Delphion Joins Open Applications Group

 Delphion now positioned to deliver industry’s first intellectual asset management solution that supports leading standard for enterprise interoperability

 CHICAGO – December 3, 2001 – Delphion Inc., a leading provider of software

and services for intellectual asset management, today announced it has

joined the Open Applications Group Inc., an industry-wide consortium that

serves as the world’s largest publisher of XML-based content for business

software interoperability. By joining OAGI, Delphion is now positioned to

deliver the market’s first IAM software solution that fully adheres to the

Open Applications Group Integration Specification. As a result, companies

gain the assurance that Delphion’s software will easily integrate with all

other enterprise applications that support the industry-leading OAGI

standard.

 

Enterprise interoperability is a critical requirement for IAM software

solutions. As companies seek to better create, use and manage their

intellectual assets, including patents and other intellectual property, they

must enable collaboration among various corporate groups, such as R&D, legal

counsel, product management and finance. Because of this, an IAM software

solution must work with disparate systems and applications across a company,

as well as those of its external service providers.

 

“With our membership in OAGI, Delphion is at the forefront in enabling

companies to implement an IAM software solution that can truly be called

enterprise-class,” said Nigel Davies, senior vice president of development

and operations for Delphion, and a vice chairman for OAGI. “Delphion’s IAM

software will integrate with other systems to streamline the flow of

information across multiple business areas, which is essential to maximize

the value companies derive from their intellectual assets.”

 

“Across the board, the members of OAGI are the leaders in their markets,”

said David Connelly, president and CEO of OAGI. “We are excited that

Delphion is spearheading the implementation of the OAGI standard in the

fast-growing market for IAM solutions.”

 

About OAGI

The Open Applications Group Inc. is a non-profit consortium focusing on best

practices and processes based on XML content for e-business and application

integration. It is the largest publisher of XML-based content for business

software interoperability in the world. OAGI members have over six years of

experience in building industry consensus for business software application

interoperability and have developed a repeatable process for quickly

developing high quality business content and XML representations of that

content. More information about OAGI is available at

www.openapplications.org.

 

About Intellectual Asset Management (IAM)

Intellectual asset management is the practice of transforming intellectual

property (such as patents) and other intangible assets (such as business

processes and employee know-how) into strategic corporate assets. IAM

generates value by enabling more effective technology licensing and lowering

intellectual property creation and maintenance costs. In addition, IAM can

generate value by helping create new uses for dormant intellectual property,

and by enabling a company to better align its R&D with strategic business goals.