Alliance Medical Corporation Selects Prentice Technologies to Host Business Critical J.D. Edwards Enterprise Solutions.Business Editors ENGLEWOOD, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 12, 2000 Phoenix-Based Medical Instrument Re-Processing Firm Anticipates Gaining Competitive Advantage By Outsourcing (1) Contracting with outside consultants, software houses or service bureaus to perform systems analysis, programming and datacenter operations. Contrast with insourcing. See netsourcing, ASP, SSP and facilities management. Complex IT Requirements Prentice Technologies, Inc., a leading application service provider (eASP) of end-to-end enterprise applications and e-commerce services announced that Alliance Medical Corporation of Phoenix has selected the company to host its business critical IT system. Prentice will host J.D. Edwards' (Nasdaq:JDEC JDEC Joint Data Exchange Center (US/Russian missile warning) JDEC Joint Document Exploitation Center (US DoD) ) enterprise applications for Alliance, offering the company a collaborative solution for sustainable competitive advantage in the new economy. "We could never duplicate the competency COMPETENCY, evidence. The legal fitness or ability of a witness to be heard on the trial of a cause. This term is also applied to written or other evidence which may be legally given on such trial, as, depositions, letters, account-books, and the like. 2. in-house that Prentice provides," commented Tim Einwechter, CFO See Chief Financial Officer. for Alliance. "The responsiveness and competence has been first-rate. We have been able to save time and expense by implementing a Tier 1 enterprise software package now rather than having to grow into one." Regarding the choice of J.D. Edwards' ActivEra(tm) solution, "We looked at everything and J.D. Edwards (J.D. Edwards & Company, Denver, CO, www.jdedwards.com) A developer of multinational, integrated enterprise software for distribution, finance, human resources, manufacturing and supply chain management. was the superior choice hands-down. No other software afforded us the shop floor control that our business requires." Jim Schwalbe, a Senior Manager with Deloitte & Touche in Phoenix, added: "Alliance Medical Corporation is an exciting company with huge growth potential. Their executives understand the positive impact that a high-quality business system and a professionally supported infrastructure will have on realizing their vision. The ASP model has allowed them to minimize their capital investment, while providing a state-of-the-art J.D. Edwards solution to their business." About J.D. Edwards J.D. Edwards is a leading provider of agile, collaborative solutions for the Internet economy The Internet Economy refers to conducting business through markets whose infrastructure is based on the Internet and World-Wide Web. An Internet economy differs from a traditional economy in a number of ways, including: communication, market segmentation, distribution costs, and price. . The Company's integrated ActivEra(tm) Solutions deliver supply chain collaboration and fulfillment, and enable business-to-business trading communities in the consumer products, industrial and services industries. The Company's solutions are web-enabled and operate in multiple computing computing - computer environments. Founded in 1977, J.D. Edwards is headquartered in Denver and posted fiscal 1999 revenues of $944.2 million. Additional information can be obtained by contacting the Company via the Internet at www.jdedwards.com or at 1-800-727-5333. About Prentice Technologies Prentice Technologies, Inc. is an accomplished Enterprise Application Service Provider (eASP). Founded in 1996, Prentice specializes in application hosting services for J.D. Edwards OneWorld(R) and related business software, including application suites from Siebel(tm), Microsoft(tm), Optio(R) and other complementary offerings. With a broad client portfolio based largely on Fortune 1000 enterprises throughout North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. and Europe, Prentice was one of the first authorized au·thor·ize tr.v. au·thor·ized, au·thor·iz·ing, au·thor·iz·es 1. To grant authority or power to. 2. To give permission for; sanction: partners in the J.D. Edwards' ASP program, JDe.sourcing. http://www.prenticetechnologies.com |
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