Cephren UK Appoints Value Added Reseller, DataCAD, to Meet High Demand for Cephren's ProjectNet in UK Marketplace.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers BRACKNELL, United Kingdom--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 14, 2000 Cephren, Inc., an industry pioneer offering online collaboration and e-commerce services to the construction industry, today appointed DataCAD, one of the largest UK-based VAR resellers of computer aided design (application) Computer Aided Design - (CAD) The part of CAE concerning the drawing or physical layout steps of engineering design. Often found in the phrase "CAD/CAM" for ".. manufacturing". and electronic document management (CAD/EDM) based solutions, to meet the rapidly growing demand of Cephren's ProjectNet tool in the UK Marketplace. ProjectNet(R) is a secure document management and workflow system for the architecture, engineering and construction (AEC AEC US Atomic Energy Commission Noun 1. AEC - a former executive agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States Atomic Energy Commission ) industries, hosted and maintained by Cephren. By offering ProjectNet to UK AEC firms, Cephren UK is enabling users across multiple companies in the oil and energy markets to work collaboratively on construction projects anywhere in the world over the Internet. By sharing designs and documents online, project teams can communicate together quickly and accurately, irrespective of irrespective of prep. Without consideration of; regardless of. irrespective of preposition despite the physical location of their clients, suppliers and partners, significantly reducing project cycle times. ProjectNet is easy to use and priced on a cost-effective monthly subscription basis. ProjectNet's document management and 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. let users organize, publish, store and interact with all kinds of information related to construction -- drawings, photographs, requests for information (RFIs), change orders and meeting minutes. "We are delighted to be working with DataCAD to increase the market coverage of our existing direct sales force in the UK," said Richard Proksa, Vice President of Cephren, Inc. for Europe, the Middle East and Africa Europe, the Middle East and Africa, usually abbreviated to EMEA, is a regional designation used for government, marketing and business purposes. It is particularly common amongst North American based companies, who often divide their international operations into the . "We appointed DataCAD because they are an innovative, service-oriented company with consultative strength in the construction and engineering industries. Along with our own sales force, DataCAD will play an important role in serving the project and document management needs of our rapidly expanding customer base." "DataCAD firmly believes that in order for our clients to retain their competitive advantage, they need to take full advantage of the latest web tools and technologies," said Paul Kasler, director of DataCAD. "Working with Cephren provides us with a highly useful web-based service we can provide to our clients in the engineering and construction industries." ProjectNet is available in the UK from Cephren UK Limited and from DataCAD. For more information, visit Cephren's web site at www.cephren.com or visit DataCAD's web site at www.datacad.co.uk. About DataCAD DataCAD, as part of ISI ISI International Sensitivity Index, see there Group plc, is the largest Reseller of CAD/EDM based solutions in Europe. DataCAD supports this through a comprehensive range of specialist CAD and Drawing Management services, designed to improve the productivity and competitive advantage of its Clients. Using its substantial support organization, DataCAD provides tailored, local support from its offices throughout the UK. It has offices in Aberdeen, Birmingham, Darlington, Glasgow, Leatherhead leath·er·head n. See friarbird. and Shrewsbury. DataCAD (http://www.datacad.co.uk) supplies Computer Aided Design (CAD), Geographic Information Systems geographic information system (GIS) Computerized system that relates and displays data collected from a geographic entity in the form of a map. The ability of GIS to overlay existing data with new information and display it in colour on a computer screen is used primarily to (GIS) and Engineering Drawing Management solutions to the Oil & Process, Engineering, Manufacturing and Construction industries. DataCAD's technical excellence was recently endorsed by its winning of the two most coveted cov·et v. cov·et·ed, cov·et·ing, cov·ets v.tr. 1. To feel blameworthy desire for (that which is another's). See Synonyms at envy. 2. To wish for longingly. See Synonyms at desire. Autodesk awards in 1999 -- Autodesk Systems Center of the Year and Autodesk Dealer of the Year. In January 2000, DataCAD launched its Design4Advantage initiative (http://www.design4advantage.com) offering a number of innovative internet-based products and services, whilst taking advantage of the Web to reduce CAD supply chain costs. About Cephren UK Limited A subsidiary of Cephren Inc., based in Bracknell, UK, Cephren UK is driving sales in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. The staff provides services such as sales, support and training. Cephren UK has been operational since December 1999 and is growing rapidly in terms of staff and customers. Currently, European projects that are managed using ProjectNet exceed a value of $100 million. For more information, contact Richard Proksa via telephone at +44 802 796431 or via email at rproksa@cephren.com. About Cephren Cephren is changing the way the world is built with its collaboration and e-commerce framework. Through its integrated, online collaboration and e-commerce services, the Company increases revenues, reduces risk and improves time-to-market for the global building construction industry. Cephren is the industry pioneer serving this market and currently has more than 800 firms using its online network, representing 10,000 named subscribers and 350+ projects on five continents with construction value that exceeds $40 billion. Cephren's framework is being used at internationally renowned firms, including The Bechtel Group, 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 Wimberly Allison Tong & Goo; charter E-Commerce customers include Avon-Wesco, Mass Electric, E-J Electric Co., Liberty-Wesco, Fischbach & Moore LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol. LLC - Logical Link Control , DualStar Technologies, Forest Electric (EMCOR) and Midwest Mechanical of New Jersey. Cephren 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 across the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. and the United Kingdom. Cephren works through resellers in 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. . Visit its website at www.cephren.com. Note to Editors: ProjectNet is a registered trademark of Cephren, Inc. All other company and product names are used for identification purposes only and may be trademarks of their respective owners. |
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