IFS is one of the world's leading providers of component-based business software developed using open standards. For over 5 years, SEEBURGER has extended IFS solutions by enabling users to do business electronically with 100% of their trading partners. SEEBURGER is a certified global Business to Business (B2B) integration software provider for all versions of IFS, including IFS Applications 7. SEEBURGER extends the efficiency and profitability benefits of IFS solutions by allowing users to do business electronically with 100% of its trading partners, across all industry standard message formats.

SEEBURGER’s Business Integration Server (BIS) delivers a seamless integration between IFS Applications and the marketplaces, applications and portals of all its trading partners, and accommodates all industry and regional-specific data standards and communications protocols to translate between IFS’ XML messaging and all other standard formats for maximum flexibility and system efficiency.

Cindy Jaudon, president and CEO of IFS North America, comments, "Quite simply, SEEBURGER has the most complete B2B offering in the market regardless of vertical or geography . . . SEEBURGER's B2B Gateway fits perfectly into our solution offering and we see it as the market leader for global standards based, trading partner integration. Our customers see B2B integration, especially EDI, as a key enabler of their business, and the only method of communicating with their customers and suppliers. SEEBURGER has proven its capability to deliver benefits to thousands of customers of its own and we are confident that IFS customers around the world will see this partnership as an excellent opportunity to drive efficiencies and increased profitability into key areas of their businesses."