Why Smarter Commerce?
IBM Smarter Commerce redefines the value chain in the age of the empowered customer with a unique approach that increases the value companies provide their stakeholders in a rapidly changing digital world.
Overview
Smarter Commerce drives new levels of company differentiation leading to greater customer loyalty, revenue/margin growth and agility.
Value to clients:
- Recognize that the sale is just one aspect of the customer experience and to turn customer insight into action
- Enable new business processes to help companies buy, market, sell and service their products and services
Value to Business Partners:
- Easier and more cost effective for Business Partners to offer Smarter Commerce solutions
- Increased success based on IBM delivering the right set of skills, technical support, development resources and industry expertise
Features

IBM Scalable LoB Solutions
Engage Lines of Business (LoB) with Scalable LoB Solutions. Get assets for different executive titles.

Software Value Plus Smarter Commerce Capability Authorization
Provides Business Partners an opportunity to participate in IBM's Smarter Commerce initiative and rewards them when they sell and implement these solutions.

Smarter Commerce Validation Program
Provides ISVs with an opportunity to participate in IBM's Smarter Commerce initiative.

IBM Industry Solutions software resources
Find benefits and resources which support Smarter Commerce, by product group.

Smarter Commerce for midmarket
Learn what's available for midmarket clients.
Get started!
Step 1: Get ready
- Explore the Smarter Commerce global summit breakout sessions material to consider new buyers and new capabilities
Step 2: Move forward
- Share your Smarter Commerce successes by contacting your IBM channel sales representative about your client successes or send an e-mail to tedlewis@us.ibm.com for more information
Step 3: Build pipeline
- Talk to your customers about Smarter Commerce. leverage scalable line of business plays for Smarter Commerce
- Claim your software benefits including Software Group Co-Marketing dollars and drive effective tactics
- Find the most recently created resources searching for Smarter Commerce on our "Find product resources" Web page
What's new
- New! Smarter Commerce global summit 2013 – Nashville: Invite your client kits
- New! IBM Industry Solutions Business Partner benefit: Market opportunity kits
- IBM Software Business Partners leveraging Cloud and SaaS solutions
To help provide you selling flexibility and better align with customer-focused buying behaviors, IBM is introducing new Cloud and Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) business models:
- Find Training and Certification news for key new product areas now supporting Smarter Commerce (i.e., IBM Commerce, IBM Enterprise Marketing Management) - select certifications by product.
