Ornet Solutions, a member company of JSE-listed MB Technologies, has announced a strategic partnership to implement and support i.Sell, a complete and secure e-commerce solution from Informix.
According to Ron Pienaar, managing director of Ornet Solutions, Ornet is the first approved partner for i.Sell in the southern African region. "We are confident that the i.Sell product will prove to be an indispensable asset to companies who are serious about maintaining an effective and efficient online presence," declares Pienaar.
"i.Sell is a complete end-to-end e-business solution that provides users with scalability, reliability and all the front to back office functionality required by an e-commerce practitioner in an arena where other vendors have only smoke and mirror solutions," he adds.
Julian Field, technical and channel manager for Informix, states that Ornet was selected as the preferred partner for the Informix product on the basis of the company`s reputation in the e-commerce field. "Informix has awarded the partner status to Ornet due to the strength of its skills in developing and implementing e-commerce applications and solutions," he says.
"This alliance extends Informix`s reach into the e-commerce market - as an implementation partner, Ornet has both the right skills and reputation to promote our product into the e-commerce environment," Field continues.
The Informix i.Sell solution provides a superior architecture for e-commerce, delivering scalability, extensibility, fault tolerance and targeted profiling that includes sophisticated capabilities for site development, personalisation, selling and advertising management. "Our product, coupled with Ornet`s expertise, provides the definitive e-commerce solution," concludes Field.

