Simplifying enterprise integration and accelerating ROI

Covast is a supply chain integration software company that focuses on bridging the gap between legacy EDI communications and XML technologies. Covast's technology makes it easier and more cost-effective to connect existing EDI links to Enterprise Application Integration (EAI) platforms such as Microsoft BizTalk Server and IBM WebSphere, thus positioning the company as a leader in the business-to-business integration (B2Bi) market, extending the promises of EAI to inter-company, mission-critical communications.
Covast's attractiveness arises from its deep knowledge of the various EDI standards and comparably modest license and implementation costs, offering users a cost effective alternative to the giant software integration platforms such as Tibco, WebMethods and BEA.
The company is active throughout Europe with offices in the UK and the Benelux, and in the US, with offices in Atlanta, Georgia, and Redmond, Washington.

Track-and-trace and settlement services

Datatrac’s vision is to be the leading supplier of networked execution management systems and services for the transportation industry.
Datatrac’s main focus is to further develop and offer eTrac, a web-based, business-to-business, real-time information exchange hub for the pick-up and delivery (PUD) segment of the non-integrated courier, expedited freight and transportation industries. Using eTrac, freight forwarders and shippers, and their pick-up and delivery agents, can electronically exchange order information and shipment event details, settle financial charges, streamline operations and enable functionalities for customers that previously were limited to integrated carriers such as UPS and FedEx. In addition, eTrac works seamlessly with Datatrac’s traditional back-office software COPS and STATIS for management of operational and accounting functions. In addition to the product suite, Datatrac provides a full range of solutions that allow for real-time interaction, data collection and exchange between dispatchers and their drivers through eTrac wireless, including cell phone and PDA-based text communication, RFID, and global positioning and advanced vehicle location and routing.
Datatrac is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia (USA).

Next-generation on-demand courier services

eCourier is the only courier company worldwide to employ an intelligent, automated dispatch solution. Developed with the help of the leading minds and research laboratories in logistics and computing, eCourier's proprietary technology platform removes the middleman and overcomes the service limitations that encumber conventional operators.

eCourier was founded by entrepreneurial courier customers and an accomplished operations team determined to revolutionize the way in which a courier company looks after both its couriers and clients.

Intelligent Security Management

ExaProtect is a unique global player in the information security marketplace, offering a complete start-to-finish security management solution. The company's powerful, integrated ‘View & Do’ approach is of great benefit to more than 300 customers, including many Fortune 500 enterprises, international telecommunications companies and government organizations. ExaProtect Security Management System and ExaProtect Network Security Policy System, empowers them to meet the increasing demand for unified control of multi-vendor network and security systems, raising information security levels, demonstrating compliance and improving operational efficiency.

Last mile solution provider

Kiala is the European market leader for last-mile parcel delivery for direct (or distant) selling companies. Kiala provides parcel logistics from ex-warehouse to a convenient over-the-counter retail store in close proximity to end-consumers. Kiala has a non-asset-based business model with a unique technology platform, operational network partners and a strict network management policy for delivering a consistent, high-quality service. Kiala has a pan-European focus and operates a European network of more than 4,000 outlets, including 280 points in Belgium and Luxembourg, more than 3,500 points in France and 400 points in the Netherlands.

Emissions Management Software

Lysanda develops emissions management software for motor vehicles.  The company has perfected a system that gives drivers and fleet managers the real-time information and tools they need to reduce fuel costs and CO2 emissions.
Lysanda's Eco-Log™ is an on-board device which gathers data about the way the vehicle is being operated and enables the operator to identify, in real time, the actual level and composition of a vehicle's emissions.  Key indicators based on this data can be  presented to the driver and transmitted back to the fleet management centre, via the GPRS or other mobile data networks.  Giving operators the information they need to operate their vehicles at a more optimum level of efficiency reduces fuel costs and environmental impact.

The “Technology Enabled and Delivery Guaranteed” class of mail

MailExpress is the leading provider of expedited and innovative services for flats, small parcels and bound printed matter.
The company’s technology offerings and processing services are focused on promoting the products, services and brand name awareness of the United States Postal Service. MailExpress’ OnTrack™, proprietary-developed technology platform provides the backbone for the execution of all routing and customer service processes. Opportunities exist for destination consolidation, contingency routing, and specialised customer routings (including international routing) that can all be controlled at account setup or on a specific day basis and pushed out to the field locations. Moreover, MailExpress’ mail management system allows for large shippers to be processed directly on site, which allows integration of specific business rules into the customers’ mail delivery system and enhances security.
MailExpress has set new industry standards for tracking, delivery address management, security and cost effectiveness.
MailExpress was founded in 2004 by industry veterans Sonny Smith, Rick Rover, Sean Smith and Todd Kleine.

