Cornell Technical Services Joins Vivant Network to Offer Staffing Services Over the Internet in the Washington, D.C. Area.Business Editors & High Tech Writers OAKLAND, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 7, 2000 Vivant! Corporation, an ICG ICG indocyanine green. (Nasdaq:ICGE) backed company and the first B2B (Business to Business) Refers to one business communicating with or selling to another. See B2B e-commerce, B2C and B2G. B2B - business to business exchange for acquiring and managing the contractor workforce, is adding Cornell Cornell named after New York State Veterinary College at Cornell University, NY, USA. Cornell alternative-month accelerated lambing system enables each ewe to lamb three times in every 2 years. Technical Services to the Vivant Supplier Alliance, to make their contractors available on the Vivant contractor procurement The fancy word for "purchasing." The procurement department within an organization manages all the major purchases. exchange. Cornell Technical Services, based in Northern Virginia Northern Virginia (NoVA) consists of Arlington, Fairfax, Loudoun, and Prince William counties and the independent cities of Alexandria, Falls Church, Fairfax, Manassas, and Manassas Park. , specializes in placing IT contractors. By joining the Vivant network, Cornell Technical Services makes their contractors available to the organizations using Vivant's Internet-based service to procure To cause something to happen; to find and obtain something or someone. Procure refers to commencing a proceeding; bringing about a result; persuading, inducing, or causing a person to do a particular act; obtaining possession or control over an item; or making a person quality contractors more quickly and efficiently. In addition to helping Cornell Technical Services place its contractors in the right job using integrated tools like job definition templates and skills matching metrics metrics Managed care A popular term for standards by which the quality of a product, service, or outcome of a particular form of Pt management is evaluated. See TQM. , Vivant unites hiring companies and staffing suppliers online enabling them to interact in a seamless fashion over the Internet to manage all phases of the contractor procurement process. Through this program, Cornell Technical Services receives an instant Internet solution for working with new and existing clients while Vivant expands the number of regional and national staffing suppliers available through its network nationwide. "Vivant offers us an exceptional way to work with our existing clients and gain exposure to new ones," said Mark Krial, President of Cornell Technical Services. "Vivant enhances our presence on the Internet, which we believe is the next wave in IT staffing." "Cornell Technical Services is a great addition to our supplier network," said Kathleen Schram, Alliance Manager at Vivant. "By integrating their contractors into the Vivant network, Cornell Technical Services will be able to better service their current customer base, but will also gain exposure to new prospects." About Vivant! Corporation: Vivant is a business-to-business exchange for acquiring and managing the contractor workforce. Vivant unites buyers and suppliers of contractors online, providing the best match for the right project - and at the right rate - quickly and easily. Using Vivant, companies are able to improve the speed and reduce the costs in acquiring contractors. Vivant is backed by Internet Capital Group and AVI (Audio Video Interleaved) A Windows multimedia video format from Microsoft. It interleaves standard waveform audio and digital video frames (bitmaps) to provide reduced animation at 15 fps at 160x120x8 resolution. Audio is 11,025Hz, 8-bit samples. . For more information, contact Vivant at info@vivant.com, 1.877.4VIVANT (1.877.484.8268) or www.vivant.com. |
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