Datatec`s UK-based international e-business integration and services group, Logical, today announced a strategic partnership with Danish business-to-business e-commerce applications provider, Catalog-International.
Under the terms of the partnership agreement Logical will develop and integrate Catalog-International solutions for mid-sized customers worldwide.
The alliance will focus on Catalog-International`s Ideal Seller product, and covers the UK, US, South America, South Africa, Australasia and Switzerland. Logical is the applications company`s first worldwide e-business integration partner.
Logical`s solutions will be based around Catalog`s Ideal Seller, a 100 per cent ready-to-run e-commerce application, which has a highly flexible configuration allowing integration with any database, CRM or ERP environment. Ideal Seller`s application approach means that newcomers to e-commerce can list product catalogues and process orders online in a matter of weeks not months.
Logical`s strategy in the e-business solutions and services market is to concentrate on re-engineering mid- to large-sized businesses as New Economy players - a market it has identified as neglected. This process will take the form of developing Internet-based systems that create new business opportunities and offer substantial time and cost efficiencies. Logical`s solutions will be hosted through its worldwide network of e-business operation centres, or they will be integrated with customers` existing systems, running on their own infrastructures.
Catalog, an established player in its native Denmark with more than 600 installed customers across Europe, develops practical, quick to deploy B2B e-commerce systems, with much of the functionality of more costly alternatives and the ability to re-use a client`s existing IT resources such as back-end databases and ERP systems. The company has launched its operations in the UK, Germany and Benelux countries.
Says Rikke Helms CEO of Logical: "Catalog-International`s emphasis on speedy delivery of e-commerce functionality means that mid-sized businesses will have a real appetite for this technology. Ideal Seller`s quick deployment characteristics and high level of integration into back and front-end environments make it compelling for companies wanting to transform themselves into e-businesses rapidly."
Says Prem Athwal, UK Country Manager, Catalog-International: "This partnership will present a vital alternative to the lack of focus in this area being offered by many vendors and management consultancies. Mid-sized organisations cannot afford exorbitant consultancy fees, while major software vendors continue to focus on the large enterprise market.
"Our mutual focus on mid-sized customers will give us combined strength in providing e-commerce applications that enable these businesses to deploy sell-side systems in the shortest possible timeframe."
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Logical
Logical is an e-business integration and services company with operations worldwide and is a division of JSE-listed Datatec Ltd (www.datatec-group.com). By applying its skills in integrating best-of-breed technologies, Logical designs, builds, manages and maintains customised infrastructures and applications for organisations transitioning themselves into e-businesses for the New Economy. These Internet-based solutions deliver tangible cost, convenience and time saving advantages and range from single applications sourced from Logical, through entire information infrastructures backed by services and running large e-business applications, to completely outsourced e-business solutions run from Logical `s e-business operating centres situated in key locations around the world.
Logical`s customers are medium-sized companies and departments of larger enterprises. Logical is headquartered in Slough, UK, and employs 2,500 people across operations in the USA, South America, Europe, South Africa and Australasia. For more see www.logical.com.
Catalog-International
Catalog-International is the leading provider of e-commerce solutions in Scandinavia and northern Europe. Catalog-International`s e-commerce solutions are based on standard platforms and can be integrated with existing company administrative systems and databases. The solutions are module-based and consist of a range of advanced e-commerce facilities that can be combined to meet company-specific requirements.
Catalog-International is headquartered in Copenhagen, Denmark, with offices in the UK, Germany, Sweden, Norway and Benelux. Catalog-International sells its products via a worldwide network of partners. Visit www.Catalog-international.com for more information.
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