Sybase SA and Intershop, an e-commerce applications provider, have announced a strategic alliance through the Sybase e-Portal Alliance programme, a partnership aimed at providing e-commerce solutions for Sybase Enterprise Portal (EP).
The alliance decreases the time-to-market for businesses wanting to integrate e-commerce with other mission critical enterprise-class applications and information. At the same time, it increases the client`s return on investment by making information and applications more accessible, while providing a highly personalised portal for each user.
"The Sybase EP product provides a framework that enables personalised e-business throughout an organization," says Julie Tomlinson, marketing manager of Sybase. "Using Intershop e-commerce applications within the Sybase EP not only enables customers to offer their goods and services over the Internet quickly, but also allows them to integrate the e-commerce function with the rest of the business in a personalised, secure and continuously available enterprise portal."
Because the Sybase EP provides a complete product to integrate enterprise data and deliver applications to the end-user through a personalised portal gateway, it allows businesses to rapidly implement an e-business strategy. Adding Intershop solutions to the Sybase EP foundation gives the portal e-commerce functionality and offers commerce service providers the flexibility to sell anywhere.
Intershop`s applications can be used for direct and indirect selling and to e-enable merchants and marketplaces. For example, a brick-and-mortar enterprise can use Intershop to rapidly establish an e-commerce Web site. Application Service Providers (ASPs) can host Intershop e-commerce applications for their business customers. Businesses can also establish online marketplaces using Intershop. "Intershop has developed extensive expertise in Sybase products over a long period of time," says Intershop marketing manager, Jacqui van Zyl. "With Sybase EP as the infrastructure, Intershop customers will have enterprise-level performance, security, scalability, and back-end legacy application integration."
The Sybase EP and Intershop alliance provides 24x7, non-stop, continuous availability, personalization and integration of enterprise data and applications. It enables organizations to rapidly implement an enterprise portal and provide a personalized business experience for customers, partners, suppliers and employees. The e-Portal Alliance offers customers the benefits of access to partner technologies in e-commerce, analysis, Web management, B2B services and business workflow management.
"All organisations have different portal requirements," notes Van Zyl. "Sybase EP provides customers with the flexibility to implement an enterprise portal that matches their exact needs."
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