AOL Time Warner Book Group Signs on With Centerstone Software; Implementing e-Center One for Workplace Resource Management.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers WESTWOOD, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 9, 2002 Centerstone Software, Inc., a pioneer in Workplace Resource Management, today announced that AOL (A division of Time Warner, Inc., New York, NY, www.aol.com) The world's largest online information service with access to the Internet, e-mail, chat rooms and a variety of databases and services. Time Warner Book Group has signed a contract agreement for its e-Center One solution. The company initially implemented the technology in a pilot program to manage a move of 90 positions within their Boston office. AOL Time Warner Book Group is now implementing e-Center One to manage their Boston, New York Boston is a town in Erie County, New York, United States. The population was 7,897 at the 2000 census. The town is named after Boston, Massachusetts. The Town of Boston is an interior town of the county and one of the county's "Southtowns. , and Indiana workplaces. "We anticipate that e-Center One will become a valuable and strategic planning Strategic planning is an organization's process of defining its strategy, or direction, and making decisions on allocating its resources to pursue this strategy, including its capital and people. tool," said Judith Graham, director of corporate operations for AOL Time Warner Book Group. "The software allows us to propose various scenarios and make sound decisions on where to place departments and employees for maximum efficiencies. In addition, we look forward to making the Corporate Mapping(TM) feature of e-Center One available on our intranet site." e-Center One is a Web-based solution that allows companies to make accurate decisions on how to best use their facilities and resources by tying together multiple databases and software products throughout the workplace, providing a holistic view of an organization's real estate, facilities, space, operations, personnel, life safety and asset information. Its Corporate Mapping functionality allows employees to view floor plans, seating charts, phone extensions, evacuation evacuation /evac·u·a·tion/ (e-vak?u-a´shun) 1. an emptying. 2. catharsis; emptying of the bowels. e·vac·u·a·tion n. routes, room reservations and other general employee information. "e-Center One provides immediate value to our customers," said Matthew Meyer, founder and chief strategy officer for Centerstone Software. "By working hand-in-hand with AOL Time Warner Book Group, we were able to execute a move that was smooth, cost effective and quick. AOL Time Warner Book Group will be using e-Center One to make strategic workplace decisions. We are certain they will continue to see measurable benefit from the technology, and we look forward to aiding in their continued success." About Centerstone Centerstone Software offers an integrated Internet hosted model delivering a complete offering of Workplace Resource Management capabilities. Centerstone's flagship product A primary product of a company, which is typically why the company was founded and/or what made it well known. For example, MS-DOS, Windows and the Microsoft Office suite have been flagship products of Microsoft. CorelDRAW is a flagship product of Corel Corporation. , e-Center One(R), is the industry's first integrated Internet solution that provides a secure, centralized cen·tral·ize v. cen·tral·ized, cen·tral·iz·ing, cen·tral·iz·es v.tr. 1. To draw into or toward a center; consolidate. 2. platform for workplace information. With e-Center One, corporate managers and service vendors gain real-time access to a full range of critical workplace resource data, including floor plans, real estate portfolios, equipment locations, lease information, life-safety, operations management Operations management is an area of business that is concerned with the production of goods and services, and involves the responsibility of ensuring that business operations are efficient and effective. , evacuation information, personnel locations and more. Centerstone's extensive client roster includes PeopleSoft, GENUiTY, GE Plastics, Digitas, FleetBoston Financial FleetBoston Financial was a Boston, Massachusetts-based bank created in 1999 by the merger of Fleet Financial Group and BankBoston. In 2004 it merged with Bank of America; all of its banks and branches were given the Bank of America logo. and Pearson Education Pearson Education is an international publisher of textbooks and other educational material, such as multimedia learning tools. Pearson Education is part of Pearson PLC. It is headquartered in Upper Saddle River, New Jersey. . Founded in 1999, Centerstone is located in Westwood, Mass. Visit Centerstone on the Web at www.centerstonesoft.com. |
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