IBM TO OFFER CYCLONE COMMERCE B2B CONNECTIVITY PLATFORM.Cyclone cyclone, atmospheric pressure distribution in which there is a low central pressure relative to the surrounding pressure. The resulting pressure gradient, combined with the Coriolis effect, causes air to circulate about the core of lowest pressure in a Commerce, Inc. announces 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) will offer the Cyclone Interchange An interchange is a location where two things meet, usually perform some kind of exchange, and possibly go on their ways again. It is most commonly used in four contexts:
B2B - business to business systems, including EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) The electronic communication of business transactions, such as orders, confirmations and invoices, between organizations. Third parties provide EDI services that enable organizations with different equipment to connect. and proprietary systems, IBM customers can create "Instant-On Commerce Connections" between their trading partners, without deploying proprietary software at every end point in their trading community. IBM plans to offer Cyclone Interchange to customers that require open connectivity between various types of eBusiness applications, as well as all IBM hardware and legacy systems. Deploying Cyclone Interchange will allow electronic marketplaces and B2B business sites to quickly deploy connections to a large number of suppliers, providers and exchanges, increasing the breadth of their trading networks. "Cyclone's technology is used in a number of industries for Internet-based data exchange," said Piero Chiodo, director of Global B2B Hosting Services, IBM Global Services IBM Global Services is the world's largest business and technology services provider. It is the fastest growing part of IBM, with over 190,000 professionals serving customers in more than 160 countries. . "It will help IBM's customers increase the scope of business transactions they can handle quickly and cost effectively on the Web." "Cyclone's technology will rapidly expand the size of Internet-based trading networks, joining companies of all sizes on a shared platform," said Phil Myers, president and COO (Cell Of Origin) See mobile positioning. of Scottsdale, Ariz.-based Cyclone Commerce, Inc. "We've engineered an instant-on B2B solution that's able to communicate with any existing e-commerce or legacy software. The selection by IBM says a lot about Cyclone's capabilities." Cyclone Interchange uses a transparent, Java-based architecture to create seamless communications bridges between trading partners and supports a wide array of disparate security, communications and data protocols. The platform helps enterprises create eBusiness infrastructures where partnerships can be quickly formed and scaled to achieve efficiencies based on market demands. Cyclone Interchange now supports all IBM hardware and software, including AS400, RS/6000, Netfinity and System 390 servers, as well as DB2 and MQ Series databases. |
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