PC Connection selects the Hubspan Service for Broad Trading Partner Connectivity
PC Connection selects the Hubspan Service for Broad Trading Partner Connectivity
SEATTLE, WA – January 15, 2001 – Hubspan, an e-business infrastructure provider,
today announced that PC Connection, a leading direct marketer of information
technology products and solutions has selected the Hubspan service as their complete
trading partner integration solution. With Hubspan, PC Connection can now quickly and
efficiently integrate real-time with multiple trading partners through a single connection
to the Hubspan network.
Hubspan will enable PC Connection to connect to multiple customers in half the time, at
a fraction of the cost it would take to build a single customer connection in-house.This
will position PC Connection to rapidly respond to all trading partner integration requests
as well as allow them to achieve significant cost savings through improved process
efficiencies.
“The broad connectivity opportunities identified by PC Connection further demonstrate
the continuing need for e-business connectivity solutions that support key supply chain
processes,” said Rick Luebbe, Hubspan chief executive officer. “PC Connection is a great
example of a Fortune 1000 company that is leveraging Hubspan?s ability to provide
trading partner integration solutions. We are pleased that PC Connection has selected the
Hubspan Service to power its connectivity initiatives and look forward to helping them
deliver more tightly integrated customer relationships and improve process efficiencies.”
About PC Connection
PC Connection, Inc., a Fortune 1000 company founded in 1982, is a rapid-response
provider of information technology products and solutions. The Company offers more
than 100,000 brand-name products through its staff of technically-trained outbound sales
account managers and catalog telesales representatives, its comprehensive web sites at
www.pcconnection.com and www.macconnection.com and its
catalogs PC Connection (1-800-800-5555) and MacConnection (1-800-800-2222).
Through its full-service Distribution and Custom-Configuration Center, PC Connection
can deliver custom-configured computer systems overnight.
About Hubspan
Hubspan is a hosted infrastructure that allows companies to exchange supply- and
demand-chain information with their trading partners. The company’s connectivity
solutions allow clients to easily leverage their existing infrastructure and connect to all
trading partners regardless of technical sophistication. Hubspan’s service also helps
bridge communication barriers and technology gaps (protocols, standards and business
rules) between business partners and across their entire trading community, as well as
provides the infrastructure to enable full supply chain collaboration. Through one connection to the Hubspan service, businesses can reach any trading partner quickly and cost effectively while also greatly reducing the cost and impact of maintenance and change, resulting from disparate standards and emerging technologies. Additional information can be found at www.hubspan.com.
Hubspan and the Hubspan logo are trademarks of Hubspan, Inc.