Brock Control Systems, Inc. joins Oracle Cooperative Applications Initiative; Alliance to promote Brock's TakeControl applications and Oracle Financials.WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 13, 1995--Today, Brock brock n. Chiefly British A badger. [Middle English brok, from Old English broc, of Celtic origin.] Control Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ/NMS:BROC), the worldwide leader in Integrated Sales Performance solutions, was selected to participate in Oracle's Cooperative Applications Initiative (CAI (1) (Computer-Assisted Instruction) Same as CBT. (2) See CA. CAI - Computer-Aided Instruction ). The CAI is a new alliance program which gives third-party software providers, such as Brock, access to a library of more than 30 open interfaces. As a member of CAI, Brock will now be able to tightly integrate its highly regarded TakeControl(TM) Sales, Marketing, and Customer Support applications with Oracle Financials(TM). "We are pleased that Brock Control Systems has joined our Cooperative Applications Initiative," said Polly Polly Biotechnology A Poll Dorset sheep cloned from sheep skin cells, which has a human gene in each cell. See Dolly. Sumner Sum·ner , James Batcheller 1887-1955. American biochemist. He shared a 1946 Nobel Prize for his pioneering work on crystallizing enzymes. , vice president of Oracle's Worldwide Business Alliances. "By working closely with leading companies such as Brock, we will be able to provide customers with a broad range of customer management solutions." "This new alliance with Oracle will enable our joint customers to get their customer management solutions up and running quickly and efficiently," said Mary Committe, Brock's Marketing Vice President. "We are simply creating a win-win situation by helping our customers better serve and manage their customers." This integration of TakeControl and Oracle Financials will allow the customer to: --enter information in one system and ensure the accessibility and accuracy of the same information across the other applications, without any duplicate DUPLICATE. The double of anything. 2. It is usually applied to agreements, letters, receipts, and the like, when two originals are made of either of them. Each copy has the same effect. data entry --perform the necessary business functions involving data sharing The ability to share the same data resource with multiple applications or users. It implies that the data are stored in one or more servers in the network and that there is some software locking mechanism that prevents the same set of data from being changed by two people at the same time. and transfer without having to be aware of the system links and the transfer mechanism --access and view the data across the two applications By teaming up with Oracle and Brock, customers will also reduce their cost of developing and integrating applications on their own, decrease the maintenance cost of the "custom" integration, and save the expense of upgrading a self-built integration which will function with each new release of the products. To be eligible to join the CAI, members must first be part of Oracle's Business Alliance Programme's Open Software Alliance, be dedicated to open systems, and must be currently porting to at least one of Oracle's selected hardware platforms Each hardware platform, or CPU family, has a unique machine language. All software presented to the computer for execution must be in the binary coded machine language of that CPU. Following is a list of the major hardware platforms in existence today. See platform. . The members must also be technical leaders in their industry, develop applications that complement Oracle applications, and possess the financial and technical resources to build and support an integrated product. Brock Control Systems, Inc., headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia Georgia, country, Asia Georgia (jôr`jə), Georgian Sakartvelo, Rus. Gruziya, officially Republic of Georgia, republic (2005 est. pop. 4,677,000), c.26,900 sq mi (69,700 sq km), in W Transcaucasia. , is currently celebrating its 10-year anniversary as the leading provider of Sales Performance solutions. Sales Performance solutions encompass business consulting, best-of-breed sales, marketing and customer care software applications, and industry best practices to provide customers with a true "closed-loop" business solution. Brock has more than 1,000 customers and 27,000 users worldwide with a network of distributors located in Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, France, Germany, Holland, Italy, New Zealand New Zealand (zē`lənd), island country (2005 est. pop. 4,035,000), 104,454 sq mi (270,534 sq km), in the S Pacific Ocean, over 1,000 mi (1,600 km) SE of Australia. The capital is Wellington; the largest city and leading port is Auckland. , Spain, Sweden and The United Kingdom. -0- Note to Editors: TakeControl is a trademark of Brock Control Systems, Inc. CONTACT: Brock Control Systems, inc. Elizabeth W. Clarke, 770/431-1304 email: eclarke@broc.com |
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