Centura Extends Partner Program to the Web; Offers Free ForeSite Software to All Interested Consultants, VARs and SIs.MENLO PARK Menlo Park. 1 Residential city (1990 pop. 28,040), San Mateo co., W Calif.; inc. 1874. Electronic equipment and aerospace products are manufactured in the city. Menlo College and a Stanford Univ. research institute are there. 2 Uninc. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 30, 1997--Centura Software Corporation today announced it has expanded its Synergy Partner Program to support its ForeSite 2.0 Integration Server. Centura offers all interested consultants, value-added resellers A value-added reseller (VAR) is a company that adds some feature(s) to an existing product(s), then resells it (usually to end-users) as an integrated product or complete "turn-key" solution. (VARs) and systems integrators a free version of ForeSite, downloadable from the company's Website (www.centurasoft.com/partners/foresiteintro). To all new and existing Synergy Partners, Centura currently offers Web-based product and marketing support, sales training and incentive programs. Centura currently has more than 150 Synergy Partners that successfully target the client/server market with Centura's leading SQLBase and SQLWindows products. Centura plans to double its partner community to nearly 300 by the end of 1997. American Management Systems American Management Systems (previous NASDAQ symbol: AMSY) was founded in 1970 as a technology and management consulting firm. It was founded by a group of five former United States Department of Defense officials who worked under Robert McNamara in the Kennedy and Johnson , an international business and 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. firm, is a Synergy Partner that selected ForeSite to deploy several internal applications to the AMS AMS - Andrew Message System intranet. "Centura is moving in the right direction," said Michael Murphy Michael Murphy may refer to:
"The introduction of these technical and marketing programs demonstrates Centura's commitment to expanding its partners' success with Centura's new ForeSite Integration Server," said Michael Keddington, vice president of sales and marketing for Centura. "Together, Centura and its Synergy Partners can deploy its customers non-stop business applications to the Web faster and more effectively using ForeSite." Centura has created a number of programs and services designed to ensure its partners successful growth into the Web deployment market. These offerings include: -- Free development software from Centura's new ForeSite 2.0 product suite is available to all interested consultants, VARs and systems integrators. By visiting Centura's Website, prospective and existing partners can download a fully-functioning version of ForeSite free of charge. -- Exclusive Web-based technical support and marketing resources to improve its partners ability to access information. -- Increased marketing programs including seminars, sales kits, direct mail and presentations. -- Exclusive sales training programs for partners on all new and updated Centura products. Partners are also eligible for a twenty percent discount on Centura's technical training programs. -- Rebates of three to five percent on any packaged products purchased through one of Centura's authorized au·thor·ize tr.v. au·thor·ized, au·thor·iz·ing, au·thor·iz·es 1. To grant authority or power to. 2. To give permission for; sanction: distributors. -- Annual Partner Summit for all Synergy Partners to preview Centura's business and product plans. The Summit provides a forum for valuable information exchange between Centura and its partners. -- Partner Advisory Council to solicit feedback on Centura's product and company direction. The quarterly Council meetings will directly impact new programs, product offerings and corporate strategy. These programs are available to the North American North American named after North America. North American blastomycosis see North American blastomycosis. North American cattle tick see boophilusannulatus. Synergy Partners. Program details may differ in other countries. For more detailed information or to sign up for the Centura Synergy Program, visit the partner Website at www.centurasoft.com/partners . Centura's Synergy Partner Program worldwide has successfully supported more than 1,000 value-added resellers, systems integrators and consultants developing leading-edge client/server applications for the past 5 years. With Centura's aggressive expansion to the Web, Centura's Synergy Partner Program will enhance the technical and sales knowledge of its partners in order to take advantage of new business opportunities. Centura Software Corporation Since its inception in 1984, Centura Software has enjoyed a rich history of innovation and bringing award-winning client/server products to the marketplace, including SQLWindows and SQLBase. Based on this success, it has grown into a global enterprise, with 26 offices, 120,000 developers and 1.5 million end users around the world. Today Centura is pioneering robust technologies oriented toward the new world of the Intranet and Internet with products such as ForeSite and Centura Web Developer. The company's customers include Automatic Data Processing Same as data processing. (ADP (1) (Automatic Data Processing) Synonymous with data processing (DP), electronic data processing (EDP) and information processing. (2) (Automatic Data Processing, Inc., Roseland, NJ, www.adp. ), United Parcel Service United Parcel Service, Inc. (NYSE: UPS), commonly referred to as UPS, is the world's largest package delivery company, delivering more than 15 million packages[1] a day to 6.1 million customers in over 200 countries and territories around the world. , United Airlines, Citibank, Singapore Airlines  This article or section is written like an .Please help [ rewrite this article] from a neutral point of view. Mark blatant advertising for , using . , Siemens-Nixdorf, Daimler-Benz and Ford Motor Company. CONTACT: Centura Software Corp. Michael Keddington, 415/321-9500 michael.keddington@centurasoft.com or Zoom Marketing Corp. Maureen Welch, 510/283-9777 mwelch@ccnet.com |
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