Cephren Launches Partnership Program with Value-Added Partners to Offer Online Project Collaboration Globally.Business Editors & Computer Technology Writers PALO ALTO Palo Alto, city, California Palo Alto (păl`ō ăl`tō), city (1990 pop. 55,900), Santa Clara co., W Calif.; inc. 1894. Although primarily residential, Palo Alto has aerospace, electronics, and advanced research industries. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 14, 2000 Partners To Offer Cephren ProjectNet To Top Tier Construction Industry Clients Cephren, Inc., a leading online workplace for the $3.6 trillion global construction industry, today announced the launch of its Global Alliance Program (GAP), which brings together a partnership between Cephren and leading professional services (job) professional services - A department of a supplier providing consultancy and programming manpower for the supplier's products. firms and solution providers worldwide. The new program enables Cephren to tap the expertise and influence of the world's leading services firms to introduce Cephren's online collaboration and e-commerce services to their top-tier construction industry clients. The GAP program supports Cephren's goal to become the world's leading provider of online technology for the global construction industry. Customers of Cephren's GAP partners will realize significant timesavings and increased process efficiencies using Cephren ProjectNet(R), the award-winning online project collaboration and project management service. In addition, GAP partners will offer Cephren PrintNet, the online reprographics Duplicating printed materials using various kinds of printing presses and high-speed copiers. and print services marketplace. The GAP program will eventually include Cephren's complete suite of MarketNet e-commerce services, including Cephren MarketNet Bidding, where buyers and sellers of construction products and services can communicate and transact An earlier e-commerce system for the Web from Open Market that included order capture and secure order fulfillment using credit cards, ecash and other payment systems. It included customer service and subscription administration capabilities as well as an integrated database for reporting . Cephren's GAP partners are world-class experts in technology consulting, customization, integration, technical training and support, with extensive experience providing value-added services to customers around the globe. With their domain expertise, these firms have established solid reputations in resolving complex business challenges for organizations such as large corporations, developers, architects, engineering firms, project integrators and owners who need to manage multiple projects with geographically dispersed teams A Geographically Dispersed Team (GDT) – also known as a Virtual team – is a group of individuals who work across time, space, and organizational boundaries with links strengthened by webs of communication technology. . Cephren's GAP program enables these firms to provide their customers with cutting-edge, Web-based collaboration and e-commerce technology. In addition, to ensure customers obtain premium service and support, GAP partners receive extensive training in order to be Cephren Certified Consultants (CCC CCC A very speculative grade assigned to a debt obligation by a rating agency. Such a rating indicates default or considerable doubt that interest will be paid or principal repaid. Also called Caa. ). "As the construction industry continues to adopt new technologies, many leading firms have come to rely on solution providers to provide them with the appropriate tools and services that help them streamline their businesses," said Tim Perini, vice president, business development and marketing for Cephren. "Many of our partners are recognized as leading systems integrators. Their reputations will contribute greatly to Cephren's goal of delivering unique and valuable online project management and e-commerce tools to customers around the globe." Professional services firms, technology solution providers, VARs, independent consultants, industry associations and web developers interested in Cephren's GAP program can visit http://www.cephren.com/about/cgap/index.html or call 650/845-2000. About Cephren Cephren, Inc, (www.cephren.com) is a leading online workplace for the $3.6 trillion global construction industry. Cephren is helping the industry change the way it builds the world with its leading framework of web-based collaboration and e-commerce services, including Cephren ProjectNet(R), Cephren's award-winning project collaboration and project management service, Cephren MarketNet(TM), Cephren's online marketplace for buyers and sellers of construction products and services, and Cephren PrintNet(TM), Cephren's online reprographics and print services marketplace. With more than 700 projects with a construction value exceeding $50 billion, coordinating 12,000 users in 30 countries depending upon Cephren's online services, Cephren is the industry pioneer serving this market. Cephren's services are currently being used at internationally known firms including The Bechtel Group, Morrison Knudsen, Webcor Builders Webcor Builders is the largest commercial construction contractor in San Francisco, USA. The company is headquartered in San Mateo with offices in San Francisco, Hayward, Los Angeles, San Diego and Anaheim, and clients include Starwood Lodging, Lucasfilm, Oracle Corporation, The , Gensler, HOK, 3Com, Odebrecht, and BSW BSW Bachelor of Social Work (degree) BSW Bundesverband Solarwirtschaft (German Solar Industry Association) BSW BrettspielWelt (online gaming site) BSW Biblical Studies on the Web International. Companies participating in Cephren's e-commerce services include Mass Electric Construction Company, E-J Electric Co., J. A. Penney Co., Liberty-Wesco, Fischbach & Moore Electric, Inc., DualStar Technologies, Forest Electric (EMCOR), Midwest Mechanical of New Jersey, and Watsco. Cephren has approximately 200 employees and is based in Palo Alto, California “Palo Alto” redirects here. For other uses, see Palo Alto (disambiguation). Palo Alto (IPA: /ˌpæloʊˈʔæltoʊ/, from Spanish: palo: "stick" and alto: "high", i.e. , with offices in Grand Rapids Grand Rapids, city (1990 pop. 189,126), seat of Kent co., SW central Mich., on the Grand River; inc. 1850. The second largest city in the state, it is a distribution, wholesale, and industrial center for an area that yields fruit, dairy products, farm produce, , Mich., New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , Munich and London. Cephren also works through resellers and partners in other parts of Asia and Latin America Latin America, the Spanish-speaking, Portuguese-speaking, and French-speaking countries (except Canada) of North America, South America, Central America, and the West Indies. . Note To Editors: Cephren ProjectNet is a registered trademark and Cephren, the Cephren logo, Cephren MarketNet, Cephren PrintNet and Change The Way You Build The World are trademarks of Cephren, Inc. in the USA and other countries. |
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