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Case Study

NewEnergy Associates---------------------------------------------NewEnergy reaped the benefits of incorporating
J-Integra into their financial forecasting system.

--------------------------------------------------------------- Company Background
NewEnergy Associates is an industry leader in providing
decision support, operations management software,and consulting services to energy companies operatingaround the world.
Headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, the Company has
specialized in the development and support ofintegrated business applications for more than aquarter century. Currently, NewEnergy supports over
400 software installations in more than 190 national
and international energy companies. They havecontinued to grow by providing customers with provenexpertise and the analytical tools necessary to thrive intoday’s competitive landscape.
Problem
NewEnergy required a solution that would seamlessly integrate its Windows-based userinterface with its Java-based decision support engine. The off-the-shelf solution needed to be
integrated rapidly and with minimal cost to avoid time-to-market delays.
Designed specifically for analyzing merger, acquisition and restructuring decisions for companies, NewEnergy’s !MPACT application has experienced significant success in the marketplace.
The drag-and-drop functionality of !MPACT affords its users methods for updating company
structure changes, customizing accounts, equation-writing and editing, multiple issue automatic financing, data tracking and reporting, scenario management and more.
Intrinsyc SolutionNewEnergy came to Intrinsyc for a solution, and was provided with J-Integra – the world’s
only pure bi-directional JAVA-COM bridge. The solution provided the communications
bridge New Energy required between its user interface and Java-based decision support
engine.
The solution was easily integrated and chosen by NewEnergy for its flexibility to work withmost Java Virtual Machines (JVMs), as well as its comprehensive support for COM.
“J-Integra surpassed our expectations. It allowed us to achieve our goal of Java to COM
communications with much less effort than expected. J-Integra will most surely become a partof other NewEnergy solutions,” said Neal Tisdale, Vice President of Software Architecture,
NewEnergy.

QUICK TAKE
Problem
NewEnergy
required asolution to bridge
its Java-based
decision support
engine with itsWindowsinterface. TheCompany
required an offthe-shelf solutionthat was cost
efficient andcould beintegrated quickly.
Solution
J-Integra software
provided aflexible, reliablecommunications
bridge between!MPACT’s Javabased decision
support engine
and its userinterface.
Benefits
A feature-richfinancial
forecasting systemthat performed allnecessaryfunctionality andwas effective forusers and systemadministrators
alike.

“J-Integra surpassed our expectations. It allowed us toachieve our goal of Java to COM communications with muchless effort than expected. J-Integra will most surely become apart of other NewEnergy solutions,”
Neal Tisdale, Vice President of Software Architecture, NewEnergy.

Damian Mehers, Chief Architect at Intrinsyc adds: “The challenge for NewEnergy was to findan efficient, cost-effective solution that would make Java to COM communication a reality.
The end result was a successful bridging solution that was delivered in record time. With theincorporation of J-Integra, NewEnergy all but ensures that the demands of their customers will
be met.”Benefits
J-Integra helped NewEnergy deliver a feature-rich financial forecasting system that was easy to
use and effective at providing necessary information to users and system administrators alike.
The company was able to eliminate the investment required to create proprietary interfaces
and realized a significant advantage with an expedited time-to-market.
In addition, NewEnergy was able to leverage the first-class support provided by Intrinsyc’sengineers, and the expertise of the expansive J-Integra user community.

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