US software developer BroadVision Inc and the Anglo-French IT services provider Sema Group have entered into a strategic alliance whereby Sema becomes the preferred systems integrator for BroadVision’s One-to-One software. It will also develop applications for the package at a new e-commerce group based at Sophia Antipolis, in France. Sema is already an established integrator of One-on-One and now plans to develop more market-specific applications of the package. The first vertical market to be addressed will be telecoms, with similar treatment programmed later for banking, insurance and the travel industry. The new e-commerce group will develop a variety of products and services for this segment. BroadVision’s customer relationship management software with tailored features for the specific vertical markets, will be part of Sema’s offering.
