Boxborough, MA, December 5, 2005 – FireStar Software, Inc., a leading provider of innovative
software products, announced today the release of EdgeNode™, a software product designed to
simplify the integration of back-office transactions between enterprises.
“Our work with SWIFT, the banking industry owned co-operative, enabled us to understand the
issues facing the state of cross-enterprise transactions today—specifically, the high cost
associated with integrating new clients, the difficulty of adding new services and the complexities
of managing change within disparate client environments. We leveraged this experience and our
existing, patented ObjectSpark™ technology to develop and deliver a new product, EdgeNode,” explained Ken Lord, CEO, FireStar Software, Inc. “With EdgeNode, we have taken a 360o view of
the problem of developing and supporting a cross-enterprise transaction environment, and
created an agile, but robust product, that provides immediate value to Service Providers and
value-added networks in the Banking and Financial Services marketplace.”
EdgeNode is a light-footprint, JAVA based distributed messaging software appliance. With
EdgeNode an organization solves the problem of connecting, integrating and maintaining many
customers with varying requirements, platforms and application environments without resorting to “brute force” coding or complex EAI implementations. Instead EdgeNode provides lightweight
technology to forge the connection without requiring changes by either the enterprise or its
customers making the process cost-effective and easier to implement.
EdgeNode provides a fully secure, auditable environment that supports encryption, digital signing,
archiving and full non-repudiation. It integrates and extends existing business networks, transport
and legacy applications and easily facilitates the addition of new services. For example a bank
could easily augment its current connectivity solution with new services such as money laundering
screening or business monitoring applications. EdgeNode’s unique injection
technology also automates the process of seamless upgrades, isolating and insulating change
thus reducing maintenance cost and effort among a disparate group of participating enterprises.
“EdgeNode is a software product that can provide immediate value for all enterprises involved in
cross-enterprise business transactions”, continued Mr. Lord. “If you need your applications to
interoperate with the applications of many other institutions, then EdgeNode can save substantial
time and money in terms of adding new members and operating and maintaining the network. In
addition, our business model and innovative EdgeNode capabilities opens new opportunities to
our customers to provide automated services that previously took too much capital and resources
to design, develop, and operate.” |
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