CALGARY, Dec. 17 /PRNewswire/ - Ken Prather, CEO of Teilhard
Technologies, announced today that The Right Honorable Brian Mulroney P.C.,
C.C., LL.D. has joined the company as a special advisor. Mr. Mulroney will
provide strategic advice with a specific mandate to assist the Company in
optimizing, for its shareholders, the value of its integration patents and
software.
"The majority of the industry, their customers and industry analysts
remain unaware of Teilhard and its patents. We are working towards educating
the industry about the value of our software solutions and our unique position
in the integration market space," said Ken Prather, CEO, Teilhard
Technologies. "Mulroney's extensive international network and world-class
negotiating experience will assist Teilhard in the realization of growing and
developing our business objectives."
Following his successful political career, including two terms as
Prime Minister of Canada, Mr. Mulroney returned to his roots as a corporate
lawyer with Ogilvy Renault. Mr. Mulroney is currently a director of Barrick
Gold Corporation, Archer Daniels Midland Company, Cendant Corporation, Trizec
Properties Inc, Quebecor Inc. and other leading companies. He also is a member
of the International Advisory Council of J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. and acts as
Senior Counselor to Hicks, Muse, Tate & Furst, a global private equity firm
based in Dallas, Texas.
ABOUT TEILHARD TECHNOLOGIES
Teilhard Technologies has developed world-class integration software and
announced the issuance of patents (filing date June 27, 1997) in the U.S. and
in Canada on their system for transforming and exchanging data between
heterogeneous computer systems and programs, associated with their
JuxtaComm(TM) IP software. The company is currently negotiating licensing
agreements with software development companies, systems integrators, VARs, and
others that are using the Extract, Transform and Load method of integration in
their practices.
Teilhard Technologies provides a suite of products and solutions for
application integration, which allow their customers to successfully integrate
systems, information and business processes to create and maintain their
competitive edge. Headquartered in Calgary, Alberta, Teilhard Technologies has
offices in Ottawa, Winnipeg, San Diego, California and Johannesburg,
South Africa.
For more information, visit http://www.teilhardtech.com
Teilhard and the EAI Industry
FACT SHEET
About Teilhard
- Teilhard Technologies is a software development company specializing
in systems and data integration. Our business solutions allow our
customers to successfully integrate systems, information and
business processes to create and maintain their competitive edge.
- Teilhard Technologies owns the JuxtaComm Integration Platform (IP)
software, which was developed based on a patented process.
About the Patent
- JuxtaComm is a patented e-business software that makes integration
of different systems and applications easy and cost effective.
Essentially, Juxtacomm captures information from one or more
applications, transforms the information into a target format, and
delivers the information to one or more target applications.
Basically - it allows disparate applications to work with one
another.
- Juxtacomm has been granted patents in both the U.S. and in Canada.
It is a process patent which has a suite of software tools developed
from the patent.
- Teilhards' process patent covers the Extract, Transform, and Load
(ETL) process. ETL forms the foundation of the Enterprise
Application Integration (EAI) industry, which accounts for more than
$70 billion in annual revenue globally.
What the Experts are Saying About Teilhard(x)
(x) For details on Analyst commentary on Teilhard and the EAI Industry,
visit: http://www.teilhardtech.com/News/
"Software patent issues have affected some deals in the integration
middleware space. Teilhard Technologies, a Canadian company that holds
software patents in the US and Canada covering application and data
integration, has been involved in several Canadian government bids, and the
scope of its patent has caused the clients (provincial agencies in
Saskatchewan and Ontario) to insist all bidders confirm they are not in
violation of this patent. They have also presented a claim against the
Canadian data management vendor DataMirror. While this patent is as yet
legally untested, if upheld it could force all integration middleware vendors
to either modify their technologies or pay royalties. Customers who use data
integration (ETL) and application integration (EAI) technologies should ensure
that their contracts with vendors have suitable indemnity against violations
of this type of patent."
December 2, 2004
Daniel Sholler, Vice President, Technology Research Services,
META Group Research - Analyst Insights (METAbits)
"METAGroup has reviewed Teilhard Technologies' US patent 6,195,662 B1 and
based on the information from the patent, and on our knowledge of and
experience in the IT industry we believe the claims in the patent could apply
to a variety of markets:
1. Extract, Transform, Load (ETL) - Data Warehousing
2. Application Integration (EAI)
3. Data Integration
These markets together will be several billion dollars this year,
including license and services. In addition, other markets that utilize
middleware-based data management (such as data mining, business intelligence,
and data quality management) would potentially be affected as well."
