Centura Software Announces Partnership with NDC Group Inc.MENLO PARK, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 13, 1997--Centura Software Corporation (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 :CNTR CNTR Center CNTR Container CNTR Control CNTR Counter ) today announced it has formed a strategic partnership with NDC NDC National Drug Code NDC NATO Defense College NDC National Documentation Centre (National Hellenic Research Foundation, Athens, Greece) NDC National Dairy Council NDC National Democratic Congress Group Inc., developer of TRIIAD, a methodology specifically designed for Internet and Intranet based solutions. NDC Group clients are looking for ways to improve productivity, gain competitive advantage and reduce costs through utilization of Internet and Intranet technology. NDC Group will use Centura's ForeSite Integration Server to help meet the clients' needs. Two years ago, NDC Group helped develop a client-server billing application for a large telecommunications company. Today, NDC Group is working with this client to move the billing application to the web using Centura's ForeSite Integration Server. "As a company, our goal is to provide timely, cost-effective business solutions. In today's environment that means providing Internet and Intranet services and leveraging existing IT investments. Our partnership with Centura is not only valuable for NDC Group, but also for our clients in the Fortune 500 and small business market," said Peter Noce, 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 NDC Group Inc. NDC Group is already using Centura's ForeSite Integration Server product to migrate client-server applications to web based environments. Kurt Schlimme, Director of Technology for NDC Group, says, "combining NDC Group with Centura products is a combination geared toward providing our clients with power to solve today's Internet related development needs." NDC Group Inc., one of the fastest growing IT consulting firms in the U.S., provides high quality consulting services to the Fortune 500 and small business marketplace. Founded in June 1994, NDC Group Inc. has grown from a first year's revenue of $2.4 million to the current year's $10 million. The mission of the firm is to provide timely, dependable, forward-thinking and highly-valued business integration services at competitive prices. NDC Group clients include large F500 clients, MCI (1) (Media Control Interface) A high-level programming interface from Microsoft and IBM for controlling multimedia devices. It provides commands and functions to open, play and close the device. (2) (Microwave Communications Inc. Telecommunications, Bell Atlantic, IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) , NationsBank, Global One, and Circuit City. 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 Integration Server 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, Siemens-Nixdorf, Daimler-Benz and Ford Motor Company. For more information about Centura visit www.centurasoft.com . CONTACT: Zoom Marketing Maureen Welch, 510/283-9777 mwelch@ccnet.com or NDC Group Inc. Donna Leggett, 703/838-9720 dleggett@ndcinc.com |
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