Avnet Computer Announces Partnership With Business Software Applications Developer Baldwin Hackett & Meeks Inc.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers TEMPE, Ariz.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 26, 2000 Software developer BHMI broadens Avnet Computer's suite of e-business offerings with custom application design Avnet Computer, a solutions integrator for e-business platforms, Monday announced it has signed an agreement with Omaha, Neb.-based Baldwin Hackett & Meeks Inc. (BHMI), a software developer specializing in highly available, custom applications for e-business environments. The partnership allows Avnet Computer to benefit from BHMI's expertise in the fields of web enablement, application design, project implementation and software development and support. In return, BHMI will be able to tap into Avnet Computer's experience providing customers technology solutions that help fortify for·ti·fy v. for·ti·fied, for·ti·fy·ing, for·ti·fies v.tr. To make strong, as: a. To strengthen and secure (a position) with fortifications. b. To reinforce by adding material. their IT infrastructure to support e-business ventures. Primarily a developer of enterprise solutions for the Compaq NonStop(R) platform in its early days, BHMI has evolved to embrace an open-systems approach over its 14-year history. BHMI currently specializes in large-scale, highly available web-enabled software across multiple and disparate platforms. As a result, Avnet Computer customers now have the ability to design unique, web-enabled applications that run on a network custom-built and tested for that particular environment. This capability strengthens Avnet Computer's suite of e-business services considerably, at a time when more and more businesses are taking advantage of e-business and moving processes to the Web. "Adding BHMI to our best-in-class partners greatly expands Avnet Computer's already formidable portfolio of e-business services," said Brian Armstrong, Avnet Computer president. "BHMI is a proven leader in the field of high-availability custom application development, a unique service that is only now coming into its own in the new economy. "This partnership will allow each of us to offer a level of expertise and customer service that didn't exist before, and we look forward to passing the benefits of this synergy on to our mutual customers." "As an experienced software services organization, BHMI understands the importance of creating joint partnerships to meet the needs of our customers," said Jack Baldwin
Sir Jack E. Baldwin, FRS is a former Waynflete Professor of Chemistry at the University of Oxford (1978–2005) and the former head of the organic chemistry department of that university. , BHMI chairman. "By combining the strengths of Avnet Computer and BHMI, we will be well-suited to offer companies enterprise-class e-business solutions that will meet their real-world business needs." About Baldwin Hackett & Meeks Inc. (BHMI) Founded in 1986, BHMI is a professional software services organization active in technical consulting, application design, custom software development and project implementation. With extensive experience in creating applications on Compaq NonStop(TM) Himalaya(TM), Windows NT (Windows New Technology) A 32-bit operating system from Microsoft for Intel x86 CPUs. NT is the core technology in Windows 2000 and Windows XP (see Windows). Available in separate client and server versions, it includes built-in networking and preemptive multitasking. (R) and UNIX UNIX Operating system for digital computers, developed by Ken Thompson of Bell Laboratories in 1969. It was initially designed for a single user (the name was a pun on the earlier operating system Multics). (R) platforms, BHMI has the capability to create cohesive software systems across multiple disparate platforms. The organization has been successful at helping companies in a number of industries implement enterprise-class application solutions that have been essential to their success. BHMI's headquarters are at 10855 West Dodge Road, Suite 220, Omaha, NE 68154; 402/333-3300; www.bhmi.com. About Avnet Computer Avnet Computer is a solutions integrator for e-business platforms, deploying hardware, software and services across the enterprise. The company leverages its unique suite of technology and financial services The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. to bring value to businesses intent on managing their total cost of computing infrastructure, focusing on enterprise systems, data management and system consolidation and migration. Avnet Computer delivers best-in-class solutions with the industry's Internet leaders such as BMC Software BMC Software, Inc. NYSE: BMC, is an American enterprise management software provider, focusing on IT infrastructure applications. BMC was founded in 1980 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas. , Cisco Systems, Compaq, Computer Associates, DataMirror, Enterasys, Hewlett-Packard, 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) , J. D. Edwards J.D. Edwards, also called JDE, is a software company founded in March 1977 in Denver, Colorado by Jack Thompson, C.T.P."Chuck" Hintze, Dan Gregory and Ed McVaney. The company made its name building accounting software for IBM minicomputers, beginning with the System/34 and and Oracle. Headquartered in Tempe, Avnet Computer (www.avnetcomputer.com) is a division of Avnet Computer Marketing Group, a $1.5 billion operating group of Avnet Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : AVT AVT avian arginine vasotocin. See vasotocin. ). Avnet Inc. is currently ranked 272 in the Fortune 500 with sales for fiscal 1999 of $6.4 billion ($10 billion pro forma As a matter of form or for the sake of form. Used to describe accounting, financial, and other statements or conclusions based upon assumed or anticipated facts. The phrase pro forma , with recent acquisitions). |
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