Ames To Launch "Planet Ames" Corporate Portal.Business Editors ROCKY HILL Rocky Hill, town (1990 pop. 16,554), Hartford co., central Conn., a suburb of Hartford, on the Connecticut River; settled c.1650, inc. 1843. Chemical coatings and synthetic textiles are made there. Rocky Hill was an important river port from 1700 to 1820. , Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 19, 2000 Ames Department Stores This is a list of department stores. In the case of department store groups the location of the flagship store is given. This list does not include large specialist stores, which sometimes resemble department stores. , Inc. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on : AMES) announced today that it would bolster its e-Business expansion with the launch of a new corporate portal An internal Web site (intranet) that provides proprietary, enterprise-wide information to company employees as well as access to selected public Web sites and vertical-market Web sites (suppliers, vendors, etc.). , PlanetAmes.com. Ames has partnered with corporate portal market leader Plumtree Software Plumtree Software was founded in 1996 by product managers and engineers from Oracle and Informix. The company was headquartered in San Francisco, California. Plumtree was founded on the premise that the technology used to build the World Wide Web could support new kinds of and Answerthink (NASDAQ: ANSR ANSR Autonomous Naval Support Round ANSR Adaptive Network Solutions Research, Inc. ANSR Advanced Neutron Source Reactor ANSR Active No Swashplate Rotor (Army) ), an experienced leader in the field of portal implementation, to provide a complete view of Ames' business for the nearly 40,000 Ames associates and selected business partners. "This is another step in our communication delivery strategy to ensure all our associates and our business partners' informational needs are met. PlanetAmes.com will be used by our business-to-business vendors and will ensure there is a common interface to view information from our systems and stores. This will enhance our vendor partnership programs and provide, on a timely basis, critical information on our product needs. Our associates, on the other hand, will have the information they require for business decisions "pushed" (without prompting) to their desktops, ensuring a consistent, continuous and focused information delivery vehicle," said Rolando de Aguiar, President of Amesmarketplace.com, Inc. In addition, associates will have links to external information such as industry news, weather, and general news available quickly and easily. From a single, common entry point, Ames associates will be able to perform many tasks such as planning meetings, managing calendars, checking sales reports, selecting and inquiring about benefits, linking with external vendors as well as keeping abreast of industry and general news. "Plumtree is proud to provide the platform for Ames to marshal all of its electronic assets in a corporate portal," said Plumtree 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. John Kunze. "As a meeting ground for associates, managers and executives to better understand the business, PlanetAmes.com is empowering Ames to react faster to market conditions and improve productivity. Bringing together 40,000 people every day on the Web is a tall task, and we are glad that Ames chose Plumtree's scalable infrastructure for doing that." Andy Rosenberg, Director, eCommerce for Answerthink, commented, "The Web has enabled new ways of communicating with employees, customers and business partners. Using this power, companies can provide their employees with a standard interface to applications and information necessary to perform their jobs. By combining the capabilities of personalization, "pushed" and "pulled" information, companies are using portals to improve effectiveness and productivity, and lower the total cost of information delivery." ABOUT PLUMTREE San Francisco-based Plumtree Software, the founder and leader of the corporate portal market, shipped the world's first corporate portal system in March 1998. In February 1999, Plumtree was the first corporate portal vendor to develop an extensible architecture for embedding components of corporate applications and Internet services in the portal as modular building Modular buildings are sectional prefabricated buildings that are manufactured in a plant, and delivered to the customer in one or more complete modular sections. Modular buildings are considerably different from mobile homes. blocks called Plumtree Portal Gadgets(TM). In February 2000, Plumtree was the first corporate portal vendor to release a technology for syndicating these gadgets across business networks. ABOUT ANSWERTHINK Answerthink (www.answerthink.com) provides comprehensive e-Business consulting and technology-enabled solutions focused on the emerging Internet-driven marketplace. As an e-Business leader, the Company offers a wide range of integrated solutions, including best practices benchmarking, e-Business strategy and architecture, branding, interactive marketing, Web design and implementation, e-Commerce and technology integration. These solutions span multi-entity functional areas and include supply chain, sales and marketing, customer support, finance, human resources The fancy word for "people." The human resources department within an organization, years ago known as the "personnel department," manages the administrative aspects of the employees. , information technology and procurement as well as a line of business specialty markets such as retail, life sciences and automotive. For more information, call 1-877-423-4321. ABOUT AMES DEPARTMENT STORES With 460 stores located in 19 states and the District of Columbia District of Columbia, federal district (2000 pop. 572,059, a 5.7% decrease in population since the 1990 census), 69 sq mi (179 sq km), on the east bank of the Potomac River, coextensive with the city of Washington, D.C. (the capital of the United States). , Ames is the nation's largest regional, full-line discount retailer with annual sales of $4 billion. Ames offers a broad range of merchandise categories including family apparel, housewares house·wares pl.n. Cooking utensils, dishes, and other small articles used in a household, especially in the kitchen. , domestics, electronics, ready-to-assemble and patio furniture pa´ti`o fur´ni`ture 1. Furniture such as chairs, tables, settees or loungers, suited for use on a patio , i.e. such that will not be damaged by exposure to rain, sun or other outdoor elements. , jewelry, craft and pet supplies, health and beauty care items, stationery, sporting goods, toys, seasonal products and more. For fax copies of Ames' most recent news releases, dial 1-800-925-7792 To find the location of the Ames store nearest you, dial 1-800-SHOP-AMES http://www.amesstores.com http://espanol.amesstores.com (in Spanish) |
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