Rare Medium Joins IBM's Web Integrator Initiative
IBM Web Integrator Rare Medium Group Inc. has signed a strategic alliance with IBM that will expand its network of IBM Centers of Excellence (COEs) to a total of 10 offices. The agreement provides a framework for Rare Medium and IBM to combine on future engagements ranging from Web development and integration to venture capital strategy and the development of local e-business incubators.
In the COEs, Rare Medium employees will focus on implementing Internet solutions across a wide range of IBM technologies, including AS/400, WebSphere Commerce Server 4.1, DB2, MQ Series, RS/6000, Netfinity and more. IBM and Rare Medium will also collaborate on go-to-market solutions designed to enhance potential client identification, solutions consulting and overall customer relationship management.
"We are delighted to be working with Rare Medium," says Ian Bonner, VP of IBM Global Business Partner Marketing. "Both of our companies are dedicated to providing leading-edge Internet and e-business solutions to our customers worldwide, and by working together through IBM's Web Integrator Initiative we can build upon our synergistic expertise, marketing efforts and dedication to superior training and staff support."
"This agreement brings together two fast growing players in the global Internet and e-business arena," says Suresh Mathews, president and COO of Rare Medium. "Both firms have mutual interests in developing some new products and looking at investments that make the best use of our combined expertise and technological strengths."
Rare Medium's Atlanta office has already been designated as a COE and the New York and Detroit offices are already Regional Solutions Partners with IBM. For more information on IBM's Web Integrator Initiative, visit: www.ibm.com/software/webintegrators. Rare Medium Group Inc. (new window) invests in next generation Internet companies and provides Internet professional services.