IFS broadens e-business offering with Swedish Ateles

Erik Lind, product manager at IFS, says that the deal will enable IFS to offer users a standardised interface for a number of the leading interfaces on the market. Plug-and-play implementation will, he says, ensures lower costs for implementation and ownership, as well as a greater selection of solutions. "We have worked closely with Ateles for many years and developed IFS Webstore, IFS' e-business solution in which customer, product and order information is handled between IFS Applications and the existing e-business platform," explains Lnd. "IFS has derived major benefits from Ateles' experience of e-business platforms. The new partnership will better enable us to utilise Ateles' competence. Our customers will notice that our e-business solutions will provide even greater long-term financial benefits."