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Inovis and HAHT Commerce Align to Deliver Integrated Product Information Management Solution for UCCnet Item Synchronization

05/27/03 - Atlanta, GA - Inovis, an enabler of B2B trading communities, today announced an alliance with HAHT Commerce, a leading provider of catalog item synchronization software to the Consumer Products industry. The alliance will allow Inovis to offer CP companies an integrated solution for centrally managing product information and item synchronization with their trading partners through UCCnet's GLOBALregistry™. The relationship also provides Haht with the ability to recommend proven EDI and EAI solutions from Inovis to its customers and prospects who are seeking advanced capabilities in these areas.

The solution consists of the HAHT Commerce Product Information Management Catalog integrated with inovis:Process, a complete end-to-end solution for Business Process Integration with robust capabilities for translating data between disparate data formats. The partnership creates a cost-effective "behind-the-firewall" UCCnet catalog management solution and addresses UCCnet compliance while leveraging existing investments in EAI and EDI infrastructure. The catalog functionality augments and extends existing Inovis UCCnet certified solutions for data transformation, integration, and communication, for organizations that require this functionality.

This alliance comes at an opportune time for Consumer Products companies, as the combined functionality is becoming a priority. A recent report from AMR Research, entitled Data Synchronization Has Simply Become a Cost of Doing Business, by Kara Romanow, April 14, 2003, states that, "data synchronization should be the No. 1 priority over all projects involving collaboration or B2B interoperability because of the foundation it provides."

UCCnet's global item registry enables suppliers to register and communicate new and changed product data, so that all trading partners use identical, accurate, and standardized information. Leading retailers such as Wal-mart, Shaws, Super-Valu, Home Depot, Ace, Lowes, and others are increasingly encouraging manufacturers to adopt this standard in order to facilitate a more cost-effective and collaborative business environment.

"This alliance produces the most powerful solution for UCCnet connectivity and compliance available in the retail industry. By integrating our leading data aggregation and B2B integration capability with HAHT's world-class catalog and item synchronization capability, we're addressing a significant customer problem," said Diane Stuckey, Senior Vice President of Global Marketing for Inovis. "By extending our B2B collaboration capabilities we are giving our customers a set of tools and services that establish a solid foundation for enterprise product information management and data synchronization. We will continue to expand our support for UCCnet through a variety of future initiatives."

According to Terry Welty, VP Marketing for HAHT Commerce, "with a rich heritage in business-to-business integration, and strong roots in EDI, Inovis is a well known and trusted provider for many Consumer Products companies. With this uniquely integrated solution, these companies and many others will be able to leverage their existing investments to address their current UCCnet requirements and their future strategic Product Information Management needs."

Both Inovis and HAHT Commerce are experienced UCCnet Preferred Alliance Partners, and members of the UCCnet Partners In-Sync™ program.

 

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