CIBER Partners With Packeteer to Ensure Application Performance; Several Projects Already Underway to Expand Network Efficiency.Business Editors GREENWOOD VILLAGE, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 31, 2000 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. ) announced today a strategic alliance with Packeteer(R), Inc. (Nasdaq:PKTR) to deploy consulting expertise and leading-edge technology to Global 2000 companies. As a Packeteer Solutions Partner with nationwide coverage, CIBER will help businesses integrate Packeteer's leading Internet application infrastructure systems with their existing offerings and prioritize software applications to monitor and control increasingly congested con·gest·ed adj. Affected with or characterized by congestion. congested ENT adjective Referring to a boggy blood-filled tissue. See Nasal congestion. networks. The number of users and bandwidth-intensive applications has put enormous strains on Wide Area Network (WAN) links and the Internet. The result is increased network traffic and congestion The condition of a network when there is not enough bandwidth to support the current traffic load. congestion - When the offered load of a data communication path exceeds the capacity. . CIBER's partnership with Packeteer delivers a solution to businesses to ensure mission-critical application performance, increase network efficiency and streamline data, voice and video traffic. Packeteer's technology classifies, analyzes, controls and reports on traffic patterns within a company's application infrastructure and allows managers to set policies to control the use of bandwidth. This technology enables greater efficiency from existing resources and delays or eliminates the purchase of additional bandwidth. In addition, Packeteer's technology enables companies to perform more efficiently and identify poorly performing applications. CIBER's 27 years of network integration and consulting expertise assures the technology needs of businesses are met and efficiency improved. "CIBER's proven capabilities in network and system integration, as well as its understanding of Packeteer's technology, made it an easy choice as a Packeteer partner," said Jim Baker Jim Baker or James Baker, a relatively common name, encompasses a number of individuals, arranged in chronological order, by year of birth:
"Applications management and bandwidth control are essential for businesses today so that they may better utilize and manage critical applications," said John Stubbs
He was born in Norfolk, and educated at Trinity College, Cambridge. , Vice President and National Practice Leader for CIBER's Network Integration Practice. "Our new partnership with Packeteer will assure businesses' current and scaling needs are fully met." A number of projects resulting from the agreement are underway in the pharmaceutical and engineering industries and the public sector, including government and universities. In a recent project at Southwestern Illinois College Started as Belleville Junior College in 1946 and previously known as Belleville Area College, Southwestern Illinois College changed to its current name in 2000. Transportation , CIBER utilized Packeteer's PacketShaper technology to measure the school's network traffic patterns, assess protocol requirements, and identify periods of congestion. CIBER analyzed the data and developed solutions to enhance application performance. This assessment helped Southwestern improve its standards, controls and overall network management. It also helped the school look to the future and plan a scalable, open architecture to support new technology initiatives. About Packeteer Packeteer (Nasdaq:PKTR) is a leading provider of Internet application infrastructure systems designed to enable businesses and service providers to ensure the quality of experience for networked applications and application services See ASP and Web services. . Packeteer's advanced PacketWise software, the foundation of the company's innovative PacketShaper and AppVantage systems, integrates application discovery, analysis, control and reporting technologies that are required for enhanced application-performance and proactive bandwidth management. AppCelera ICX ICX Inter-Cartridge Exchange ICX Incoming Exchange ICX Intelligence Express ICX Internet College Exchange ICX Internet Content Accelerator is a stand-alone Internet appliance that employs advanced content compression, transformation, and caching technologies to significantly accelerate the performance of mission-critical enterprise, eBusiness, and eCommerce web applications. Packeteer's products are deployed today by leading Fortune 1000 companies and service providers worldwide through an established network of more than 100 VARs, distributors and system integrators in more than 50 countries. In addition, PacketWise software is licensed by major communications industry partners who integrate the software into specific strategic networking solutions. For more information, contact Packeteer at 408/873-4400, fax 408/873-4410; or visit the Packeteer Web site at www.packeteer.com. About CIBER CIBER, Inc. (NYSE:CBR) is the trusted technology leader transforming businesses to be agile, scalable and connected. Backed by 27 years of information technology consulting Information technology consulting (IT consulting or business and technology services) is a field that focuses on advising businesses on how best to use information technology to meet their business objectives. , CIBER provides thought leadership in Internet solutions to Global 2000 and rapidly scaling companies and governments through its National Practices - Strategy and Enterprise Integration, Wireless, Internet Services, Business Intelligence, Network Integration and Outsourcing. Based in Englewood, Colo., the company's consultants serve client businesses from 35 CIBER offices, 15 DigiTerra offices and four Neovation offices in the U.S., Canada and Europe. "Safe Harbor Safe Harbor 1. A legal provision to reduce or eliminate liability as long as good faith is demonstrated. 2. A form of shark repellent implemented by a target company acquiring a business that is so poorly regulated that the target itself is less attractive. " Statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (PSLRA) implemented several significant substantive changes affecting certain cases brought under the federal securities laws, including changes related to pleading, discovery, liability, class representation and awards fees and of 1995: Forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to vary materially from such statements. Please refer to discussions of certain of these risks and uncertainties in CIBER's Annual Reports, 10-Ks, 10-Qs and other Securities and Exchange Commission filings. |
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