American Systems Corporation Completes Acquisition of Thoughtmill Corporation; ASC Acquires Thoughtmill to Extend its Offerings into Software Development Solutions.Business Editors GTC GTC See: Good 'til cancelled order GTC See good-till-canceled order (GTC). Southeast 2002 ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 13, 2002 American Systems Corporation (ASC ASC Ambulatory surgery center, see there ), a leading provider of products, services and technology solutions for both government and commercial organizations, today announced it has completed the acquisition of Atlanta-based Thoughtmill Corporation, an industry leader in providing innovative, commercial-quality software consulting and application development services. Thoughtmill will become a subsidiary of ASC focused on full life cycle software development and consulting, retaining the Thoughtmill name, as well as its current management team, and all of its personnel. For Elliot Needleman, ASC's President and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. , the acquisition of Thoughtmill adds new software development and consulting capabilities to ASC's already strong range of technical offerings. "ASC has been deeply committed to the success of its clients for over 27 years. With the addition of Thoughtmill, ASC continues to execute on its strategy of building a better company of world-class technical professionals providing the comprehensive, best-in-breed solutions that our clients require," said Needleman. "I'm very pleased to announce the completion of this acquisition, and welcome Thoughtmill's people and clients to the ASC family." "We're extremely excited about this acquisition - for our customers, our employees, and for the future possibilities it brings both Thoughtmill and ASC," said Heath Thompson, former President and CEO of Thoughtmill. "This combination of organizations will allow us to continue working seamlessly with our current clients, delivering the same high-quality services that they have always required, and at the same time allow us to offer significant new capabilities to them as well. Thoughtmill will be able to leverage the resources of ASC, including its service offerings and expertise, business development channels, and access to new markets." The combination of ASC and Thoughtmill will result in a broader range of end-to-end customer, enterprise and supplier-facing capabilities, for a wide range of customers in government, defense, and many commercial industry verticals. ASC already provides infrastructure installations and rollouts, systems and network integration, enterprise application deployment and integration, visual design, and training services. With the addition of Thoughtmill, ASC will additionally provide technical strategy, consulting, architecture, interface design, project planning project planning - project management , implementation, and quality assurance services Assurance services have been defined by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) as 'Independent Professional Services that improve information quality or its context'. focused around software application development. About Thoughtmill Thoughtmill is a technology focused consulting organization specializing in providing technical assessment and software development services to enterprise organizations and technology companies. Thoughtmill experience is rooted in software engineering methodology, project management, architecture, interface design, and quality practices of commercial-grade software systems. Industry-leading companies turn to Thoughtmill when they need to get it right the first time. A sample of industry-leading companies, that turn to Thoughtmill when they have to get it right the first time, includes: IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) DoubleClick, Internet Security ''This article or section is being rewritten at Internet security is the process of protecting data and privacy of devices connected to internet from information robbery, hacking, malware infection and unwanted software. Systems, AFLAC AFLAC American Family Life Assurance Company AFLAC American Family Life Assurance Company of Columbus AFLAC Apologies For Lack of Audi Content (Audi listservs) , Roche Diagnostics, T-Mobile, Global Payments, and TSYS TSYS Total System Services, Inc. . About ASC ASC provides systems engineering and professional technical services, training services and products, systems and network integration, cable plant installation, national rollouts of network systems, and related information technology services to clients in government, defense, telecommunications, commercial, and retail markets. ASC's customers include: U.S. State Department, US Marine Corps, USAF, U.S. Army, U.S. Navy, USPS (1) (Uninterruptible Switching Power Supply) A power supply for a computer that contains its own battery and uninterruptible power supply (UPS) circuitry. See power supply and UPS. , 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. , AT&T, Circuit City, GE Power, Home Depot, Wal-Mart, and others. For more information about ASC and Thoughtmill, please visit our Web pages at www.2asc.com and www.thoughtmill.com. |
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