E-Z Data announced its acceptance into the IBM SOA Specialty after successfully completing IBM's SOA technical and business requirements.

With the achievement E-Z Data's SmartOffice CRM application integrates with the IBM software and strategy for SOA.

"SOA is an increasingly important business requirement for organizations because of the business flexibility it enables," said Sandy Carter, Vice President of IBM SOA and WebSphere. "E-Z Data's commitment to SOA provides their customers with a powerful way to implement integration projects and extend SmartOffice quickly and cost effectively."

"E-Z Data's SmartOffice application is used by the distribution organizations of some of the largest financial services organizations in the country to help improve sales, marketing, and customer servicing efficiencies. Integration has always been a key component in the E-Z Data value proposition," said E-Z Data President Dale Okuno.