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IBM has announced today the closing of its acquisition of Sterling Commerce.  Sterling Commerce expands IBM’s ability to help clients accelerate their interactions with customers, partners and suppliers through dynamic business networks using either on-premise or cloud delivery models.

Organizations are looking for ways to create more intelligent networks of business partners, customers and suppliers in order to enhance efficiency and profitability.  These interactions are increasing dramatically due to the proliferation of electronic business transactions, from banks exchanging transaction data and manufacturers sourcing raw materials electronically, to retailers automating stock replenishment and managing orders online.  

Sterling Commerce provides software for cross-channel commerce and integration of customer, partner and supplier networks across a wide range of industries.  The combination of IBM and Sterling Commerce enables the integration of key business processes across channels and among trading partners – from marketing and selling to order management and fulfillment.  

In addition to enhancing IBM’s integration and commerce offerings, Sterling Commerce software also complements IBM’s industry-focused software including the company’s frameworks supporting the retail, manufacturing, communications, health care and banking industries.

More than 18,000 global customers rely on Sterling Commerce’s offerings, including large companies such as Boston Market, Honeywell, Monsanto and Pitney Bowes. Outside the United States, Sterling Commerce’s customer list includes leading manufacturers like Toshiba and top retailers such as Auchan and John Lewis.  

The acquisition builds on IBM’s growing portfolio of industry software solutions designed to help companies automate, manage and accelerate core business processes across marketing, selling, ordering and fulfillment.  IBM’s recent acquisitions of Sterling Commerce and Coremetrics and the intended acquisition of Unica will enhance the company’s ability to support clients’ needs in this growing market.

With the closing of this acquisition approximately 2,500 Sterling Commerce employees join IBM.  Consistent with IBM’s software strategy, IBM will continue to support Sterling Commerce’s clients while allowing them to take advantage of the broader IBM portfolio.

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With pride we see the relationship to our partners grow stronger by the day. We notice higher demands on tools for precision marketing, attractive and dynamic customer experiences, and better customer dialogue through social media. In the world around us, we see companies take on the challenge to top up their sales through multi-channel optimization. Mobile commerce is a strongly connected to the success in this area, and our offer here gives us a unique position in the market.

We grew out of the old web site. Our company has grown. Not only organically but also in our competence and our experience. Therefore we wanted to take the opportunity to present a new image of our company, share some success stories and our value adding offer. From being mainly focused on e-commerce, we have during the past years worked to put together a new package of products that move our position.  

Not only on the web site, but in all our communication we now stick our chins out and want to be perceived as a provider of premium solutions for internet commerce. By this we now want to establish that we have widen our offer and are ready to share our knowledge in delivering a package of solutions that give our customer a speed to market with products and services not seen elsewhere. Fiwe – Providing Premium Commerce Solutions is from now on our, and your, guiding star.

We humbly admit that the web site is not completely complete. Some parts still need to be in place. This will be done during the upcoming summer months. When all information is in place, we will of course work to constantly keep you updated on what’s happening in our world.

Welcome!

Ralf Seimertz

CEO, President

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The complete solution is delivered by Fiwe and is based on IBM’s e-commerce solution WebSphere Commerce, the sales tool Tacton Configurator from Tacton Systems, a planning tool with real-time 3D from Animech Technologies, and user interface design by Deasign AB. Adobe Scene7 is also built into the solution to provide the dynamic environment image display.

“The choice of Fiwe, IBM, Tacton, Animech Technologies and Deasign is no coincidence. They are all specialists who quickly understood our complex issues and spoke our language. Their quality products and professional behavior attracted us and they offered possible solutions that no one else could, “says CIO Anette Alsteryd at ELFA International.

Elfa has developed into one of the world’s leading suppliers in the segment of Storage, with products inspired by Scandinavian design and made from carefully selected materials. The range consists mainly of three flexible product lines: drawer systems, shelving systems, and sliding doors. These are combined into storage solutions both for home and public settings. Elfa now aim to significantly improve their online services with this project, and their vision is to be the most attractive and functional provider of storage solutions.

“Elfa’s visions and demands for simplifying product selection is timely, and the use of the Internet as a channel in combination with innovative 3D visualization techniques to reach customers will give us unprecedented opportunities to provide buying experiences that attract both consumers and professional customers and stimulate increased sales, “says Per von Mentzer, CEO of the Elfa Group.

The customer’s needs determine the possible selections of components. Accordingly, one of the most central parts of the solution is to provide a web-based planning tool integrated with the e-commerce solution, whereby the configurator guides the customer to a tailor-made solution which is dynamically visualized and significantly simplifies the customer´s purchase decision.

“As a result of a close collaboration between the solution providers with strong niche expertise, we are able to provide an exciting new interactive e-commerce solution that successfully manages customers’ increasingly advanced requirements, and which opens up a new market.” says Anna Carlsson, Sales Manager for IBM WebSphere at IBM Sweden.

“Today’s customers place increasingly demanding functional requirements on IT solutions, making it impossible for a single vendor to meet the entire range of specifications. The mission from Elfa is a good example of this. Through our partnership, in which our different specialties are used in an optimal way, we can offer a solution that meets all of the customers’ advanced demands and needs, “concludes Ralf Seimertz, CEO at Fiwe.

