Jun 12, 2006
1980 – Company founded
1983 – First product developed, named XJCF
1987 – German distributor signed
1988 – Merged with AASKI Management
1988 – International distributors signed
1992 – Corridor concept developed. “Print Anything, Anywhere, Anytime.”
1993 – Distributor of GenText AFP2PDF and Metacode2PDF transform software
1994 – Sold the outsourcing division (AASKI Management)
1995 – Distributed LibertySoft, a German software product for desktop printing
1997 – GenText transform + custom code
1998 – Acquired GenText
1999 – Documorph product developed
1999 – August, Successful Initial Public Offering (IPO)
1999 – October, Acquired Geneva Digital in the United Kingdom
2001 – Xenos d2e Platform product developed
2002 – May, Acquired Rush Creek Software (infoWEB)
2003 – January, d2e Vision next generation product released
2004 – November, Acquired assets of XML Global (GoXML)
Detailed Five Year History
August 2, 1999
Xenos releases Documorph 2.0
March, 2000
Xenos releases Documorph 2.1
December 14, 2000
Xenos today announced an agreement with IBM that will benefit large organizations seeking to transform existing 'legacy' data and present it as Web-ready content for e-business.
Under the new agreement, part of IBM's Software Investment Initiative, Xenos will receive co-marketing funds for the marketing of the Xenos d2e Platform™ combined with IBM's Content Manager OnDemand archiving and retrieval software. The Xenos d2e Platform is e-business enabling technology that transforms data and documents for archiving in Content Manager OnDemand. Output, including IBM AFP and Xerox Metacode, can be re-purposed into e-content formats, such as HTML, XML and PDF, for presentment on the Web.
December 22, 2000
Xenos releases d2e Platform 4.0.00
January 26, 2001
Xenos releases d2e Platform 4.0.01
March 14 2001
Xenos today announced that the Xenos d2e Platform™ is now integrated with IBM Content Manager OnDemand Version 7.1 to support virtually all enterprise printstream formats. The combined solution will benefit large organizations seeking to transform legacy printstream data into Web-ready content for e-business.
The Xenos d2e Platform is e-business enabling technology that transforms data and documents for archiving in IBM Content Manager OnDemand. Output, including IBM AFP and Xerox Metacode, can be re-purposed into e-content formats, such as XML, HTML, WML and PDF, for presentment on the Web.
May 16, 2001
Xenos releases d2e Platform 4.0.02
May 23, 2001
Xenos releases the Xenos d2e Developer Studio, a digital dashboard for the company’s data to e-content transformation software.
The new software, the first in a series of new products to be released by Xenos over the next three months, is an easy-to-use graphical development environment that enables large 'bricks and mortar' organizations, systems integrators, and software providers to quickly build customized solutions for document and data transformation.
The Xenos d2e Developer Studio is a component of the Xenos d2e Platform™, a powerful software solution that transforms complex legacy data and documents into e-content formats, such as XML, HTML, and Adobe PDF. Xenos' leading-edge technology enables large 'bricks and mortar' organizations to 'Webify' critical documents, such as bills and statements, as part of their electronic bill/invoice presentment and payment (EBPP/EIPP), and electronic statement presentment (ESP) strategies.
August 8 2001
Xenos releases d2e Platform 4.0.03
September 28 2001
Xenos releases d2e Platform 5.0
Xenos releases d2e Controller
October 1, 2001
FileNET Corporation, a leading provider of Business Process Management solutions, and Xenos, a leading provider of transformation software, today announced a new partnership that will help organizations in markets such as financial services and insurance to leverage their existing legacy IT systems to do business with their customers over the web. The joint solution provides transformation and presentation of legacy data such as statements, invoices and policy data into web-compatible forms. The combination of Xenos' robust legacy document and data transformation software and the FileNET Panagon™ enterprise content management solution enables organizations to manage and present high volumes of personalized content online, delivering more efficient service operations and heightened customer satisfaction.
