IBM Helps Electronic Payment Leader ACI Worldwide Unify Communications, Integrate Global...

Posted on: Friday, 10 October 2008, 15:00 CDT ACI Worldwide, Inc. (NASDAQ: ACIW), a leading international provider of electronic payment software, has signed a multi-million dollar agreement with IBM (NYSE: IBM) for software and services to integrate its global workforce and client base through unified communications and collaboration technologies. A range of IBM software and services will deliver a virtually-connected work environment to synchronize online activities for more than 2,000 ACI Worldwide employees and clients in 88 countries. As electronic payment volumes grow, ACI products are demanded by more customers in increasingly connected markets. ACI Worldwide supports more than $70 billion consumer transactions per year. On an average day, ACI software manages more than $5 trillion in wholesale payments. To meet the... [read full story]