RosettaNet Press Release
RosettaNet Consortium Taps Industry Influence and Expertise With Newly Created Architecture Advisory Committee

Delegates from Agilent Technologies, Cisco Systems, E2open, GridNode, HP, IBM, Intel, Microsoft, Motorola, National Semiconductor, Siemens, Sony, STMicroelectronics, Sun Microsystems and Tyco Electronics Add Valuable Perspective

For Release August 11, 2004

Santa Ana, CA

RosettaNet, the industry’s leading e-business standards consortium, announced the formation of the RosettaNet Architecture Advisory Committee (AAC), to provide thought leadership, guidance and support for the consortium’s ongoing architectural evolution.

As B2B industry infrastructure continues to mature, a greater number of emerging technologies and related architectural frameworks are introduced into the marketplace. RosettaNet’s AAC gives voice to the industry by providing a platform for dialogue, collaboration and decision-making around these critical technology issues.

Led by co-chairs Paul Tearnen, vice president of Standards Management at RosettaNet and Jean-Claude Monney, vice president of IT strategies and e-Business at STMicroelectronics, the AAC will help set the direction and development of the RosettaNet Integration Architecture (RIA) roadmap by assessing the architectural value and business impact on implementers and solution providers. The group will make recommendations to RosettaNet’s Executive Committee regarding architectural, convergence and Foundational Program decisions proposed by Council Members and RosettaNet staff.

The AAC is also responsible for reviewing and providing feedback on the RosettaNet Services Architecture (RSA) roadmap including delivery model, business case and alignment with the overall strategic direction of the consortium. RosettaNet’s Architecture Office, currently headed up by Suresh Damodaran, RosettaNet Chief Technologist (on loan from Sterling Commerce), will play a pivotal role in promoting and advancing AAC sponsored initiatives.

“The formation of the AAC demonstrates RosettaNet’s continuing evolution and industry leadership in the critical area of standards convergence,” said Paul Tearnen, vice president of RosettaNet. “The AAC will allow RosettaNet to focus on its integrator role, and thus, extend the consortium’s ability to actively identify and evaluate emerging architectures and frameworks for accelerated technical implementations. The newly installed AAC will provide tremendous thought leadership, and also the opportunity for RosettaNet to step up its core business development activities around content development and service delivery models that are beneficial to companies of all sizes, including small to medium size enterprises.”

Historically, the consortium’s Global Industry Councils, primarily comprised of business executives, were responsible for addressing e-business needs and making decisions regarding RosettaNet’s architectural development. With the number of RosettaNet Councils expanding to new industries, there was increasing duplication of executive discussions regarding architectural topics.

The AAC consolidates architecture and convergence dialogues to a single committee, enabling each Council to focus on the business process requirements of their unique supply chain while also allowing the Solution Provider Council to focus on expanding the market for RosettaNet standards and driving cross-industry adoption. The committee will help RosettaNet negotiate standards convergence in the industry, and create services that enhance the scalability of B2B in the interests of RosettaNet members, generally, while protecting the commercial interests of solution provider members, specifically.

“In the past, RosettaNet’s Global Industry Council Members did not have the technical focus to assess detailed architecture decisions,” said Bill White, CIO Amkor Technology and Chair of RosettaNet’s Executive Committee. “This factor was a primary driver in the decision to create a new committee to oversee the consortium’s architectural direction and growth. By leaving architecture-based issues with architecture experts, RosettaNet can move to the next level in terms of leveraging integration and convergence opportunities, while also defining standards that support growing B2Bi complexity in the industry.”

AAC delegates are nominated through specific criteria drawn out by the RosettaNet Councils and staff. The following individuals have accepted their nomination and joined the AAC: Christophe Begue, IBM; Drew Gude, Microsoft; Dr. Volker Herwig, Siemens; Frederic Herzer, Motorola; Patrick Holmes, Intel; Peter Kane, HP; CheeTong Leow, GridNode; Robert McEvoy, Tyco Electronics; Jean-Claude Monney, STMicroelectronics; Gopi Parampalli, Agilent Technologies; Mark Schenecker, E2open; Ulrich Seif, National Semiconductor; Hidetada Negishi, Sony,  Lew Tucker, Sun Microsystems; and Jeff Wicks, Cisco Systems. Senior members of RosettaNet’s Standards and Product Management teams, including Karen Cox and Laura Radloff, will also participate in the committee.

“RosettaNet AAC founding members are among the best and the brightest minds in the industry,” remarked Tearnen. “The breadth of knowledge and expertise resident in this group will benefit us greatly in honing the development of RosettaNet’s architecture to meet future functionality and scalability requirements.”

About RosettaNet

RosettaNet is a non-profit consortium dedicated to the collaborative development and rapid deployment of open, Internet-based business standards that align processes within the global trading network. More than 500 multinational and regional companies in the information technology, electronic components, semiconductor manufacturing and telecommunications industries participate in RosettaNet’s strategic standards and services development. Fortune 1000 companies worldwide have implemented RosettaNet standards, conducting B2B operations that value billions in annual revenues.

RosettaNet is one of the industry's most ambitious standards implementation efforts spanning the globe. To date, the consortium has established several regional affiliate organizations — in the Americas, Australia, China, Europe, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore and Taiwan - giving a voice to various business economies seeking to adopt and influence RosettaNet's global standards. Information on RosettaNet’s worldwide activities, including a complete list of member companies and participating organizations, is available at  www.rosettanet.org. RosettaNet is a subsidiary of the Uniform Code Council, Inc. ^® (UCC ^®).