Data and Database Management Software
Software delivers reliable product information repository .
Press Release Summary:
WebSphere® Product Center helps companies assemble accurate, consistent central repository for storing and managing information regarding products, locations, trading partners, organizations, and terms of trade. Features include support for BEA WebLogic application server and Oracle database, support for Red Hat Linux® and HP-UX 11i operating systems, and localized GUI in Chinese, Japanese, Korean, French, German, Italian, Spanish, and Brazilian Portuguese.
Original Press Release:
IBM WebSphere Product Center V5.1 Delivers a Single, Reliable Product Information Repository
Overview
WebSphere® Product Center, a product information management
solution, helps companies assemble an accurate, consistent central repository for storing and managing information regarding products, locations, trading partners, organizations, and terms of trade.
Companies across a wide range of industries face challenges to comply with industry-specific mandates and regulations, to create new revenue streams, or to discover innovative
ways to reduce costs. A fundamental prerequisite to effectively face these business needs is to establish a single, reliable, integrated source of product information that can be used both internally across the enterprise and externally by customers and
trading partners.
New for V5.1
· Support for BEA WebLogic application server and Oracle database
· Support for Red Hat Linux® and HP-UX 11i operating systems
· Localized GUI in Chinese (simplified and traditional),
Japanese, Korean, French, German, Italian, Spanish, and
Brazilian, Portuguese.
For more information about WebSphere Product Center and other
related offerings and services, visit http://ibm.com/websphere/prodinfomgmt/
Key prerequisites
WebSphere Product Center V5.1 is supported on multiple platforms.
Planned availability dates
· September 30, 2004 (electronic software delivery)
· October 29, 2004 (media and documentation)
At a glance
WebSphere Product Center gives customers:
· A flexible, scalable data model to manage and link a wide
range of product information
· Sophisticated workflow that supports multidepartment as
well as multienterprise business processes
· Intuitive user interface for modeling, managing, viewing,
and navigating data models and business processes to match a
customer's specific needs
· Robust security that establishes user profiles, both internal and external to the enterprise
· Stable, secure open standards-based architecture that allows integration into the client's existing IT environments
· Built-in synchronization capabilities to integrate with
internal legacy systems, enterprise applications, and repositories and to connect with external partners
· A foundational infrastructure for global data synchronization and Radio Frequency Identification (RFID)
· Extendible solution design that integrates seamlessly with
WebSphere Business Integration to greatly enhance the value of a customer's product information management solution
· Easy integration with WebSphere Commerce Server to publish rich, consistent, connected, and up-to-date product information to the Web storefront
