Layered Technologies, a provider of on-demand and cloud computing IT infrastructure, announced that it has signed an agreement with JDA Software, a leading global provider of innovative supply chain management, merchandising and pricing excellence solutions, to provide dedicated hosting, storage, virtualisation and managed services.
As part of the agreement, JDA will consolidate hosting from three data centres with Layered Tech, which will eventually provide and manage the infrastructure that powers the supply chain management, merchandising and pricing excellence solutions relied upon by JDA’s 6,000-plus clients.
“JDA has created a comprehensive managed services solution designed to accelerate the global adoption of our market-leading supply chain, merchandising and pricing solutions. The collaborative relationship with Layered Tech is a key element to the rapidly emerging success of this strategy,” says Hamish Brewer, president and CEO, JDA Software Group.
Brewer adds: “By providing a globally scalable, cloud-computing platform, JDA can offer its customers extreme flexibility and dramatically lower costs of ownership supporting our continuing vision to drive distinctive value for the world’s leading retailers, manufacturers and wholesale-distribution companies.”
“Layered Tech is excited to create a fully managed and dedicated hosting environment for JDA Software Group. We can support customers of JDA’s size and complexity because we have the infrastructure, technical know-how and financial strength to deliver on their unique set of requirements,” says Todd Abrams, president and founder of Layered Tech. “Our flexibility and enterprise-grade facilities enable us to scale from a smaller 50-seat licence JDA customer to its Fortune 100 clients that have extensive supply chain needs,” he adds.
– IndiaRetailing Bureau
