Sterling Commerce Expands Regional Alliances and Reseller Channel

Sydney, NSW.  21 April 2010 - Sterling Commerce, an AT&T Inc (NYSE:T) has announced the appointment of Stephen Dolan, as head of channels and alliances, Australia and New Zealand (A/NZ).  In this role, Dolan will expand the company’s indirect sales channel in this region, including strengthening the company’s partner network.

A highly experienced senior executive in the information technology industry, Dolan has extensive international management experience in Australia and New Zealand and sales, marketing and channel management experience in the greater Asia-Pacific region.  Dolan was most recently at Sybase A/NZ, where he set up and managed distribution, OEM, reseller and alliance relationships across Sybase’s extensive product range.

“We are pleased that Steve has come on board to help recruit and enable a number of new channel partners, which will help the company implement and deliver superior customer service for our growing customer and prospect base generated in the past 18 months,” says Michael Vulcan, Managing Director, Sterling Commerce Australia and New Zealand.  “Since the Australian launch of Sterling Collaboration Network, our EDI value-added network solution, and Sterling Selling and Fulfillment Suite, our family of collaborative supply chain applications, we have seen significant demand in the region.  It was a natural progression for us to service this demand and continue to grow new markets through indirect channels.”

Sterling Collaboration Network is part of Sterling Business Integration Suite, an end-to-end solution that addresses the critical challenges of B2B integration and secure managed file transfer.  An integration-as-a-service (IaaS) offering, Sterling Collaboration Network provides connections to over 90 other public and private networks and manages as many as 4.5 million B2B documents per day with more than 99.9 percent reliability.  Sterling Selling and Fulfillment Suite manages and controls complex supply chains throughout the entire fulfillment lifecycle — from order management and delivery, to returns and settlement. 

About Sterling Commerce

Sterling Commerce, an AT&T Inc (NYSE:T) company, helps companies optimise and transform their Business Collaboration Network to accellerate revenues and reduce costs.  Sterling Commerce provides more than 18,000 customers worldwide applications and integration solutions to connect, communicate and collaborate inside and outside their enterprise.  More information can be found at www.sterlingcommerce.com.au.