ECOutlook.com -- Now in the Palm of Your Hand; Partnership Expands ECOutlook.com To Wireless Handheld Devices.Business Editors/Hi-Tech Writers COLUMBUS, Ohio--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 28, 2000 ECOutlook.com, a high-growth e-business service company that provides an intelligent link between companies for the purpose of business exchange of information, today announced a strategic partnership with Palm Inc. that will extend the functionality of its Internet business-to-business information exchange services into hand held devices. Through their partnership with Palm Inc., ECOutlook.com customers will now be able to access a variety of valuable transaction data, including shipment tracking, inventory status, payment status and more using the award winning Palm OS(R) platform. Using the Palm VII platform, customers now can check shipment status simply by inputing a bill of lading A document signed by a carrier (a transporter of goods) or the carrier's representative and issued to a consignor (the shipper of goods) that evidences the receipt of goods for shipment to a specified designation and person. number, can check inventory levels through their vendor-managed inventory systems, and can track advance shipment notices. "ECOutlook.com is thrilled to offer our customers multiple platforms to access valuable business information," said Mark Kingston, 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 ECOutlook.com. "ECOutlook.com clients can be standing in front of their customers and give them any information regarding inventory levels, purchase order status and shipment status. It gives companies tremendous flexibility and dramatically improves the response time they have with their customers and suppliers." ECOutlook.com is a hosted solution that makes it possible for companies to conduct business via the Internet with 100 percent of their supply chain partners (suppliers, customers, carriers, service providers and digital marketplaces). Within 120 days, the solution enables companies to exchange information between their trading partner's ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) An integrated information system that serves all departments within an enterprise. Evolving out of the manufacturing industry, ERP implies the use of packaged software rather than proprietary software written by or for one customer. , legacy systems and business applications (e.g. SAP, JD Edwards, PeopleSoft, Ariba, etc.) and their own business systems, regardless of disparate communication standards or varying levels of technical sophistication so·phis·ti·cate v. so·phis·ti·cat·ed, so·phis·ti·cat·ing, so·phis·ti·cates v.tr. 1. To cause to become less natural, especially to make less naive and more worldly. 2. . "ECOutlook.com strives to supply customers with the best available technologies and the best services for business information," said James Paat, president and COO of ECOutlook.com. "We remain at the leading edge of technology so that we can incorporate and develop these advances in a seamless and timely way for all our customers." About ECOutlook.com ECOutlook.com is a unique provider of business-to-business information exchange services that enable Global 500 companies to rapidly and easily engage in e-business. The company is leading the Internet business-to-business curve by providing an open infrastructure that enables effective, cost-efficient and seamless flows of information between a company's business systems, such as SAP (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : SAP) and Ariba (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on : ARBA) and all their suppliers, customers, extended trading communities and digital marketplaces. All this can be done in a matter of weeks, without implementing new standards, software or hardware. As ECOutlook.com customers join the e-business revolution they quickly begin enjoying many benefits such as opening new revenue channels, slashing costs, increasing operational effectiveness and strengthening business relationships. ECOutlook.com's unique solution is built using proven technologies, including tools from Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT MSFT Microsoft (stock symbol) MSFT Movimento Sociale Fiamma Tricolore (Italy) MSFT Multi-Stage Fitness Test MSFT Master of Science in Family Therapy MSFT Macalester Students for Fair Trade ), webMethods (NASDAQ:WEBM WEBM webMethods Inc. (stock abbreviation, AMEX) ), and Sterling Commerce (NYSE:SPC 1. (business) SPC - Statistical Process Control. Something to do with quality management. 2. (body) SPC - Software Productivity Centre. 3. (company) SPC - Software Publishing Corporation. 4. ). ECOutlook.com is comprised of leaders from the Internet industry and seasoned executives from companies such as Sterling Commerce, 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) (NYSE: IBM) and American Express (NYSE:AXP). The company is headquartered in Houston, Texas, with operations in Columbus, Ohio. All names and products mentioned are the trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective organizations. For more information, visit www.ecoutlook.com today. |
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