Nov, 2001 : IBM, IBS Offer Integrated Supply Chain Solution for SMEs
📅 - IBM (ibm.com) and IBS, International Business Systems (ibsus.com), announced a new integrated server offering to help small to mid-sized enterprises automate their supply chains. The IBM eServer for IBS provides small to mid-sized wholesale distributors and manufacturers an integrated supply chain solution that is simple to deploy and easy to manage.
The IBM / IBS solution joins the IBM eServer iSeries Powered by WebSphereand the IBM eServer for J.D. Edwards as part of this strategy. IBM believessmall and medium business (up to 1,000 employees) will represent 52 percentof the total server market worldwide by 2004. The total IT opportunity forsmall and medium business is more than $300 billion, and customers spendtwo-thirds of those dollars on solutions that deliver fast return on theirinvestment.
IBM eServer iSeries - with support for Linux, Java, Windows and Unixapplications, and the ability to run multiple virtual servers on a singlesystem - offers small and medium businesses a compelling alternative to theskyrocketing costs and complexity of managing server farms.
"Today more than ever, mid-sized customers need fully integrated solutionsthat are affordable, simple to deploy and easy to manage," said KimStevenson, vice president, IBM eServer iSeries marketing operations. "Byteaming with leading solution providers like IBS, we can provide customersmore secure, scalable and cost-effective solutions from trusted sources likeIBM and IBS that can help them reduce the complexity of e-business andrealize faster time to benefit than competitive solutions that are not fullyintegrated."
The IBM eServer for IBS will be marketed worldwide through IBM BusinessPartners, IBS' direct sales force and IBS' business partner network. "Thisnew integrated server offering is ideal for wholesale distributors and salescompanies in international groups," said Magnus Wastenson, vice president,global marketing, IBS. "This is a very attractive solution for small andmid-sized companies because it integrates IBS' leading supply chainexecution software with IBM's powerful new generation of eServer products."
General availability is expected by Nov. 20, 2001.
The IBM / IBS solution joins the IBM eServer iSeries Powered by WebSphereand the IBM eServer for J.D. Edwards as part of this strategy. IBM believessmall and medium business (up to 1,000 employees) will represent 52 percentof the total server market worldwide by 2004. The total IT opportunity forsmall and medium business is more than $300 billion, and customers spendtwo-thirds of those dollars on solutions that deliver fast return on theirinvestment.
IBM eServer iSeries - with support for Linux, Java, Windows and Unixapplications, and the ability to run multiple virtual servers on a singlesystem - offers small and medium businesses a compelling alternative to theskyrocketing costs and complexity of managing server farms.
"Today more than ever, mid-sized customers need fully integrated solutionsthat are affordable, simple to deploy and easy to manage," said KimStevenson, vice president, IBM eServer iSeries marketing operations. "Byteaming with leading solution providers like IBS, we can provide customersmore secure, scalable and cost-effective solutions from trusted sources likeIBM and IBS that can help them reduce the complexity of e-business andrealize faster time to benefit than competitive solutions that are not fullyintegrated."
The IBM eServer for IBS will be marketed worldwide through IBM BusinessPartners, IBS' direct sales force and IBS' business partner network. "Thisnew integrated server offering is ideal for wholesale distributors and salescompanies in international groups," said Magnus Wastenson, vice president,global marketing, IBS. "This is a very attractive solution for small andmid-sized companies because it integrates IBS' leading supply chainexecution software with IBM's powerful new generation of eServer products."
General availability is expected by Nov. 20, 2001.
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