WebRiposte™ provides Isle of Man Post with platform for business growth
Isle of Man's postal network selects Escher Group's counter automation solution for its reliability, low cost of ownership, and ease of integration with third-party applications
Boston, Mass. - September 15, 2003 - Escher Group Ltd has announced that Isle of Man Post has selected WebRiposte™ and Essential to automate the islands' post office counter network. Isle of Man Post joins a customer base of 18 postal authorities that have implemented the Riposte® family of products to support a full range of services from postal transactions to savings accounts, and utility and welfare payments.
"Escher Group has helped us position our organization for success", stated Bill Collister, chief executive of Isle of Man Post. "WebRiposte will enable us to quickly and easily meet the changing needs and expectations of our customers. It also offers a technology platform that will provide flexibility to our business processes and an infrastructure that will facilitate growth in the years to come. I am confident that WebRiposte will prove to be a win-win solution for our customers and the Post."
Escher Group's postal counter automation solution, Essential, is a standards-based, transaction management environment and application framework. It enables the rapid development, distribution, and management of secure, high-performance applications across distributed, multi-channel networks. Essential is built on the proven WebRiposte transaction-processing platform. Its unique peer-to-peer messaging model enables postal networks of all sizes and in the most remote geographic locations to easily and securely automate services. By leveraging Essential's open architecture, Isle of Man Post will be able to significantly improve business processes, quickly deliver new services to market, and easily integrate with third-party applications.
Isle of Man Post will use Essential to automate all customer-related activities including retail, banking, government, and postal. With Essential, Isle of Man Post will be positioned to embrace the Isle of Man Government's JUPITER (Joined Up Information for The Electronic Resident) initiative. JUPITER is a government-led project that aims to bring together all government systems enabling citizens or businesses to access a wide range of information through one, integrated offering.
About Escher Group, Limited
Escher Group Limited is a leading provider of distributed transaction processing and data management solutions and services. The company offers a business-to-business XML-based transaction management environment, used in thousands of locations worldwide. Since its introduction in 1993, Riposte®, Escher's flagship messaging solution, has grown to become the market leader in post office counter automation.
Trademarks: WebRiposte and Riposte are trademarks or registered trademarks of Escher Group, Limited in the United States and/or other countries. All other product names mentioned herein are trademarks of their respective owners.
