Centra Teams with EMC to Deliver Unified Collaboration and Content Management Solutions; Centra Joins EMC Documentum Application Logo Program.MONTREAL -- Centra Software, Inc. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on : CTRA CTRA Canadian Therapeutic Recreation Association CTRA College Terrace Residents' Association CTRA Canadian Telecommunications Resellers Alliance CTRA Committee To Restore America ), a leading provider of specialized solutions delivering software and services for online business collaboration today announced that it has signed an agreement with EMC Corporation EMC Corporation (NYSE: EMC) is an American Fortune 500 and S&P 500 manufacturer of software and systems for information management and storage. It is headquartered in Hopkinton, Massachusetts, USA. , the world leader in information storage and management, to deliver solutions that integrate its collaboration offerings with the industry-leading EMC (1) (EMC Corporation, Hopkinton, MA, www.emc.com) The leading supplier of storage products for midrange computers and mainframes. Founded in 1979 by Richard J. Egan and Roger Marino, EMC has developed advanced storage and retrieval technologies for the world's largest companies. Documentum Enterprise Content Management platform. Centra has also joined the EMC Documentum Application Logo Program as a design partner and is working to achieve Designed for Documentum status for its collaborative offerings. The Designed for Documentum logo designation is a mark of quality and value that customers insist on in enterprise applications. Centra has worked with some of the world's largest organizations to help create measurably enhanced productivity through online business collaboration solutions. The new capabilities provided by the Documentum platform will enhance Centra's extensible solutions, enabling joint customers to achieve and exceed expected return on investment Expected return on investment The return one can expect to earn on an investment. See: Capital asset pricing model. by providing a repository to store, search, manage and deliver information and resources in one centralized cen·tral·ize v. cen·tral·ized, cen·tral·iz·ing, cen·tral·iz·es v.tr. 1. To draw into or toward a center; consolidate. 2. location. This announcement was made today at Momentum 2004, EMC's worldwide content management user conference in Montreal. Rob Tarkoff, senior vice president and chief strategy officer at EMC Software said, "EMC is pleased to work with Centra to deliver integrated content management and collaboration capabilities to greatly enhance customers' ability to implement strategic enterprise content management initiatives. Working with companies like Centra is a key part of our go-to-market strategy, helping EMC extend its reach across all markets and industries and providing capabilities that extend the value of our technology." The combination of Centra and EMC will maximize the ability of Global 5000 customers, universities and government agencies, to manage content created through Centra-powered events using the Documentum platform as the central content repository. Using sophisticated capabilities for categorizing and assigning content, organizations can more flexibly and accurately target the selection and delivery of information to individual users according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. their job profile, skills, and knowledge gaps. This unified view of enterprise content will increase the efficiency of business processes and maximize the value of the customer's digital assets, leading to increased company performance. According to Mike Gotta, senior vice president at META Group, a leading provider of IT research, advisory services advisory services advisory services provided to the public, in their capacity as owners and managers of animals, are an important part of veterinary science. They may be provided by government bureaux, by commercial companies who deal in pharmaceuticals or animals or animal and strategic consulting, "Collaboration tools A collaboration tool is something that helps people collaborate. The term is often used to mean collaborative software, but collaboration tools were being used before computers existed, a piece of paper can for example can be used as collaboration tool. have historically been procured in an ad-hoc fashion, resulting in numerous, isolated content repositories that function outside enterprise-wide information management strategies. Not only does this increase risk due to compliance and other regulatory demands, it also inhibits an organization from leveraging and reusing content across applications and Web sites. Adopting a unified architecture for content and collaboration delivers a strategic advantage in terms of improving business performance and worker productivity that companies should exploit." "We are committed to providing integration and support for leading solutions like the EMC Documentum Enterprise Content Management platform, to provide higher levels of productivity and cost savings to our mutual customers," said James L. Freeze, senior vice president and chief marketing officer for Centra. "Companies increasingly see the need to integrate their content management capability with existing solutions. Our integration with the Documentum platform provides a dynamic, scalable solution that delivers personalized per·son·al·ize tr.v. per·son·al·ized, per·son·al·iz·ing, per·son·al·iz·es 1. To take (a general remark or characterization) in a personal manner. 2. To attribute human or personal qualities to; personify. content, and a means for more efficient collaboration with employees, suppliers and partners. And our pursuit of Designed for Documentum accreditation for Centra for Collaborative Learning Collaborative learning is an umbrella term for a variety of approaches in education that involve joint intellectual effort by students or students and teachers. Collaborative learning refers to methodologies and environments in which learners engage in a common task in which each indicates Centra's level of commitment to quality and value to our joint customers." Based on best practices gained while working with more than 1,200 leading organizations worldwide, Centra's four solution areas - Centra for Enterprise Application Rollouts, Centra for Sales Effectiveness, Centra for Collaborative Learning, and Centra for Customer Acquisition - automate and facilitate the planning, execution and evaluation phases of mission-critical online business initiatives. By adopting these solutions, leading organizations around the globe have significantly lowered costs and increased productivity and revenue. Learn more about Centra for Collaborative Learning and the Designed for Documentum Application Logo Program at http://www.documentum.com/app_portfolio. Also, see Centra (Booth #541) demonstrating its solutions at EMC's worldwide content management user conference, Momentum, October 25-28, 2004 at the Palais des Congres de Montreal in Canada. About Centra Online business collaboration solutions from Centra create workforce efficiencies and enable organizations to share and exchange business-critical information with geographically distributed customers, partners, prospects and employees. Centra's solutions integrate real-time collaboration and departmental business processes with specialized applications that increase sales effectiveness, improve collaborative learning and accelerate enterprise application rollouts and customer acquisition initiatives. Currently available in 12 languages, Centra solutions can be deployed as on-site software or through its ASP service and are supported by an active ecosystem of value-added partners, including Siebel, PeopleSoft, SAP and Deloitte Consulting. Organizations across every major industry and market sector choose Centra, including Wyndham International, Weyerhaeuser, Underwriters Laboratories Underwriters Laboratories Inc. is a U.S. not-for-profit, privately owned and operated product safety testing and certification organization. Based in Northbrook, Illinois, UL develops standards and test procedures for products, materials, components, assemblies, tools and , BMW BMW in full Bayerische Motoren Werke AG German automaker. Founded as an aircraft engine manufacturer in 1916, the company assumed the name Bayerische Motoren Werke and became known for its high-speed motorcycles in the 1920s. and Stanford University Stanford University, at Stanford, Calif.; coeducational; chartered 1885, opened 1891 as Leland Stanford Junior Univ. (still the legal name). The original campus was designed by Frederick Law Olmsted. David Starr Jordan was its first president. . Headquartered in Lexington, Massachusetts Lexington is a town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 30,355 at the 2000 census. The town is famous for being the site of the opening shots of the Battles of Lexington and Concord, the first engagement of the American Revolution. , Centra serves a worldwide customer base throughout the Americas, Europe, Asia and Australia. For more information, visit www.centra.com. |
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