According to IBS, the agreement will include product development services as well as customer delivery and support services.
IBS has said that its customers will also benefit from an upgrade factory setup, which is an offer to upgrade existing customers to the latest release of the IBS Enterprise suite. Moreover, HCL is expected to provide important resources to ensure technical capacity for the future development and volume deployment of IBS’ new product line, Enterprise for Windows, scheduled for a global launch in 2009.
Mike Shinya, president and CEO of IBS, said: This is a very exciting partnership that we are embarking upon. This partnership is an important achievement in the strategic progress in improving profitability and a step in becoming the leading distribution management solution company.
Rajeev Sawhney, president for Europe at HCL Technologies, said: IBS is renowned across the world as a provider of very high quality software and services and the company growth is due to the considerable value that it adds to its client’s business operations. Our combined expertise will offer customers an even greater level of excellence in service. We are very pleased with this innovative and collaborative relationship.
