Oliver Bell’s Weblog

If you cast your mind back just over a year or so you might remember this agreement that Microsoft announced with Intel and RosettaNet to develop the next generation of their supply chain standards around Ecma Open XML.

It turns out that RosettaNet do a lot of their development work in their labs in Malaysia, and we are starting to see fruits of their efforts appear in the market.

This week there have been several stories in the press in Malaysia about the development work that has been taking place, and this morning you will find a regional article on ZDNet Asia.

From the article;

“Having proven itself to be a successful standard with large enterprises and multinationals operating in Malaysia, RosettaNet is now moving into its next phase of encouraging local Small Medium Industries (SMIs) to automate their procurement processes,” Foong said.

“Open XML opens up exciting opportunities for RAE based solutions, such as its support for custom defined schemas which facilitates wider success of e-commerce, while assuring users of long-term preservation of data.

“Another benefit of Open XML for the SMI community is its capability of storing and managing business data in documents, resulting in lower costs for implementing business process automation that enhances global competitiveness,” Foong added.

Foong Heng Huo, is the director of RosettaNet Malaysia.

This work with RosettaNet very clearly demonstrates the value that the Ecma Open XML draft brings to implementation of business process systems, something that you just can’t do with “other” formats.