And the Beat Goes On...Business Editors ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 21, 2000 Geac Constructs E-Business Solution for Renowned Cancer Center Geac Enterprise Solutions, a division of Geac Computer Corporation Limited (GAC GAC Great American Country GAC Global Assembly Cache (Microsoft .NET) GAC Global Assembly Cache GAC Granular Activated Carbon GAC Gustavus Adolphus College (St. ), has enabled Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center The Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC) in New York City is a cancer treatment and research institution founded in 1884 as the New York Cancer Hospital. The main campus is located at 1275 York Avenue, between 67th and 68th Streets, with other locations in New (MSKCC MSKCC Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center ) - the world's oldest and largest private institution devoted to cancer care, research and education - to make use of the world's newest digital marketplaces. This innovative, Web-based supply requisition solution was developed within Geac's Active Architecture(TM) framework, and utilizes Net Foundations (Geac's Web-based portal) and commerce-XML (cXML) specifications designed by Ariba, Inc. More important, this solution enables MSKCC employees to access Internet marketplaces, order products using a familiar shopping cart metaphor and then have those orders flow seamlessly and automatically into Geac Enterprise Solutions' Procurement application. By integrating this solution with its existing Geac procurement applications, MSKCC realizes two very important benefits, notes Barbara Cassera, manager of financial systems at MSKCC: "We cut our costs and we make the process of ordering much easier for our entire community. We have hundreds of people out there ordering products from, literally, a thousand vendors. By allowing them to go to the Web and order, it makes the process easier for them and for our back office administrative process." And Mark Svenningson, controller at MSKCC, adds that another important benefit is that MSKCC's requisition users will have more information at their fingertips "Fingertips" is a 1963 number-one hit single recorded live by "Little" Stevie Wonder for Motown's Tamla label. Wonder's first hit single, "Fingertips" was the first live, non-studio recording to reach number-one on the Billboard Pop Singles chart in the United States. - "they will be able to get further descriptions on very elaborate products that they have to purchase for scientific experiments. Our back office people and our clinical people will be able to get instant gratification as to shelf availability, product availability and they will be able to plan their purchasing accordingly." Doug Ring, Geac's vice president of e-business technology, says this solution "not only enables MSKCC to save money, streamline their ordering process and give them more useful information but, our use of XML XML in full Extensible Markup Language. Markup language developed to be a simplified and more structural version of SGML. It incorporates features of HTML (e.g., hypertext linking), but is designed to overcome some of HTML's limitations. and cXML in developing the solution allows MSKCC to now tap into any Internet marketplace that uses these standards." About Geac Enterprise Solutions Geac Enterprise Solutions, a division of Geac Computer Corporation Limited, provides mid- to large-sized enterprises with business-enabled ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) An integrated information system that serves all departments within an enterprise. Evolving out of the manufacturing industry, ERP implies the use of packaged software rather than proprietary software written by or for one customer. solutions. Geac's client/server (SmartStream(R) and SQL SQL in full Structured Query Language. Computer programming language used for retrieving records or parts of records in databases and performing various calculations before displaying the results. Financials/HR), PC/LAN (TotalHR), S/390 (E Series and M series) and AS/400 (System21 and Style) product suites enable organizations to streamline business processes and provide business intelligence access throughout their enterprises across multiple platforms. Additional information about Geac Enterprise Solutions is available at www.geac.com. Geac Computer Corporation Limited (TSE See Tokyo Stock Exchange. TSE 1. See Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE). 2. See Toronto Stock Exchange (TSE). :GAC) is a provider of mission-critical software and systems solutions to corporations around the world. Geac solutions include cross-industry enterprise business applications for financial administration and human resources functions, and enterprise resource planning See ERP. (application, business) Enterprise Resource Planning - (ERP) Any software system designed to support and automate the business processes of medium and large businesses. applications for manufacturing, distribution and supply chain management. As well, Geac provides several industry applications to the hospitality, property and publishing marketplaces, as well as a wide range of applications for libraries and public administration. Headquartered in Toronto, Canada, Geac ranks as one of the world's largest software companies The Forbes Global 2000 includes the following list of the world's largest software companies. Relative rank Global rank Name Country Sales ($bil) Profits ($bil) Assets ($bil) Market Value ($bil) 1 54 Microsoft United States . Further information is available on the World Wide Web at www.geac.com, or through e-mail at info@geac.com. This press release contains forward-looking statements based on current expectations. These forward-looking statements entail various risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those reflected in these forward-looking statements. Risks and uncertainties about the Company's business are more fully discussed in Management's Discussion and Analysis Management's discussion and analysis (MD&A) A report from management to shareholders that accompanies the firm's financial statements in the annual report. It explains the period's financial results and enables management to discuss topics that may not be apparent in the financial published in the Company's annual report. |
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