Press release

2005-12-19

Tacton Chooses IBM as Preferred Partner to Help Deliver On Demand Solutions to Meet Customer Needs in Fabrication and Assembly Industry

Tacton Joins IBM PartnerWorld Industry Networks

Tacton today announced it has achieved “industry optimized” level in IBM’s PartnerWorld Industry Networks. Tacton can now take advantage of IBM's sales, marketing and technical expertise to develop and deliver on demand solutions that meet customer requirements in the fabrication and assembly industry. These resources provide a wealth of knowledge to ensure that Tactons' solutions meet the business transformation requirements of fabrication and assembly customers worldwide.

Tacton Systems is a global vendor of sales configuration software and services. By deploying Tacton on IBM WebSphere MQ and DB2 Universal Database, businesses can more effectively sell a wide range of customized products and services across all sales and partner channels. Customers such as Ericsson Enterprise and Modpac benefit from an enhanced ability to sell complex or build-to-order products and services, higher quality quotes and orders, quicker time-to-market, and vastly reduced selling costs.

“This agreement enhances our corporate commitment to fabrication and assembly,” says Christer Wallberg, CEO at Tacton Systems. “Working with IBM helps us deliver optimal technology solutions in the fabrication and assembly sector to the SMB and large enterprise markets worldwide.”

"PartnerWorld Industry Networks is mobilizing thousands of ISVs, helping them to develop customized, industry solutions for customers," said Gabriel Tal, director of ISV & Developer Relations, IBM Europe, Middle East, Africa. "Customers aren't seeking a one-size-fits-all solution -- they want tailored, industry-specific solutions that can help solve their business challenges. Through PartnerWorld Industry Networks, IBM is working closely with Tacton to deliver open and flexible solutions to match our customers' needs.

The IBM PartnerWorld Industry Networks provide ISVs with comprehensive business insight, technical resources, networking opportunities, and marketing and sales support designed to help them reach more customers and close deals faster. Participants in the PartnerWorld Industry Networks can team with IBM to bring on demand solutions to market more easily and to ensure these solutions meet specific industry needs, reflecting how customers buy technology today. For more information go to www.ibm.com/isv.

Further information:
Christer Wallberg, CEO, Tacton Systems AB. tel: +46 8 690 07 50, e-mail: christer.wallberg@tacton.com. For contact persons per region please see the tacton contact page.

Tacton Systems AB
Tacton Systems develops and sells embeddable software for sales configuration. Customers including GE Healthcare, Ericsson, ABB, Getinge, Cardo Door, Black Box, PIAB and FlaktWoods use Tacton’s configurator solutions to sell their tailor-made, complex products effectively both off-line and on-line. Tacton’s configurator can be integrated with surrounding systems and has standard integrations with many leading e-commerce, ERP, CRM, PDM, PLM and CAD systems. www.tacton.com

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