BST and Cap Gemini Ernst & Young U.S. Announce Strategic Alliance to Deliver Enterprise e-Business Solutions to North American Professional Services Organizations.Business Editors/Technology Writers TAMPA, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 16, 2000 BST (convention) BST - British Summer Time. The name for daylight-saving time in the UK GMT time zone. Consultants Inc., a leading Professional Services Automation See PSA. (PSA (Professional Services Automation) An information system designed to organize, track and manage all opportunities, work, resources, costs, revenues and invoices to improve the productivity and efficiency of the workforce. ) provider of e-Business software solutions, and Cap Gemini Ernst & Young U.S., a leading provider of strategic information technology solutions, today announced a strategic North American North American named after North America. North American blastomycosis see North American blastomycosis. North American cattle tick see boophilusannulatus. alliance. This partnership will provide Professional Services Organizations (PSOs) with comprehensive software, systems integration and technology solutions that will improve project, resource, financial and employee time & expense management throughout the entire enterprise, which will ultimately help clients increase profitability while enhancing business relationships with customers. "Over the last decade, the rapid expansion of the global economy and technology has driven PSOs to demand increased efficiencies and profitability throughout the enterprise," said Delmar Warnock, Director of Business Development for BST. "In recognition of this evolution, PSOs are rapidly adopting enterprise Professional Services Automation solutions to maximize the management of people and projects. The combined experience of BST and Cap Gemini Ernst & Young U.S. in the software and information technology industries will empower PSOs to meet their dynamic business challenges and opportunities through best of breed integrated e-Business solutions and services." BST will provide e-Business applications training and on-going system support. Cap Gemini Ernst & Young U.S. will deliver project management, systems integration, data conversion and application rollout as part of the overall offering. The BST Enterprise solution features fully integrated project, resource, financial and employee time & expense management. Project management capabilities include project initiation and budgeting, project revenue management, project billing and project financial management. Resource management capabilities include employee time & utilization management. Financial management capabilities include comprehensive multi-national accounts payable, accounts receivable accounts receivable n. the amounts of money due or owed to a business or professional by customers or clients. Generally, accounts receivable refers to the total amount due and is considered in calculating the value of a business or the business' problems in paying and general ledger General Ledger A company's accounting records. This formal ledger contains all the financial accounts and statements of a business. Notes: The ledger uses two columns: one records debits, the other has offsetting credits. management. Employee time & expense management capabilities include a workflow enabled time entry and approval process. "Cap Gemini Ernst & Young U.S. is delighted to have formed this strategic alliance with BST for the North American market," said Rick Bugby, Account Executive for all BST activities. "We believe BST is a major player in this key area for PSOs. The mix of our two teams fits perfectly to provide a solution to clients that allows both flexibility and depth to meet client need under many circumstances." About Cap Gemini Ernst & Young Cap Gemini Ernst & Young is one of the largest management and IT consulting firms in the world and is publicly traded on the Paris Bourse Paris Bourse National stock market of France. . The company offers management and IT consulting services, systems integration, and technology development, design and outsourcing capabilities on a global scale to help traditional businesses and "dot companies" continue to explore growth strategies in the new economy. The newly formed organization employs more than 57,000 people worldwide and reports global revenues of 7.7 billion euros (1999). Cap Gemini Ernst & Young, U.S is a subsidiary of Cap Gemini Ernst & Young. More information about individual service lines, offices and research is available at www.usa.capgemini.com. About BST BST Consultants Inc. is a leading Professional Services Automation (PSA) provider of e-Business enterprise software solutions to Professional Services Organizations (PSOs). The Company's integrated applications facilitate the management of projects, financial processes, resources and employee time & expense across the global enterprise. BST's software product, BST Enterprise, is a highly scalable web based solution that has leveraged Microsoft's Windows Distributed iNternet Architecture (Windows DNA), methodology and tool sets to deliver an e-Business solution. BST Enterprise computing environment includes Microsoft Windows NT, Microsoft Windows 2000, Microsoft 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. Database, Microsoft Internet Information Server See IIS. Microsoft Internet Information Server - Internet Information Server (IIS (Internet Information Services) Microsoft's Web server. IIS runs under the server versions of Windows, adding HTTP server capability to the Windows operating system. ), and Microsoft Transaction Server A TP monitor for Windows NT servers from Microsoft that supports transaction-based applications on LANs, the Internet and intranets. It also serves as the infrastructure for a multi-tier system. It is used in the middle tier between the client and the database server. (MTS (1) See Microsoft Transaction Server. (2) (Modular TV System) The stereo channel added to the NTSC standard, which includes the SAP audio channel for special use. 1. MTS - Message Transport System. 2. .) Founded in 1978, BST Consultants Inc. is headquartered in Tampa, Florida, USA. Additional information can be obtained by contacting the Company at (1) 813-886-3300 or 1-800-726-3300, or via the Internet at www.BSTConsultants.com. 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