The Xenos d2e (data to e-content) Platform™ transforms legacy data in documents such as bills, invoices and statements into web formats such as XML, HTML, WML (wireless) and Adobe PDF. FileNET's Panagon product line allows customers, business partners, suppliers and employees to engage in business processes and exchange content. Each company's technologies are incorporated in Panagon Report Manager, and together, provide customers with 24/7 access to both current and historical copies of correspondence, statements and other valuable records.
November 22 2001
Xenos announces a global software remarketing agreement with IBM for the sale and distribution of Xenos' world-leading transformation software as part of IBM's enterprise content management solution.
The agreement follows the successful integration earlier this year of the Xenos d2e (data to e-content) Platform™ software with IBM's Content Manager OnDemand V7.1. IBM customers in industries including banking, brokerage, insurance, telecommunications, and utilities can now purchase from IBM a single integrated solution that enables and drives content-based e-business initiatives, such as electronic statement presentment, online billing and online invoicing.
February 5, 2002:
Xenos today announced the release of version 5.1 of its d2e Platform software.
Continuing its aggressive product development cycle, version 5.1 is the fifth product release by Xenos in the past year. Major enhancements include support for IBM's Open Edition Content Manager OnDemand v7.1 as part of Xenos' rapidly expanding IBM alliance partnership, and support for dynamic access from the d2e Platform to DB2 databases on IBM z/OS (OS/390) and Sun Solaris platforms. In addition, Xenos has continued to invest in enhancing the rich functionality of its new Developer Studio Graphical User Interface, d2e Controller and Intelligent Document Control components.
April 25, 2002
INSCI Corp., a leading supplier of Electronic Statement Presentment (ESP), Integrated Document Archive and Retrieval Systems (IDARS) and Enterprise Report Management (ERM) software, announced today the signing of a non-exclusive agreement to form a marketing alliance with Toronto-based Xenos the data to e-content company™.
Under the terms of the agreement, INSCI and Xenos will co-operate in the marketing and distribution of Xenos d2e Platform™ to INSCI customers. The relationship provides Xenos access and distribution to INSCI's worldwide client base.
The agreement allows INSCI to broaden its core technology offerings. INSCI's document systems have been ranked among the best in the industry for storage and electronic distribution of highly graphical legacy print formats such as Metacode, AFP, and PCL. Xenos' software transforms these formats into electronic content, including XML, HTML, and PDF. The integration of INSCI and Xenos technology offers customers a superior platform for supporting document enabled e-commerce solutions.
May 7 2002
Xenos today announced the addition of several new product extensions to its global software remarketing agreement with IBM for the sale and distribution of Xenos' world-leading transformation software as part of IBM's enterprise content management solution. The addition of Xenos XML and HTML generators allow the IBM Content Manager portfolio to integrate with the increasing number of applications that require HTML and XML. Several organizations have already licensed and implemented the Xenos d2e HTML/XML generation capabilities now available through the IBM software remarketing agreement.
This powerhouse combination allows IBM customers to rapidly implement business solutions that require XML and HTML. Billing companies are now using Xenos d2e software to parse pertinent information from billing statements and generate XML records for an Electronic Bill Payment and Presentment (EBPP) system. With the availability of XML transforms, Content Manager OnDemand can be a critical central repository for EBPP and other B2B applications that are driven by XML-formatted interchanges.
Other organizations have taken advantage of the flexibility offered by the HTML presentment capabilities to offer format choices to their customers who receive their statements on the web. Customer service can be improved by allowing customer service reps to view statements from Content Manager OnDemand on an Intranet, while the customer is still on the phone.
With the new Xenos software, organizations can now re-purpose statements or reports that are stored in Content Manager OnDemand by parsing key information from these statements and populating XML or HTML templates for e-business applications.
