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Notiziario Marketpress di
Venerdì 29 Settembre 2000 |
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IBM AND TSA FORM GLOBAL STRATEGIC ALLIANCE TO MARKET E-BUSINESS TRANSACTION PROCESSING SOLUTIONS FOR FINANCIAL SERVICES INDUSTRY
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Segrate, 29 Settembre 2000 - Ibm (Nyse: Ibm) and Transaction System Architects (Nasdaq: Tsai) announced a global strategic alliance to market comprehensive e-business solutions in transaction management, global payments and consumer e-payment processing for the financial services industry. Combined Ibm and Tsa solutions help to increase return on existing investments in hardware, software and training, and improve the speed and quality of international payments processing and messaging, transaction management, routing and processing. Tsa´s consumer e-payment solutions and high-value payment systems on Ibm servers are currently used by some of the world´s largest financial institutions and retailers. Under the terms of the agreement, the two companies will jointly market and sell Ocm24, Tsa´s e-payment transaction processing solution on Ibm S/390 enterprise servers, and Mts -- The Money Transfer System -- a global payment processing and risk management system running on the Rs/6000 enterprise server and Aix operating system. Additional solutions and services from Ibm and Tsa will be available for retail point-of-sale, automated teller machine and wholesale banking applications, and will include Ibm middleware and Tsa solutions. On sales of Ocm24 and Mts to all new customers, Tsa will lead with S/390, Rs/6000 and Db2 as platforms of choice. Ibm will provide consulting, customization and integration services for joint Ibm and Tsa solutions. "Financial services companies are looking to see how total e-business solutions can improve operations and reduce costs," said Mark Chetwood, strategy manager, Ibm Global Banking Industry. "Tsa´s industry leading e-payment applications combined with Ibm´s enterprise servers, Db2 Universal Database, as well as our consulting, customization and implementation services, provide a total solution for networked financial institutions who want to increase efficiencies and better serve their customers. " "Ibm has consistently offered the innovative technologies needed to support large-scale transaction processing and e-business," said William C. Fisher, chairman and Ceo of Transaction Systems Architects, Inc. "These technologies are crucial to our customers´ abilities to deploy mission-critical e-business offerings. We offer more e-business solutions on Ibm than any of our competitors, and will use this new initiative to bring even more and better products to our global customer base. " Parallel Sysplex technology running on Ibm´s S/390 enterprise servers offers reliability, scalability and security to mission critical e-business applications such as Ocm24. Ibm Rs/6000 Model S80 Unix enterprise servers with Ibm state-of-the-art copper technology microprocessors offer record benchmark performance for Tsa´s Mts solution, which is the industry standard for funds transfer processing software. The Tsa strategic alliance is another example of Ibm´s commitment to go-to-market with leading independent software vendors under the Partnerworld for Developers program. Under this initiative, Ibm has signed agreements with companies to target industries such as financial services, retail, and manufacturing. The goal is to provide developers with access to new customers and revenue opportunities through Ibm´s marketing, sales, and solutions resources. In return, developers commit to lead with Ibm´s middleware, server platforms, and services. Partnerworld for Developers also offers the Ibm Application Framework for e-business, a technology roadmap -- based on industry standards -- that helps developers integrate Internet technologies with traditional information technology. Ibm Rs/6000 Unix servers with the award-winning Aix operating system, Ibm S/390 enterprise servers running Parallel Sysplex technology and Mqseries messaging middleware are among the strategic products within the Ibm Application Framework for e-business, and Tsa will continue to incorporate those into its product offerings. About Tsa Transaction Systems Architects (Nasdaq: Tsai) software facilitates electronic commerce and e-payments by providing consumers and companies access to their money. Its products are used to process a wide range of e-payment transactions involving credit cards, debit cards, smart cards, Internet banking services, checks and high-value money transfers, as well as e-payment clearing, settlement and management. Transaction Systems´ solutions are used on more than 3,600 product systems in 79 countries on six continents. Visit Tsa on the Internet at www. Tsainc. Com . |
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