B2B Data Integration and Transformation Blog

Reviewing day 1 notes from here in San Antonio, the conference is off to a good start. The focus from Sterling appears to be a repackaging of its product sets into two solution themes, the Sterling Selling and Fulfillment Suite, and the Sterling Business Integration Suite. Of course we business integration folks are more interested in the latter. The below is the first of what I believe will be a three part summary of the conference. Here is my high level take away for day 1. Read More

The Sterling Commerce Customer Connection 2009 conference in San Antonio is just around the corner. I am attending the conference and will be there to get the latest information regarding Sterling Commerce’s products and plans for the future. I have found this is a great conference to see how Sterling is expanding and evolving their integration tool sets and acquired applications. Knowledge learned in these sessions helps us advise our clients who have Sterling products installed, and those who are seeking to implement Sterling Commerce Solutions. If you will be attending drop me an email, I would welcome the opportunity to meet you at the conference. 

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REMEDI Electronic Commerce Group is pleased to announce the results of The EDI / eCommerce Professional Survey. The survey, designed to gather input from the EDI / eCommerce community examined such topics as employment status, average length of engagement, active industries, and other topics based on the experience of EDI and eCommerce professionals during 2008.

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The title of this post is not a political statement by any means. However, it was designed to be an attention getter as well as help point out the hidden value of B2B integration and automation within your organization. Of course I am preaching to the choir on the advantages of eCommerce. But I thought the concept of packaging some thoughts and giving it a flashy title might better get your ear, and help you get the ear of management.

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In an earlier post, B2B eCommerce Opportunities in Today's Economy, I mentioned a couple of ways IT executives may be handling budgets and staff in the current economic climate. Many IT executives are asking eCommerce managers to slash headcount, curtail integration efforts, and defer key eCommerce projects. My notion was that in these companies IT has to constantly sell business areas on the value of their existence or face shrinking budgets and relevance to their organizations.

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