Bowstreet Unveils Timely `Web Services FastTrack' Program to Jumpstart Companies' Web Services Strategies.Business/Technology Editors PORTSMOUTH Portsmouth, city, England Portsmouth, city (1991 pop. 174,218) and district, Hampshire, S England, on Spithead Channel. The district includes Portsea (naval station), Southsea (residential district and resort), and the old town of Portsmouth proper. , N.H.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 14, 2002 Combined training, consulting and product offering puts companies on the "fast track" to Web services (1) Loosely, any online service delivered over the Web. Such usage appears in articles from non-technical sources, but not in IT-oriented publications, because definition #2 below describes the correct use of the term. Bowstreet, the Web services platform company, today announced "Web Services FastTrack," a new offering of Web services software, training and professional services (job) professional services - A department of a supplier providing consultancy and programming manpower for the supplier's products. that helps customers jump-start jump-start tr.v. jump-start·ed, jump-start·ing, jump-starts 1. To start (the engine of a motor vehicle) by using a booster cable connected to the battery of another vehicle or by engaging the drive train while the vehicle their Web services strategies. Web Services FastTrack is a hands-on hands-on adj. Involving active participation; applied, as opposed to theoretical: "We're involved in hands-on operations, pulling levers, pushing buttons" Arthur R. Taylor. program that shows companies how to immediately identify, create, catalog catalog, descriptive list, on cards or in a book, of the contents of a library. Assurbanipal's library at Nineveh was cataloged on shelves of slate. The first known subject catalog was compiled by Callimachus at the Alexandrian Library in the 3d cent. B.C. , consume and provision Web services within their organization - while simultaneously helping them formulate formulate /for·mu·late/ (for´mu-lat) 1. to state in the form of a formula. 2. to prepare in accordance with a prescribed or specified method. their Web services strategy - in only three weeks. Detailed information on Bowstreet's Web Services FastTrack program can be found at www.bowstreet.com/fasttrack. With Web Services FastTrack, Bowstreet is bringing its Web services leadership, patent-pending technology platform, deep best practices proficiency pro·fi·cien·cy n. pl. pro·fi·cien·cies The state or quality of being proficient; competence. Noun 1. proficiency - the quality of having great facility and competence and years of successful customer deployment expertise to help clients lower their risk and maximize their return with Web services. Web Services FastTrack capitalizes on Bowstreet's four-plus years of experience in Web services application development, and enables developers to "learn by doing." Though simple in concept, Web services are prompting a software sea change similar to the one that occurred around client/server computing computing - computer in the 1990s. Every company is compelled to create its own Web services strategy, but many may find it difficult to get started. After pioneering Web services in 1998, and helping Fortune 500 customers build Web services-based applications, Bowstreet is now poised to help any business - large or small - evolve towards Web services through its FastTrack program. Bowstreet's Web Services FastTrack Program Web Services FastTrack is a three-week, $75,000 package that includes: Software - A limited software license of the Bowstreet(TM) Business Web Factory, a leading Web services development and assembly platform that automates the creation and maintenance of complex Web applications. Customers receive five developer licenses and guidance through the development of their first Web services-based application built on the Bowstreet Business Web Factory platform. Bowstreet will educate customers on converting existing business objects into Web services by deploying at least three objects into Web services. These services, along with additional external services, will be consumed con·sume v. con·sumed, con·sum·ing, con·sumes v.tr. 1. To take in as food; eat or drink up. See Synonyms at eat. 2. a. and provisioned through a sample Web application. Training - A two-hour Webinar on Web services, and a half-day on-site workshop. Additionally, the customer will receive "on the job" training from Bowstreet professional services consultants during the second and third weeks of the on-site engagement to see first-hand how the development and deployment is accomplished using the Bowstreet Business Web Factory. Services - Three weeks of on-site services from a team of Bowstreet professional services consultants. In addition to building a sample application, the Bowstreet team of consultants will conduct a Web services roadmap workshop that helps companies organize and prioritize pri·or·i·tize v. pri·or·i·tized, pri·or·i·tiz·ing, pri·or·i·tiz·es Usage Problem v.tr. To arrange or deal with in order of importance. v.intr. their Web services-based initiatives. Customers also get select Web services best practice documents, and have access to Bowstreet developer community resources. Bowstreet's Web Services FastTrack provides a simplified business model that allows customers to start modestly and evolve toward an enterprise-wide Web services strategy. Customers can keep their development licenses, Web services-based applications, converted Web services, and best practices, regardless of whether they choose to proceed past the initial three week engagement, or not. "Bowstreet's Web Services FastTrack program addresses what many companies are looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. - hands-on, concrete exposure to what Web services can do for them today, and more importantly, what Web services can do for them tomorrow," said David Marshak, senior vice president and principal consultant, Patricia Seybold Group. Bowstreet's flagship product A primary product of a company, which is typically why the company was founded and/or what made it well known. For example, MS-DOS, Windows and the Microsoft Office suite have been flagship products of Microsoft. CorelDRAW is a flagship product of Corel Corporation. , the Business Web Factory, automates the creation and maintenance of complex Web applications - applications based on software components and Web services. Bowstreet's platform is unique in the ability to capture the design process, automate To turn a set of manual steps into an operation that goes by itself. See automation. the generation of complex Web applications and respond instantly to change. Further, with more experience in actual Web services implementations than any other company, Bowstreet is uniquely positioned to help its clients move forward rapidly and cost-effectively with their Web services strategies. "Bowstreet is betting that this year will be the year of Web services, but companies clearly have more questions than answers about them," said Jeff Lortz, Bowstreet's vice president of professional services. "As the Web services leader, we welcome the chance to answer all their questions and serve as a trusted advisor to jumpstart their Web services strategies. We'll show them, not tell them, how they can profit from Web services today and how to overcome the challenges their competitors will find out about on their own tomorrow." About Bowstreet Bowstreet, the Web services platform company, is pioneering the generation of applications for the Internet Internet Publicly accessible computer network connecting many smaller networks from around the world. It grew out of a U.S. Defense Department program called ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network), established in 1969 with connections between computers at the . The Bowstreet(TM) Business Web Factory is a Web services development and assembly platform that automates the creation and maintenance of complex Web applications on demand. The Business Web Factory enables Fortune 500 enterprises to form dynamic, distributed networks that leverage the strengths of the entire value chain while providing rich, streamlined Web experiences for their employees, partners and customers. More information can be found at www.bowstreet.com or by calling 603-559-1900. Bowstreet is a trademark of Bowstreet, Inc. All other company names and product names may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies or owners. |
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