CoreHarbor And Vinimaya Team To Deliver Rapid Integration of B2B Suppliers To Quickly Enable Ariba® eProcurement Solutions
Partnership Kicked Off With Sunoco As Joint Customer
ATLANTA, GA. and TARRYTOWN, NY
(August 15th, 2002)
CoreHarbor, Inc. and Vinimaya, Inc. today announced an agreement whereby CoreHarbor will resell Vinimaya's ViniSyndicate Supplier Integration System application. By offering ViniSyndicate, CoreHarbor will provide businesses with a proven hosted and managed solution for rapidly and cost-effectively integrating multiple suppliers into eProcurement solutions.
ViniSyndicate uses Vinimaya's patent-pending intelligent agent technology to integrate suppliers into eProcurement and enterprise resource systems such as Ariba® Buyer. It eliminates the need for costly, time-consuming punchouts, data transformation and other catalog management and integration services. ViniSyndicate integrates suppliers as fast as one day, and seamlessly integrates product and catalog data into a buyer's eCommerce platform without requiring extensive IT resources from suppliers.
CoreHarbor hosts and manages Sunoco's Ariba® Buyer™ solution. CoreHarbor also provides many other value-added services such as the hosting of complementary solutions, application monitoring, certified customer care and catalog project management. Over time Sunoco determined that a single aggregated catalog with a consistent look and feel would better meet end users' needs and encourage user adoption. Sunoco selected Vinimaya's ViniSyndicate Supplier Integration System to expedite integration of supplier catalogs and to attain aggregated catalog functionality compatible with their existing Ariba Buyer solution. CoreHarbor and Vinimaya worked together to implement ViniSyndicate for Sunoco, with CoreHarbor hosting and maintaining the application.
"CoreHarbor's expertise in providing eCommerce solutions is a tremendous fit for the ViniSyndicate Supplier Integration System," said Gary Hare, CEO of Vinimaya. "ViniSyndicate's proven ability to integrate suppliers faster and more effectively than alternative methodologies complements CoreHarbor's approach of providing rapid time-to-market and lower total cost of ownership. Together, Vinimaya and CoreHarbor are better positioned to provide companies with a turn-key, hassle-free and higher-performing eProcurement environment than any other provider in the market."
"ViniSyndicate enhances our ability to provide comprehensive, affordable eCommerce solutions to our customers," said Nicole Pleasants Lane, vice president of marketing at CoreHarbor. "ViniSyndicate significantly reduces the barriers for companies seeking to implement eProcurement, eSourcing and marketplaces, by reducing the time and expense needed to integrate suppliers. It allows companies to quickly realize the benefits and ROI of their eCommerce investments, by bringing suppliers into those solutions faster and more cost-effectively."
About CoreHarbor, Inc.
CoreHarbor is the leading provider of hosted and managed e-commerce solutions. CoreHarbor offers the rapid deployment and management of ready-to-go hosted eCommerce solutions including eProcurement, Sell-Side, and eSourcing with auction events. With a singular eCommerce focus, CoreHarbor delivers Ariba, Blue Martini and Vinimaya solutions, secure infrastructure, ongoing management and support, and unparalleled expertise for eBusiness and technology implementation. CoreHarbor has best-of-breed partners like Ariba (Nasdaq: ARBA) and a client base that includes companies like Digital Insight, Network Associates, RubberNetwork and Sunoco. CoreHarbor can be contacted in Atlanta at 800.267.3151 or visit www.CoreHarbor.com.
About Vinimaya
Vinimaya, Inc. is a privately-held software company developing innovative e-business software products based on the patent-pending Vinimaya Intelligent Agent Technology Platform™. Vinimaya products are based on over 3 years of R&D, built-in Java and XML, and have a J2EE-compliant web services-ready architecture. Vinimaya delivers solutions that work in today's e-business environments, providing rapid ROI and speed to benefit to customers.
For additional information visit www.vinimaya.com or call 888-808-8464.
"CoreHarbor" is a registered trademark of CoreHarbor, Inc. "Vinimaya" and "ViniSyndicate" are registered trademarks of Vinimaya, Inc. "Ariba" and "Ariba Buyer" are registered trademarks of Ariba, Inc. Other product and company names may be the trademarks of their respective owners.
Contact:
Leonard Lee
Vinimaya
612-670-3445
leonardwl@vinimaya.com
Nicole Pleasants Lane
Core Harbor
865.671.8295
nicole.lane@coreharbor.com