September 21, 2004
Daniel Sholler, Vice President,
Technology Research Services, META Group Research(x)
(x)In providing this opinion, META Group is not addressing the legal
validity or defensibility of the patent.
For More Information on Teilhard Technologies Products and Services visit
http://www.teilhardtech.com
Teilhard Technologies - Connecting Enterprise Applications
- Simply and Effectively.
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE BRIAN MULRONEY, P.C., C.C., LL.D.
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In September 1984, Brian Mulroney led the Progressive Conservative party
to the largest victory in Canadian history, becoming Canada's eighteenth Prime
Minister.
He was re-elected with a majority government four years later thereby
becoming the first Canadian Prime Minister in 35 years to win successive
majority governments and the first Conservative Prime Minister to do so in
100 years. He resigned in June 1993, having served almost 9 years as
Prime Minister.
His government introduced bold new initiatives such as the Canada-U.S.
Free Trade Agreement, the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and the
Canada-U.S. Acid Rain Treaty. Prime Minister Mulroney's government also
introduced a series of privatizations, a low inflation policy, historic tax
reform, extensive deregulation and expenditure reduction policies that
continue to be the basis of Canada's impressive economic performance today.
Prime Minister Mulroney also served as Co-Chairman of the United Nations
Summit on Children and his government played leading roles in the campaign
against apartheid in South Africa, the creation of Le Sommet de la
Francophonie and the Gulf War.
Mr. Mulroney was born in Baie Comeau, Quebec in 1939, one of 6 children.
His father, Benedict, was an electrician with the Quebec North Shore Paper
Company. He graduated from St. Thomas College High School, Chatham, N.B.,
received his honours undergraduate degree from St. Francis Xavier University,
Antigonish, N.S., and a law degree from Universite Laval in Quebec City.
He practised law in Montreal and served as President of the Iron Ore
Company of Canada before entering politics by becoming Party Leader in 1983
and Leader of the Official Opposition in the House of Commons, to which he was
first elected in 1983 and re-elected in 1984 and 1988.
Upon resigning, Mr. Mulroney rejoined the Montreal law firm of Ogilvy
Renault as Senior Partner.
He serves as a director of Barrick Gold Corporation (Toronto), Archer
Daniels Midland Company (Decatur, Ill.), Cendant Corporation, Trizec
Properties Inc. and AOL Latin America, Inc. (New York), Independent News and
Media, PLC (Ireland), Quebecor Inc., and Quebecor World Inc. (Montreal).
Mr. Mulroney acts as Senior Counselor to Hicks, Muse, Tate & Furst, a
global private equity firm (Dallas).
He also serves as Chairman of the Board of Quebecor World Inc.,
(Montreal) and Chairman of Forbes Global (New York) and Chairman of the
International Advisory Board of Barrick Gold Corporation (Toronto).
Mr. Mulroney serves as Chairman and Director of Persona Communications,
Inc. (St. John's) Director of Quebecor Media (Montreal) and Said Holdings
Limited (Bermuda), all privately held companies.
He is also a member of the International Advisory Councils of the China
International Trust and Investment Corporation (Beijing); JPMorgan Chase &
Co., (New York); Independent News and Media, PLC (Dublin), General Enterprise
Management Services Limited (British Virgin Islands) and Magna International
(Toronto).
Mr. Mulroney is also a Trustee of the Montreal Heart Institute
Foundation, the International Advisory Council of the Ecole des Hautes etudes
commerciales de Montreal; (Montreal); The World Trade Center Memorial
Foundation, and the Council on Foreign Relations (New York).
Mr. Mulroney has been awarded Canada's highest honour, Companion of the
Order of Canada, and has also been made a Grand Officer of the Ordre national
du Quebec. He has received honorary degrees and awards from universities and
governments at home and abroad.
In 1973, he married Mila Pivnicki and they have four children: Caroline
(1974), Benedict (1976), Mark (1979) and Nicolas (1985).
They reside in Westmount, Quebec.
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