Integrating the

Extended Enterprise

With MatrixOne’s eMatrix

global collaboration platform,
The eMatrix Global Collaboration Platform you can:
• Adapt in real-time to changes in
Today’s market innovators are operating at the speed of change. business requirements, such as
rapidly formulating new supply
The environment in which they live demands that they adapt chains, swiftly integrating
instantly to changing business requirements, deliver information acquisitions, and quickly bringing
the right products to market
proactively, and collaborate across their industries securely and
• Deliver proactive information, such
globally. The eMatrix™ global collaboration platform enables as instantly informing partners of
enterprises to integrate their business processes internally, as new product requirements, resulting
in smarter business processes
well as with those of partners, marketplaces, and customers over
the Internet, and modify processes and relationships instantly in • Collaborate with confidence
over the Internet with a multi-
response to changing business requirements. layered security that lets
companies extend collaborative
business processes across the
value chain
Achieving this level of agility requires business process applications
and a technology infrastructure that can support rapid and frequent • Integrate new technologies
without disrupting business
change without disrupting business operations. With eMatrix, operations, creating solutions
that are essentially future-proof
business processes are modeled dynamically and created with
controls that allow real-time modifications.

eMatrix users can gain access and communicate via a standard

Web browser, or mobile users can connect through WAP (Wireless
Application Protocol). With eMatrix, a user’s location and
communication device no longer interfere with essential, any
time collaboration. In addition, Internet-extended businesses are
provided with multiple levels of security protection against intruders,
while still being able to offer selective information access in a
firewall-friendly way.
 The eMatrix global collaboration platform provides a powerful foundation for MatrixOne’s Value Chain Portfolio™ of
business collaboration processes for managing supply chains, documents, engineering changes, product configur
quotations across the value chain. The Value Chain Portfolio combines the experience and knowledge of MatrixOn
practices in each business domain. And, since they are all based on the eMatrix dynamic modeling capability, they

eMatrix Components
The eMatrix global collaboration platform includes a variety of
powerful components that provide the best in eBusiness
collaboration services. These include:
Business Modeler
This unique graphical, dynamic modeling capability enables users
to create and change business information, content, definitions,
and processes. The applications that read these definitions adjust
automatically — without the need to program, recompile, or take
systems offline.
Info Central
This general-purpose navigation tool is an ideal way to give new
MatrixOne users easy access to all information in the eMatrix
repository. Info Central offers the same look and feel as the Value Optional eMatrix Components
Chain Portfolio applications in a secure Web-based operating Companies can extend the value of the eMatrix global
environment. collaboration platform with these optional components:
Web Navigator
Designed for organizations that want to bring existing MatrixOne Application Development Kit (ADK)
capabilities into a secure, Web-based operating environment, this The ADK enables application developers to create and deliver
Java-based, general-purpose browser gives users access to all customized eMatrix applications. ADK programmers can
information in the eMatrix repository. customize the Web Navigator or develop new applications,
Web Collaboration Server integrate external applications and systems, and extend the
Choose from a variety of popular Web server architectures to native capabilities of the eMatrix platform.
deploy product collaboration solutions with no change to your
business logic. Enterprises can now base their solutions on any Development and Test Environment (DTE)
combination of distributed software architectures, including
The DTE provides a completely separate, nonproduction
Enterprise Java Beans (EJB), Java 2 Enterprise Edition (J2EE),
environment for prototyping and testing.
Remote Method Invocation (RMI), and Common Object Request
Broker Architecture (CORBA) .
Adaplet Tool Kit (ATK)
System Manager
The ATK is a comprehensive foundation for integrating enterprise
This component enables the system manager to select the
applications into the eMatrix environment. It includes APIs, a
computers on the network that will act as servers for metadata
generic Adaplet® for the Oracle RDBMS, and the ability to modify
and files, to manage disk storage requirements and access, to
mapping files, sample code, and documentation.
control the import and export of language files, and to provide
for ongoing system maintenance.
XML Services
The eMatrix platform supports XML-based B2B process
integration with extensive MQL-based XML export and import
capabilities. In addition, our eMatrix XML Exchange Services
handle application-to-application exchange using standard
messaging protocols, including RosettaNet, cXML, and BizTalk.
MatrixOne also offers XML-based interoperability tools.
 applications. These applications support specific
ration, software development processes, and requests for
e, our partners, and our customers to provide the best
y can be tailored to meet the needs of any enterprise.

