Consumer Chain

The Client

With more than 500 stores and 35,000 employees, this Fortune 500 Company is one of the world's larger providers of consumer electronics and related products and services. They also power an on-line store offering access to all products and all related services.

The Engagement

As part of an IBM Services team, Encode assisted in the development of a new point-of-sale solution utilizing WebSphere Application Server (WAS), WebSphere Business Integration Message Broker (WBIMB) and Yantra POS and Inventory Management Software.

Critical Services Delivered

Encode conducted business needs analysis and assisted with software installation, configuration, and integration with all of the solution's software components.

Another critical function delivered included restricting access to content by both user department and job functions.

• Business Needs Analysis
• Application Design and Development
• "Best Practices" Mentoring

Technology Used

IBM's WebSphere Business Integration Message Broker "Transforms and enriches in-flight information to provide a level of intermediation between applications that use different message structures and formats... Enriches and distributes real-time information from disparate sources of information through a network of access points or a centralized broker." (IBM*)

Message Broker works with databases, performing functions such as message logging, data merges, and database updates.

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