IBS, in alliance with IBM, announces an extensive development plan for its software portfolio. In order to offer customers increased flexibility regarding technology infrastructure and to increase market share in selected industries, IBS will during 2006 offer versions of its supply chain-focused enterprise software suite, ASW, to run on i5/OS, Linux, Unix and Windows.
"Today, we announce the next step in our history of delivering world-class distribution and supply chain software. Our strategic alliance with IBM, coupled with a highly efficient development environment, will enable us to meet and exceed the demands and requirements of our present and future customers. This includes the extension of IBS applications to multiple platforms," says Magnus Wastenson, CEO of IBS.
"The guiding principle for all our development activities is to secure long-term value delivery for customers and securing their investments. Our highly efficient development environment enables us to develop, maintain and support one common product for a number of different platforms. This enables our customers to choose the technology base that best suits their present and future needs and requirements," says Mark Cockings, Vice President IBS Global Software.
IBS software is developed for mid-sized companies or subsidiaries of large international groups in selected industries. The common denominator for these industries is, among others, the need to handle high transaction volumes. IBS software has specific functionality for a number of industries, such as pharmaceutical distribution, automotive aftermarket, paper and packaging, electrical distribution and electronic components, consumer durables, food and industrial supplies. Coming releases will contain added industry-specific functionality.
In Q4 2005, IBS will introduce the next release of its ASW software. The new release will initially be offered for iSeries/i5OS and will be followed by additional Java deployment versions during 2006 for customers who wish to run the solution on other operating systems or databases.
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