IBM and SSA Global Provide Customers Simplified Path to ERP on Service-Oriented Architecture
April 18 2006 - 10:00AM
PR Newswire (US)
SSA ERP(LN), WebSphere, and Linux on IBM BladeCenter Offers
Exceptional Functionality and Flexibility for Manufacturers
CHICAGO, April 18 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- SSA Global(TM)
(NASDAQ:SSAG), a leading global provider of enterprise business
software and services, today announced that it is teaming with IBM
to deliver an end-to-end software and hardware solution to help
small to medium-sized manufacturers quickly and cost effectively
deploy a proven enterprise resource planning (ERP) solution
delivered on a service-oriented architecture (SOA). (Logo:
http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20051213/CGTU005LOGO ) The
solution features SSA ERP(LN), SSA Global's flagship enterprise
resource planning solution, pre-loaded and integrated on an IBM AMD
Opteron(TM) processor-based BladeCenter Linux platform. The bundled
solution also includes SSA Integration for connectivity to SSA
ERP(LN), IBM WebSphere Enterprise Service Bus, IBM WebSphere
Application Server, IBM DB2 and the SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
from Novell. "With this combined hardware and software solution
from SSA Global, IBM and our partners, discrete hybrid
manufacturers can significantly reduce the time and cost of
implementing an ERP solution on a state-of-the-art technology
platform," said Graeme Cooksley, executive vice president, SSA
Global. "This is particularly beneficial for small-to medium-sized
businesses (SMBs) that now have access to a best-in-class solution
that can help them achieve the IT agility made possible by
service-oriented architectures at an affordable price." "SOA
improves businesses' ability to meet market needs and can help
lower costs by encouraging reuse of IT assets and making
integration of business systems easier," said Sandy Carter, vice
president, WebSphere and SOA, IBM. "With this announcement, IBM and
SSA Global are providing small- and medium- sized businesses with a
flexible infrastructure built on WebSphere to improve businesses'
ability to meet market needs." By adopting a service-oriented
architecture, SMBs can enhance their overall business agility.
Through leveraging the emergence of Web services and industry-wide
standards, customers can get more value from their software
investments and realize greater IT flexibility. The bundled
solution has been designed to serve the long-term needs of SMBs by
providing an SOA foundation that can be easily scaled up as their
business and IT needs change. SSA ERP(LN) is based on SSA Open
Architecture, a state-of-the-art, open standards technology
architecture that enables customers to take an evolutionary and
ROI-based strategy towards adopting the SOA paradigm. SSA ERP(LN)
has been designed to offer the functionality critical to the
success of order-driven, project-based discrete hybrid
manufacturers. By leveraging the AMD Opteron LS20 for IBM
BladeCenter, customers will be able to reduce their server floor
space by as much as 50% and reduce power costs by as much as 33%.
The Novell SUSE Linux platform and Dual-Core AMD Opteron processors
with Direct Connect Architecture deliver industry leading 64-bit
performance-per-watt and native dual-core processing to support
larger customer workloads. The solution, SSA ERP(LN) pre-loaded on
the IBM BladeCenter, is available in North America with plans to
expand availability in other regions. About SSA Global SSA
Global(TM) (NASDAQ:SSAG) is a leading provider of enterprise
business software for mid-sized and large organizations, primarily
in select manufacturing, consumer and services industries. The
company's software solutions include enterprise resource planning,
financial management, human capital management, corporate
performance management, customer relationship management, product
lifecycle management, supply chain management and supplier
relationship management. Headquartered in Chicago, SSA Global has
over 50 locations worldwide and its product offerings are used by
customers in over 90 countries. For additional information, visit
the SSA Global web site at http://www.ssaglobal.com/ . SSA
Global(TM) is the corporate brand for product lines and
subsidiaries of SSA Global Technologies, Inc. SSA Global, SSA
Global Technologies and SSA GT are trademarks of SSA Global
Technologies, Inc. Other products mentioned in this document are
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not limited to, economic, competitive, governmental and
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business, strategy or actual results to differ materially from the
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which new risks can emerge from time to time. It is not possible
for management to predict all of these risks, nor can it assess the
extent to which any factor, or a combination of factors, may cause
our business, strategy or actual results to differ materially from
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consider that could cause these differences include, among other
things: -- General economic and business conditions, including
exchange rate fluctuations in the United States and abroad; -- Our
ability to identify acquisition opportunities and effectively and
cost-efficiently integrate acquisitions; -- Our ability to maintain
effective internal control over financial reporting; -- Our ability
to attract and retain personnel, including key personnel; -- Our
success in developing and introducing new services and products; --
Competition in the software industry, as it relates to both our
existing and potential new customers.
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Maria Diecidue of SSA Global, +1-312-258-6000, , or Scott Goldberg
of Edelman, +1-312-297-7414, , or Investors, Dawn Drella of SSA
Global, +1-312-474-7694, Web site: http://www.ssaglobal.com/
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