CDW Corporation Centralizes B2B Processes and Reduces Partner On-Boarding Time With Sterling Gentran Integration Suite.Sterling Commerce Helps CDW CDW - data warehouse to Centralize cen·tral·ize v. cen·tral·ized, cen·tral·iz·ing, cen·tral·iz·es v.tr. 1. To draw into or toward a center; consolidate. 2. , Automate and Expedite Partner Collaboration DENVER -- Sterling Commerce, a subsidiary of AT&T Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :T), today announced that CDW Corp., ranked No. 342 on the FORTUNE 500 and a leading provider of technology solutions for business, government and education, has successfully implemented the Sterling Gentran Integration Suite[TM] (GIS) to better collaborate with partners in a complex business and technical environment of rapidly growing data volume, widely varied protocols and disparate data formats. With more than 400 business partners, CDW exchanges upwards of 142,000 documents daily - averaging more than one per second. CDW was using an overtaxed legacy system that caused multiple bottlenecks that limited scalability and restricted the ability to grow volume and attract trading partners. GIS provides a secure, reliable, flexible and scalable electronic exchange solution, improving operational efficiency. The solution also consolidated CDW's disparate business-to-business (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 ) processes in one platform, providing greater operational efficiencies in collaborating with members of its extended business community. "Before choosing the Sterling Gentran Integration Suite, we were using a greatly overtaxed legacy system that didn't allow us to map to each partner in the system," said Jason Miller, senior application developer for CDW. "With GIS, we've centralized cen·tral·ize v. cen·tral·ized, cen·tral·iz·ing, cen·tral·iz·es v.tr. 1. To draw into or toward a center; consolidate. 2. and automated our B2B processes in one application, allowing for greater visibility and control over collaborative processes. We've cut the time it takes to handle customized requests for processes such as ordering and invoicing in half." GIS enabled CDW to: * Streamline processes and make them more efficient while reducing support time * Simplify the customized request process and cut processing time in half * Decrease on-boarding time of new trading partners by 25 percent * Increase scalability to address rapid growth in data volumes * Communicate with trading partners despite differing technologies "GIS provides CDW with a platform that will power growth through flexible business processes that easily adapt to the technology standards their partners dictate," said Russell Scherwin, global director of product marketing, B2B, for Sterling Commerce. "CDW has gained huge time savings, has improved partner collaboration and now offers better customer service. That's what I call a win-win situation." About CDW CDW[R], ranked No. 342 on the FORTUNE 500, is a leading provider of technology solutions for business, government and education. CDW is a principal source of technology products and services including top name brands such as Acer Acer trees of the family Aceraceae. Acer rubrum ingestion of wilted or dries leaves of this tree causes acute hemolytic anemia characterized by red urine, jaundice, anemia and methemoglobinemia in horses. , Adobe, APC (1) (American Power Conversion Corporation, West Kingston, RI, www.apcc.com) The leading manufacturer of UPS systems and surge suppressors, founded in 1981 by Rodger Dowdell, Neil Rasmussen and Emanual Landsman, three electronic power engineers who had worked at MIT. , Apple, Cisco, EMC (1) (EMC Corporation, Hopkinton, MA, www.emc.com) The leading supplier of storage products for midrange computers and mainframes. Founded in 1979 by Richard J. Egan and Roger Marino, EMC has developed advanced storage and retrieval technologies for the world's largest companies. , Fujitsu, HP, 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) , Lenovo, Microsoft, Panasonic, Quantum, Samsung, Sony, Symantec, ViewSonic and Xerox. CDW's direct model offers customers one-on-one relationships with knowledgeable account managers and access to approximately 820 on-staff engineers and advanced technology specialists who customize solutions for customers' complex technology needs. CDW also provides same-day product shipping and post-sales technical support. CDW was founded in 1984 and as of June 30, 2007, employed approximately 5,880 coworkers. In 2006, the company generated sales of $6.8 billion. For more information, visit CDW.com. About Sterling Commerce Sterling Commerce, a subsidiary of AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T), has more than 30 years of leadership and expertise in helping FORTUNE 500[R] customers thrive in a global economy by optimizing the performance of their business communities. With nearly 30,000 customers worldwide, the company is one of the world's largest providers of multi-enterprise collaboration solutions. Sterling Commerce has unparalleled experience in the retail, consumer packaged goods Noun 1. packaged goods - groceries that are packaged for sale foodstuff, grocery - (usually plural) consumer goods sold by a grocer plural, plural form - the form of a word that is used to denote more than one , manufacturing, financial services The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. , healthcare and telecommunications industries. For detailed, up-to-date information about Sterling Commerce and its solutions, visit www.sterlingcommerce.com. |
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