CARDONET SOFTWARE SUPPORTS NETWORK OF B2B WEBSITES.Cardonet, Inc., Santa Clara Santa Clara, city, Cuba Santa Clara (sän`tä klä`rä), city (1994 est. pop. 217,000), capital of Villa Clara prov., central Cuba. , Calif., a provider of advanced product information management solutions for medium to large enterprises, has announced that 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) Corporation has upped its investment in the Cardonet Product Master software used to help the company more efficiently gather, maintain and deliver product information to more 1,000 IBM global sales channels. The expanded commitment includes multiple instances of the Cardonet software with the capacity to support the company's extensive network of business-to-business web sites, resellers, sales offices, and other distribution points around the world. The Cardonet software sits at the heart of a comprehensive product information management process spanning IBM's complete line of nearly 150,000 hardware and software products. Cardonet's data extraction Data extraction is the act or process of retrieving (binary) data out of (usually unstructured or badly structured) data sources for further data processing or data storage (data migration). capability is used to automatically import product data from multiple internal IBM databases. Once gathered, the Cardonet software applies user-defined business rules and channel specifications to validate To prove something to be sound or logical. Also to certify conformance to a standard. Contrast with "verify," which means to prove something to be correct. For example, data entry validity checking determines whether the data make sense (numbers fall within a range, numeric data and deliver proper product information to an extensive network of IBM's global 1000 selling partners and distribution channels throughout the Americas, Europe, Asia-Pacific, the Middle East and Africa. The Cardonet system has enabled IBM to shave shave (shav) 1. to cut at or parallel to the surface of the skin. 2. to remove the beard or other body hair by such a process. 3. to cut thin slices from or to cut into thin slices. weeks off the time it takes to launch new products or communicate frequent product changes throughout its business-to-business sales channel. Cardonet's rules-driven system, running on top of an IBM DB2 database, handles the customizing and verification of product data files to provide unique information such as currency, language, product selection, and data format based on the needs of the web site, sales office, or channel partner and the country or countries in which it operates. "Cardonet's automated au·to·mate v. au·to·mat·ed, au·to·mat·ing, au·to·mates v.tr. 1. To convert to automatic operation: automate a factory. 2. software is well-suited to IBM's requirements for speed, accuracy, and scalability," said Itay Meiri, 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. and founder of Cardonet. "IBM operates in the rapidly changing computer technology market where a two-week delay in rolling out new products or price changes can mean millions of dollars in lost revenues or market share. This deployment illustrates Cardonet's ability to stand up to some very demanding requirements, and shows why our technology is being successfully used by a wide range of companies across many different industries." About Cardonet, Inc. Founded in 1997 and headquartered in Santa Clara, Calif., Cardonet, Inc., is a provider of product information management solutions used by medium to large enterprises to streamline their business processes. Cardonet's rules-driven automation technology and advanced process-oriented workflows, provide both buy-side and sell-side organizations with powerful solutions for developing, managing, and distributing rich electronic databases of product information. Privately held, Cardonet's primary investors include Cargill, Giza GE Capital, Sequoia Capital Sequoia Capital is a venture capital firm founded by Don Valentine in 1972. The firm's partners include Don Valentine, Pierre Lamond, Michael Moritz, Doug Leone, Mike Goguen, Mark Stevens, Jim Goetz, Sameer Gandhi, Roelof Botha, and Mark Kvamme. , Yozma Venture Capital and Mentor Mentor, in Greek mythology Mentor (mĕn`tər, –tôr'), in Greek mythology, friend of Odysseus and tutor of Telemachus. Capital Group. For more information, call 408/521-6049 or visit http://www.cardonet.com. |
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