Office Depot Enhances Business Collaboration with Hubspan

SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Hubspan Inc., the leading provider of on-demand integration solutions, and Office Depot (NYSE: ODP), a leading global provider of office products and services, announced today that Office Depot will be implementing Hubspan’s on-demand integration platform to support the Company’s overall commitment to extraordinary customer service. The resulting deployment provides Office Depot with the ability to accommodate its customers’ sophisticated business integration requirements.

Office Depot handles transactions with thousands of suppliers and business customers on a daily basis. Partnering with Hubspan allows the Company to augment its e-commerce capability and improve high value-add customer benefits, such as on-time deliveries, order accuracy and purchasing automation.

“Office Depot is committed to delivering innovative solutions, as we continually look to enhance shared business processes within our diverse customer community,” said Glenn Trommer, Director of E-Commerce and Implementation Services for Office Depot. “Hubspan extends our e-commerce capability, making it simpler for our customers to do business with us.”

Hubspan’s software-as-a-service (SaaS) integration platform delivers breakthrough business relationships by creating highly-responsive, information-enriched supply and demand chains. By eliminating manual workarounds and long cycle times, Hubspan enables innovative procurement, payment and logistics processes for forward-thinking organizations.

“With Hubspan’s ability to drive seamless business-level connectivity despite differences in processes and back-end systems, Office Depot can continue their leadership as a customer-centric supplier,” said Trisha Gross, President and CEO for Hubspan. “Hubspan allows Office Depot’s customers to enjoy shared, secure and reliable partner connections that scale on demand.”

Hubspan’s SaaS integration platform is compatible with major enterprise applications, transports and data formats, simplifying and enhancing business collaboration where different systems must share information. It also enables unique real-time business processes, special handling requests, bi-directional information flows and exceptions to meet specific customer requirements.

About Office Depot

Every day, Office Depot is Taking Care of Business for millions of customers around the globe. For the local corner store as well as Fortune 500 companies, Office Depot provides products and services to its customers through 1,680 worldwide retail stores, a dedicated sales force, top-rated catalogs and a $5.0 billion e-commerce operation. Office Depot has annual sales of approximately $15.4 billion, and employs about 49,000 associates around the world. The Company provides more office products and services to more customers in more countries than any other company, and currently sells to customers directly or through affiliates in 44 countries.

Office Depot’s common stock is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol ODP and is included in the S&P 500 Index. Additional press information can be found at: http://mediarelations.officedepot.com.

About Hubspan Inc.

Hubspan connects businesses by providing a complete business-to-business integration solution for companies of all sizes. More than 10,000 trading partners across 34 countries benefit from Hubspan’s scalable, flexible technology. Hubspan’s market-leading solution, delivered as a service, yields increased revenue, improved customer satisfaction and retention, and increased operational efficiency faster and more cost-effectively than in-house development. Hubspan serves some of the largest, global enterprises as well as organizations with just a few hundred employees – managing even the most complex business processes.

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