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CMPnetAsia
September 20, 2002
Singapore's GridNode gets world's first RosettaNet badge
by Oo Gin Lee
Singapore-based software developer GridNode has tipped international software behemoths to be the first ISV in the world to obtain the RosettaNet software compliance badge.
Other software companies working to get the software compliance badge under the RosettaNet Ready Program include webMethods, Peregrine Systems, TIBCO and JD Edwards.
“Software compliance is a critical first step in achieving interoperability across the entire trading network,” said Jennifer Hamilton, CEO of RosettaNet. “RosettaNet would like to recognize GridNode for its tremendous accomplishment in being the first to earn a RosettaNet Ready badge designation for its GridTalk solution.”
Two-year old Singapore company GridNode first hit the news last year with the announceemnt that Seagate turned to GridNode’s peer-to-peer technology, GridTalk, to manage its supply chain exchange information.
Although relatively unknown in the world, GridNode's strongest selling point has been its cost plus the adoption of real-time peer-to-peer technologies instead of the monolithic server systems.
GridNode's managing director Leow Chee Tong told CMPnetAsia that its solution had the most effective start-up costs.
"However," he adds, "even though we are strong on pricing we previously lacked the name and international branding to sell ourselves."
A server-based solution, including costs from associated software and services, typically costs US$100,000, while GridTalk on average costs less than US$20,000 for a single licence.
The successful implementation at Seagate marked the first milestone for GridNode.
"Customers were more receptive to us when we could give them a referencable customer like Seagate," said Leow.
"But many people were still concerned that our solution may not be interoperable with our rivals' solutions in the future," he added.
That has now changed with GridNode scoring a home run with its RosettaNet certification.
With the news of the certification in its pocket, it managed to convince a Malaysian fab to finally sign on the dotted line after months of negotiations.
"The final bastions of doubt have finally toppled," added GridNode's Leow.
RosettaNet is an international consortium of the big boys in the IT industry that is trying to set a series of open interoperable standards to enable businesses to do trade with each other over the Internet using a common e-business language.
Launched in March 2002, the RosettaNet Ready Program delivers the tools and services required to measure software compliance with the RosettaNet Implementation Framework and select Partner Interface Processes.
Designed to enable low-cost implementation testing solutions, these tools and services provide a common benchmark platform to measure a software product's adherence to RosettaNet specifications. The RosettaNet Ready Software Compliance Badge Testing Service, administered by Drake Certivo, verifies products for compliance -- providing an objective measurement to differentiate products “ready” for RosettaNet trading partner implementations.
GridNode met the rigorous RosettaNet Ready badging requirements for PIP 4C1 - Distribute Inventory Report - the first in the cluster of PIPs related to collaborative forecasting. PIP 4C1 supports a process by which an Inventory Information Provider reports the status of the inventory owned or held by the Provider to an Inventory Information User. GridNode has already deployed this PIP in vendor managed inventory scenarios for several leading organizations globally.
Over the past six months, GridNode has stepped up its support for RosettaNet standards proliferation by engaging in a number of consortium initiatives, including active membership in the RosettaNet Basics and Interoperability programs, and the Marketing Leadership Council (MLC). GridNode is also providing on-loan resources to RosettaNet in an effort to drive industry engagement activities. Specifically, the company has assigned one of its recent hires, Daniel Lorenzo, formerly of RosettaNet, Oracle and Extricity, to serve in a RosettaNet Partner Relations capacity, interfacing with various member companies as well as the User Group community.
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