June 11 2002
Xenos today appointed i-TransAct as a non-exclusive VAR for Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia and Hong Kong. This relationship will enhance i-TransAct's payments and securities trading solutions. The i-Transact solutions enable companies and individuals to capitalize on real-world, e-commerce and m-commerce opportunities.
i-TransAct has developed solutions for integrated financial services over multiple communication channels, for securities trading and electronic bill presentment and payments. i-TransAct is staffed by a team of experienced individuals who have been directly involved in projects involving payments infrastructures at prominent regional financial institutions and online trading infrastructure within the Asia-Pacific region (notably Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand and Hong Kong). Their solutions support business-to-business (B2B), business-to-consumer (B2C), government-to-government (G2G) and peer-to-peer (P2P) models to automate financial transactions securely over multiple communication channels.
The Xenos d2e Platform suite of products provides an excellent complementary offering for i-TransAct. The Xenos d2e Platform features a component-based architecture that allows individual software components to be selected to enable customer organizations to transform existing legacy data to e-content formats, such as XML, HTML, WML and PDF, for presentment on the Internet.
June 17, 2002
NCR has selected software from Xenos to broaden its Imaged Statement Application.
Xenos d2e™ Platform software, which transforms documents from their printed formats into electronic formats, has been selected because of its ability to handle cheque images in many printed formats, such as HP PCL, IBM AFP and Xerox Metacode.
Xenos d2e software elevates the capabilities of the NCR ImageMark Cheque ImageArchive solution with the option to include printed images of cheques in the customer's banking statement. This eliminates the need for financial institutions to return the physical cheques and reduces the costs of producing and mailing banking statements.
The integration of Xenos d2e software with the NCR ImageMark Cheque Image Archive Solution is available to NCR's customer base, as well as to its prospective customers.
June 18 20002
Xenos has opened up new sales distribution channels in Latin America, signing new partners in Brazil and Argentina to resell its technology.
Poly Software and Consulting in São Paulo and Document Technologies S.R.L. in Buenos Aires are leaders in their markets, providing solutions for electronic document composition, management, archiving and report distribution for large and medium-sized enterprise customers. They have signed value-added reseller agreements to offer Xenos' complete suite of products directly and together with Xenos' Alliance partners including RSD, IBM and iPlanet E-Commerce Solutions. With Xenos' solutions, they can enable their customers to enhance existing print/archive solutions and rapidly migrate from paper-based to Web-based electronic document and data presentment solutions for business-to-business (B2B) and business-to-consumer (B2C) models.
August 7 2002
Xenos has appointed iBridge Capital Technology Solutions Limited as a non-exclusive VAR for Greater China (Hong Kong SAR, People's Republic of China, Taiwan), South East Asia (Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam) and the Middle East (Bahrain, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Jordan, Egypt, Yemen). This partnership will enhance iBridge Capital's e-business solutions and will play a pivotal role in ensuring its clients achieve their strategic business objectives.
iBridge Capital Technology Solutions specializes in providing Electronic Statement Presentment (ESP) as well as Electronic Bill/Invoice Presentment & Payment (EBPP & EIPP) solutions to financial institutions, corporations and governments. iBridge Capital Technology Solutions is one of the very few well-recognized major players in this arena in Asia. It has a strong and experienced team that has implemented unique, leading edge projects with major global and regional institutions.
The powerful Xenos d2e Platform adds tremendous functionality to iBridge Capital Technology Solution's clients. The Xenos d2e Platform features a component-based architecture that allows individual software components to be selected to enable organizations to transform printed documents into e-content formats, such as XML, HTML, WML and PDF, for presentment on the Internet.
November 5, 2002
Version 5.2 of Xenos d2e Platform.
Major enhancements to the Xenos d2e Platform contained in release 5.2 include additional support for advanced Adobe PDF features for document fidelity, high-quality complex graphical output, enhanced security features and faster viewing across the Web.
Other major advances include capability for scalable, dynamic web-based document presentation in PDF and HTML with multi-threaded processes using Xenos' Java API, a new ActiveX component providing easier integration into Windows applications and web services, extended functionality for complex print to print applications, and enhanced character support for the European and Asian markets. Xenos continues to invest in its very successful Developer Studio rapid application development tool and powerful Intelligent Document Control components.
