BroadVision, Inc., (OTCBB:BVSN) a global provider of e-business
solutions, announced today that DPD, one of Europe´s leading parcel
carriers, selected BroadVision(R) CAS(TM) (Commerce Agility Suite(TM))
8.1 as the web platform and application for global deployment of its
new Internet presence www.dpd.com and the new e-commerce applications.
"We have developed DPD from a company serving domestic markets to
a real international organization. We´re focusing on expanding the
network and offering our customers a homogeneous product portfolio
with international products and fully integrated services," says Dr.
Pia-Maria Zecevic, Director Communications of DPD. "BroadVision
enables us to create a multi-language site with an integrated system
and application architecture. Ease of web content management; reusable
components; and reduced maintenance and administrative overhead made
the decision easy to go with BroadVision´s solution suite."
"We are pleased that DPD, a leading European parcel provider,
selected our innovative BroadVision Commerce Agility Suite as its web
platform," said Andrea Rubei, General Manager of EMEA (Europe, Middle
East, Africa), BroadVision, Inc. "BroadVision Commerce Agility Suite
is a proven integrated platform for strategic companies that want
superior flexibility, scalability and cost-effective components."
DPD also chose BroadVision Global Services to implement the
project.
About BroadVision 8.1
BroadVision 8.1 incorporates the K2 (Kona * Kukini) methodology, a
rapid implementation paradigm that dramatically speeds up the
application development lifecycle, resulting in significant
productivity improvements for customers. To help its customers harness
these benefits, BroadVision developed the K2 Methodology, or K2M(TM),
based on best practices accumulated from the company´s 14-plus years
of e-business project experience. The methodology emphasizes a
"time-boxed" approach, iterated throughout all phases of a project´s
lifecycle. It follows the 80-20 principle, replacing much of the
effort expended on hard coding with simpler configuration and assembly
of reusable Kona objects and Kukini patterns. Laborious coding, which
represents 80 percent of the work, is delegated to "role players" -
freeing high-end resources to focus on the inevitable, but more
challenging, "one-off" programming tasks representing 20 percent of
the work. Field implementations of K2M have demonstrated substantial
time-to-market gains and convincing cost savings across a wide
spectrum of e-business initiatives.
About DPD
With the daily transport of more than 1.4 million parcels in a
seamless international network, DPD GmbH & Co. KG is one of the
leading parcel service providers in Europe. This global franchisor
based in Aschaffenburg, Germany offers a wide product portfolio both
domestically and abroad through its franchisees. The offer ranges from
standard and Express parcels right through to individual customer
solutions. In approximately 500 depots in 38 countries, more than
22,000 employees and 15,000 vehicles are working to serve 200,000
commercial customers. Heading DPD GmbH & Co. KG are the two CEOs Hans
Fluri and Arnold Schroven. The French GeoPost Group holds the majority
of shares in DPD, which is a wholly owned subsidiary of French postal
company La Poste, also a BroadVision Commerce customer.
About BroadVision
Driving innovation since 1993, BroadVision is a global provider of
e-business solutions. Our modular applications and agile toolsets,
built on a robust framework for personalization and self-service,
power mission-critical web initiatives that deliver unparalleled value
to diverse customers worldwide. Hundreds of organizations, serving
over 50 million registered users -- including Baker Hughes, BioRad
Laboratories, Citibank, Finnair, Hilti, Iberia, ING Bank, Prime
Polymer, Vodafone and Xerox -- rely on BroadVision as their platform
of choice for e-business.
For more information about BroadVision, Inc., call 650.331-1000,
email ir1@broadvision.com or visit www.broadvision.com.
BroadVision, BroadVision CAS, BroadVision Commerce Agility Suite,
K2, Kona*Kukini, K2 Methodology and K2M are trademarks or registered
trademarks of BroadVision, Inc. in the United States and other
countries.
