Covansys Opens WebSphere Innovation Center; New Center To Showcase WebSphere Solutions For e-Business Clientele.Business/Technology Editors FARMINGTON HILLS Far·ming·ton Hills A city of southeast Michigan, an industrial suburb of Detroit. Population: 81,400. , Mich.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 30, 2002 Covansys Corporation This article or section needs sources or references that appear in reliable, third-party publications. Alone, primary sources and sources affiliated with the subject of this article are not sufficient for an accurate encyclopedia article. (Nasdaq:CVNS CVNS Concert Virtual Network Service CVNS Aircraft Carrier Navigation System CVNS Cardiovascular Neurological Services CVNS Continuous-Valued Number System ), a global consulting and technology services company, announced today the opening of an IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) WebSphere Innovation Center (WIC WIC - WAN Interface Card ) at their headquarters in Farmington Hills, MI. The grand opening of the WIC marks another important milestone in Covansys' efforts to help companies move to IBM's next-generation e-business solutions. "In order to capitalize on Cap´i`tal`ize on` v. t. 1. To turn (an opportunity) to one's advantage; to take advantage of (a situation); to profit from; as, to capitalize on an opponent's mistakes s>. the benefits of e-business, our customers need solutions for integrating their back and front office applications that are built using both reliable and scalable architecture," said Martin Clague, president and COO, Covansys. "Covansys formed an alliance with IBM last year to offer our clients IBM's premiere software products, in addition to Covansys' e-business solutions services." "Now, with the opening of our new WebSphere Innovation Center, we'll be able to provide our customers with end-to-end services in the application integration arena, added Clague. "This new facility will serve as a customer-centric showcase that will allow us to provide customers from all industry sectors with WebSphere software-based "test-drives" and reusable Frameworks." The WIC will also be designed to provide a number of important sales and educational services for Covansys' end users, and will also provide proof-of-concept support and technical briefings. "We are pleased that Covansys, a Premier IBM Business Partner, will operate this state-of-the-art center in Michigan," said Michael H. Colleary, vice president, Software Channels Sales, Americas Group, IBM. "By working together, Covansys and IBM will be better positioned to help our clients develop the innovative e-business solutions necessary to compete in the new economy." The WebSphere Innovation Center will feature IBM's WebSphere(1) Internet infrastructure software, including WebSphere Application Server, WebSphere Portal Server (1) A network server that deploys portal services to a public Web site or internal intranet. See portal. (2) An application that is used to develop, deliver and maintain a Web portal. , WebSphere MQ(1), WebSphere Studio development tools, and DB2(1). As proven niche players in the application integrations services arena, Covansys will expand efforts to optimize their service offerings for use with WebSphere software. "We've been building IBM solutions for more than 15 years. In fact, Covansys was recently named an IBM Beacon Award finalist for the "Greatest Innovation in e-Business" Award based on a vehicle information system that we developed for a state government using IBM software products. This award recognizes an IBM Business Partner who is demonstrably de·mon·stra·ble adj. 1. Capable of being demonstrated or proved: demonstrable truths. 2. Obvious or apparent: demonstrable lies. breaking new ground, and distinguishes that Business Partner whose solutions set them apart in the marketplace and impacts IBM's market position. The creation of this WIC, combined with our software partnership, takes our relationship to a higher and more valuable level," said Sreedhar Kajeepeta, vice president of e-Business for Covansys. In addition to being a Premier IBM Business Partner, Covansys is also a member of IBM PartnerWorld for Software, a marketing and enablement program designed to create new revenue and marketing opportunities for IBM Business Partners, and provide customers with e-business solutions including products, services, technologies and marketing. Covansys currently uses IBM software products to provide e-business solutions to a wide range of Fortune 1000 companies in the healthcare, banking and finance, and retail industries, as well as to numerous state and local governments. About Covansys Corporation Headquartered in Michigan, Covansys Corporation (Nasdaq: CVNS) is a global consulting and technology services company specializing in industry-specific solutions, strategic outsourcing and integration services. Our clients gain competitive advantage by leveraging our unique on-site, offsite, offshore delivery capability to achieve rapid deployment, world-class quality and reduced costs. Since being founded in 1985, Covansys has successfully delivered an array of innovative and cost-effective business and technical solutions to leaders in the private and public sector. Our 4,400 employees offer a professional heritage spanning Old World legacy systems and the New Economy's leading-edge technologies. Covansys has 23 locations, including six development centers worldwide. Covansys offers one of the largest offshore capabilities among U.S.-based technology services providers, and two of the company's three wholly owned development centers in India are SEI CMM SEI CMM Software Engineering Institute Capability Maturity Model (R) Level 5 certified. Covansys was named one of the top 500 solution providers 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. in 2001 by VARBusiness magazine. Visit our web site: www.covansys.com. About IBM's WebSphere Software (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : IBM) WebSphere is Internet infrastructure software -- known as middleware Software that functions as a conversion or translation layer. It is also a consolidator and integrator. Custom-programmed middleware solutions have been developed for decades to enable one application to communicate with another that either runs on a different platform or comes from a -- which enables companies to develop, deploy and integrate next-generation e-business applications, such as those for business-to-business e-commerce. WebSphere supports business applications from simple Web publishing Creating a Web site and placing it on the Web server. A Web site is a collection of HTML pages with the home page typically named INDEX.HTML. Web sites are designed using Web authoring software which provides a graphical layout capability or by hand coding in HTML or both. through enterprise-scale transaction processing Updating the appropriate database records as soon as a transaction (order, payment, etc.) is entered into the computer. It may also imply that confirmations are sent at the same time. Transaction processing systems are the backbone of an organization because they update constantly. . WebSphere transforms the way businesses manage customer, partner and employee relationships. More information about the WebSphere software platform is on the Web at: www.ibm.com/WebSphere. (1) Indicates trademark or registered trademark of International Business Machines Corporation. All other products or company names mentioned are used for identification purposes only, and may be trademarks of their respective owners. |
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