China's Largest Computer Company Selects Viewlocity To Integrate Supply Chain for E-Business.Business Editors BEIJING, China--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 15, 2000 Viewlocity, a global provider of 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 integration and online trading community An online trading community exists to provide its members with a structured method for trading, bartering, or selling goods or services. These communities often have forums and chatrooms designed to facilitate communication between the members. solutions, has signed an agreement with Legend Holdings Ltd. ("Legend", stock code: 992), China's largest computer manufacturer and IT products distributor, to supply its flagship product A primary product of a company, which is typically why the company was founded and/or what made it well known. For example, MS-DOS, Windows and the Microsoft Office suite have been flagship products of Microsoft. CorelDRAW is a flagship product of Corel Corporation. AMTrix(R) to integrate Legend's supply chain and internal systems for e-business. Legend, which was ranked by International Data Corporation as Asia Pacific's PC market leader in the second half of 1999 (excluding Japan), offers a full range of quality IT products, services and solutions. "To enhance our position as the leading IT partner to our customers, it is critical that we are able to share information across our diverse businesses, as well as have visibility of our entire supply chain and changes in customer demand," commented Mr. Li Qin, Vice President of Legend. "Viewlocity's AMTrix is the only solution that enables us to develop a flexible e-infrastructure which gives us the ability to increase efficiency by maximizing the use of information in real time." By using Viewlocity solutions to integrate its legacy systems with SAP R/3 as well as the disparate systems of its business partners, Legend is able to migrate to a multi-entity e-business strategy, without sacrificing its existing investments in systems. Business partners that will become part of Legend's integrated e-business community will include suppliers, banks, customs and logistics service providers as well as customers. Owing to owing to prep. Because of; on account of: I couldn't attend, owing to illness. owing to prep → debido a, por causa de AMTrix's ability to connect and communicate across virtually any platform, application, format or standard, Legend will also save significant time and costs in deploying its e-business framework, and will benefit from the ongoing returns of reduced maintenance costs. About Legend Legend Holdings Limited is the largest computer company in China. Its own brand PC has been the country's best-selling PC since 1997 and had a market share of 27.3% in Q4 1999. Legend also led the Asia Pacific market (excluding Japan) in the second half of 1999. The successful experience has approved that Legend has deep insight into the PRC IT market and clear grasp of user's demand. The major shareholder of Legend is Chinese Academy of Science, giving Legend strong technology support and broad connections in the PRC. Legend has also built up strategic alliances with international technology giants such as Intel and Microsoft. Legend also distributes imported computer-related products, provides systems integration services and manufactures motherboards. Legend is actively developing its Internet-related business and has already launched the first-generation Internet PC See network computer and Internet appliance. , set-top box The cable TV box that sits on "top" of the TV "set," although it is often located several feet away in an equipment rack. The set-top box descrambles the premium channels and provides a tuner for the higher cable numbers that very old TVs did not support. and portals. Legend was listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange The Hong Kong Stock Exchange (Traditional Chinese: 香港交易所, also 港交所; abbreviated as HKEX; HKSE: 0388 ) is the stock exchange of Hong Kong. in 1994, with American Depositary Receipts American Depositary Receipt (ADR) Certificates issued by a US depository bank, representing foreign shares held by the bank, usually by a branch or correspondent in the country of issue. also being traded in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. . For more information, contact Legend via email at ccd@legendgrp.com or visit the company web site at www.legend-holdings.com. About Viewlocity Viewlocity is a global provider of the three essential layers of technology needed to successfully integrate trading communities: B2B integration foundations, trading community frameworks and supply chain synchronization (1) See synchronous and synchronous transmission. (2) Ensuring that two sets of data are always the same. See data synchronization. (3) Keeping time-of-day clocks in two devices set to the same time. See NTP. solutions. With more than 3,200 installations worldwide, AMTrix, Viewlocity's flagship product, empowers organizations and their business partners to "Connect, Communicate and Collaborate" throughout the extended supply chain. Viewlocity has 13 offices worldwide, with its global headquarters in Atlanta, GA, European headquarters in London and its Asia-Pacific headquarters in Singapore. The company markets its products and services in more than 50 countries through its direct sales organization and through a global network of integration partners. For more information, contact Viewlocity at 877.512.8900 or visit the company at www.viewlocity.com. |
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