For further information, please contact:

Elfa International AB, Anette Alsteryd, CIO
+46 70 268 46 76, anette.alsteryd@elfa.com

Fiwe Systems & Consulting AB, Ralf Seimertz, CEO
+46 761 25 22 02, ralf.seimertz@fiwe.se

Tacton Systems AB, Christer Wallberg, CEO
+46 73 032 49 70, christer.wallberg@tacton.com

Animech Technologies AB, Björn Bergh, CEO
+46 70 570 70 17, bjorn.berg@animechtechnologies.com

Deasign AB, Maria Bomberg, Project Manager
+46 70 657 95 49, maria.bomberg@deasign.com

Heiler’s Enterprise Product Information Management solution is a standard solution for the management and communication of product data from one single central and controllable data source. Wholesale distributors, mail order businesses and manufacturers can increase marketing productivity and sales figures by applying the central Enterprise Product Information Management (PIM) solution. For the third time in succession, Gartner has just named Heiler one of the top 10 worldwide leading providers of Master Data Management (MDM) and PIM.

“e-Commerce can only be a success with perfect product information. In this way, cross-selling potential can actually be used. The seamless linking of one of the leading PIM systems – according to analysts – with our WebSphere Commerce Suite is, therefore, an important step towards offering our e-business customers real benefits”, says Henrik Scheel, IBM’s Business Unit Director.

Product information from the Heiler Product Manager can be directly transferred to IBM WebSphere Commerce Suite via a standard interface, which in turn assumes responsibility for the online presentation and selling process. The presentation and positioning of a product in the web shop can be examined and optimized during the data hosting process. From now on FIWE will offer one face to the customer in Sweden to implement Heiler and IBM solutions. “Simultaneous distribution via various channels is becoming increasingly important – regardless of whether your enterprise focuses on B2C or B2B policies. We are very pleased having FIWE on board of our international VAR-network”, expresses Schmidt, chairman of Heiler Software.

“Specializing in e-Commerce here in the Nordics for years, we see the growing demand for a “one source” approach for Enterprise Product Information solutions leading to increased sales and efficiencies across multiple channels. Today’s heterogeneous business environment and technological infrastructure demand simplified processes, transparency and seamless information in all it channels for success.” Says Mr Ralf Seimertz CEO and Founder of Fiwe.

“We, individual companies and members of the Nordic e-Commerce Group have jointly and deeply evaluated the market to find a trustful and long term strategic industry solution vendor and Partner that fits together with IBM WebSphere Commerce application for a long term. The decision and selection of Heiler Software to be our prime Enterprise PIM Solution Provider is well established and anchored within our own expertise and fully aligned with our strong IBM orientation. “I personally believe that this expansion and broadening of our software pallet will open up for more sales successes and other achievements and at the same time supporting our customers towards more collaborative business models,” continues Mr Seimertz.

For more information, please contact:

Heiler’s media contact:

Benjamin Rund Tel. +49.711.139 84-360, +49.172.7 45 20 83, brund@heiler.com, www.heiler.de

FIWE, please contact:

Ralf Seimertz, CEO, Tel. +46 31 733 7781, ralf.seimertz@fiwe.se

IBM Software Group will soon launch the new version of the world leading e-Commerce platform WebSphere Commerce Server – version 7 under the device “Delivering Smarter Commerce”.

Precision marketing, Optimized Customer Experiences, Cross Channel Process Optimization and Mobile Commerce, Reliable Foundation and Integrated Eco-system are the five cornerstones in this launch which is one of IBM’s biggest in the area. Strong enhancements in functionality and price performance improvements in the technological framework will reduce your Total Cost of Implementation and Ownership (TCOI) for the platform.

Ralf Seimertz, Fiwe’s CEO and Application Manager, Peter Karlsson from Fiwe are in Toronto, Canada to participate in the pre-launch and to take a look at the detailed functions in IBMs launch.

”We are happy that Fiwe is here in what we say is ”the heart of e-Commerce”. With their active participation at the Summit and dedication for our cause with e-Commerce Fiwe helps us to deliver important messages to the market. We have many competent and dedicated partners that made great contributions but very few have in such short time learnt our technology as Fiwe. We are confident that version 7 will help us all with the ambition to become the leading actor on the Nordic market” says World Wide Sales Executive Mr. John Ehmann IBM Inc. US.

By forming the Nordic e-Commerce Group Fiwe and the other companies in the alliance have created one of the biggest and strongest resource pools on the WCS platform we have. In US there are many partners that have developed and successfully added features to the platform. We have now introduced Fiwe to those that we right now consider will add most value to the Nordic market. An active partner exchange will help IBM to maintain and to strengthen our competitive power”, continues Mr. Ehmann.

We all need inspiration to carry out our mission of becoming better at our daily tasks. An active participation at this pre-launch of version 7 in Toronto, gives me inspiration and the power I need to keep up and to strengthen my commitment for the IBM platform. I am sure that the promising things that have been presented here by John and the Development team at IBM will further strengthen us to reach new dimensions within e-Commerce, says Ralf Seimertz, Fiwe’s CEO.

WCS version 7 and the strategy behind “Delivering Smarter Commerce will be presented in Hursley, UK on October 21-22. Don’t miss the opportunity!

We will present news on IBM Commerce Day in Sweden on 3-5 November. Don’t miss any of these opportunities if you think e-Commerce has effect on your company whether it comes from a computer or a Smart Phone. Version 7 will sort out some questions and will give the product more functional power and also enhances its price performance considerably, says Peter Karlsson, Application Manager at Fiwe. We are really looking forward to start working with the product.