- Sterling Commerce
Infobox_Company
company_name = Sterling Commerce
company_
company_type = Holding ofAT&T
foundation =1975
location =Columbus, Ohio
key_people = Bob Irwin, President and CEO
revenue = US $545.9M (2006)
num_employees = 2,600 (Estimated)
industry = Process integration and multi-channel selling and fulfillment solutions for communications, financial services, logistics, U.S. government, manufacturing, retail, and other industries
homepage = [http://www.sterlingcommerce.com/ www.sterlingcommerce.com] | parent =AT&T Sterling Commerce is a company that provides business process integration and multi-channel selling and solutions to organizations in various industries, including communications, financial services, logistics, the U.S. government, manufacturing, and retail. Formerly a subsidiary of
Sterling Software , Sterling Commerce became a separate company in 1996. Headquartered in the American city ofColumbus, Ohio , Sterling Commerce has offices in 19 countries.SBC Communications Inc. purchased Sterling Commerce in 2000. [ [http://www.news.com/2100-1033-237171.html SBC e-commerce buy signals new ambitions | CNET News.com ] ] With the merger of
AT&T Corp. andSBC Communications Inc. in November 2005, Sterling Commerce became an AT&T company.Recent acquisitions
Since 2005, Sterling Commerce has moved to extend its range of selling and fulfillment solutions through a series of acquisitions:
* In 2005, Sterling Commerce acquired Yantra Corporation, a provider of distributed order management and supply chain fulfillment solutions. [ [http://www.cbronline.com/article_feature.asp?guid=22C128B4-F615-4978-9692-73BAFD3FB1B7 Sterling Commerce: Yantra acquisition adds supply chain capability - Computer Business Review ] ]
* In 2006, Sterling Commerce acquired Nistevo, a leading provider of on-demand transportation management solutions. [ [http://www.logisticstoday.com/displayStory.asp?sNO=7939 Sterling Commerce to acquire Nistevo ] ]
* In early 2007, Sterling Commerce acquired Comergent Technologies Inc., a Redwood City, California developer of e-business software, including an application suite that simplifies and improves selling and distributed order management processes for complex products. [ [http://www.forrester.com/Research/Document/Excerpt/0,7211,42410,00.html Acquisition Of Comergent Moves Sterling Commerce A Step Closer To The Perfect Order by R "Ray" Wang, Tamara Mendelsohn - Forrester Research ] ]ee also
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Electronic commerce
*Electronic Data Interchange
*Enterprise Application Integration
*Managed file transfer
*Supply Chain Management
*Value-added network References
External links
* [http://www.sterlingcommerce.com Official site]
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