Digital River Expands Its Global Partner Network With New Strategic Alliances

Digital River, Inc. DRIV, a leading global provider of Commerce-as-a-Service solutions, announced it has entered into new strategic alliance partnership agreements with Rauxa, Inc., an independent, full-service marketing agency, and Slalom Consulting, a business and technology consulting firm. Through these partnerships, Digital River is extending the value of its SaaS-based commerce solution, making it easier for clients to add specialized, third-party consulting services and complementary web content management (WCM) system technologies. “By continuing to build a strong network of preferred commerce service provider partners, we can offer our clients access to additional sources of expert services as well as pre-built integrations into best-in-class applications that extend and enhance the capabilities of their online stores,” said Thomas Peterson, executive vice president and general manager of commerce at Digital River. “Our goal is to help our clients reduce the time and costs typically associated with custom integrations while driving world-class online experiences that are localized for shoppers around the world.” As part of Digital River's Global Partner Network, Rauxa and Slalom Consulting will combine the power of Digital River's enterprise commerce platform with complementary business services and technology capabilities. Rauxa will facilitate pre-built integrations between Digital River's platform and leading third-party WCM technologies. Slalom Consulting will provide implementations and integrations that extend Digital River's platform, including its commerce business infrastructure (CBI), to companies expanding their commerce operations into new geographies. Digital River's CBI manages and takes on the risk of multi-national taxation, global payments, export controls, and other regulatory compliance requirements. “Working with Digital River, we can connect companies with one of the world's top global commerce solutions and some of the most sophisticated shopper experiences available on the market today,” said Gage Short, vice president of technology and alliances from Rauxa. “We are looking forward to combining our strategy and implementation services with Digital River's CBI and the other global aspects of its platform. Together, we will help companies create custom commerce solutions that strengthen and expand their brands across geographies worldwide,” said Gilbert Wong, digital strategy and commerce national practice director of Slalom Consulting. Digital River's Global Partner Network offers online merchants easy access to services from leading, enterprise-class commerce service providers that focus on areas such as system integrations, agency services, logistics, marketplace and app exchanges, and business consulting.