Clarus and Microsoft Host Free Management Forums.ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 3, 1999-- "The Electronic Procurement The fancy word for "purchasing." The procurement department within an organization manages all the major purchases. Solutions: Real Value Delivered" seminar demonstrates how Web-based e-commerce solutions for business deliver bottom line savings Clarus Corporation (Nasdaq: CLRS CLRS Center for Labor Research and Studies CLRS Central Launch and Recovery Section CLRS Claims Legal Research System ), a leading provider of Web-based commerce applications, and Microsoft Corporation (company) Microsoft Corporation - The biggest supplier of operating systems and other software for IBM PC compatibles. Software products include MS-DOS, Microsoft Windows, Windows NT, Microsoft Access, LAN Manager, MS Client, SQL Server, Open Data Base Connectivity (ODBC), MS Mail, (Nasdaq: MSFT MSFT Microsoft (stock symbol) MSFT Movimento Sociale Fiamma Tricolore (Italy) MSFT Multi-Stage Fitness Test MSFT Master of Science in Family Therapy MSFT Macalester Students for Fair Trade ) today announced plans to co-host a series of free management forums May 11- June 24 in 13 major cities. The interactive session entitled en·ti·tle tr.v. en·ti·tled, en·ti·tling, en·ti·tles 1. To give a name or title to. 2. To furnish with a right or claim to something: , "Electronic Procurement Solutions: Real Value Delivered," will educate corporate decision makers about the benefits of managing business resources through Web-based electronic procurement solutions. The three-and-a-half-hour program to be held 8:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m. will include discussions about maximizing the Microsoft Commerce Platform and how to implement a catalog/content management solution. Clarus customer success stories highlighting how using electronic procurement solutions can add up to significant savings of time and money and a live demonstration of the Clarus(tm) E-Procurement solution will also be a key part of the program. Using a Clarus Value Calculator calculator or calculating machine, device for performing numerical computations; it may be mechanical, electromechanical, or electronic. The electronic computer is also a calculator but performs other functions as well. simulation, corporate decision makers will tally for themselves the actual impact e-commerce solutions can make to their organization's bottom line. Participants will discover how electronic procurement solutions will enable them to accomplish the following: -- Realize significant cost savings by automating corporate procurement -- Streamline the procurement process to make employee-direct purchasing convenient and efficient -- Build supplier relationships and improve buyer discounts -- Enforce purchasing policies and effectively manage catalog catalog, descriptive list, on cards or in a book, of the contents of a library. Assurbanipal's library at Nineveh was cataloged on shelves of slate. The first known subject catalog was compiled by Callimachus at the Alexandrian Library in the 3d cent. B.C. content -- Gather valuable reporting data to track spending trends To register for "Electronic Procurement Solutions: Real Value Delivered," visit the Clarus Web site (www.claruscorp.com/epforum), e-mail prodinfo@claruscorp.com, or call 1-800-437-0734. The dates and locations are as follows:
May 11 - New York June 9 - Chicago
May 12 - Boston June 10 - Minneapolis
May 13 - Philadelphia June 15 - Denver
May 18 - Washington D.C. June 16 - Houston
May 19 - Ft. Lauderdale June 23 - Los Angeles
May 20 - Atlanta June 24 - San Francisco
June 8 - Detroit
Founded in 1975, Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) is the worldwide leader in software for personal computers. The company offers a wide range of products and services for business and personal use, each designed with the mission of making it easier and more enjoyable for people to take advantage of the power of personal computing Refers to users working on their own computers rather than a terminal to a mainframe. Sometimes, the term refers to using computers at home for work and/or entertainment in contrast to business use only. See personal computer. every day. Atlanta-based Clarus Corporation (www.claruscorp.com)(Nasdaq: CLRS) is a pioneer and a leader in providing Web-based Commerce applications that enable organizations to gain control of their operational resources - the non-production goods and services In economics, economic output is divided into physical goods and intangible services. Consumption of goods and services is assumed to produce utility (unless the "good" is a "bad"). It is often used when referring to a Goods and Services Tax. vital to every company's operations. Clarus Commerce leverages Web technology to connect large populations of employees, management and suppliers with continuous planning, monitoring and control of resources, which can result in a dramatic impact on the bottom line. The Company's Web-based Commerce solutions are being deployed at more than 20 sites for customers including MasterCard International, First Data Corporation and Hyatt Regency Regency, in British history, the period of the last nine years (1811–20) of the reign of George III, when the king's insanity had rendered him unfit to rule and the government was vested in the prince of Wales (later George IV) as regent. with planned deployment to more than 100,000 employees. NOTE TO EDITORS: THIS PRESS RELEASE CONTAINS FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS forward-looking statement A projected financial statement based on management expectations. A forward-looking statement involves risks with regard to the accuracy of assumptions underlying the projections. WITHIN THE MEANING OF SECTION 27A OF THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 AND SECTION 21E OF THE EXCHANGE ACT. ACTUAL RESULTS COULD DIFFER MATERIALLY FROM THOSE PROJECTED IN THE FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS AS A RESULT OF CERTAIN RISKS INCLUDING THAT THE BENEFITS EXPECTED BY THE COMPANY AS A RESULT OF THE ANNOUNCEMENT MAY NOT OCCUR. Clarus is a trademark of Clarus Corporation. Throughout this release, software and hardware products are mentioned by name. In most, if not all, cases, these product names are claimed as trademarks by the companies that manufacture the products. It is not our intention to claim these names or trademarks as our own. |
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