Unanet, Digicon and Sun Partner to Boost Profitability for Small to Medium-Sized Businesses!STERLING, Va. -- Unanet Technologies (www.unanet.com), a developer of Web-based Professional Services Automation See PSA. (PSA (Professional Services Automation) An information system designed to organize, track and manage all opportunities, work, resources, costs, revenues and invoices to improve the productivity and efficiency of the workforce. ) software, announced today enhanced business management services for small to medium-sized government contractors A government contractor is a private company that produces goods or services under contract for the government. Often the terms of the contract specify cost plus – i.e., the contractor gets paid for its costs, plus a specified profit margin. and commercial consulting companies Noun 1. consulting company - a firm of experts providing professional advice to an organization for a fee consulting firm business firm, firm, house - the members of a business organization that owns or operates one or more establishments; "he worked for a . Offered through a three-way partnership, these services include monthly subscription access to the powerful Unanet PSA software, hosted and managed by Digicon and powered by Sun Servers. Digicon Corporation (www.digicon.com) is a SunTone(SM) certified See certification. provider of Managed Hosting and Co-location Services. Both Unanet and Digicon are Sun iForce(TM) partners. Over the past several years, Unanet and Digicon have offered Applications Services Provider (ASP asp, popular name for several species of viper, one of which, the European asp (Vipera aspis), is native to S Europe. It is also a name for the Egyptian cobra (Naja haja). ) software services which include resource management, project planning project planning - project management , project management, project portfolio management, timesheets and expense reports to government contractors and commercial service providers. Hosting the Unanet PSA software in its computer server farm, Digicon has provided 24/7 operations, network and systems administration services, reliable and fast Internet Internet Publicly accessible computer network connecting many smaller networks from around the world. It grew out of a U.S. Defense Department program called ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network), established in 1969 with connections between computers at the bandwidth, ever-ready electrical power, database maintenance, data backups, off-site storage, redundancy, and secure networks. Jointly, Unanet and Digicon have provided usage and performance monitoring, software updates and customer support to a vast array of clients. As the number of companies and individual licenses using the PSA software grew, Unanet and Digicon recognized the need for a higher performing server with more capacity and room to grow. When Digicon achieved SunTone certification, the suggestion was made to move the Unanet PSA to Sun Servers. After the transition, Unanet's customers remarked on the improved performance and the execution speed of the Unanet real-time 1. real-time - Describes an application which requires a program to respond to stimuli within some small upper limit of response time (typically milli- or microseconds). Process control at a chemical plant is the classic example. project management reports. The ASP-version of Unanet PSA is easy to acquire, implement, and use. John McBride This article is about the labor union leader. For the U.S. Representative from Oregon, see John R. McBride. John McBride (1854 near Massillon, Ohio–October 9, 1917, Globe, Arizona) was an American labor union leader. , Chief Operations Officer of Nova Technologies, Inc., the first joint customer of Centrivity(R), a Digicon company, and Unanet, states, "We moved from a manual timesheet and billing system to Unanet because we wanted to focus on our core business." McBride goes on to say,
"Unanet's Web-based solution reduced the time and effort our
management staff spent collecting time and expenses and preparing
financial reports by over 90 percent, allowing them to offer more
attention to our customers. While Nova is a small business, our
customers believe our performance and financial management is
superior to many large businesses. The resource planning module
allows us to forecast revenues and plan billable utilization."
"Unanet's hosted Web-based solution was online and fully
operational in less than a month without the upfront investment in
people, time and technology. We believe the hosted service is
secure and reliable, and Unanet takes care of all the system
administration and product updates. We think it's GREAT!"
"The partnership between Unanet, Digicon and Sun represents a real story in teamwork (product, software, tool) Teamwork - A SASD tool from Sterling Software, formerly CADRE Technologies, which supports the Shlaer/Mellor Object-Oriented method and the Yourdon-DeMarco, Hatley-Pirbhai, Constantine and Buhr notations. across varied organizations, looking to provide premier service for their customers. Our developers and network engineers participated in the planning and execution of the initial offering and for this improved service offering. With clear responsibilities and a commitment to the highest level of service, the team provides a software services offering to customers that is unbeatable. Eliminating the up-front investment in technical people, hardware, software, network and facilities infrastructure, these customers are free to focus on their core business," said Fran Craig, President and 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 Unanet Technologies. "We congratulate Unanet on their continued success!" said John Wu, CEO of Digicon Corporation. "Unanet's focus on delivering highly intuitive and practical solutions for customers is a mirror of our customer care and satisfaction philosophy. During the past few years, we have forged forge 1 n. 1. A furnace or hearth where metals are heated or wrought; a smithy. 2. A workshop where pig iron is transformed into wrought iron. v. long-lasting relationships with these two very prominent organizations. We value the relationship and teamwork approach each organization brings to the table and are committed to helping our customers take advantage of every opportunity that rests ahead." Unanet, Digicon and Sun will be showcasing the Unanet Professional Services Automation software at the Sun iForce Center in McLean, VA on Wednesday, March 16, 2005 at 8:00AM. Please contact marketing@unanet.com to register for this event. Please pass this notice on to a colleague that may need to better manage people and projects. About Unanet Technologies Unanet Technologies provides professional services automation software for organizations that need to reliably plan, track and manage their people and projects. Unanet's product suite provides leading edge functionality for professional services automation, project portfolio management as well as resource, time and expense management. With more than 300 enterprise customers, Unanet is proud to serve customers including government contractors, professional services (job) professional services - A department of a supplier providing consultancy and programming manpower for the supplier's products. firms, and large internal IT organizations across a broad segment of industries by delivering easy to install/maintain software products and outstanding customer service. For additional information, visit www.unanet.com or contact marketing@unanet.com. About Digicon Corporation Founded in 1985, Digicon is a leading IT services provider for organizations facing enterprise information technology challenges. Our professional and highly skilled team employs proven methodologies to successfully design, build, and manage mission-critical projects for Federal Government and commercial markets. For more information, visit www.digicon.com. About The SunTone(SM) Initiative The SunTone Initiative, an industry effort led by Sun, provides specifications of best practices and policies, assessment and remediation consulting offerings and an audit and certification process, aimed at ensuring high quality network service delivery and management. For more information, visit www.sun.com/suntone. Sun, Sun Microsystems Sun Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ: JAVA[3]) is an American vendor of computers, computer components, computer software, and information-technology services, founded on 24 February 1982. , the Sun Logo, SunTone and the SunTone Certified logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of Sun Microsystems, Inc. in the United Stated and other countries. Digicon, Centrivity, and the Digicon logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of Digicon Corporation in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. . Unanet is a registered trademark and a D.B.A of Computer Strategies, Inc. All other trade names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders. |
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