E2open Announces Plug-and-Play Integration with Oracle Supply Chain Management (SCM) Cloud and Oracle Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Cloud Solutions

    AUSTIN, TX, March 28, 2017 /24-7PressRelease/ -- E2open, the largest and most comprehensive supply chain operating network and a Gold level member of Oracle Partner Network (OPN), today announced the availability of its new Oracle-verified connector. The new connector will simplify and significantly accelerate the integration of Oracle Supply Chain Management (SCM) Cloud and Oracle Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Cloud solutions with E2open's Network. The connector is included in E2open's 17.1 product release and is available on the Oracle Cloud Marketplace.

The new connector enables plug-and-play integration between a client's Oracle cloud solutions and its trading partners on the E2open Network. Highlights include:

- Oracle-verified: The design, security and deployment of E2open's connector was developed in collaboration with and verified by Oracle.

- Accelerated deployment: Quickly establish a secure cloud-to-cloud connection between the E2open Network and Oracle cloud solutions to enable a bi-directional information flow. The complexities of B2B protocols and data validation are managed by the E2open Network.

- Connect once, access all: With a single connection, clients gain access to all trading partners on the E2open Network, including suppliers, contract, manufacturers, logistics providers, distributors or customers.

- Network of networks: Link to trading partners on other networks through E2open's Network interconnections, allowing bi-directional communication with any company already connected to any network.

"Oracle and E2open have a long and proven track record of working together and integrating our product offerings. The design and delivery of the connector between Oracle Supply Chain Management Cloud and the E2open Network is the culmination of months of work to envision and deliver a truly open and standards-based way of connecting applications into cloud-based Business Networks such as E2open's," said Jon Chorley, CSO and GVP, Supply Chain Management Product Strategy, Oracle. "Providing our customers with the choice of B2B network while removing the complexity from B2B integration is core to our strategy."

"We welcome this announcement from two of our long term members, E2open and Oracle," said David Connelly, CEO of the Open Applications Group. "This new product employing a canonical messaging approach based on OAGIS demonstrates their ongoing commitment to open standards."

"We are excited to offer this new capability to our Oracle-powered customers and applaud Oracle for its best-in-class integration approach. E2open is committed to lowering the cost of partner onboarding and minimizing implementation time. The new connector for Oracle SCM Cloud and Oracle ERP Cloud solutions is a perfect complement to that strategy," said Pawan Joshi, Senior Vice President for Products and Strategy at E2open.

About E2open
Founded in 2000, E2open provides the largest and most comprehensive Supply Chain Operating Network, including a broad suite of collaborative supply chain solutions. Leading global enterprises rely on E2open to provide greater end-to-end visibility, more accurate data and insights, and real-time business process orchestration across complex, multi-enterprise trading partner networks. For more information, visit www.e2open.com.

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