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Sterling Commerce Expands Mobile App Portfolio With Industry's First Mobile B2B Integration as-a-Service Visibility Application

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^{Published in Science and Technology on Tuesday, July 20th 2010 at 6:11 GMT by Market Wire}  

COLUMBUS, OH--(Marketwire - July 20, 2010) - Continuing its market leadership in collaborative integration solutions, Sterling Commerce, an AT&T Inc (NYSE: [ T ]) company, today announced [ Sterling InFlight Data Management Mobile ], the industry's first business-to-business (B2B) integration [ as-a-Service ] visibility offering for mobile devices. The application broadens the company's mobile application portfolio, which includes [ Sterling Integrator Mobile ] and Sterling Control Center Mobile, which were announced in February and extend the company's market-leading business [ integration solutions ] to the mobile environment.

Sterling InFlight Data Management Mobile provides business users with up-to-the-minute visibility into their B2B transactions. Sterling InFlight Data Management Mobile enables customers of Sterling B2B integration solutions delivered as-a-Service to better manage the electronic document exchange supporting business-critical processes such as purchase orders, remittances, and other supply chain operations. Specifically, the application enables customers to determine the status of a transaction; monitor and take action on errant transactions; and review the actions that trading partners have taken. In this way, these customers can improve employee productivity, business responsiveness to B2B document processing issues, and trading partner satisfaction.

According to a 2010 [ Vanson Bourne OmniBoss survey ] on strategies for B2B integration, 67 percent of US companies say they predict effectiveness and productivity enhancements as a result of mobile devices increasing visibility of their B2B data. For companies that look to third-party support for management of their critical B2B data, such as Sterling B2B integration as-a-Service customers, Sterling InFlight Data Management Mobile provides those businesses with the visibility to ensure smooth operations from anywhere, anytime.

"Our customers are exchanging time-sensitive and confidential business-critical documents with their trading partners 24 by 7 and need to be confident that the processes on which those documents rely are running securely and effectively," said Ken Ramoutar, vice president, Product and Industry Marketing, at Sterling Commerce. "By delivering these capabilities on smartphones, Sterling Commerce extends visibility and ability to manage, govern and respond to critical B2B processes without being tethered to a desk. With increased use of mobile devices by business users, Sterling InFlight Data Management Mobile provides a more convenient choice in accessing critical B2B information."

Additional information on Sterling Commerce mobile applications can be found at [ http://www.sterlingcommerce.com/products/mobility.htm ].

About Sterling Commerce
Sterling Commerce, an AT&T Inc (NYSE: [ T ]) company, helps companies optimize and transform their [ Business Collaboration Network ] to accelerate revenues and reduce costs. Sterling Commerce provides more than 18,000 customers worldwide with [ applications ] and [ integration solutions ] to connect, communicate and collaborate inside and outside their enterprise. More information can be found at [ www.sterlingcommerce.com ].