On Demand Supply Chain Management

Mitrix, Inc. offers revolutionary, on-demand Supply Chain Management (SCM) technology delivered via the Internet. Its flagship product, SCM Live, offers the functionality companies need to dramatically improve the performance of their supply chains and create new revenue opportunities. By synchronizing the entire supply chain, from forecast and planning to outbound logistics, mid-sized manufacturers, distributors and retailers can now effectively compete on a global scale. The company manages over $250 million in supply chain transactions across eight countries.

Outsourced logistics management services provider to the chemical and process industries

Odyssey Logistics & Technology provides global logistics management services to the chemical industry and other process manufacturers. Odyssey enables its customers to outsource any part of the management and transportation of their raw materials and finished goods, helping these companies save money through reduced transportation and infrastructure costs, measurable customer service and process improvements, and enhanced data quality and management.
Odyssey was founded by the senior management team of UniGlobal Logistics, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Union Carbide Corporation, which was formed in 1999 to manage Union Carbide's $650 million of global transportation and logistics requirements.
In 2002, the UniGlobal management team departed Dow with the key employees necessary to launch Odyssey Logistics & Technology. The same year, the company closed its first customer, Hercules Incorporated, a $1.7 billion chemicals company. Additional chemical company contracts followed as the company moved to rapidly increase its footprint. In February 2003, Odyssey acquired certain assets of Rely Software, a provider of transportation and logistics software to chemical and process manufacturers worldwide. The company headquarters are located in Connecticut, with additional offices in New York, North Carolina, and Kiev, Ukraine.

Odyssey Logistics & Technology News:

21-01-2008: Hercules renews major contract with Odyssey Logistics

Supply Chain Design and Optimisation

Optiant helps Global 2000 companies optimize their bottom-line performance by creating responsive and resilient supply chains. As the leading provider of inventory planning and optimization solutions, Optiant’s solutions optimally balance resources, total costs, and customer service across the supply chain to deliver greater profitability, increased customer satisfaction, more efficient use of capital, and a resilient supply chain that fully handles uncertainty in supply and demand.

Real Time Business Intelligence for the Event-Driven Enterprise

SeeWhy Software is a leading vendor of Operational Business Intelligence software. The SeeWhy system is a self-tuning Operational Business Intelligence platform that monitors and interprets the impact of enterprise-wide business events. Captured via integration software, web services or direct from application databases, these events are evaluated in real time to give immediate notification or action where required.

Operational BI is a new approach to understanding and monitoring the performance of your business in real time. Fundamentally different from traditional reporting, Operational BI does not rely on queries against a data warehouse or operational database, but is fed business events, one transaction at a time directly by integration software. These events are then interpreted in real-time to detect significant conditions that operations staff need to be alerted to, or initiate actions automatically.

SeeWhy Software was established in 2002 by Business Objects veteran Charles Nicholls.

SeeWhy Software News:

29-02-2008: SeeWhy Software announces partnership with JBoss

Visual Analytics Software

Visual i|o focuses on developing rich data visualization models, applications and proprietary technologies to address high-priority business needs. Visual i|o is the leading provider of business-focused data visualization solutions.

Working closely with leading pharmaceutical research and development organizations, Visual i|o has developed a technology and a suite of products that create a complete connection between data, interface and user. Unlike any other visualization solution, Visual i|o delivers tools at the critical point-of-interaction between the decision-maker and the data. Visual i|o users dynamically engage with complex data sets, unlocking value in previously unmanageable information across an organization.

The company was established in 2001 by visualization experts Angela Shen-Hsieh and Mark Schindler. It is headquartered in Somerville, Massachusetts.

Delivering the High Definition Enterprise

Xterprise helps organizations gain a more precise, current and insightful understanding of their business environments and enables them to use that information to exert better control over their supply chain and enterprise activities.

Xterprise Clarity High-Definition Enterprise™ solutions capture and use granular, up-to-the-moment data, and leverage today’s most advanced automation and analytic systems to translate that information into performance efficiencies, continual improvement and measurable business value. These solutions typically include: delivering a comprehensive High-Definition Enterprise, which can include:

• Automated, process-driven data capture systems
• An operating framework for connectivity, interoperability and RFID functionality
• Components to manage process workflows, data services, event flows, business rules and the user experience
• Intuitive user interfaces
• A rich business intelligence suite for users to extract information on what is really going on in their enterprise

Xterprise was founded in 2002 by Dean Frew, whose experience at Texas Instruments, Globeranger and the MIT-AutoID Lab led to his vision of creating a Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) solutions company capable of delivering practical, profitable real-time supply chain solutions. Today Xterprise works to bring that measurable business value to organizations large and small, and across industry and geographic boundaries.
Xterprise is based in Dallas, Texas (USA).

Xterprise News:

22-03-2008: Confidex expands in the US

14-03-2008: RFID reaches its 'Tipping Point'

01-02-2008: Xterprise cited as key player in Wal*Mart RFID program