Inside This Issue  |
QLogitek is 2010 Microsoft Worldwide
Partner of the Year Award Finalist | Read more | | | |  |
Speed Up Trading Partner On Boarding
with Trading Partner eXchange (TPX) 3.0|
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Microsoft and QLogitek Collaborate to
Enhance BizTalk Server 2010|
Read more | | | |  | Ontario Chamber of Commerce
Recognizes QLogitek’s Export Growth
Potential|
Read more | | | |  | QLogitek, IBM and GXS Featured at U
Connect 2010|
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QLogitek is 2010 Microsoft Worldwide
Partner of the Year Award Finalist | 
QLogitek is jubilant to be selected as a 2010
Microsoft Worldwide Partner of the Year Award
finalist in the SOA (Service Oriented
Architecture) and Business Process category.
QLogitek’s entry, Retail B2B Supply Chain
Accelerator, was selected amongst
entries from 3000 Microsoft partners
representing over 100 countries worldwide. Award
submissions demonstrated partners’ abilities to
deliver market-leading solutions and
quantifiable business value for their customers,
by using Microsoft technologies. QLogitek is
humbled to have been the only Canadian finalist
chosen in its awards category.
"Congratulations to the 2010 Partner Award
finalists for delivering such creative and
superior Microsoft solutions and services," said
Allison Watson, Corporate Vice President,
Worldwide Partner Group, Microsoft Corp. "It’s
incredible to see the level of expertise our
partners continue to exhibit as they create and
deliver innovative solutions and services to
grow their businesses, meet customer needs, and
drive down costs."
Retail B2B Supply Chain Accelerator demonstrates
QLogitek’s innovative delivery of cloud
computing applications for the Canadian retail
and consumer packaged goods industries,
leveraging Microsoft technologies including
Microsoft BizTalk Server
(BizTalk). Together with QLogitek’s Hosted EDI
and Supplier & Customer Order Management
Systems, the entry confirms how
business-to-business complexities surrounding
the planning, buying, making, paying, moving,
and selling processes can securely and
efficiently be supported by cloud computing
service delivery models. According to Microsoft,
the ability to readily change and optimize
business processes is the key to organizational
competitiveness and growth.
"We are honored to be recognized by Microsoft
internationally for the cloud computing
applications that we are deploying to help
businesses grow. This is an outstanding
acknowledgement of the power of Microsoft’s
platform, tools and technologies coupled
with QLogitek’s industry-specific partner
expertise in running BizTalk to support a global
supply chain operation," said Isa Qureshi,
Executive Vice President & Chief Operating
Officer at QLogitek.
Microsoft technology partner finalists and
winners will be honored at an awards gala during
the Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference in
Washington D.C. on July 14, 2010.
QLogitek thanks its customers for their ongoing
support and for their contribution towards this
achievement. Featured Products |  Hosted EDI |  Supplier Order Mgmt System | Top
| | Speed
Up Trading Partner On Boarding with
Trading Partner eXchange (TPX) 3.0 |
QLogitek has launched version 3.0 of its Trading
Partner eXchange (TPX) cloud application for B2B
community management. By automating trading
partner ‘on-boarding’, TPX speeds up the process
whereby trading partner communities connect to
their retail or consumer packaged goods (CPG)
hub. In fact, TPX reduces the time associated in
enabling a single trading partner by 90 percent.
The application also improves data integrity, by
facilitating the exchange of more clean and
comprehensive enablement data.
B2B community management typically involves the
manual collection of data from trading partner
communities, which can consist of anywhere
between approximately 50 - 1,000 plus
organizations. This manual process results in
delays and inaccuracies in the collection of
data, increasing the time and cost associated
with trading partner enablement. TPX
significantly alleviates these pain points.
At the outset of an enablement program, trading
partners are prompted to access the application,
which runs as a self-serve web portal. As they
provide their key administrative and technical
details, their respective hub is provided with a
consolidated view into the status of its
enablement program. All data formats, EDI and
otherwise (spreadsheets, XML etc.), are
supported following QLogitek’s ‘any-to-any data
translation’ capability.
When TPX version 1.0 was released in 2008, it
supported 21 North American trading partners.
This has increased by 2100% in 2 years, to 473.
QLogitek has successfully deployed TPX to major
retail hubs, HDS Retail North America, Katz
Group, and most recently The Bargain! Shop.
According to a September 2009 study conducted by
The Aberdeen
Group, North American retailers perceive
increased collaboration with suppliers to be the
foremost strategic action required in order to
address supply chain pressures. QLogitek is
working on TPX version 4.0, in order to further
assist the retail and CPG industries in
addressing this core challenge.
Featured Products | Hosted EDI |
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| | Microsoft
and QLogitek Collaborate to Enhance
BizTalk Server 2010 |
Microsoft has selected QLogitek to
participate in its Technology Adoption
Program (TAP) for BizTalk Server
(BizTalk) 2010. QLogitek’s technology
experts are contributing their
experiences in running B2B cloud
computing platforms that support global
supply chain operations of retail and
consumer packaged goods firms, in order
to enhance BizTalk’s B2B-EDI features.