January 8, 2003
Version 1.0 of Xenos d2e Vision announced.
The innovative d2e Vision software product is the culmination of two years of research and development, drawing on Xenos' many years of customer success with its d2e Platform™ software. Developed with Java technologies, the d2e Vision product is designed to be the most efficient and flexible solution available today for creating online documents from print data for applications such as dynamic electronic statement presentment on the web, or for high-volume print stream transformation.
The new d2e Vision product offers powerful multi-processing capabilities, enabling many production processes to be run at the same time. Its component-based architecture makes it easier to integrate and configure, and it offers the most flexibility in the industry since it is available on all of the major computing platforms. The modular design also enables Xenos to execute its customer-focused product development strategy by rapidly implementing new features and components as needed.
d2e Vision extends Xenos' reach into new global markets and offers more opportunities for partnerships and integration with other solutions such as archiving, document distribution or e-business applications. For example, full double-byte language support is now available, enabling Xenos to penetrate the largely untapped market opportunities in the Asia/Pacific region.
February 24, 2003
Xenos invited to speak at Chinese conference. Following its recent launch of Xenos d2e Vision transformation software, which supports Asian languages, Xenos has been invited to promote its adoption for use in China at the 2003 China International Electronic Information Technology Fair in Nanjing, People’s Republic of China in April. With the double byte character set (DBCS) support in d2e Vision, Xenos’ powerful electronic document transformation software can now support Asian languages. Xenos technology can now allow organizations to print or view “anything, anywhere”.
“We believe e-business in Mainland China is set to take off. With Xenos d2e Vision software's powerful functionalities, including the DBCS support, we expect pent up demand for innovative use of Xenos software in areas such as e-business and content management,” said Tony Chew Chairman and CEO of iBridge Capital Technology Solutions, a distributor of Xenos software. “A recent introduction of d2e Vision was very well received in Hong Kong and Taiwan, significant Chinese language markets. We have been carefully observing developments in Mainland China, a large market with strong economic growth, and have seen how IT infrastructure has been improving rapidly in recent years.”
Xenos executives have been invited to help introduce d2e Vision to local Chinese markets including Nanjing on April 8-10, Shanghai on April 14 and Beijing on April 15-16.
April 8 2003
Xenos joins the US-based Association for Cooperative Operations Research and Development (ACORD), a global, non profit insurance association whose mission is to facilitate the development and use of standards for the insurance, reinsurance and related financial services industries.
Standards are sets of rules and guidelines that provide a common framework for communication. ACORD Standards allow different companies to transact business electronically with agents, brokers and other data partners in the insurance, reinsurance and related financial services industries. They serve as a common communication method for use by multiple parties, thereby increasing the efficiency of the entire industry. The implementation of standards-based solutions is an industry-wide strategy.
ACORD XML Standards enable these business benefits:
· More choice for customers to decide how they want to receive services
· Better service to distribution channels and customers at lower costs
· Increased agent and customer loyalty
· Rationalization of insurance carriers' technology investments for distribution channels to both independent agents across the Web and company agents via Extranets
Xenos has incorporated the ACORD XML standards into its software to benefit the insurance industry. XML is an open industry standard developed by the World Wide Web Consortium to facilitate the exchange of structured data between businesses and applications over the Internet.
"We are pleased that Xenos has joined ACORD, " said Ronald Dudley, Vice President, Standards of ACORD. "Xenos has clearly seen the value of incorporating the ACORD standards into its software and services, meeting the strategic requirements of insurance companies to support e-business and online customer self-service on the WEB."
May 13 2003
Xenos announces that Xenos d2e Platform™ software will be installed by Pitt County Memorial Hospital to preserve the clinical accuracy of patient records during the transfer of these records between different computer applications.
