Cambridge Technology Partners announces aggressive web integration service strategy; Aligns with Netscape, Sun for advanced education initiatives; Enhances corporate IT solutions through World Wide Web integration services.CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 7, 1996 -- Cambridge Technology Partners (Nasdaq: CATP CATP Cambridge Technologies (stock symbol) CATP Coverage Acceptance Test Plan CATP Committee of Adaptation to Technical Process ) (CTP CTP (cytidine triphosphate): see cytosine. (1) (Computer-To-Plate) The production of printing plates directly from the computer without requiring film as an intermediate step. ), a leading client/server systems integrator, today announced a far-reaching strategic initiative for integrating the Internet, specifically the World Wide Web, with advanced client/server systems. "More than 50 percent of our business will come from advanced customer management systems this year, so we expect the Internet to be an integral part of our service offerings," said Jim Sims James Morton Sims (born May 13, 1903, Leyton, Essex, died April 27, 1973, Canterbury, Kent) was an English cricketer. Jim Sims represented Middlesex in 381 first-class matches matches between 1929 and 1952 as a right-handed batsman and off-break bowler who scored 7173 runs , president 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 Cambridge Technology Partners. "Having emerged as the industry's ubiquitous infrastructure for both external and internal communications  This article's grammar usage needs improvement. Please edit this article in accordance with Wikipedia's . , the Internet will provide a strategic business advantage for our clients to capture greater market share through electronic commerce solutions." CTP's initiative, designed to enable new business processes for distributed IT environments, leverages CTP's expertise in integrating external web sites with strategic business applications built on internal networks. The company's Internet Solutions Practice and new strategic business partnerships with leading Internet vendors will facilitate development of the most innovative Internet and interactive technologies, and will play a strategic role in CTP's delivery of client/server systems worldwide. New Industry Alliances CTP has entered into discussions on a strategic marketing and training partnership with Internet powerhouse Netscape Communications, Mountain View, CA, which lays the groundwork for CTP's long-term Internet business strategy. With Netscape, CTP plans to establish a network of Netscape authorized training centers, beginning with Miami and Boston in March, and will train 100 CTP professionals in implementing Netscape server solutions on demand. "The Internet is enabling organizations to fundamentally change the way their products and services are delivered," said Netscape's John Hahn John Hahn (October 30, 1776 - February 26, 1823) was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. John Hahn was born in New Hanover Township, Pennsylvania. He studied medicine and practiced. Hahn was elected as a Republican to the Fourteenth Congress. , vice president of channel management. "We are impressed with CTP's core expertise in rapid application development and consensus- based process implementation, and we see the potential for a great marriage for these capabilities and Netscape's leading edge technology." In a strategic marketing partnership with Sun Microsystems Sun Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ: JAVA[3]) is an American vendor of computers, computer components, computer software, and information-technology services, founded on 24 February 1982. , Mountain View, CA, CTP will execute a series of regional training workshops on Java, Sun's leading-edge Web application development tool, to help clients understand and implement Java solutions both internally and externally, specifically as integrated components of advanced customer management systems. Soon to be rolled out on a monthly basis in San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden , Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. , Cambridge, MA, Chicago, and Miami, each course will include three days of basic instruction and two days of advanced training. "We believe CTP is uniquely positioned to leverage Java's capabilities for their next generation customer management systems," said Anil Gadre, vice president, marketing for Sun Microsystems. "CTP's methodology of empowering their clients, in this case with Java, enables our mutual customers to rapidly optimize the business benefit of the Internet and get a jump start on their competitors." CTP also has entered into strategic business partnerships with Connect, Inc., Mountain View, CA, a leading provider of on-line software and services for Fortune class enterprises, and Raptor Systems, Inc., Waltham, MA, developer of the most advanced application firewalls for protecting internal corporate data from unauthorized access via the Internet. CTP will integrate Connect servers and Raptor firewalls as strategic components of Web-based IT applications. Applied Internet Solutions A key objective of CTP's new strategy is to help clients "marry" the Internet's capabilities to distributed client/server IT systems, using the World Wide Web, as well as other open workgroup computing architectures like Lotus Notes Messaging and groupware software from IBM Lotus that was introduced in 1989 for OS/2 and later expanded to Windows, Mac, Unix, NetWare, AS/400 and S/390. Notes provides e-mail, document sharing, workflow, group discussions and calendaring and scheduling. , as a new paradigm New Paradigm In the investing world, a totally new way of doing things that has a huge effect on business. Notes: The word "paradigm" is defined as a pattern or model, and it has been used in science to refer to a theoretical framework. in systems development. With its recently announced KnowledgeShare knowledge management system, CTP now builds and maintains Intranet-based solutions to enable clients to share and process knowledge across the enterprise and to establish a foundation for strategic applications that integrate customer interaction and electronic commerce. "Forrester Research Forrester Research is an independent technology and market research company that provides its clients with advice about technology's impact on business and consumers. Corporate facts
CTP has built an unmatched track record in developing process-driven client/server systems in unprecedented time frames and within a strict fixed time/fixed price business model. While Web-based applications have rapidly emerged as sources of competitive advantage for many leading organizations, time demands on the development of Internet solutions are skyrocketing. CTP's speed differentiator, along with their acquisition of Axiom Consulting, Inc., an innovative management consulting Noun 1. management consulting - a service industry that provides advice to those in charge of running a business service industry - an industry that provides services rather than tangible objects company, in late 1995, has positioned the company for strong growth in the Net integration market. CTP was recently involved in the development of SportsLine USA, a continuously updated sports information, entertainment, and merchandise service (http://www.sportsline.com), recently ranked the #1 sports site on the Internet by Interactive Sportswire. CTP designed and programmed a variety of database structures, helped with network configuration and integration of Netscape server products with an Oracle back end, and developed systems to help manage the information processing information processing: see data processing. information processing Acquisition, recording, organization, retrieval, display, and dissemination of information. Today the term usually refers to computer-based operations. and formatting stages. "CTP's rapid development methodology played an integral role in helping to meet our agressive project deadlines," said Tom Eastwood Tom Eastwood (1922-1999) was an English composer. , chief technology officer of SportsLine USA. "Clients need more than just an attractive web site design or an on-line brochure," said Brooks. "The Web adds real value to corporate IT only as an architectural component, where functionality is integrated with existing applications at the back end. As a systems integrator, we are guiding our clients through the Web migration process by implementing Web-based solutions that enable new innovative business processes through integration with customer service, order entry, and other strategic applications." Founded in 1991, Cambridge Technology Partners is one of the fastest growing companies in the systems integration industry, with a proven track record of developing and deploying client/server distributed applications to more than 400 organizations worldwide. Working within a unique fixed time/fixed price model, CTP's systems development expertise also includes package implementation and rapid process implementation. CTP has seen revenue growth at an average of 67 percent per year, and has expanded to 20 offices globally and has more than 1,100 employees today. -0- CTP News on the Web: http://www.ctp.com CONTACT: Colleen col·leen n. An Irish girl. [Irish Gaelic cailín, diminutive of caile, girl, from Old Irish. Irish Cambridge Technology Partners 617-374-8705 ciris@ctp.com or Doug Black/Michael Bayer Miller/Shandwick Technologies 617-536-0470 dblack@millercom.com, mbayer@millercom.com |
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