TAP is a program designed for Microsoft
customers who have specific business needs to
get early access to new technology and to drive
their requirements into the current and future
versions of the product. In return, TAP
participants help Microsoft reach its quality
bar across product, documentation and support
services and help validate features and use
cases in real world environments. Entry into the
TAP program requires nomination by Microsoft and
a limited number of seats are made available
globally.
The TAP program is expected to be complete by
the end of this summer, leading to the launch of
BizTalk 2010. BizTalk 2010 will include enhanced
features to its existing version (BizTalk 2009),
culminating from the assessment provided by TAP
participants. BizTalk is a leading B2B-EDI
product and boasts a global install base of
9,000 organizations, spanning a number of
industries including retail, manufacturing,
pharmaceutical, government and healthcare.
Learn more about faster and smarter B2B-EDI
integration leveraging BizTalk at:
www.qlogitek.com/ms-biztalk.aspx.
A catalog of QLogitek’s global retailer network
is available
here. Let QLogitek help you grow your
business by connecting to these retailers today.
Featured Service  QLogitek
BizTalk Services |
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| | Ontario
Chamber of Commerce Recognizes
QLogitek’s Export Growth Potential |
The Ontario Chamber of Commerce (OCC) has
granted QLogitek funding through its Export
Market Access: A Global Expansion Program
initiative, in recognition of QLogitek’s
Canadian export growth potential. QLogitek will
utilize these funds up to the period ending July
2010, to drive marketing activities targeting
the U.S. retail and consumer packaged goods
industries. "We are pleased to receive
government support in an effort to provide
home-grown Canadian supply chain services in
broader markets, and to further drive benefits
within our provincial economy," said Mateen
Zubairi, QLogitek’s Chief Financial Officer.
Export Market Access is an initiative of the
OCC, with support and funding from both the
Government of Ontario and the Government of
Canada. "The importance of small and
medium-sized businesses to job creation,
innovation and growth in Ontario’s economy
underscores the importance of fostering an
environment to support their growth and export
potential," said Len Crispino, President and CEO
of the OCC.
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| | QLogitek,
IBM and GXS Featured at U Connect 2010 |
QLogitek was invited to participate at U
Connect 2010, North America’s premier
B2B-EDI Supply Chain conference for the
retail, distribution and consumer
packaged goods (CPG) industries.
Alongside QLogitek, on a panel entitled
The Future of Trading Partner
Collaboration, were U.S.-based IBM and
GXS. QLogitek elaborated on this theme
based on the Canadian retail & CPG
sector experience and, in doing so,
provided a unique perspective. The
hour-long panel discussion took place
June 10th in San Antonio, Texas.
U Connect has been connecting North
American industries and value chains for
over 10 years. Hosted by GS1 US and
Voluntary Interindustry Commerce
Solutions (VICS), the conference offers
opportunities for attendees to learn,
network, and hear from users and experts
on the range of critical business
processes that enable visible, secure
and sustainable value chains. These
include collaborative commerce, EDI/eCommerce,
EPC-enabled RFID and global data
synchronization for tracking, tracing,
data governance, data accuracy, brand
identity, new item introduction, product
recall/withdrawal, inventory control,
packaging, and mobile commerce. The
audience for this event comprises
primarily of C-level decision makers
through to business and systems
analysts.
QLogitek will be hosting a webinar in
August, in order to share with its
community of clients and partners the
best practices shared and lessons
learned from this panel. The date and
time of the webinar have yet to be
confirmed however if you are interested
in joining, please email jijesh.devan@qlogitek.com
citing 'U Connect 2010'. Top
On May 23rd, QLogitek participated in
Microsoft’s Virtual Retail Day, to demonstrate
to Canadian retail executives how Microsoft
technology can deliver on the vision of
Connected Experiences for Retail.
QLogitek executives outlined the successful
deployment of cloud computing
software-as-a-service (SaaS) applications to the
Hudson’s Bay Company, in conjunction with
Microsoft BizTalk Server. Other Microsoft
partners featured were Avanade, Fujitsu, Ideaca,
and Dayforce. Experience the Virtual Retail Day
by visiting:
http://bit.ly/msqlvr.
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Don Whilsmith and Patrick Bartlett, retail
logistics veterans, have joined QLogitek as
Evangelists, to spread word of the value of
QLogitek’s solutions within the North American
retail market.  Don
is the Director of Strategic Logistics Systems, where he helps
clients develop strategic supply chain plans. He has a long and rich
history of retail experience with numerous marquee brands including
the Hbc, Future Shop, A&P, IGA,and Dominion Stores.  Patrick
is a Senior Management Consultant for organizations including Aramex,
Kodak, and Pitney Bowes. He has over 20 years of experience in the
logistics business, in senior roles including President and Vice
President for both Canada Post and Canpar Parcel Services. Top | Other Updates Experience Microsoft’s Virtual Retail Day
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