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Leading SaaS EDI Service Provider SPS Commerce Leverages Oracle's Software-As-A-Service Platform

Minneapolis, Minn. (PRWEB) November 15, 2007 -- SPS Commerce, the leading Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) (http://www.spscommerce.com) provider of Electronic Data Interchange (EDI), announced today that it leverages the Oracle SaaS Platform, comprised of Oracle Database, Oracle Fusion Middleware and Oracle Enterprise Manager, for all of SPS' hosted supply chain services. With more than 12,000 suppliers, retailers, 3PLs, freight forwarders, sourcing companies and other supply chain partners using SPS' services daily, SPS Commerce needed to simplify its systems integration and increase overall system flexibility, reliability, and throughput. In 2007, the company transitioned to the Oracle SaaS Platform to support its growing EDI outsourcing services.

By choosing the Oracle SaaS Platform, the company has experienced the following short and long-term benefits to its EDI (http://www.spscommerce.cm/n_serv/supplier_edi.shtml) services:

?    Allowed the company to confidently process 3 million transactions monthly and scale to meet increasing demand

?    Reduced processing time for individual documents by 80%

?    Improved error handling, notifications, and document-tracking capabilities

?    Minimized the workload for the tech support team by helping them easily identify problems and resolve issues

?    Automated processes to reduce manual labor

"Oracle's leading database, middleware, and enterprise manager software provide SPS Commerce with a rich platform on which to deliver a competitive SaaS offering," stated Archie Black, President and CEO at SPS Commerce. "We not only leverage the Oracle SaaS Platform for our supply chain services at our data center, but also integrate with Oracle systems at many of our customer sites, such as Welch's. Software-as-a-Service is the future, and we are pleased to partner with an organization that shares our vision."

About SPS Commerce

SPS Commerce provides a comprehensive communication solution to every partner in the supply chain. More than 12,000 retailers, manufacturers and 3PLs have selected SPS Commerce as their outsourced provider to automate and integrate their trading relationships. Using the Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) model, SPS Commerce dramatically lowers setup and on-going costs, along with the time and risks of traditional EDI software by outsourcing the entire B2B communication process. The company's offerings leverage its multi-tenant architecture, multi-party sharing, comprehensive knowledge of hundreds of retailer's business processes and specifications and integration expertise with a variety of accounting, merchandising and ERP systems including Oracle, NetSuite, SAP, Epicor, Great Plains, QuickBooks, Macola, MAS 90/200 & 500, Microsoft business Solutions applications, Peachtree and many more. SPS Commerce is headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota. For additional information, please contact SPS Commerce at 866-245-8100 or visit www.spscommerce.com.

SPS Commerce is a registered trademark of SPS Commerce Inc. SPSCommerce.net and the SPS Commerce logo are the property of SPS Commerce, Inc. Oracle is a registered trademarks of Oracle Corporation and/or its affiliates. All other names and trademarks are the property of their respective holders.

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