WRITTEN BY PATRICK VAN BOOM

TOTAL INTEGRATED E-COMMERCE

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Innovation, Stability and Customer Satisfaction: The hallmarks of TIE Kinetixs twenty five years of experience.

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Total Integrated E-Commerce

onnectivity and integration has been, and continues to be, a foundational part of TIE Kinetix. Our extensive history started in the bits and bytes of back office fulfillment. Over the years, we have leveraged and applied this understanding of connectively and automation to E-Commerce and Online Marketing solutions with great success. Learn how we have raised up over the years and evolved into a total integrated E-Commerce solution provider. TIE Kinetix was founded in 1987 and started as an Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) provider focused on the food and distribution markets in the Netherlands. In 2000, the company initiated an Initial Public Offering (IPO) and was listed on the Amsterdam stock exchange as one of the early technology companies to go public that same year, TIE introduced Extensible Markup Language (XML) support and was one of the first companies to offer E-invoicing solutions. In 2000 TIE expanded its market footprint with the acquisition of DNS Worldwide (Burlington, MA) and St. Paul Software (St. Paul,MN) in the United States. In 2003, influenced by the introduction of Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology, TIE started the development of an advanced Catalog Management product together with an article verification system. In 2005, TIE Kinetix acquired EDI-TIE France SAS. On its way to a Total Integrated E-Commerce offering called TIE Kinetix, in 2006 TIE added a front-end marketing solution to complement its back-end business integration solutions through the purchase of Digital Channel (DC). Before customers purchase a product or solution, they orientate themselves based on productand marketing information. This information should be available at the point of sale, which is especially challenging when suppliers sell through independent resellers or agents. This acquisition gave TIE the ability to

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offer seamless supply chain integration to facilitate the marketing process. In 2008, TIE added E-Commerce functionality to the product range with the acquisition of MamboFive. TIE became a 100% E-Commerce solutions provider and was able to offer its customers the ability to sell online to other business (B2B) or directly to the end user (B2C). Connecting the marketing solutions to the business integrations solutions extended the TIE offering to solutions that facilitate market sell - deliver through the supply chain. In 2012, TIE completed two acquisitions. With the acquisition of Light BV, TIE added talent to the Dutch business and strengthened both commercial and development teams in portal related front-end technologies. Further expansion in Europe is necessary for growth. Recognizing the need for companies to analyze the vast amount of data churned out in the consistent E-Commerce environment, TIE made another strategic acquistion. With the ascention acquisition, an Austrian based company with businesses in Austria, Germany and Switzerland, TIE not only expands its geographical reach but it also adds additional expertise with respect to business intelligence solutions. This last acquisition completes the Total Integrated E-Commerce offering for market sell deliver analyze. In addition, for many years, TIE has been recognized as a leader in the development of next generation technologies. TIE is particularly active in the European Commission framework for innovation programs. TIEs R&D has demonstrated its technological excellence in key topical areas such as SaaS, Cloud, Mobile, Semantics, and Interoperability in vital technologies. With offices in the United States, the Netherlands, France, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, United Kingdom and Australia, TIE Kinetix can facilitate both global and smaller enterprises to do business electronically around the world with its Total Integrated E-Commerce solutions.

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