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Non-Tech : Ingram Micro -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Reseller who wrote (476)	2/3/2000 6:44:00 PM
From: flickerful	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 576

reseller... "enjoyed" the war stories, and i can also appreciate the B2B initiatives providing welcome shelter from inevitable consumer storms. as to the direct box makers, i had a MICRON transport [?] delivered a couple of years ago. notwithstanding my 24hr replacement option, it went straight back because of a DOA modem. i was unwilling to start out with systemic ills after a long & involved history of problems with a TOSHIBA tecra. i had always had a TOSHIBA laptop. anyway, i finally came to the conclusion IBM was the preferred option... however, before i actually picked one up, the SONY vaio came out. since then, i have lived with a vaio happily ever after. [i remain convinced SONY, and possibly IBM, are the most consumer friendly laptops around...TOSHIBA has since made improvements, but now someone would have to physically pry me from a vaio.] your "consumer" points are very well taken. and...Those that envision a takeover by the .coms and the ruin of traditional channels have a rude awakening in store. [50% of wholesale...yikes.] i will take your word for that...~g~ regards, flick

To: Reseller who wrote (476)	2/3/2000 6:47:00 PM
From: flickerful	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 576

Tallan Celebrates RosettaNet eConcert Day by Providing Solutions For Ingram Micro GLASTONBURY, Conn., Feb. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Tallan, Inc., a consulting and systems development firm, celebrated its participation in yesterday's RosettaNet eConcert Day by announcing its work in implementing RosettaNet standards and solutions for Ingram Micro, Inc.'s eCommerce architecture. In addition, Tallan worked with Ingram Micro on the first production of the RosettaNet Partner Interface Process (PIP) between Ingram Micro, the world's largest wholesale provider of technology products and services, and CompUSA, America's Largest Computer Superstore. This PIP, or e-business interaction, marks one of the first milestones towards implementing a completely standardized business to business architecture that allows companies in the information technology and electronic components industry to communicate and conduct business via the Internet. The PIP deployment between Ingram and CompUSA will allow each partner to exchange communication electronically about product price and availability. Yesterday's RosettaNet eConcert Readiness Day is the result of an effort initiated in June 1999 to implement PIPs with actual production systems for a number of companies involved in standardizing B2B architecture. ''It takes time for every company to coordinate and agree upon the message dialogue between different trading partners,'' said Bryan Kim, Tallan's RosettaNet Champion. ''Many of the leading partners using the RosettaNet standards have slightly different order management processes, and integration between them is the key to creating a coherent RosettaNet standard. At Ingram Micro, Tallan is creating technical solutions as well as managing Ingram's needs within the RosettaNet supply-chain.'' Tallan's work with Ingram is part of the overall RosettaNet effort to encourage other solutions providers to adhere to one unifying standard. Achieving these standards is an evolutionary process and RosettaNet has undergone a number of architectural changes: starting from an EDI/XML framework, the RosettaNet Implementation Framework (RNIF) has been thoroughly re-architected to pure XML. Many of the changes centered around offering a more flexible means of message validation and a richer transactional context. About Tallan Tallan, Inc., formerly Business Data Services, Inc., is an Internet professional services firm with a track record in delivering business-critical Internet, eBusiness, data warehouse, and on-line transaction processing systems to leading companies in the retail, distribution, financial and manufacturing industries. Tallan's technology solutions support companies such as priceline.com, Best Buy, Columbia House, Perkin-Elmer and Ingram Micro. Headquartered in Glastonbury, Conn., Tallan has offices throughout the U.S. Detailed information on Tallan can be found on the World Wide Web at www.tallan.com, or by calling (800) 677-3693. About Ingram Micro Ingram Micro Inc. (NYSE: IM - news), headquartered in Santa Ana, Calif., is the world's largest wholesale provider of technology products and services, and a leader of assembly and integration services with sales of $26.5 billion for the past four reported quarters. The company and its subsidiaries operate in 34 countries and distribute more than 225,000 products to more than 140,000 resellers in 130 countries. Ingram Micro can be found at www.ingrammicro.com. About RosettaNet Founded in 1998, RosettaNet is an independent, self-funded, non-profit consortium dedicated to the development and deployment of standard electronic commerce interfaces to align the processes between supply chain partners on a global basis. RosettaNet can be found on the World Wide Web at www.rosettanet.org. For Further Information Contact: Ellen Barry 617 267 9700 ext. 307 barrye@fleishman.com SOURCE: Tallan, Inc. biz.yahoo.com