CTG and White Amber to Work Together to Provide IT Vendor Management Services.Business/Technology Editors BUFFALO, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 4, 2002 CTG CTG Cartridge CTG Center for Technology in Government (SUNY, Albany, New York) CTG Center for Technology in Government CTG Computer Task Group (IT consulting company; Buffalo, NY, USA) (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : CTG), an international information technology (IT) solutions and staffing company, announced that it has entered into a partnership agreement with White Amber, a leading provider of vendor-neutral contingent workforce A contingent workforce is a provisional group of workers who work for an organization on a non-permanent basis, also known as freelancers, independent professionals, temporary contract workers, independent contractors or consultants. management solutions, to provide clients with expert IT vendor management services that allow them to control direct labor costs and leverage their high volume to obtain more competitive rates. Under the agreement, CTG will use White Amber's human capital management (HCM HCM hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. ) solution to power its proprietary vendor management tool, CTGExchange(TM). The result is an innovative, Web-based solution that is tailored to meet each customer's unique business and creates a private marketplace between the customer and its selected suppliers to source, deliver, and manage resources based on established contracts and service-level agreements. The White Amber application's modular, scalable, and secure design enables clients and suppliers to incorporate it as a transparent service within their businesses while they gain visibility and control over staffing supply and demand management. Benefits include improved service delivery and end-user satisfaction, dramatically enhanced process visibility and control, and documented annual savings of as much as 37%. "This collaboration will leverage CTG's 36 years of IT staffing experience and proprietary vendor management tool, as well as White Amber's industry-leading HCM software, on behalf of large organizations seeking to consolidate IT contracting activities under a primary vendor to control the rapidly growing costs of direct labor," said James R. Boldt, chairman and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of CTG. "White Amber is a market leader in the area of contingency workforce management Workforce Management (WFM) encompasses all the responsibilities for maintaining a productive and happy workforce. Sometimes referred to as HRMS systems, or even the larger ERP systems (Oracle, PeopleSoft, SAP). There are many software vendors within this space. and was an easy choice for CTG to help meet the growing demand for a Web-based IT vendor management solution." "We look forward to partnering with CTG in this important initiative," said Lawrence B. Helft, president and CEO of White Amber. "White Amber continues to look for ways to deliver increased value to its customers. Through this alliance, we will be able to offer clients an expanded HCM product offering that now includes an integrated solution for all their IT needs." About White Amber White Amber is a leading provider of contingent workforce management solutions for the Global 2000. Its staffing experts and patent-pending technology combine to provide clients with an end-to-end, electronic human capital management solution that enables companies to hire and manage temporary and contract workers over the Internet while significantly improving service, quality, productivity, and savings. Collectively, White Amber's management offers more than 200 years of expertise in developing, implementing, and servicing staffing procurement and management solutions. The company's Web address is www.whiteamber.com. About CTG Backed by 36 years' experience, CTG provides IT staffing, application management outsourcing Application Management Outsourcing refers to the ongoing maintenance, management, conversion, enhancement and support of an application software portfolio by an external company. , consulting, and software development and integration solutions to help Global 2000 clients focus on their core businesses and use IT as a competitive advantage to excel in their markets. CTG combines in-depth understanding of our clients' businesses with a full range of integrated services In computer networking, IntServ or integrated services is an architecture that specifies the elements to guarantee quality of service (QoS) on networks. IntServ can for example be used to allow video and sound to reach the receiver without interruption. and proprietary ISO (1) See ISO speed. (2) (International Organization for Standardization, Geneva, Switzerland, www.iso.ch) An organization that sets international standards, founded in 1946. The U.S. member body is ANSI. 9001-certified service methodologies. Our 2,800 IT professionals based in an international network of offices in North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. and Europe have a proven track record of delivering solutions that work. More information about CTG is available on the Web at www.ctg.com. Today's news release, along with CTG news releases for the past year, is available on the Web at www.ctg.com. |
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