Xenos d2e Platform was selected for its ability to bridge the hospital's patient records system and their archiving system. The automation provided by Xenos software eliminates the manual process of printing and scanning to transfer information between these systems. Xenos software ensures that medical staff have access to accurate patient records stored in the archiving system.
Key benefits to Pitt County Memorial Hospital:
· considerable reduction in manual labor
· enabling the sharing of information between two incompatible hospital computer systems
· and most importantly, preserving the accuracy of the information in the medical records during the transfer
"We needed a software solution that would meet our high standards for clinical accuracy of medical records, which is one of our hospital's top priorities," said Robin Parkin, Manager Information Systems of Pitt County Memorial Hospital. "Xenos d2e software has greatly reduced our labor costs and improved the clinical accuracy of the medical records that are accessed by our staff."
Jun 30 2003
Xenos makes an aggressive move forward in the IDARS (Integrated Document Archival and Retrieval Systems) market space with the release of version 5.0 of its Xenos infoWEB software.
infoWEB 5.0 continues the aggressive product development investment Xenos has committed to since acquiring Rush Creek Software in May of 2002. The new version of infoWEB implements many innovative features in response to customer demand.
infoWEB's new component-based architecture is flexible, extensible and scalable. infoWEB integrates readily, via plug-ins, with document management, workflow, archiving, content management and other applications. Solutions using enterprise application infrastructure middleware tools such as Tuxedo and MQ Series can now invoke infoWEB functions.
Secure browser-based administration functions increase flexibility for central and remote control over distribution rules and recipients. End user security has been enhanced to allow recipients to receive content securely through firewalls.
InfoWEB 5.0's subscribe-and-publish distribution model gives end user recipients the choice to define which reports they receive. Now IBM AFP, Xerox Metacode, HP PCL and Adobe PDF reports can be distributed for viewing and printing.
July 15, 2003
Xenos announced that Totalprint Ltda., a print service bureau in São Paulo Brazil, has implemented Xenos d2e Platform software for its new customer, Prodam, after signing a license agreement with Xenos' Brazilian reseller partner, Poly Software and Consulting.
Totalprint won the contract with Prodam by quickly demonstrating it could fulfill an urgent requirement for a critical one-time annual print production job. Prodam, the data processing department of the city of São Paulo and the world's second largest municipal data processing organization, had to print 18 million pages of Garbage Collection Tax notices and 7.5 million pages of Services Tax Notices within a three-day production window.
Xenos d2e Platform was selected to meet the technical requirement to process applications originally developed for Xerox high-speed printers and transform them to print on IBM printers. This is part of a growing trend in Brazil as organizations and service providers seek to cut costs while maintaining quality. Xenos d2e Platform is the key enabler of this capability, based on years of experience with the high-volume printstreams of Xenos' customers around the world.
"We only had a few weeks to win this contract. The robustness, rapid implementation and ease-of-use of the Xenos d2e Platform met our needs perfectly. Poly Software & Consulting, Xenos' reseller in Brazil, was very knowledgeable and worked closely with our team on-site to implement the crucial production runs in time," said Marcelo Pieroni, Managing Partner of Totalprint. "This was an important win for Totalprint. Based on its success, we anticipate assisting Prodam with other projects and growing our business with more new clients."
"We are proud to provide this critical solution for Prodam and to include Totalprint among our list of leading service bureau clients in Brazil using the Xenos d2e Platform," said Ricardo Ferreira, President of Poly Software and Consulting. "Xenos has proven itself repeatedly as a highly responsive vendor with the solution of choice for our customers' print transformation and electronic presentment requirements."
September 16, 2003
Xenos today announced the release of version 5.3 of its Xenos d2e Platform software product with key enhancements that solve a wide range of strategic business problems for high-volume print and e-business solutions. Major enhancements have been made for e-business integration for .NET and Java-based web services, HTML documents, print-to-print applications, performance, color, and cross-platform enhanced PDF web presentment, fidelity and security.
