KEANE, IBM TEAM UP TO PROVIDE SYSTEMS INTEGRATION SERVICES UTILIZING SANFRANCISCO COMPONENTS.IT consulting firm Noun 1. consulting firm - a firm of experts providing professional advice to an organization for a fee consulting company business firm, firm, house - the members of a business organization that owns or operates one or more establishments; "he worked for a Keane Inc. of Boston, Mass., and 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) Corp. have announced a strategic partnership for delivering systems integration services utilizing SanFrancisco, a Java-based set of components developed by IBM that allow developers to assemble server-side business applications from existing parts, rather than building them from scratch. Pre-tested SanFrancisco components enable developers to build and modify business applications quickly. Cross-platform applications can be built once and run on a wide range of servers, including Windows NT, OS/400, AIX (Advanced Interactive eXecutive) IBM's Unix-based operating system which runs on its Intellistation workstations and pSeries, p5, iSeries and i5 server families. , Solaris, HP-UX HP's version of Unix that runs on its 9000 family. It is based on SVID and incorporates features from BSD Unix along with several HP innovations. (operating system) HP-UX - The version of Unix running on Hewlett-Packard workstations. and Reliant UNIX UNIX Operating system for digital computers, developed by Ken Thompson of Bell Laboratories in 1969. It was initially designed for a single user (the name was a pun on the earlier operating system Multics). . IBM says SanFrancisco is the largest server-side Java initiative in the industry and a key element in its Application Framework for e-business. The system integration service offering includes custom application development, consulting, training, and integration with legacy systems. Keane will include SanFrancisco among its solution offerings for developing e-business applications. "We are very enthusiastic about the possibilities of this initiative with IBM," says Tim Boehm, area vice president of Keane. "The pre- tested components of IBM SanFrancisco enable us to build industrial strength solutions now and move to Enterprise Java Beans later, when our customers are ready. It's another example of how Keane optimizes leading edge technologies and delivers high quality service to meet customer needs in an e-business world." "Keane was chosen as a systems integration partner for SanFrancisco because of the end-to-end delivery capabilities of our consulting staff con·sult·ing staff n. The body of specialists affiliated with a hospital who serve in an advisory capacity to the attending staff. , reputation in the industry, longstanding relationship with IBM and our ability to manage projects," adds Deb Raknerud, managing director of the Rochester branch of Keane. "We look forward to expanding this partnership as the e-business needs of our clients increase." |
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Printer friendly
Cite/link
Email
Feedback
Reader Opinion