JackBe Brings the Power of Ajax to the Ocean Shipping Industry

March 13, 2007; 03:15 AM
JackBe, the premier provider of Enterprise Web 2.0 infrastructure solutions that integrate SOA and Ajax to create Rich Enterprise Applications (REA), today announced the successful implementation of a newly Ajax-enabled e-commerce website, OceanSchedules.com , a Web service from INTTRA. INTTRA, the largest e-commerce platform for the ocean shipping industry, allows individuals to electronically plan, process and mange worldwide shipments quickly and effectively.

JackBe’s technology enables OceanSchedules.com to operate more effectively in emerging markets where network performance can be inconsistent, unreliable and slow. By leveraging Ajax development technology, OceanSchedules.com can now offer all ocean freight buyers an easy-to-use, more responsive site to search global ocean schedules.

“Web-based users of OceanSchedules.com operate from all around the world where bottlenecks, outages and low bandwidth networks can mean slow and frustrating page reload times. With the help of JackBe, the switch to Ajax has made a dramatic change to the speed of the site,” said Andy Barrons, INTTRA’s VP of Marketing. “Ajax enables us to offer new features to freight buyers, such as interactive schedule filtering, all on one page. Searching multiple carrier schedules is now instantaneous and we can now offer more schedule choices.”

INTTRA leveraged the JackBe NQ Suite to develop OceanSchedules.com with the mission of making it easier for all shippers and forwarders to select the carrier and vessel to fit their supply chain requirements. Through its JackBe implementation, OceanSchedules.com has increased its market share while providing an easier and more efficient solution for the ocean shipping industry.

“With the rapid deployment of JackBe’s globally deployable, enterprise-grade Ajax solution, we have increased our page performance by 40-300%, depending on the global location of the user, and enhanced the usability and richness of the application enabling our users an efficient and effective way to schedule shipping containers,” said Harry Sangree, Managing Director of OceanSchedules.com.

JackBe also recently signed INTTRA as a beta customer to its Enterprise Web 2.0 infrastructure solution, Presto. Presto has been engineered to provide the industry’s most comprehensive solution for delivering Rich Enterprise Applications.

“We are proud to have helped OceanSchedules.com realize such tremendous productivity gains using JackBe technology. The value and power of Ajax has been proven through our many successful implementations,” said Bob Bianchi, SVP of Sales and Marketing at JackBe. “We understand that by enabling the user while simultaneously enhancing the application’s functionality, companies are able to see immediate benefit in customer satisfaction and revenue growth.”

About INTTRA

INTTRA, founded in 2000 and headquartered in Parsippany, N.J., is a leading global provider of e-commerce solutions to ocean carriers and their customers. INTTRA professionals work with customers to streamline and standardize their shipping processes, applying their e-commerce knowledge of the shipping industry for customers in markets worldwide.

INTTRA’s e-commerce platform offers a comprehensive range of e-commerce tools, including: Tender, Sailing Schedules, Booking, Shipping Instructions, Bill of Lading, Track & Trace, and Reports. Accessing the INTTRA platform is simple, using any combination of their channel solutions: INTTRA-Link (EDI-based, system-to-system connection), INTTRA-Desktop (off-line PC application), or INTTRA-Act (web-based application).

INTTRA’s carrier network includes, Alianca, ANL, CMA CGM, CSAV, CSAV NORASIA, DAL, Deutsche Afrika-Linien, FANZL, Hamburg Sud, Hapag-Lloyd, "K" Line, Libra, Maersk Line, MCC Transport Pte Ltd., MISC, Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company S.A., NYK Line, Safmarine, Senator Lines and United Arab Shipping Company. The INTTRA carrier network represents over 63% of the container capacity among the world’s top ocean carriers.

About OceanSchedules.com

OceanSchedules.com is based in Parsippany, N.J. and is a division of INTTRA, the leading multi-carrier e-commerce platform for ocean shipping. The website is open to all shippers and forwarders and offers schedule hosting to all carriers. Using advanced Web-based technology, OceanSchedules.com delivers global, comprehensive carrier schedules with an interactive interface that enables shippers and forwarders to more quickly and easily search global voyage data. The site also provides advertisers with the opportunity to target transportation planners and freight buyers of ocean shipping based on their search interests.

About JackBe Corporation

JackBe is the industry leader in Enterprise Web 2.0 software infrastructure that combines SOA and Ajax with governance, reliability, and user empowerment to optimize business activity. The company’s flagship product, the Presto REA platform, enables enterprises to increase revenue and profits by improving the usability of their Web applications while leveraging their investments in creating SOA services and data.

Headquartered in Chevy Chase, Maryland, JackBe’s satisfied clients already include more than 45 industry leaders worldwide supporting more than 4 million end users. Customers include Citigroup, McKesson, Tupperware, Sears, NutriSystem, Forbes, and the U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency. The company's deployments and deep expertise span the financial services, government, e-commerce and telecommunications sectors.

More information about JackBe is available at www.jackbe.com, by email at [email protected], or by phone at 240-744-7620.

INTTRA is a registered trademark of INTTRA, Inc. All other product and company names mentioned herein may be trademarks of their respective holders.