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Attention Business/Technology Editors:
IBM Design Centre Helps Customers Build Advanced e-businesses
SOMERS, NY, May 3 /CNW/ - ...IBM today announced plans to create the IBM
Design Centre for e-transaction processing, a 10,500-square-foot facility
where customers can explore the leading edge of e-commerce and develop new
approaches to e-business.
While the explosive growth of holiday shopping over the Internet last
year created many headlines, business-to-business e-commerce far outpaces
consumer spending. Forrester Research, Inc., estimates that more than $43
billion (US) in e-commerce took place over the Web in 1998. Over the next four
years, the Cambridge, Mass.-based industry research firm estimates that
business-to-business transaction sales over the Web could grow to $1.3
trillion (US).
''Today, when one click on an Internet site can trigger hundreds of
transactions, companies face the challenge of integrating all the systems
required to complete a business transaction over the Web,'' said David R.
Carlucci, General Manager, S/390 Division, IBM Corp. ''The new centre will
draw from 30 years of design experience and IBM's deep talent pool to help
customers who wish to build robust e-transaction processing systems.''
The IBM Design Centre for e-transaction processing -- located 90 miles
north of New York City in Poughkeepsie, New York -- will support customers
worldwide, staffed by a cadre of IBM Distinguished Engineers, along with
network, communications and software architects from IBM's Research, Software,
Server and Global Services organizations.
Integrating business systems with the Internet is what becoming an
e-business is all about. The next, more advanced step is e-transaction
processing, in which all e-business-related IT transactions can be completed
end-to-end, without intervention. e-transaction processing is the enabling
technology that permits companies to create systems that can handle both the
increasing volume and the increasing sophistication of e-business transactions
in a highly secure, available environment.
Role of the IBM Design Centre for e-transaction Processing
The IBM Design Centre for e-transaction processing represents a
significant IBM investment in infrastructure, hardware, software and
intellectual resources. To prototype and test customers' solutions, the centre
will be equipped with the latest technology, including IBM's family of
servers, from Netfinity and AS/400 to the largest S/390 G6 Server, S/390
Parallel Sysplex and RS/6000 SP clustering technology, and the requisite
storage and networking infrastructure for e-transaction processing.
The Design Centre will concentrate on assisting industry leaders with
complex and unique applications and system designs. Customers can benefit by
seeing their application run in an environment similar to their own. IBM will
apply lessons learned at the centre to help other customers as they move
toward advanced e-commerce.
The Design Centre is expected to be operational in July. |