A growing number of Xenos customers require flexible e-business solutions for scalable, dynamic web-based document presentation in PDF, HTML or XML. This latest version enables customers to easily integrate d2e Platform, using the new Xenos d2eCOM component with byte-streaming, for Windows applications in Microsoft IIS, .NET and Visual Basic environments. This complements the Xenos d2e Java API released in version 5.2.
Xenos d2e Platform v5.3 also addresses new requirements of the high-volume printing market. Major print service bureaus worldwide have customer demands for increased productivity and for rapidly evolving print requirements. In response, d2e Platform v5.3 provides faster performance, faster image handling, parallel processing and extended color and vector graphics capability. New supported features include outline AFP fonts, highlight Metacode color, PCL color vector graphics, ACIF resource creation, Metacode forms handling and Metacode reprinting from archives, among many others.
For Internet document presentment in PDF, Xenos d2e Platform v5.3 adds cross-platform support for advanced Adobe PDF features for document fidelity and security. These include high-quality complex vector graphics output, 128-bit encryption, linearization and in-memory processing for faster Web viewing. Other key features added, are creation date stamp for security and version control, and dynamic URLS based on data extracted from the page to enable 1-to-1 marketing links from the document. Supported platforms for these powerful features now include IBM MVS mainframe with Unix Systems Services, AIX, HP/UX and Linux as well as Windows NT/2000/XP.
November 21, 2003
Xenos today announced the closing of the transaction to acquire the business assets of XML-Global Technologies, Inc. ("XML Global").
XML Global is a software developer and vendor of XML middleware products. Xenos has acquired XML Global's intellectual property, customer relationships, and operating assets and retains all employees.
The acquisition results in a combined entity that puts Xenos in a leadership position in bridging incompatible proprietary applications to open standards, without the need to rewrite software or make changes to computer applications. Using XML Global's technology and services, computer applications can be integrated rapidly and easily, for faster return on investment.
XML Global's GoXML™ eBusiness product line is a set of intuitive, modular solutions that provide a business integration framework for data transformation, communication and storage of structured data for e-business requirements. Written in Java, the XML Global products are a strategic set of technologies that position Xenos for scalable growth in new horizontal, vertical and geographic markets.
Systems integrators typically encounter a gap in solving "the last mile problem of data integration"-where data structures must be mapped in a repeatable way between dynamic data sources. Xenos is now able to solve that problem with the GoXML product line.
XML is playing a pivotal role in many business areas, particularly in business-to-business data sharing, content management and application-to-application integration. The business-to-business data sharing market is dominated by the use of proprietary EDI data formats. The migration from proprietary EDI data formats to open XML data formats creates a large market opportunity for GoXML. Instead of having to make expensive code changes when business requirements cause EDI record formats to change, organizations can use the visual GoXML mapping and business rule software tool to accommodate these changes quickly and externally to the EDI applications.
All of the XML Global employees have become Xenos employees and will remain working in the current Vancouver office.
December 9, 2003
Xenos today announced the release of version 1.1 of d2e Vision, its next-generation product line.
Based on customer requirements for flexible archiving, content management and dynamic e-business Web document presentment solutions with data extraction, document separation, transformation and repurposing capabilities, Xenos d2e Vision v1.1 now supports the generation of AFP output and image formats such as PNG. These enhancements are in addition to PDF and TIFF output and numerous innovative component features enabled by the proprietary Xenos Field Technology™ in d2e Vision v1.0.
Xenos d2e Vision's proven design for highly scalable performance can process millions of pages hourly with its support for multi-threading, resource caching and streaming input/output.
Written in Java, the d2e Vision component architecture is extensible and has a powerful application programming interface for flexible integration in Java environments. Rapid application development with d2e Vision Developer Studio enables higher productivity and faster return on investment. It features a graphical interface for complex font mapping with complete multi-language support, including full double-byte language capability for the Asian market. d2e Vision v1.1 is available on Windows NT/2000/XP, AIX, HP-UX, Linux, Solaris and IBM z/OS (under Unix Systems Services).
