Cedar Group Growth Reflected in Rising Top 500 Software Ranking; Enterprise Business Solutions Vendor Moves Up In Rankings; Hires PR Agency To Help Publicize New Products and Services.Business/Technology Editors HAVERHILL, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 31, 2000 Cedar cedar, common name for a number of trees, mostly coniferous evergreens. The true cedars belong to the small genus Cedrus of the family Pinaceae (pine family). Group US, Inc., announced today that its strategy of growth through increased sales, delivery of new and expanded products and services, and partnerships is paying off, as indicated by the company's move to number 219 in Software Magazine's 18th annual ranking of the "Top 500" software and services companies based on worldwide revenues, announced earlier this month. Last year, the company's ranking was 279. "We're very proud of our significant advancement in the Software Magazine 'Top 500' rankings," said Tom Rump Rump The name given to the group of investors refusing to tender their shares into a corporate action, such as a merger or acquisition. Notes: Should the quantity of rump shares be large enough, a corporate action may be stalled or halted. , 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. for Cedar Group US. "It's an indication that our enterprise business solutions are meeting our customers needs." Marketing Push Cedar Group US also announced that, in an ongoing effort to promote its expanding portfolio of enterprise business solutions and services, such as the new applications service provider (ASP) offering, it has retained Wheeler PR & Marketing as public-relations agency of record. Art King, vice president, marketing, for Cedar Group US, said, "We recognize that we are still best known for our financial software and that many potential customers don't realize we offer a wide range of enterprise business solutions, including fleet, time, knowledge, and business-process management. Public relations public relations, activities and policies used to create public interest in a person, idea, product, institution, or business establishment. By its nature, public relations is devoted to serving particular interests by presenting them to the public in the most will play a fundamental role in making prospects aware of these applications and our new services. Frances Wheeler's knowledge of the commercial software industry and ASPs made Wheeler PR & Marketing a logical choice for us." About the Companies Wheeler PR & Marketing, Andover, Massachusetts, provides public-relations and marketing-communications services to high-technology companies. Representative clients include Genesys Software Systems, Inc.; Incentive Systems, Inc.; Open Market, Inc.; Plaut Consulting; Tally Systems Corp.; and Walker Interactive Systems. The agency principal previously served as director, industry relations, for Cullinet Software, Inc., and as manager of public relations for Computer Associates International and GE Software International Corp. For more information about Wheeler PR & Marketing, call 978-475-7970. Cedar Group US, Inc., is a member of Cedar Group Plc (LSE LSE - Language Sensitive Editor :CED (Capacitance Electronic Disc) An earlier videodisc technology from RCA that was released in 1981 and abandoned five years later. Like phonograph records, the analog disc contained grooves that a stylus rode over. .L), the publicly traded provider of Oracle-based enterprise business solutions. Founded in 1983, Cedar Group is fully quoted on the London Stock Exchange London Stock Exchange London marketplace for securities. It was formed in 1773 by a group of stockbrokers who had been doing business informally in local coffeehouses. (CED.L) and included in the FTSE FTSE A company that specializes in index calculation. Although not part of a stock exchange, co-owners include the London Stock Exchange and the Financial Times. Notes: The FTSE is similar to Standard & Poor's in the United States. 250 stock market index. Specializing in powerful, scaleable applications that can be implemented quickly and cost-effectively, Cedar Group offers Cedar eFinancials (financial management and reporting), Cedar eTime (time management and accounting), Cedar eDRIVE (fleet management), Cedar eFlow (workflow and document imaging), Cedar eContent (data warehouse management; and Cedar eCustomer (customer relationship management). Cedar Group US headquarters are located 57 Wingate Street, Haverhill, MA 01832, and the company maintains sales offices throughout 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. . For more information, contact Cedar Group at 978-372-0770 or solutions@cedargroupus.com, or visit the Cedar Group web site at www.cedargroupus.com. Any trademarks, registered trademarks, and/or service marks contained herein are the property of their respective owners. |
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