Applicable, a managed services company providing IBM messaging, collaboration and social computing solutions, today announced it has formed an alliance with Open Logic, the UK’s leading specialist in Websphere Portal. The partnership is a significant step in the development of the Applicable alliance programme and adds to Applicable’s capability in this growing sector.
Applicable have been delivering IBM Lotus portfolio solutions in the messaging and collaboration space for 10 years and are a market leader in delivering both managed services and consultancy. The alliance with Open Logic adds to the significant skills in delivering IBM Lotus collaborative solutions. It adds hosting offerings to Open Logic with the ability to leverage Applicable’s proven track record in providing hosting solutions into their customers.
Open Logic are renowned for the portal work they've done and have an impressive customer list including Cable & Wireless, Cardiff University and Aviva. They also specialise in integrating appropriate IBM technologies such as WebSphere Process Server, Lotus Forms and the Lotus Collaboration suite with portal. Open Logic have also built numerous websites using IBM's Web Content Management, the industry leading CMS.
WebSphere Portal brings numerous benefits to business and gives customers the capability to:
· Deliver exceptional Web experiences - take advantage of new, nimble Web 2.0 technologies and philosophies that put new business models in reach.
· Extend business assets - create and deploy custom-branded, market-driven solutions comprised of existing and net-new business assets, and re-purpose and reuse as appropriate.
· Run business efficiently - built on WebSphere software so that enterprise-class applications, processes and transactions can reside on a proven, reliable, scalable and high-performance foundation.
· Grow as you go - "Snap on" business-specific capabilities speed time to value and allow customers to pursue new market opportunities – all while reducing the of cost of deploying portals.
The aim of the alliance is to bring together two leading providers of IBM Lotus solutions to provide a compelling offering around advanced collaboration and J2EE business solutions. This alliance further underlines our investment in what we believe is a large and growing market.