Aldata Solution Achieves IBM SOA Specialty Status; Aldata customers can leverage IBM software, best practices and patterns to get started with SOA.ATLANTA -- Aldata Solution, Inc., a leading provider of software solutions for the retail industry, today announced its acceptance in the IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) Service Oriented o·ri·ent n. 1. Orient The countries of Asia, especially of eastern Asia. 2. a. The luster characteristic of a pearl of high quality. b. A pearl having exceptional luster. 3. Architecture (SOA (1) (Start Of Authority) The first record in a DNS zone file. See DNS records. (2) (Service Oriented Architecture) The modularization of business functions for greater flexibility and reusability. ) Specialty after successfully completing IBM's rigorous SOA technical and business requirements. With this acceptance, the Aldata G.O.L.D. Core Retail Suite fully integrates with the IBM SOA Foundation, enabling Aldata's retail customers to create and deploy web services (1) Loosely, any online service delivered over the Web. Such usage appears in articles from non-technical sources, but not in IT-oriented publications, because definition #2 below describes the correct use of the term. that automate specific activities without replacing core systems. "The Aldata G.O.L.D. Core Retail Suite has met the requirements to achieve the SOA Specialty Status," said Sandy Carter, vice president, SOA and WebSphere, IBM Software Group. "SOA is an increasingly important architectural requirement in the retail industry because of the business flexibility it enables." The integration of the Aldata G.O.L.D. Core Retail Suite with IBM SOA Specialty Status allows retailers access to technology that automates the tasks and decision-making process across the supply chain. The IBM SOA Specialty Status Certification is intended to provide businesses with the ability to model, assemble, deploy and manage their business process and to provide a baseline from which to measure their performance and business. Aldata G.O.L.D. customers have the resources to implement complete automated solutions for the retail supply chain. "Achieving IBM SOA Specialty status is a real milestone for the Aldata G.O.L.D. Core Retail Suite," said Neil Thall, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Aldata Solution. "The Aldata Core Retail Suite already is broken into nine functional applications that retailers can implement incrementally. Our SOA capabilities build on that flexibility by enabling our customers to automate key business processes, such as an advance ship order, as a service that they can use again and again." About the IBM SOA Foundation The IBM SOA Foundation outlines the logical steps to implement SOA. Each step represents an integrated, open set of software, best practices, and patterns that provide partners what they need to get started with SOA. Business Partners can leverage the SOA Foundation to deliver the value of SOA to their own or their customers' environment. IBM has carefully selected the software that makes up the SOA Foundation from the broader IBM software portfolio to support each stage of the SOA lifecycle What is a SOA Lifecycle? The SOA (Service Oriented Architecture) Lifecycle is a model that is intended to illustrate relationships and dependencies between various independent lifecycles that comprise a mature, enterprise SOA program. . As partners become knowledgeable in the suite of IBM SOA software SOA Software is a provider of enterprise class SOA (Service-Oriented Architecture) security, management, and governance solutions. The company was originally called Digital Evolution, and has taken over a number of specialist SOA vendors. products, they can broaden their reach to new and existing customers to help them gain the benefits of SOA. About Aldata Solution, Inc. Aldata helps retailers differentiate and excel. Focused exclusively on retail, Aldata empowers retailers and their suppliers to sharpen sharp·en tr. & intr.v. sharp·ened, sharp·en·ing, sharp·ens To make or become sharp or sharper. sharp the focus on what is essential for success - achieving the optimal balance to effectively and profitability manage and fulfill consumer demand. With a single, integrated solution and data model, Aldata customers realize unparalleled efficiency from headquarters to stores and everywhere in between. Aldata's "Core Retail Suite" includes merchandising, sales, replenishment replenishment the addition of an appropriate quantity of properly prepared solution containing the correct concentration of chemicals to the developer solutions used in radiography. , warehouse management and store operations - providing retailers the visibility, flexibility and responsiveness they need to support the evolving customer, competitive and compliance landscape. For more information, please visit our web site at www.aldata-solution.com. |
|
||||||||||||||
Printer friendly
Cite/link
Email
Feedback
Reader Opinion