March 16, 2004
Xenos today announced the release of version 5.1 of GoXML Transform, an integration and high-volume transaction processing solution for structured data such as EDI, EDIFACT, AL3, X12, XML, FIX/SWIFT and many other industry standards.
Based on customer requirements to implement applications containing complex data structures, GoXML Transform Version 5.1 can now read multiple tables from one database. This feature allows Xenos customers to extend and integrate their legacy applications without requiring expensive and time-consuming code changes. Now the data, which is external to the applications themselves, can be enhanced, repurposed and transformed to meet today’s business challenges.
Additional features such as reusable parser instances with shared templates, the generation and extraction of database structures such as Inner and Outer Joins, extended DOM functions with Xpath support, flat text validation and attribute support and imported lookup tables are included in this release.
GoXML, written in Java, has a powerful application programming interface (API) to enable the rapid implementation of e-business solutions. In addition, it has a drag and drop Graphical User Interface (GUI) that reduces application development time. GoXML Transform Version 5.1 is available on any operating system that can run a Java™ Virtual Machine.
June 08, 2004
Xenos today announced the release of version 1.2 of d2e Vision, its next-generation software product. Two new major components are now available - one for processing Xerox Metacode/DJDE input printstream files and one for generating HTML/CSS output for web presentation. These complement the existing capability to process IBM AFP printstreams and generate PDF, Image, TIFF, AFP and XML output formats for critical e-business applications such as web-based customer statement presentment.
Among many other product features, two significant PDF output enhancements were also added: linearization of PDF files to enable faster viewing across the web of the first pages in a document while the rest of the file downloads, and Standard Acrobat 128-bit encryption for document security and fraud protection.
Some of the world’s largest banks in North America and Asia have recently implemented Xenos d2e Vision in high-volume production processing millions of pages hourly. They selected d2e Vision particularly for its highly scalable performance enabled by its support for multi-threading, resource caching and streaming input/output.
The d2e Vision software also provides the critical performance needed in many other large financial services, insurance, telecommunications, service bureaus and utilities organizations to meet their requirements for flexible archiving, content management and dynamic e-business Web document presentment solutions with data extraction, document separation, transformation and repurposing capabilities.
Written 100% in Java, the d2e Vision component architecture is extensible and has a powerful application programming interface for flexible integration in Java environments. d2e Vision v1.2 processes AFP and Metacode/DJDE input printstreams and generates AFP, HTML/CSS, Image (PNG, JPEG), PDF and TIFF output. Rapid application development with d2e Vision Developer Studio enables higher productivity and faster return on investment. It features a graphical interface for complex font mapping with complete multi-language support, including full double-byte language capability for the Asian market. d2e Vision is available on Windows NT/2000/XP, AIX, HP-UX, Linux, Solaris and IBM z/OS (under Unix Systems Services).
July 29, 2004
Xenos today announced the release of version 5.4 of its Xenos d2e Platform software product with numerous enhancements in response to customer demand for this high-volume print and e-business solution.
Xenos d2e Platform v5.4 addresses critical requirements of the high-volume printing market with even faster performance and extended shading, color and vector graphics capability in AFP, Metacode and PCL.
Many Xenos customers require flexible e-business solutions for scalable, dynamic web-based document presentation in PDF, HTML or XML. Version 5.4 adds the powerful capability for users to design and maintain their own library of functions that they have built for their applications.
For Internet document presentment in PDF, performance has been improved by supporting AFP GOCA objects in PDF as vector graphics. For smaller PDF files, embedded fonts can now optionally include only the characters actually used in the file. Xenos d2e Platform v5.4 adds Solaris to complete its cross-platform support for advanced Adobe PDF features for document fidelity and security with 128-bit encryption, linearization and improved in-memory processing for faster Web viewing. Supported platforms for these powerful features now include IBM MVS mainframe with Unix Systems Services, AIX, HP/UX, Solaris and Linux as well as Windows NT/2000/XP.
