Alliance AuthExpress from Patrick Townsend & Associates is an Affordable and Scalable Credit Card Authorization Solution for IBM iSeries Customers.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers OLYMPIA, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 7, 2003 Today Patrick Townsend & Associates announced the release of Alliance AuthExpress, a new 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) AS/400 and iSeries application that provides an affordable, scalable, and manageable platform for the authorization of credit and debit cards debit card, card that allows the cost of goods or services that are purchased to be deducted directly from the purchaser's checking account. They can also be used at automated teller machines for withdrawing cash from the user's checking account. , gift and stored value cards, and for the verification of checks. With AuthExpress your organization can start with a small volume of transactions and grow to a very large number of transactions without changing your authorization software. Patrick Townsend, President of Patrick Townsend & Associates said, "Our IBM iSeries customers have been expressing a need for authorization software that provides an affordable entry point for authorization, but that can grow with them to very high volumes. Alliance AuthExpress is the ideal solution. The Entry Edition is for the small Enterprise with less than 250 transactions a day. As a company grows they can upgrade in place to the SMB (1) (Small to Medium-sized Business) Also called "SME" (small to medium-sized enterprise), it refers to companies that are larger than the small office/home office (SOHO), but not huge. Edition which supports up to 2500 transactions a day. AuthExpress Enterprise Edition is designed for the high end retailer processing large numbers of transactions per day. The ability of the software to grow with the company means fewer upgrade costs and no re-installation of software. And we've paid attention to the needs for settlement with a rich set of technologies so you can deploy one solution for both authorization and settlement." Shawn Harris, Product Manager, says "Alliance AuthExpress makes it easy to integrate all of your authorization applications including point-of-sale terminals, AS/400 applications, web applications, and other platforms using WebSphere MQ (MQSeries). The rich set of interfaces makes it easy to support both batch and real-time operations. With advanced fail-over logic, error notification, systems management, and automatic restart you can be sure of a reliable implementation." Alliance supports a variety of authorization networks including Visanet, First Data, Alliance Data Systems, ValueLink, and others. Interfaces to the system include TCP (1) (Transmission Control Protocol) The reliable transport protocol within the TCP/IP protocol suite. TCP ensures that all data arrive accurately and 100% intact at the other end. sockets, WebSphere MQ (MQSeries), data queues, flat file, and secure FTP FTP in full file transfer protocol Internet protocol that allows a computer to send files to or receive files from another computer. Like many Internet resources, FTP works by means of a client-server architecture; the user runs client software to connect to . For more information about Alliance AuthExpress please visit http://www.PATownsend.com/CCSolutions.htm About Patrick Townsend & Associates: Patrick Townsend & Associates is a closely held corporation Noun 1. closely held corporation - stock is publicly traded but most is held by a few shareholders who have no plans to sell corp, corporation - a business firm whose articles of incorporation have been approved in some state that specializes in B2B (Business to Business) Refers to one business communicating with or selling to another. See B2B e-commerce, B2C and B2G. B2B - business to business eCommerce and communications solutions for the Enterprise, ISV (Independent Software Vendor) A person or company that develops software. It implies an organization that specializes in software only and is not part of a computer systems or hardware manufacturer. , and ASP customers. More information on Townsend products is available by calling 800/357-1019. International customers call 360/357-8971. Email: info@PATownsend.com. The company web site is located at http://www.PATownsend.com. |
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