Interoperability Products
Exploiting the full power of the eMatrix platform requires integrating it with existing software systems that can range from desktop
personal productivity tools, like mechanical CAD, or enterprise systems like ERP. Such systems can be commercial or proprietary; old
or new. eMatrix includes a variety of integration products to meet your specific business needs.

Optional packaged integrations are fully developed, maintained software products that link the eMatrix platform to a variety of popular
systems to establish seamless data sharing between the eMatrix environment and other mission-critical applications. Integrations give
your users dynamic access to consistent, up-to-date information from enterprise applications, across multiple systems, divisions, and
continents. These integrations are also adaptive in nature, so they can be tailored while the systems are in operation. In addition,
packaged integrations are delivered ready-to-run, requiring no programming to operate in your environment.

Integration Technologies
Adaplet technology offers a degree of integration that makes the information in other systems appear — to end users and applications
alike — as if it were located inside the eMatrix system. Adaplets create a common virtual environment for all your enterprise data.
Adaplet technology applies eMatrix object characteristics to data from other systems. This data can acquire new properties (such as
lifecycles, methods, and relationships) and participate in common processes with information from other sources. Adaplet technology
supports read and write operations and can be connected via system APIs, allowing eMatrix users and applications to view and interact
with information without compromising the original database’s integrity.

The optional Adaplet Development Tool Kit includes everything you need to create and implement custom Adaplets for simplified
integration of other enterprise information. And, as plug-ins, Adaplets can be installed and modified while the systems are in operation.

XML messaging allows the eMatrix system to communicate with other applications capable of sending and receiving XML content via
the Web. For asynchronous (batch) processes, XML import and export capabilities allow data to be shared with XML-capable systems.

To satisfy the multitude of integration scenarios in typical environments, a variety of APIs allow programs to communicate with eMatrix.
APIs are available for XML, JNI, RMI, EJB (J2EE), and CORBA.
Platform and Standards Supported: • HTTP/S (Hypertext Transaction Protocol/Secure)
The eMatrix global collaboration platform runs • IIOP (Internet Interoperability Object Protocol)
on the following platforms:
• RMI (Remote Method Invocation)
• Microsoft Windows 2000 on Intel
• SMTP (Simple Mail Transport Protocol)
• Hewlett-Packard HP-UX
• CORBA (Common Object Request Broker Architecture)
• IBM AIX
• ODBC (Open Database Connectivity)
• Microsoft Windows NT on Intel Compaq Tru64 UNIX
• SQL (Structured Query Language)
• Microsoft Windows 98
• LDAP (Lightweight Directory Application Protocol)
• Microsoft Windows NT on Intel
• MIME (Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions)
• Sun Solaris
• J2EE (Java 2 Enterprise Edition)
• Java Servlets
The eMatrix global collaboration platform supports
• Java Server Pages
the following standards:
• Enterprise Java Beans
• HTML (Hypertext Markup Language)
• Java Script
• WML (Wireless Markup Language)
• Tcl (Tool command language)
• XML (eXtensible Markup Language)
• C, C++
• UML (Universal Modeling Language)

For more information, visit the MatrixOne Web site at www.MatrixOne.com or contact your local MatrixOne sales representative.

About MatrixOne
MatrixOne, Inc. is changing the way the world brings products to market™ by helping customers to accelerate the right products to market
profitably. Committed to the success of innovative companies, MatrixOne, together with its partners, offers product lifecycle management
(PLM) solutions that enable enterprises to reduce costs, speed innovation, and maximize revenues across global value chains. MatrixOne's
approximately 600 global customers represent the aerospace/defense, automotive, consumer products, general machinery, high technology,
and life sciences industries, and include GE, Procter & Gamble, Philips, Siemens, Agilent Technologies, Johnson Controls, and Honda. A global
corporation, MatrixOne is headquartered in Westford, Massachusetts.

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