DANBURY,
Conn., December 11, 2001 -- Pitney Bowes (NYSE:
PBI) offers outstanding technology and capabilities
for Electronic Bill Presentment and Payment, according
to a new report by Doculabs, the independent industry
analyst and consulting firm specializing in e-business
technologies.
According
to the Doculabs report, entitled "Bill and Invoice Presentment
and Settlement" (BIPS), Digital Document Delivery (D3),
developed by Pitney Bowes, was built with an outstanding
architecture. The report states that "Pitney Bowes understands
that e-presentment is integral to any organization's
overall e-commerce strategy, and with this in mind has
architected its Digital Document Delivery (D3) solution
around the J2EE specification and Enterprise Java Beans."
Doculabs'
report also maintains that, "Products built in Java
and architected around standards such as J2EE provide
platform independence and the ability to leverage industry-standard
application servers and other components within the
enterprise IT environment. Such an approach provides
scalability, reliability, and performance benefits."
The
Doculabs report also stressed the importance of a hosted
BIPS solution, noting that Pitney Bowes is one of the
few companies that currently offers both software and
hosted options.
"This
report essentially validates our go-to-market strategy
in terms of offering industry leading software with
a flexible deployment model," said Karl Schumacher,
president of Pitney Bowes docSense. "It's gratifying
that leading industry analysts are recognizing the strength
of our offering at a time when the market is experiencing
solid growth."
Pitney
Bowes Inc. is a $4 billion global provider of integrated
mail and document management solutions headquartered
in Stamford, Connecticut. Pitney Bowes docSense is the
company's global provider of premier solutions for the
creation and distribution of efficient and effective
documents in paper and digital form. For more information
go to ttp://www.pbdmt.com.
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