Sterling Commerce was a software and services company providing Omni-Channel Commerce, B2B including EDI translation software and one of the first B2B Integration platforms and

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("MFT") products such as Connect:Direct (originally named Network Data Mover). Sterling Commerce was headquartered near

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in Dublin, OH. SBC Communications acquired Sterling Commerce (see "Ownership" below), then SBC merged with

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(renamed as Sterling Commerce, an AT&T Company), who sold Sterling Commerce to IBM. Sterling Commerce's Columbus, Ohio campus is now an IBM facility.

Previous acquisitions

* In September, 2003, Sterling Commerce divests its Banking Systems Division to Thoma Cresse Equity Partners who in turn launch VectorSGI in the banking industry * In April, 2004, Sterling Commerce acquired TR2, a Boston Based Data Synchronization Software Company * In January, 2005, Sterling Commerce acquired Yantra a provider of Distributed Order Management and Warehouse Systems as part of its cross-channel supply chain execution application strategy. * In May, 2006, Sterling Commerce acquired Nistevo, a provider of on-demand transportation management products as part of its cross-channel supply chain execution application strategy. * In November, 2006, Sterling Commerce acquired Comergent, a provider of Advanced Web Selling for B2B and B2C platforms as part of its cross-channel supply chain execution application strategy.

Ownership

*Sterling Commerce evolved from a company called OrderNet which was one of the first EDI-based Value Added Network companies found by William Plumb which started around 1978 and was a division of Informatics. William Plumb is often cited as one of the fathers of EDI. * In June, 1985, Sterling Software, a public company chaired by Samuel E. Wyly, made a successful tender offer for Informatics and acquired the company. Sterling Software was about 10% of the size of Informatics. Through the integration, the company sold off several divisions of Informatics but kept and invested in OrderNet, renaming it Sterling Commerce. *

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purchased Sterling Commerce in 2000. * With the merger of

Corp. and SBC Communications in November 2005, Sterling Commerce became an AT&T company. * In May 2010 IBM acquired Sterling Commerce from AT&T.

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