Microsoft
The Microsoft VCI team unites software, hardware, and supply-chain companies working to deliver an integrated architecture that will support dynamic data sharing among diverse software applications - and among trading partners worldwide. 

Microsoft has formed a strategic alliance with Extricity to provide support for a leading vendor utilizing native XML technologies. Extricity software is built to utilize the advantage of native XML technologies and also supports the Windows NT platform for both client and server solutions.

"Business success will largely depend on the strength and efficiency of a company's relationships with its key trading partners. Tight margins have forced companies that have already streamlined internal operations to also improve the processes and information exchanges that occur between trading partners. Savvy supply-chain players are taking the idea of 'thinking outside the box' literally. Extricity offers a compelling implementation of Microsoft's Digital_Nervous_System concept. It strengthens partnerships between vendors and suppliers, optimizing a company's value chain."
Todd Weatherby, Group Marketing Manager, Retail and Distribution, Microsoft Corporation

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