Financial Supply Chain Transactions: The Rising Importance of Information Protection and Secure Connectivity for Data Exchange

Aberdeen Group - June 18, 2007
Learn more about the rising complexity of financial supply chain transactions and the role of data security.

Sterling Commerce Attacks Multichannel Woes of Manufacturers and Retailers

AMR Research, Alert Article - November 2007
The report discusses acquisitions of Yantra, Nistevo and Comergent and our strategy to integrate our best-of-breed applications to increase the "performance of multichannel sales environments" specific to manufacturers and retailers.

Technical Audit of Sterling Commerce Managed Services

Butler Group - June 2007
This report reviews the Managed Services offering in detail and describes Sterling Commerce in terms of being a best-of-breed player for both B2B infrastructure managed services and supply chain application managed services. The report describes our product operation, deployment, and future strategy from both a US and European perspective.

Sterling Commerce Is A Strong Performer In Strategy For Warehouse Management Systems (Excerpted From The Forrester Wave: Warehouse Management Systems, Q1 2008)

Forrester - March 2008

The Forrester Wave: Warehouse Management Systems, Q1 2008

Forrester - March 2008
Forrester evaluated leading warehouse management systems (WMS) vendors across approximately 50 criteria. A pack of Strong Performers are close at the heels of the Leaders with Sterling Commerce among them.

Sterling Commerce Is A Leader In Strategy For
Transportation Management Solutions (Excerpted From The Forrester Wave: Transportation Management Solutions, Q1 2008)

Forrester - January 2008
Forrester evaluated leading TMS vendors in a product evaluation across 110 criteria. Sterling Commerce leads in strategy as a result of its recent R&D investments, seamless upgrades, and quick return on investment (ROI).

Forrester - January 2008
To achieve higher service levels, better asset utilization, and lower logistics costs in the modern supply chain, a new breed of transportation management solution (TMS) is required—one that supports multiple modes and many languages at a reasonable cost.  In this report, Forrester evaluated leading TMS vendors in a product evaluation across 110 criteria. Sterling Commerce leads in strategy as a result of its recent R&D investments, seamless upgrades, and quick return on investment (ROI).

Acquisition Of Comergent Moves Sterling Commerce A Step Closer To The Perfect Order

Forrester Quick Take - May 2007
In a marriage of technology that will ultimately give eBusiness executives a single view of the order across channels, Sterling Commerce acquired Comergent on January 8, 2007.

Gartner - January 2008
WMS vendors are modernizing products to enable business process flexibility and to support users' business process platform models. Supply chain management strategies are evolving to support broader supply chain models, and leading WMS products will facilitate this move.

Gartner - January 2008
Exploding freight costs, increasing supply chain complexity and rising globalization combine to create a lucrative TMS market, with 10% annual growth projected during the next five years. Vendors continue to enhance their products, and buyers now have more viable options.

The Emergence of the Multienterprise Business Process Platform

Gartner - November 27, 2007
This research discusses how organizations need a special kind of application technology to manage multienterprise business processes. IT leaders such as business application architects and strategists, business-to-business (B2B) architects and strategists, and line-of-business leaders for B2B and trading-partner relationship management can use this research to understand how a new multienterprise business process platform (ME-BPP) is emerging.

Sales Configuration MarketScope, 3Q’07

Gartner - October 29, 2007
Sales configurators reduce complexity and improve productivity by helping salespeople or customers in a self-serve environment match customer needs to unique products and service offerings.

Gartner's MarketScope for Sales Configuration, 3Q07 provides guidance for enterprises seeking to purchase new systems or reassess and upgrade existing installations.

Spider Diagram Ratings Highlight Strengths and Challenges of Vendors in the B2B Infrastructure Market

Gartner - July 23, 2007
This document introduces a new multienterprise infrastructure rating system, the business-to-business (B2B) infrastructure spider diagram, which companies can use to evaluate potential providers of B2B software and B2B services.