and local level," said Tammy Janorske,
director, government business unit, webMethods, Inc. "In
particular, the organization should be commended for recognizing
and embracing the transformational potential of SOA. Not only does
SOA significantly reduce the hurdles to collaboration and
integration, but it also makes it possible to reconfigure existing
processes in a number of ways to better meet a variety of dynamic
requirements. Coupled with its ability to unlock the value of
legacy systems, SOA is establishing itself as the IT foundation for
numerous government programs." About webMethods, Inc. webMethods
(NASDAQ:WEBM) provides business integration software to integrate,
assemble and optimize available IT assets to drive business process
productivity. webMethods delivers an innovative, enterprise-class
business integration platform that incorporates proven integration
technology with next generation capabilities into one interoperable
set of tools that delivers a unique combination of efficiency,
agility and control. webMethods combines industry leadership with a
zealous commitment to customers to deliver tangible business value
to more than 1,400 global customers. webMethods is headquartered in
Fairfax, Va., with offices throughout the U.S., Europe, Asia
Pacific and Japan. More information about the company can be found
at http://www.webmethods.com/. The webMethods name and logo are
registered trademarks of, and webMethods Fabric is a trademark of,
webMethods, Inc. All other marks mentioned are trademarks or
service marks of their respective companies. DATASOURCE:
webMethods, Inc. CONTACT: David Precopio of webMethods, Inc.,
+1-774-266-3400, Web site: http://www.webmethods.com/
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