ComponentSource Grows Expert International Sales-Force Promoting Large-Scale Software Reuse Platform ComponentSource SAVE-IT.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 7, 2003 Network of Component-Based Development firms to sell ComponentSource's reuse solution SAVE-IT in European, Asia-Pacific and North American North American named after North America. North American blastomycosis see North American blastomycosis. North American cattle tick see boophilusannulatus. regions ComponentSource(R), the world's largest marketplace and community for reusable software components, and first to market as a Software Asset Value Provider, announced today a number of strategic partnerships to significantly increase the sales-force for its large-scale reuse solution SAVE-IT(TM) in the European, Asia-Pacific and North American regions. Industry leading component-based development consultancy and training companies, Everware, ICS (1) (Internet Connection Sharing) A Windows feature that enables two or more computers to share one Internet connection. First introduced in Windows 98 Second Edition, sharing is accomplished with network address translation (NAT), which is the common method. Solutions, Select Business Solutions and Trireme trireme: see galley. trireme Oar-powered warship. Light, fast, and maneuverable, it was the principal naval vessel with which Persia, Phoenicia, and the Greek city-states vied for mastery of the Mediterranean from the Battle of Salamis (480 BC) International are among the first selected companies to sign-up to resell SAVE-IT under ComponentSource's newly launched Value Added Reseller See VAR. (company) value added reseller - (VAR, or "value added retailer") A company which sells something (e.g. computers) made by another company (an OEM) with extra components added (e.g. specialist software). (VAR) program. Under the terms of the VAR program companies with a specialist focus on component and Web services (1) Loosely, any online service delivered over the Web. Such usage appears in articles from non-technical sources, but not in IT-oriented publications, because definition #2 below describes the correct use of the term. based development and reuse practices, are able to increase their existing revenue opportunities by introducing ComponentSource SAVE-IT, a mature Web services based solution and approach for the large-scale reuse of software assets, to their customer base. VAR program partners receive a percentage of the licensing fees charged for SAVE-IT dependent on the additional services they may offer. "Most large organizations are interested in reuse and may have tried and failed so there is broad demand for scalable and proven reuse solutions," explained Bola bo·la also bo·las n. A rope with weights attached, used especially in South America to catch cattle or game by entangling their legs. [From American Spanish bolas, pl. Rotibi, Lead analyst for software development strategies at Ovum. "The proliferation of component and Web services based architectures combined with the business need to reduce development risk and cost by identifying, discovering and cataloging existing assets, is driving reuse demand inside of organizations today." SAVE-IT customers are typically large geographically dispersed organizations looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. centralized control 1. In air defense, the control mode whereby a higher echelon makes direct target assignments to fire units. 2. In joint air operations, placing within one commander the responsibility and authority for planning, directing, and coordinating a military operation or group/category of and multiple secure views over their software assets. As a hosted Web services based infrastructure and reuse process, SAVE-IT offers 'scalable total cost of ownership'(TM) integrating with existing tools, installed repositories and development methodologies to ensure minimal disruption to the development environment. SAVE-IT furthermore offers a holistic view and access to the software asset universe within an organization as well as over 10,000 commercial off-the-shelf Commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) is a term for software or hardware, generally technology or computer products, that are ready-made and available for sale, lease, or license to the general public. components available on the open market. Accredited accredited recognition by an appropriate authority that the performance of a particular institution has satisfied a prestated set of criteria. accredited herds cattle herds which have achieved a low level of reactors to, e.g. with ComponentSource's highest level of partnership, Enterprise Tier, SAVE-IT partners enjoy varying terms of engagement: -- Everware, a leading consultancy and training firm focused on J2EE (Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition) A platform from Sun for building distributed enterprise applications. J2EE services are performed in the middle tier between the user's machine and the enterprise's databases and legacy information systems. development, will add ComponentSource's SAVE-IT Web services reuse infrastructure (SAVE-IT Catalog) and organizational model for reuse, SAVE-IT Process, to the list of professional services (job) professional services - A department of a supplier providing consultancy and programming manpower for the supplier's products. offered to customers in North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. looking for a return on their Java investment. Everware has over eight years extensive experience architecting, constructing and delivering mission critical componentized solutions for a broad customer-base in state and federal government as well as within sectors such as logistics and financial services. See www.everware.com -- ICS Solutions, a leading software development and services-based organization targeting Microsoft managed enterprise accounts across sectors, will offer customized SAVE-IT Catalog implementations to its FTSE FTSE A company that specializes in index calculation. Although not part of a stock exchange, co-owners include the London Stock Exchange and the Financial Times. Notes: The FTSE is similar to Standard & Poor's in the United States. 100 UK customer-base. Moreover ICS Solutions is a licensed customer of SAVE-IT Catalog which it uses to describe and expose over 500 pre-built reusable assets that exist within Microsoft's .NET server range as an additional service for their customer-base. See www.ics-solutions.co.uk -- Select Business Solutions, formerly AONIX, a leading component based development and reuse design company, has a substantial outreach of professional services focused on software development and easing the transition to Web services architectures throughout Europe and North America. The company will offer SAVE-IT Catalog to provide a scalable best of breed large-scale reuse solution for existing customers of Select Component Manager. See www.selectbs.com -- Trireme International, a leading consultancy specializing in development process, software engineering and training will offer SAVE-IT Catalog to large dispersed customer organizations as part of its Reuse and Component Based Development adoption programs. Trireme's team of expert consultants includes Alan Cameron Wills, co-author of the industry acclaimed Catalysis catalysis Modification (usually acceleration) of a chemical reaction rate by addition of a catalyst, which combines with the reactants but is ultimately regenerated so that its amount remains unchanged and the chemical equilibrium of the conditions of the reaction is not (TM) approach, and Ian Graham, a widely published expert in Software Development Methodology. Trireme has an extensive Global 2000 customer base across Europe and Asia-Pacific regions. Please see www.trireme.com "We have hand chosen our SAVE-IT partners because of their complimentary expertise and close relationships with corporate customers around the world," said Sam Patterson, 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 ComponentSource. "SAVE-IT, a hosted solution for large-scale reuse, allows companies to determine their true TCO (1) (Total Cost of Ownership) The cost of using a computer. It includes the cost of the hardware, software and upgrades as well as the cost of the inhouse staff and/or consultants that provide training and technical support. See ROI. for asset management without having to worry about hardware, service, support or database prices. Our SAVE-IT partners can easily turn on SAVE-IT for a customer of any size in a matter of hours, and serve up a full asset repository of over 10, 000 commercial components to kick-start reuse efforts from the get-go." About ComponentSource ComponentSource is the world's largest marketplace and community for reusable software components for all platforms, and is first to market as a Software Asset Value Provider with the launch of SAVE-IT, Software Asset Value Engineering in Information Technology. With seven years at the helm of the component industry, ComponentSource is able to transfer its experience in running the world's largest reuse center on its public marketplace to the corporate environment. SAVE-IT is a mature three-pronged approach that establishes effective enterprise-scale software reuse and is the backbone technology for the National Software Component Exchange and private sector customers worldwide. The respected barometer for the component industry, ComponentSource pioneered the open market for reusable software components in 1995, and continues to drive the market through its award-winning e-business model and groundbreaking work to establish the first widely accepted reusable component standard. A global e-business with customers in over 110 countries, ComponentSource is headquartered in Atlanta and has offices in Reading, England. For more information, please visit : www.componentsource.com/Marketplace/Home.asp?Type=Company |
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