Manhattan Associates Inc. has become the latest supply-chain-software vendor to move its offerings to a service-oriented architecture as a means to provide customers with easier, more flexible access to their information.
Earlier this week at its Momentum user conference, Manhattan Associates unveiled Web-based supply-chain applications based on what it calls the Logistics Event Management Architecture platform. The platform is built on J2EE, C++, and Microsoft .Net. "Our technology road map is based on [a] services-orientated architecture that allows our applications to be built on an open platform to integrate across ERP and other solutions," says Peter Sinisgalli, president and CEO of Manhattan Associates. "The world will move to open source, open systems with services-orientated architectures that help companies lower the cost for technology and accelerate business success."
The company spent a little less than $30 million in research and development, or about 14% of revenue in 2004, in part to develop the platform. Manhattan Associates expects its investment in its services-oriented architecture this year to rise slightly, but remain a similar percentage of revenue.
