IBM and Partners Unveil e-Business Alliance for Product Lifecycle Management

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IBM and its partners, including Dassault Systemes, i2 Technologies, and Siebel Systems, have formed an alliance to provide e-business solutions for product lifecycle management (PLM). The partnership aims to bring together best-of-breed solutions to help companies integrate key product development, product life, and strategic business processes. By leveraging this alliance, companies can speed innovation to market, respond faster to customer needs, and improve their business results.

Key Takeaways:

  • The alliance involves IBM, Dassault Systemes, i2 Technologies, and Siebel Systems, which have agreed on architectures to provide e-business solutions and services for PLM.
  • The partnership will offer complete and compatible software, consulting, and service offerings to address the entire digital extended enterprise.
  • The alliance aims to combine and accelerate delivery of solutions to address the entire digital extended enterprise, from customer process assessments to solution integration and implementation services.
  • The partnership brings together best-of-breed e-business solutions for businesses striving to innovate and gain a competitive advantage from a digital enterprise environment.
  • Dassault Systemes' authoring applications will provide the core of the digital enterprise, focusing on the creation, simulation, and knowledge of products, processes, and resources.
  • The combined solutions will allow customers to accelerate new product introductions and have true integration across their enterprises.
  • Companies can improve their top-line revenue growth and bottom-line profitability through dramatic simplification of the integration of key business processes around product data.

Statistics:

  • 80 years of leadership in helping businesses innovate makes IBM the world's largest information technology company.
  • IBM Sales & Distribution supports more than a dozen key industries worldwide, working with companies of all sizes around the world to deploy the full range of IBM technologies.
  • i2 Technologies has approximately 3000 employees and maintains offices throughout the world.
  • Siebel Systems has more than 4500 employees operating in over 28 countries and 97 offices around the world.

Sources:

  • IBM Press Release, "IBM, Dassault Systemes, i2, and Siebel Systems Form Alliance to Deliver Comprehensive Product Lifecycle Management Solutions"
  • Dassault Systemes website: http://www.dsweb.com
  • i2 Technologies website: http://www.i2.com
  • Siebel Systems website: http://www.siebel.com
  • About IBM: Available on the IBM home page at http://www.ibm.com
  • About Dassault Systemes: Available on the Dassault Systemes website at http://www.dsweb.com
  • About i2 Technologies: Founded in 1988, available on the i2 Technologies website at http://www.i2.com
  • About Siebel Systems: Founded in 1993, available on the Siebel Systems website at http://www.siebel.com