IBM will roll out 48 industry-specific solutions that
cover 11 different industries including banking, energy, utilities
and electronics.
The solutions, made up of a combination of software and
services, are crafted to help users in these industries to
integrate various areas of their businesses with these of their
business partners and users.
The solutions can improve the flow of information and processing
transactions allowing them to respond more quickly to market
opportunities, said IBM.
"These offerings are all about helping users move more quickly
to become on demand businesses. We think we have identified in
these 11 industries the most likely projects users can deploy to
increase their top line revenues as well as decreasing expenses,"
said Doug Brown, director of industry solutions for IBM's WebSphere
Business Integration.
Explaining what makes up some of the vertical solutions, Brown
said IBM has designed pre-built software for each of the industries
that helps users define templates that address their problem
areas.
They can then link with business partners who are also
developing their own content and who have the know how to deploy a
specific project they are both working on.
"This is all linked to the notion that users themselves or
through management consultants can determine how to innovate and
move business to become more profitable as well as becoming more
flexible on demand businesses," Brown said.
As one example, the WebSphere Business Integration for Banking
solution is intended to help retail and corporate banks and
financial services companies provide users with an
around-the-clock, secure access to financial information.
It gives them a single view of their customers transactions
which should help them offer more consistent customer service and
offer them a better chance to increase their cross-selling across
retail channels, according to Brown.
IBM is also rolling out versions of its WebSphere Business
Integration Event Broker and WebSphere Business Integration Message
Broker solutions. The two products were formerly known as the IBM
WebSphere MQ Event Broker and IBM WebSphere MQ Message Broker.
The products are designed to deliver real-time personalised
information across a network or the internet to a range of
different mobile devices. It is intended to secure delivery of
industry-specific data ranging from stock quotes to pressure
readings from gas pipelines.
Pricing on the WebSphere Business Integration industry solutions
starts at $225,000 (£137,869).
The WebSphere Business Integration Event Broker and WebSphere
Business Integration Message Broker, are available immediately.
Pricing starts at $37,000 (£22,671) and $98,000 (£60,050)
respectively.