CIBER's Interactive Papyrus Selects Changepoint's Professional Services Automation Solution: Changepoint's End-to-End PSA Solution Automates Business Critical Processes.Business and Technology Editors TORONTO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 5, 2000 Changepoint Corporation (www.changepoint.com), a leading provider of solutions automating IT services delivery, today announced that it has been selected by Interactive Papyrus papyrus (pəpī`rəs), a sedge (Cyperus papyrus), now almost extinct in Egypt but so universally used there in antiquity as to be the hieroglyphic symbol for Lower Egypt and a common motif in art. , Inc., a rapidly growing interactive web strategy and online business development agency, to deliver an integrated end-to-end 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. solution. Interactive Papyrus is majority owned by CIBER CIBER Center for International Business Education and Research (various locations) CIBER Center for International Business and Research (Michigan State University) CIBER Cellular Inter-Carrier Billing Exchange Record , Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : CBR (1) (Computer-Based Reference) Reference materials accessible by computer in order to help people do their jobs quicker. For example, this database on disk! (2) (Constant Bit Rate) A uniform transmission rate. ), a leading orchestrator or·ches·trate tr.v. or·ches·trat·ed, or·ches·trat·ing, or·ches·trates 1. To compose or arrange (music) for performance by an orchestra. 2. for the Internet-based economy. "Just as the Internet is pushing companies to retool re·tool v. re·tooled, re·tool·ing, re·tools v.tr. 1. To fit out (a factory, for example) with a new set of machinery and tools for making a different product. 2. their traditional operational and supply-chain business models, Interactive Papyrus - in real time and at Internet speed - is creating new ways of streamlining organizational structures, markets, customers and the supply chain," said David Durham, Chief Financial Officer, Interactive Papyrus, Inc. "Changepoint's professional services automation See PSA. solution will help us more effectively manage our client engagements and resources and support the tremendous growth that we continue to experience." Interactive Papyrus will use Changepoint's PSA software to automate its entire IT services delivery process - manage projects and internal and external resources, track time and expenses, and interface with clients through guest access and with existing financial software to ensure timely and accurate invoicing. Interactive Papyrus reviewed several products and chose Changepoint because of its tremendous Web functionality and tight integration of modules. The company will deploy the solution across four geographic locations and plans to have users up and running on the product within 30 days. "We are pleased to be working with such leading-edge e-business visionaries as CIBER and Interactive Papyrus," said Gerry Smith, President and Chief Executive Officer, Changepoint Corporation. "Interactive Papyrus' selection of Changepoint is an endorsement of our Web-centric product and business-to-business strategy." About Interactive Papyrus Interactive Papyrus, Inc., headquartered in Englewood, Colo., is a global digital strategy consultancy, offering a hybrid of e.Business strategy consulting and interactive agency services for companies seeking to build thriving online businesses. Start-up ventures, strategic initiatives of Fortune 500 corporations and companies in the business-to-business play use the Interactive Papyrus portfolio of e-Ignition(TM)services. Homepage is http://www.ipapyrus.com. About CIBER CIBER, Inc. is the leading orchestrator for the Internet-based economy. CIBER's proven business and technology practices combine the experience, flexibility and innovation to help enterprise and ".com" clients gain a competitive advantage in today's fast-moving marketplace. Headquartered in Englewood, Colo., CIBER has a team of professionals serving client businesses from 45 offices in the U.S., Canada and Europe. Homepage is http://www.ciber.com. About Changepoint Corporation Changepoint Corporation is a leader in business-to-business Professional Services Automation (PSA), providing Web-based solutions for managing the professional services (job) professional services - A department of a supplier providing consultancy and programming manpower for the supplier's products. supply chain. Changepoint PSA and myChangepoint.com offer a seamless B2B (Business to Business) Refers to one business communicating with or selling to another. See B2B e-commerce, B2C and B2G. B2B - business to business application infrastructure that brokers the relationships between buyers, sellers and partners in the e-services marketplace, allowing all individuals in the services supply chain to operate and inter-operate across a common framework. With Changepoint, professional services organizations and corporate IT departments have the power to improve and manage relationships with customers, partners and contractors while simultaneously improving the profitability and efficiency of their entire business. Currently working with a roster of North American North American named after North America. North American blastomycosis see North American blastomycosis. North American cattle tick see boophilusannulatus. clients, more information about Changepoint can be found at www.changepoint.com. NOTE TO MEDIA AND ANALYSTS: All Changepoint news releases are available on the Internet, via the Changepoint Corporation Web site at http://www.changepoint.com. Screenshots and an on-line ScreenCam movie of Changepoint are also available on Changepoint's Web site. Additional information on Changepoint can be accessed on-line, and by sending email to sales@changepoint.com or calling 1-905-886-7000. |
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