Barton Upgrades To Niku 6; Broader Functionality, Web-Native Platform Drive Decision.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers REDWOOD CITY Redwood City, city (1990 pop. 66,072), seat of San Mateo co., W Calif., on San Francisco Bay; inc. 1868. Manufactures include commmunications, electrical, electronic, and medical equipment. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 19, 2002 Niku Corporation (Nasdaq:NIKUD) announced today that Barton, Inc., a major U.S. importer and producer of alcoholic beverages
NPM National Postal Museum NPM New Public Management NPM National Association of Pastoral Musicians (Silver Spring, Maryland) NPM Network Processor Module NPM National Project Manager ) to Niku 6. Headquartered in Chicago, Barton includes many world-famous brands in its portfolio of beverages, including Black Velvet Canadian whiskey, the Fleischmann family of products, Corona Extra, St. Pauli Girl St. Pauli Girl beers are brewed and bottled by the St. Pauli Brauerei, which is located within the Beck's brewery in Bremen, Germany. The brand derives its name from the fact that the original brewery was built upon St Paul's Monastery. and Peroni beers. Having run its IT department on Niku Portfolio Manager, Barton made the decision to upgrade primarily to take advantage of the broader functionality, greater potential for efficiency, and real-time executive dashboard available in Web-native Niku 6. "We've had a great experience with NPM," said John Breit, Barton CIO CIO: see American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations. (Chief Information Officer) The executive officer in charge of information processing in an organization. , "so we had a certain built-in resistance to change. But the opportunity to move to a Web services model -- with functionality expanded and refined, available on a platform that gives us real-time data integrity and a company-wide portal view -- was just too good to resist. Ultimately the decision was easy." "Barton is a text-book example of a creative customer relationship," said Bob Keegan, Niku's senior vice president of U.S. Sales. "In developing Niku 6, we were guided by the experience of Barton and other long-time NPM users. We learned a lot from them about the real-world needs we could satisfy with a fully integrated, Web-native product. When we came back to them with Niku 6, the product their experience helped create, we found we had a perfect fit." About Niku Niku Corporation (Nasdaq:NIKUD) develops enterprise application software that automates knowledge work in companies by integrating portfolio, project, resource, opportunity, financial, and knowledge management with enterprise-wide collaboration in one Web-native application. For more information contact info@niku.com, call 877/846-6458 (NIKU), or visit www.niku.com. About Barton Barton Incorporated, a division of Constellation Brands, (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : STZ STZ Steinbeis-Transferzentrum STZ Streptozotocin and STZ.B), is a major producer and importer of beverage alcohol products. Barton Brands is the nation's fourth-largest distilled spirits company with a portfolio that includes Black Velvet Canadian Whisky, the Fleischmann's Family of products, Barton Vodka and Gin, 99 Bananas Schnapps schnapps n. pl. schnapps Any of various strong dry liquors, such as a strong Dutch gin. [German Schnaps, mouthful, schnapps, from Low German snaps, from , Monte Alban Mezcal, and Thor's Hammer Vodka. Barton Beers is the second-largest independent imported beer marketer in the U.S., representing many brands that are best-sellers in their home markets. Barton's portfolio includes Corona Extra, the top imported beer in the U.S., as well as other Mexican beers, including Corona Light, Pacifico, Negra Modelo and Modelo Especial es·pe·cial adj. 1. Of special importance or significance; exceptional: an occasion of especial joy. 2. . Barton is also the number one importer of Chinese beer (Tsingtao); the number one Italian beer importer (Peroni); and the number two German beer importer (St. Pauli Girl). Barton is the exclusive importer of Tetley's English Ale. For more information, visit www.bartoninc.com. |
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