Hubspan For Demand Chain Integration
CNET Channel Value-Added Reseller Selects Hubspan For Demand Chain Integration
Seattle, WA, March 6, 2005 – Hubspan, a leading integration solutions provider, today announced CS Business Systems, an industry-leading provider of information technology solutions for business as an additional success story resulting from Hubspan’s partnership with CNET Channel. The combined solution offers CNET Channel’s community of value-added resellers (VARs) real-time integration between their ChannelOnlineT sales cycle automation solution and a variety of customer procurement systems, including Oracle, SAP, Ariba, CommerceOne, and many others.
In just two weeks, Hubspan’s comprehensive, service-based integration solution enabled CS Business to quickly and easily respond to customer requests for integration and begin achieving process efficiencies through demand chain automation. Hubspan enabled integration by leveraging CS Business’ existing ChannelOnline sell-side system. As a result, CS Business can seamlessly connect to a wide variety of customers regardless of application and standards differences.
“We were looking for a flexible integration solution that would provide rapid time-to-market and would extend the value of our ChannelOnline sell-side solution, allowing us to interoperate with our customers across the many differences in technology and business processes. We found our optimal solution in Hubspan,” said Jim Garvey, sales manager, CS Business Systems.
CS Business will begin customer integration through real-time processes such as punch-out, with future plans to address requirements for complete order-to-cash processes such as purchase order, purchase order acknowledgment, and invoice.
“CS Business’ selection of Hubspan illustrates the value the partnership between CNET Channel and Hubspan brings to value-added resellers. VARS, like most organizations are looking for fast, efficient ways to leverage and extend existing technology investments,” said Craig Elston, Hubspan vice president of sales. “The ChannelOnline and Hubspan combination delivers this type of solution – a complete, flexible, efficient ‘out-of-the-box’ approach for connecting to customer communities. As a result, market-leading VARS like CS Business can easily deliver incredible value to their customer community, increase revenue and reduce costs.”
VARs interested in learning more about connecting to their customers’ trading environments using ChannelOnline and Hubspan should contact Hubspan at 1-866-482-7726 or CNET Channel at 1-877-276-5560.
About CS Business Systems:
CS Business Systems is an Industry Leading Provider of Information Technology Solutions for Business. For more than 20 years, our staff of experienced professionals has been committed to supporting you, our customer, with your IT Product Fulfillment needs and the Technological Support that will assist your company’s planned Information Technology growth – both today and into the future. We accomplish this through shared knowledge, dedication and teamwork.
With a global customer base that spans a range of business sizes and market segments, including Fortune 100 companies, local, state and federal government agencies and educational institutions, our Account Managers are uniquely “empowered” to handle your complete needs.
For more information, please visit the CS Web site at:
www.csbusiness.com
About CNET Channel
CNET Channel (http://www.cnetchannel.com/), a business unit of CNET Networks, Inc., is a leading provider of structured and standardized electronic product information. Built around this core information, CNET Channel’s complete range of online services and solutions related to catalog maintenance, product content delivery, channel relationship management as well as sales cycle automation enable the IT channel industry to conduct frictionless channel business while optimizing their customer and supplier relationships.
About Hubspan
As a leading integration solutions provider, Hubspan delivers on the promise of the Business Internet. Hubspan’s service-based integration solutions enable companies around the world to exchange mission-critical information with their partners, providing maximum security and world-class reliability. Robust standards-based technology combined with rapid implementation and superior service deliver strategic value to trusted customer relationships. Headquartered in Seattle, Washington, Hubspan is trusted to deliver by industry leading customers including The Boeing Company, Graybar, and Tradeplace. Additional information can be found at www.hubspan.com.