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News Aviall Selects Stonebridge Technologies For Leading-Edge Infrastructure Solution DALLAS, June 30, 2003 – Stonebridge Technologies, a leading provider of business and technology integration solutions, today announced it has been selected by Aviall Services, Inc. to architect, design and implement an enterprise computing platform to support and enhance Aviall’s enterprise resource planning (ERP), customer relationship management (CRM), Aviall.com, and enterprise application integration (EAI) infrastructure. Stonebridge will provide Aviall with hardware architecture and design, configuration and installation, high-availability clustering, and related professional services. Stonebridge’s enterprise solution is based on advanced open-systems technologies from Sun Microsystems, including the Sun ONET Web server software and leading-edge hardware such as Sun’s B1600 Blade™ servers. The solution also integrates high-availability software from VERITAS® Software. Terms of the agreement were not disclosed. Dallas-based Aviall is a leading solutions provider of aftermarket supply-chain management services for the aviation and marine industries and is the world's largest independent provider of new aviation parts and related aftermarket services. It markets and distributes products for 215 manufacturers through its worldwide customer service centers. “The infrastructure supporting our ERP applications is absolutely critical to our business because it helps improve the customer experience — and that is the key tenet of our market strategy,” said Joseph Lacik, Aviall’s vice president of information services. “With our new Sun-based infrastructure solution as our enterprise platform, we will be able to achieve a higher level of enterprise integration that will reenergize our internal operations and enable us to exceed our customers’ expectations.” James Ivy, Stonebridge’s president and CEO, said, “Aviall is an early adopter of the latest, most advanced new technologies. It has used its technology vision to not only reach the pinnacle in its industry but also maintain its leadership position by leveraging technology’s full potential as a competitive differentiator. Stonebridge is honored to be selected by Aviall to architect an enterprise infrastructure solution for its ERP environment.” Aviall is widely acknowledged as a business technology visionary and innovator. The company recently was recognized by IDG's Computerworld magazine as one of the business world's Premier 100 Best in Class, which honors select IT projects that have most creatively and effectively applied technology to execute their organization's business strategy. The award specifically cited business process improvements achieved by Aviall's redesigned, BroadVision-based site and Aviall.com's revolutionary multiple-item order functionality, which allows users to cut and paste lengthy parts lists directly into the site for instant pricing and availability.
About Stonebridge Technologies Stonebridge Technologies (SBTI) provides business and technology integration services to help organizations achieve a higher level of operational excellence through more effective integration of data, processes and technology. SBTI’s solutions are focused on business intelligence, knowledge management, business process integration and fully integrated server and storage networks, and are built on the company’s deep experience in technology consulting, systems integration, custom application development and packaged-solutions implementation and upgrades. More information about SBTI is available at www.sbti.com and by telephone at 800-776-9755. |
