C2i Solutions to Provide Comprehensive Year 2000 Assessment Consultation for Major International Educational Foundation.SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 16, 1999--C2i Solutions Inc. (Nasdaq:CTWO CTWO Center for Third World Organizing ), a provider of specialized information technology (IT) services for business and government, Tuesday announced that it has entered into an agreement to complete a comprehensive Year 2000 evaluation for a major New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of City-based international non-profit educational foundation. Under terms of the agreement, C2i will provide a complete Year 2000 readiness evaluation of the foundation's client-server and midrange computer A medium-sized computer system or server. Midrange computers encompass a very broad range and reside in capacity between high-end PCs and mainframes. They cost from $25,000 to more than a million. IBM's AS/400s (iSeries) and HP's 3000 and Alpha families are examples. systems in order to ensure a smooth transition of the organization's mission-critical systems into the new millennium. C2i will recommend a conformance plan to ensure the most efficient protocol is utilized in resolving the client's Year 2000 issues. C2i President and Chief Executive Officer John Whalen said, "We are pleased to be working with this prestigious organization to help it achieve its goal of a smooth transition into the Year 2000. This contract further illustrates our ability to provide IT solutions to a broad range of business and government organizations." Whalen continued, "This engagement is an excellent example of our strategic plan to secure relationships with organizations that have the potential to result in future consulting engagements. We look forward to providing the Foundation with an integrated step-by-step solution, and to providing recommendations for other IT issues they may face in the future." C2i provides advanced IT services and solutions to meet the needs of business and government for systems transformation and conversion, and applications re-engineering. The company's strategic focus includes e-business and data warehousing See data warehouse. data warehousing - data warehouse , as well as complex application conversions, operating system operating system (OS) Software that controls the operation of a computer, directs the input and output of data, keeps track of files, and controls the processing of computer programs. and database migrations. The full suite of C2i services also includes project assessment, feasibility studies, planning, implementation, testing and independent verification and validation (testing) Independent Verification and Validation - (IV&V) The verification and validation of a software product by an organisation that is both technically and managerially separate from the organisation responsible for developing the product. (IV&V). To meet the needs of its clients, C2i employs proven methodologies, advanced software tools and highly trained and experienced IT professionals to deliver its services. The company maintains significant business partnerships with numerous third-party sources, including 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) and Allstate Insurance Corp. For any phase of a major IT project, C2i brings together all the elements required for a comprehensive, cost-effective solution. This document contains forward-looking statements forward-looking statement A projected financial statement based on management expectations. A forward-looking statement involves risks with regard to the accuracy of assumptions underlying the projections. , including, without limitation, statements relating to relating to relate prep → concernant relating to relate prep → bezüglich +gen, mit Bezug auf +acc the company's operating results, that involve certain risks and uncertainties. Actual results may differ significantly from the expectations contained in the forward-looking statements. These and other significant risks are discussed in more detail in the company's 1997 Annual Report on Form 10-KSB, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 31, 1998. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date hereof. |
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