American Electric Power Selects Novient eServices For Its Internal IT Department.Business Editors ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 3, 2001 Leading Energy Provider Licenses Novient's Proven SPO SPO System(s) Program Office SPO System(s) Project Office Spo Schizosaccharomyces Pombe SPO Srpski Pokret Obnove Solution for its Project Management Needs Novient, Inc., the premier software provider of Internet-based Service Process Optimization Process optimization is the practice of making changes or adjustments to a process, to get results. Optimization is the use of specific techniques to determine the most cost effective and efficient solution to a problem or design for a process. (SPO) solutions for the service economy, today announced that American Electric Power American Electric Power (NYSE: AEP) is a major investor-owner electric utility in various parts of the United States. It is headquartered in Columbus, Ohio. It serves parts of 11 states, and is currently the largest electricity generating utility in the United States. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : AEP AEP - Application Environment Profile ), one of the world's largest energy providers, has licensed Novient's eServices(TM) application for use within its internal IT department. With 22,000 employees and $12.5 billion in revenue, AEP serves 4.8 million customers in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. , more than 4 million customers internationally, and operates one of the nation's largest power trading businesses. Responding to the complex information technology requirements of a global organization, AEP selected Novient's innovative and scalable SPO solution due to its ability to improve their project management efficiency and increase collaboration. "In order to deliver quality IT services to our complex organization, we required a technology solution that accurately reflected the service delivery process throughout an IT project," said Robert Kerr Robert Kerr or Robbie Kerr could refer to:
AEP licensed Novient's SPO solution to manage its extensive project demand and provide the worldwide collaboration necessary across its 800 IT professionals to deliver internal IT projects within budget and on-time. Novient's solution will improve AEP's project management capabilities by enabling AEP's internal IT department to gain visibility and reduce risk throughout project lifecycles, ensure strong communication and collaboration, and manage engagement teams 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. . "AEP's selection of Novient's service process optimization solution emphasizes the increasing demand for our solution within internal IT organizations," said R. Halsey Wise, chief executive officer for Novient. "Novient is honored to add a sophisticated, leading energy company to our growing list of internal IT customers." About American Electric Power American Electric Power is a multinational energy company based in Columbus, Ohio Columbus is the capital and the largest city of the American state of Ohio. Named for explorer Christopher Columbus, the city was founded in 1812 at the confluence of the Scioto and Olentangy rivers, and assumed the functions of state capital in 1816. . AEP owns and operates more than 38,000 megawatts of generating capacity, making it one of America's largest generators of electricity. The company is also a leading wholesale energy marketer and trader, ranking second in the U.S. in electricity volume. AEP provides retail electricity to more than 9 million customers worldwide and has more than $35 billion in assets, primarily in the U.S. with holdings in select international markets. Wholly owned subsidiaries Wholly Owned Subsidiary A subsidiary whose parent company owns 100% of its common stock. Notes: In other words, the parent company owns the company outright and there are no minority owners. are involved in power engineering and construction services, energy management and telecommunications. About Novient Novient Inc., www.novient.com, is the premier software provider of Internet-based service process optimization solutions for the service economy. Through workforce design, scheduling, and management, Novient's customers maximize project revenue, minimize labor cost, improve employee retention, and increase customer satisfaction. Novient's service process optimization application, Novient eServices(TM), enables an organization to gain visibility into future service projects, optimally match available people and skills to project requirements, and automate the service delivery process. Novient's peer-to-peer Internet collaboration infrastructure, Novient iServerNet(TM), enables an organization to optimally design and assemble a virtual service community by connecting its internal people with business partners, independent contractors, and customers regardless of location. Together, Novient eServices and Novient iServerNet deliver the only proven solution that enables real-time, worldwide collaboration of people, projects, knowledge, and process throughout an organization's entire virtual service community. Novient's solution is licensed to over 120,000 consultants in 48 countries. The company's global customers include Accenture, Ariba, Compaq, Hyperion Solutions, Lawson Software, Mellon Financial, SAP, and Siemens. Novient, Novient iServerNet and Novient eServices are trademarks of Novient, Inc. Other product and company names mentioned herein may be the trademarks of their respective owners. |
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