Eastman Chemical Company Selects Liaison Technologies for B2B Integration Managed Services

Robust Managed Service Levels and Flexible, Tailored Integration Service Delivery Key to Eastman Chemical Company’s Decision

ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Liaison Technologies announced today that Eastman Chemical Company, a leading manufacturer of chemicals, fibers and plastics worldwide, has selected Liaison as its managed services provider for all B2B integration services.

“Liaison Technologies’ experience in managing B2B trading partner networks combined with our ability to provide tailored managed integration services to fit our customers’ unique requirements positions us as the perfect partner for Eastman”

Liaison, a global B2B integration services provider, has built its services model on delivering premiere outsourced services and actionable ‘blueprints’ to large, complex customers. The availability of a highly-qualified pool of integration and data management experts, combined with a practitioner’s approach and best-practice business methodologies, has led to higher productivity gains without a compromise on quality.

“Eastman was looking for a B2B managed services provider that not only understood our specific business requirements, but could accommodate the various formats and communication protocols of our trading partners,” said Denver Raines, Senior Systems Analyst of Eastman Chemical Company. “After an exhaustive search of best-of-breed providers and evaluating key industry benchmarks, we selected Liaison Technologies because of its unique ability to tailor its services, delivery approach, and support to fit our exact needs. Liaison’s flexible service levels mean we can guarantee to our customers that our data moves quickly and reliably through the network.”

Liaison will provide managed services including message delivery, translation services, and document mapping. Liaison will also manage and monitor EDI trading partner activity through its service oriented architecture (SOA)-based data exchange platform (DXP).

“Liaison Technologies’ experience in managing B2B trading partner networks combined with our ability to provide tailored managed integration services to fit our customers’ unique requirements positions us as the perfect partner for Eastman,” said Larry Mieldezis, COO, Liaison Technologies. “We are in a strong position to leverage our intellectual property and practitioners approach to delivering best practice-based managed services at a fraction of the cost of other alternatives, while minimizing our client’s risk.”

About Eastman Chemical Company

Eastman’s chemicals, fibers and plastics are key ingredients on which our customers rely to make products people use every day. Over 10,000 Eastman employees around the world blend technical expertise and innovation to deliver practical solutions. Eastman is committed to finding sustainable business opportunities within diverse markets we serve. Headquartered in Kingsport, Tennessee, USA, Eastman had 2008 sales of $6.7 billion.

About Liaison Technologies

Liaison Technologies is a global leader in business-to-business integration services that helps companies maximize cost efficiencies and improve supply chain operations. The company’s services portfolio includes master data management (MDM), business-to-business and enterprise application integration project outsourcing, managed services, and a robust service oriented architecture-based network platform. Headquartered in Atlanta, Liaison also has offices in the Netherlands, Finland, Sweden and the United Kingdom. For more information, visit www.liaison.com.

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