Content provided in partnership with

Business Services Industry

Viewlocity to Deliver Inter-Enterprise Supply Chain Coordination to SMBs Through IBM's ISV Advantage Initiative; Companies to Offer Open, e-business on Demand Solutions

Business Wire, April 12, 2004

Business Editors

ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 12, 2004

Viewlocity, Inc., a provider of supply chain management software that helps enterprises execute operations more effectively, today announced that it has joined IBM's ISV Advantage Initiative. The program is designed to provide independent software vendors (ISVs) with technical and marketing support to help meet the specific information technology needs of small and medium business (SMB) companies. Customers are seeking solutions that help them better integrate processes and applications internally and externally and allow them to quickly respond to changing market opportunities on demand.

Most Popular Articles in Business: Research and Markets : Tesco Plc - SWOT Framework Analysis; Do Us a Flavor - Ben & Jerry's Issues a Call for Euphoric New Flavors; eBay made easy: ready to start an eBay business? These 5 simple steps will ...; Katrina's lawsuit surge: a legal battle to force insurers to pay for flood ...; Wal-Mart's newest distribution center opened last month near the southwest ...; More »

In a recent Alert (Performance Leaders Exploit ISCC Advantage, November 2003), AMR Research reported that the adoption of inter-enterprise supply chain coordination had become a key factor in separating companies with best-in-class performance. Viewlocity is working with IBM to offer e-business on demand solutions that will enable SMBs to better coordinate inter-enterprise supply chain operations. With such coordination comes the ability to operate with significantly smaller reserves of inventory, capacity and people, while improving service levels.

Enabling Viewlocity's Supply Web Application on IBM WebSphere(a) Internet infrastructure software running on Linux will help Viewlocity expand into the SMB market faster and more effectively than is possible with proprietary platforms.

"Joining IBM's ISV Advantage program will make it easier for our customers to quickly deploy our supply chain applications in an e-business on demand environment," said Peter Janico, executive vice president of global operations at Viewlocity. "This is part of an ongoing effort at Viewlocity to continually improve deployment times and return on investment for our clients."

"We are pleased that Viewlocity has joined ISV Advantage and is dedicated to IBM as a partner of choice," said Buell Duncan, general manager, ISV & Developer Relations, IBM. "Medium sized business customers are seeking open supply chain management solutions tailored to meet their specific needs, and IBM is committed to working with Viewlocity to deliver this."

The IBM WebSphere family includes products that are designed and priced specifically for small and medium businesses -- easy to install and manage, scalable to grow with a business, rich in functionality, and based on open standards to allow integration with existing software and hardware platforms.

Viewlocity will also work closely with IBM to expand its visibility in target vertical industries through various co-marketing and sales activities.

ISV Advantage is administered by PartnerWorld for Developers, the developer resource for IBM Business Partners. It is a worldwide program designed to help software developers reach broader markets, lower their costs of doing business, and take their products to market faster. For more information, visit http://www.ibm.com/partnerworld, or call 1-800-426-9990 in North America, 1-770-863-2048 outside North America.

About Viewlocity

Viewlocity provides supply chain management software that helps enterprises execute operations more effectively. Our software suite is comprised of visibility, event management, and optimization components that enable companies to optimize their use of assets and monitor supply chain processes for exceptions. When exceptions occur the optimal response can be determined, minimizing disruption to the business. As a result, Viewlocity's customers can run their businesses with significantly smaller reserves of inventory, capacity and people, while improving service levels. To find out how companies like Dell, the Ford Motor Company, and over 70 other leading companies use our products to improve their operations, call 1-877-512-8900 or visit our website at viewlocity.com.

(a) IBM, the IBM Business Partner emblem, DB2, DB2 Universal Database, PartnerWorld and WebSphere are trademarks or registered trademarks of IBM Corporation in the United States, other countries, or both.

Business Services Industry

Viewlocity to Deliver Inter-Enterprise Supply Chain Coordination to SMBs Through IBM's ISV Advantage Initiative; Companies to Offer Open, e-business on Demand Solutions

Business Wire, April 12, 2004

Find Research Guides for:

Find Featured Titles for: Business

Most Popular Articles in Business

Most Popular Publications in Business