Retek and SeeBeyond will jointly market SeeBeyond’s integration technology to Retailers worldwide.

The Retek 10.0 will feature the Retek Integration Bus (RIB), an Enterprise Application Integration (EAI) architecture that will provide retailers with unparalleled integration capabilities between Retek’s solution and in-house developments. By leveraging SeeBeyond’s integration technology, the RIB will allow retailers to achieve new levels of efficiency by eliminating islands of data within their enterprises.

Retek is committed to providing solutions that deliver value to retailers, however complex their business demands, says Jeremy Thomas, Chief Technology Officer for Retek. Our use of SeeBeyond technology in our Retek 10.0 release is reflective of our commitment to continually improve our solution offering.

The Retek relationship reinforces SeeBeyond’s already existing leadership in the retail industry. SeeBeyond has already become the enterprise-wide integration standard for many of the major players in the retail space. Leading retailers such as Barnes & Noble.com, Boots, Carrefour Belgium, FNAC, GlobalNetXchange (GNX), Lands’ End, and PETsMART have all selected SeeBeyond to streamline their businesses and enhance internal and external supply chain and demand side processes.

Integration is core to retailers’ IT infrastructure strategy. Existing retail initiatives that require near real-time access to enterprise data or the deployment of next generation applications need an integration platform. said Reed Henry, senior vice president of Services, Support and Alliances for SeeBeyond. Together, Retek and SeeBeyond will provide the integration foundation to transform the retail industry. SeeBeyond is excited to work with Retek to deliver the vision of an end-to-end seamless retail value chain.

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