Consultas Deploys E-Business Solution to PubliPresse Branches Using SEAGULL Technology.Business/High-Tech Editors ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 30, 2000 SEAGULL's WinJa(TM)Speeds Up and Simplifies Communication Between the Swiss Media and Advertising Agencies SEAGULL seagull a noisy, gregarious bird that frequents the seashore. Web-footed, hook-billed, white with gray wings. Member of the family Laridae and of the genus Larus. (AEX AEX See: Amsterdam Exchange :SEAGULL), a leading provider of e-business enabling software technology, today announced that Consultas, the IT division of PubliPresse, the leading Swiss advertising agency, has implemented SEAGULL's WinJa technology to provide Web and Windows access to 1,000 desktops across the software group's branches in Switzerland. PubliPresse, a subsidiary of PubliGroupe in Switzerland, manages communications between advertising agencies and media publications via its 100 branches throughout Switzerland. Companies or individuals who wish to place advertisements in publications initiate their orders through PubliPresse. Orders for advertisements are input into the Pub2000 application, which runs on an IBM mainframe IBM mainframes, though perceived as synonymous with mainframe computers in general due to their marketshare, are now technically and specifically IBM's line of business computers that can all trace their design evolution to the IBM System/360. . While the application was functionally rich, PubliPresse experienced difficulty in training and retaining employees without a Web-enabled, user-friendly interface. Using WinJa, Consultas enhanced the Pub2000 application with an intuitive Web interface, making it possible for users to enter text and illustrations for the ads directly into the application. In addition, it is faster and easier for PubliPresse employees to provide clients with detailed information, in order to help in their choice of publication. The application can be accessed through a Windows or browser browser Software that allows a computer user to find and view information on the Internet. The first text-based browser for the World Wide Web became available in 1991; Web use expanded rapidly after the release in 1993 of a browser called Mosaic, which used client. "We desperately needed to rejuvenate re·ju·ve·nate tr.v. re·ju·ve·nat·ed, re·ju·ve·nat·ing, re·ju·ve·nates 1. To restore to youthful vigor or appearance; make young again. 2. our application of over 2000 programs," says Dominique Maillard, Assistant IT Manager at Consultas. "Our new young workers in the branches prefer to use a Windows environment (1) (upper case "W") Refers to computers running under a Microsoft Windows operating system. (2) (lower case "w") Also called a "windowing environment," it refers to any software that provides multiple windows on screen such as Windows, Mac, Motif and X Window. , and are more motivated when using state-of-the-art systems. The new Pub2000, enhanced with WinJa, made it possible for us to reduce the training and support times needed by the 1500 employees using it. And our group image is also strengthened by it." "We carefully evaluated several solutions and SEAGULL's WinJa proved to be the most comprehensive," continues Dominique Maillard. "SEAGULL France's technical team made an operational prototype of our application in only 2 days which gave us the opportunity to assess the reliability of the solution." "Like countless other companies who want to adapt their mainframe applications for e-commerce, Consultas was 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. an end-to-end solution (jargon) end-to-end solution - (E2ES) A term that suggests that the supplier of an application program or system will provide all the hardware and/or software components and resouces to meet the customer's requirement and no other supplier need be involved. Compare: turn-key solution. which could meet all of its needs quickly and reliably," said Marc Saint Cirgue, SEAGULL's country manager for France and Switzerland. "We are very happy and proud that Consultas, a market leader in the modernization modernization Transformation of a society from a rural and agrarian condition to a secular, urban, and industrial one. It is closely linked with industrialization. As societies modernize, the individual becomes increasingly important, gradually replacing the family, of the publicity super-highway, selected WinJa to meet their e-business needs." About Consultas Consultas can take care of PubliGroupe's information systems, as since its conception it has been one of the world's leading advertising agencies, working in the areas of development, operation and support. The company plays a leading role in the creation and management of infrastructures designed to optimize optimize - optimisation the super-highways of advertising: data flow, information and management publicity systems, networks. PubliGroupe is a group of 60 companies throughout 21 countries over 4 continents and has 2 869 employees. In its last financial year the group achieved a turnover of 2.3 billion Swiss Francs Noun 1. Swiss franc - the basic unit of money in Switzerland franc - the basic monetary unit in many countries; equal to 100 centimes centime - a fractional monetary unit of several countries: France and Algeria and Belgium and Burkina Faso and Burundi and . PubliPresse, the Swiss entity within the group, achieved a turnover of 1.7 billion Swiss Francs. About SEAGULL SEAGULL provides software technology to open enterprise applications for Web, wireless and Windows access and to integrate strategic e-business initiatives with the back office. With SEAGULL technology, users can execute business processes anytime, anywhere, from any device, and developers can rapidly implement new digital points of contact between the online enterprise and the back office. The company is publicly traded on the Amsterdam Exchange Amsterdam Exchange (AEX) Exchange that comprises the AEX-Effectenbeurs, the AEX-Optiebeurs (formerly the European Options Exchange or EOE) and the AEX-Agrarische Termijnmarkt. under the symbol SEAGULL. For more information, visit SEAGULL's Website at www.seagullsw.com. NOTE TO EDITORS: The correct usage of our company name is SEAGULL in all capital letters. Forward Looking Information: All statements in this press release which address operating performance, events or developments that we expect or anticipate will occur in the future, including statements expressing general optimism about future operating results and non-historical information, are 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. . These forward-looking statements are, and will be, based on management's then-current views and assumptions regarding future events and operating performance. Forward-looking statements are subject to certain risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially, including, but not necessarily limited to management's ability to manage growth, and hire and retain qualified employees; unpredictable customer demand; intense competition; rapid technological change; unpredictable market acceptance of new products; and market instability and/or reduction in software purchasing caused by exceptional circumstances. |
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