RE: [ebxml-dev] Press Release - CECID Contributed Self-Service Hermes Messaging Gateway v2.0 (H2O) Testing Server for Free

Patrick,

Just went to the site and explored all this - this is a fantastic start point. 

We have been needing this for years - major kudos for making this available.

Best wishes for every success with this,

DW

> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: [ebxml-dev] Press Release - CECID Contributed Self-Service
> Hermes Messaging Gateway v2.0 (H2O) Testing Server for Free
> From: Patrick Yee <>
> Date: Fri, February 29, 2008 4:05 am
> To: 
> 
> *CECID Contributed Self-Service Hermes Messaging Gateway v2.0 (H2O) 
> Testing Server for Free 
> <http://www.cecid.hku.hk/pressrelease_20080229_H20%20Testing%20server_v2a.php>*
> 
> Hong Kong SAR, Peoples Republic of China - 29 February 2008 - Center for 
> E-Commerce Infrastructure Development (CECID), The University of Hong 
> Kong (HKU) is pleased to contribute Hermes Messaging Gateway v2.0 (H2O) 
> testing server for free to facilitate users to conduct self-service 
> testing after its installation.
> 
> Since its release at CECID open-source community website 
> <http://community.cecid.hku.hk/index.php> in June 2007, H2O has been 
> downloaded and adopted by developers and users from over 60 economies 
> around the world. Overwhelming responses and valuable feedback are 
> received daily via the mailing list  
> <mailto:> and the community website, in 
> which some users reported that they experienced difficulties in setting 
> up the appropriate configuration during installation, and finding 
> partners for testing. In response to these comments related to H2O 
> installation, a testing server which serves as a virtual testing machine 
> is being setup at the community website to facilitate users to 
> troubleshoot installation problems and conduct self-service testing on 
> network connectivity to the Internet and message exchange functions.
> 
> The H2O testing server (a.k.a. Swallow) is a web-based platform for 
> testing messaging functionality of any client installed with H2O. It 
> acts as a standardized, user-friendly, and comprehensive testing suite 
> for users to test and learn how to use H2O practically. At Swallow, a 
> user interface is provided to create an interoperability profile. After 
> setting up, users can send their testing messages from their message 
> gateway to Swallow. In turn, Swallow will send responses back to the 
> users' message gateway, notifying them the message status and reporting 
> error messages if any. All these network data is captured and displayed 
> at Swallow's web interface for ease of monitoring the message 
> connectivity. In short, Swallow helps users to install H2O more 
> effectively and provides an Internet-based host to test their H2O 
> deployment in a holistic way. Try it out yourself at 
> http://community.cecid.hku.hk/swallow/.
> 
> **
> 
> *About Hermes* (www.cecid.hku.hk/hermes.php 
> <http://www.cecid.hku.hk/hermes.php>)
> 
> First version released in June 2002, Hermes has since become a popular 
> and awards-winning open source solution for organizations to exchange 
> information in ebXML Messaging (ebMS) or Applicability Specification 2 
> (AS2) format with their business partners. The latest version, H2O 
> (H-two-oh), replaces two predecessors (H2CE and H2EE) with additional 
> tools and a full set of documentation to make configuration and 
> administration even more easily. H2O and its source code 
> (http://community.cecid.hku.hk/index.php/product/download/download_h2o/) 
> are released under GNU General Public License Version 2 
> <http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html>. Users and developers can get 
> community support through the mailing list 
>  <mailto:>. 
> To enhance support to H2O users, many useful information and articles 
> ranging from technical issues to general usage of H2O in different 
> platforms can be obtained from CECID open-source community website 
> (http://community.cecid.hku.hk/index.php 
> <http://community.cecid.hku.hk/index.php/>). In addition, CECID's VARs 
> provide professional support to save users time. Requests can be sent to 
>  <mailto:>.
> 
> *About CECID* (www.cecid.hku.hk <http://www.cecid.hku.hk/index.php>)
> 
> Established in January 2002, Center for E-Commerce Infrastructure 
> Development (CECID) at the University of Hong Kong conducts e-commerce 
> research and development with the vision of helping organizations 
> increase their competitiveness in the global economy. CECID develops 
> e-commerce enabling technologies, participates in important 
> international e-commerce initiatives, as well as supports e-commerce 
> standardization for Hong Kong and the Asia Pacific Region. With projects 
> primarily funded by the Hong Kong Government's Innovation and Technology 
> Commission, CECID also takes on the mission to transfer knowledge and 
> technology to the community. Besides organizing forums and seminars, the 
> Center licenses its R&D results through the University of Hong Kong to 
> IT industry. Its acclaimed e-commerce technology, Hermes, has penetrated 
> over 80 economies and won the Best Infrastructure and Communication 
> Application of the Linux Business Award 2005 as well as Certificates of 
> Merit of the Asia-Pacific ICT Awards 2004 and HK Computer Society IT 
> Excellence Award 2004.
> 
> *PR Contacts for Press and Analysts *
> Rosanna Yip ( <mailto:>)
> Operations Manager
> Center for E-Commerce Infrastructure Development (CECID)
> Dept. of Computer Science
> The University of Hong Kong
> Tel: +852 2241 5798
> Fax: +852 2547 4611
> URL: www.cecid.hku.hk <http://www.cecid.hku.hk>