September 8, 2004
Xenos today announced the formation of a healthcare solutions division. The mandate of Xenos Healthcare Informatics is to deliver the benefits of Xenos’ widely respected electronic data and document integration solutions to the healthcare sector.
Xenos’ solutions enable seamless communication between technologically incompatible clinical as well as administrative systems. The healthcare industry has developed silos of information not readily accessible to those who require it on a timely basis. Enabling seamless communication between hospitals, community services and physicians will not only reduce healthcare costs and eliminate unnecessary activities but will make a positive contribution to the care of the patient. For example, according to industry commentators, a more timely electronic distribution of the Patient Discharge Summary will lead to better after-care outcomes.
Xenos has identified over a dozen specific integration solutions aimed at the Healthcare Sector.
Among the Solutions that Xenos has already delivered:
· Connecting a patient record system with an electronic archive to eliminate manual scanning and indexing of paper records by hospital staff.
· Providing a regional healthcare system with secure electronic medical record transmission for timely access by physicians and pharmacies.
· Converting a paper-based invoicing system to an electronic delivery solution for both internal users and customers.
· Delivering medical records in HL7 format from any current output format.
These solutions, along with others offered by Xenos, are focused on addressing healthcare productivity, compliance with privacy legislation and cost savings.
A typical Xenos solution delivers a tremendous return on investment. Information and communication technology integration will result in cost savings and increased operating efficiencies and will not represent a net burden to the Healthcare System.
Xenos currently has in excess of twenty Healthcare customers including Blue Cross/Blue Shields, hospitals, regional healthcare authorities, pharmaceutical companies, health insurance and payer enterprises.
Xenos healthcare solutions will be exhibited at the following events:
· Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act (HIPAA) Summit Conference in Baltimore, Maryland on September 12-14, 2004. The HIPAA conference brings together leading healthcare companies seeking solutions to compliance and technology issues arising from the mandated need to implement the provisions of HIPAA.
· Ontario Hospital Association’s HealthAchieve2004 Conference in Toronto, Canada on November 15-16, 2004. This event attracts over 8,000 healthcare professionals.
· As a member of the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS), Xenos will be exhibiting at the Annual HIMSS 2005 conference in Dallas, Texas on February 13-17, 2005. The annual HIMSS conference attracts over 20,000 healthcare professionals.
September 21, 2004
Xenos today announced that Grey Bruce Health Services has chosen the Xenos GoXML solution to integrate their Cerner Patient Care System with the regional clinics. Xenos will manage the integration of this system, which will intelligently transfer and route HL7 Radiology patients’ reports to their respective physicians upon their discharge.
This new integration will provide Grey Bruce Health Services with an open and flexible architecture that solves the issue of information flowing automatically with the patient. This allows an integrated approach to sharing a patient’s medical record and improves the information between the hospital and clinics.
“Our physicians are extremely important to us and it is important we continue to improve our communication with them and improve their ability to deliver world-class patient care,” said Rob Croft, Corporate Director, Systems Integration, Grey Bruce Health Services. “The Xenos GoXML integrated solution will allow us to deliver this information quickly and gives us a foundation to build upon, and further improve, our delivery of information.”
October 5, 2004
Xenos extends its offerings in the legacy data Extract, Load and Transform (ETL) market with its release today of GoXML Transform 6.0 for e-business and legacy systems integration. GoXML is a next generation integration and high-volume transaction processing solution for extracting, transforming and loading structured data such as COBOL Copybooks, PDF Forms, HL7, EDI, EDIFACT, AL3, X12, XML, FIX/SWIFT and many other industry standards.
GoXML Transform 6.0 enhancements include support for COBOL Copybooks and PDF Form integration.
GoXML Transform 6.0 allows developers to quickly build and deploy custom transformation projects that leverage the power of the GoXML Communication server’s standards-based architecture, thereby saving time and money on integration projects. With the easy-to-use GoXML Transform 6.0 graphical mapping tool, customers will have ultimate flexibility and control over their development efforts while significantly decreasing deployment time.