Item    3251547                 94/04/28        06:23
From:   DARREN_SMITH@NEXT.COM@INET01#   Internet Gateway
Subject: GRANT THORNTON AND NeXT FORM ALLIANCE



FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact:

Karen Logsdon

NeXT Computer, Inc.
415-780-3786
or
Craig Lashmet

Grant Thornton
312-856-0200


GRANT THORNTON AND NeXT FORM ALLIANCE

TO DELIVER BUSINESS SOLUTIONS WITH OBJECT TECHNOLOGY


CHICAGO-April 25, 1994-NeXT Computer, Inc. and Grant Thornton

today announced a joint initiative to deliver advanced business

solutions through the use of object-oriented technology.  As part

of the relationship, Grant Thornton will join NeXT's Object

Channel.


Specifically targeting mission critical applications, NeXT and

Grant Thornton will focus on customers in the financial services,

healthcare and telecommunications industries where Grant Thornton

already provides a wide array of consulting services that address

business issues such as operations, improvement, business and

financial planning and information technology.


"Our firm has more than 100 professionals dedicated to a

client/server, advanced technology practice and we are committed

to continually improving our effectiveness in delivering business

solutions to meet our clients' needs," said Craig Lashmet of Grant

Thornton.  "By applying the advanced technologies and techniques

provided with NeXT and NEXTSTEP, we are achieving this strategic

goal."

Significance of This Alliance

NeXT's Object Channel is designed specifically for strategic

systems integrators and value-added resellers who want to offer

their customers advanced enterprise-wide, client/server systems

and custom software solutions.


"We recognize that client/server computing is difficult and that

customers transitioning to the object-oriented approach to

software development need additional resources from professionals

such as Grant Thornton," said Bill Wesemann, vice president of

North American sales at NeXT.  "Through our alliance with Grant

Thornton we can better deliver the benefits of object technology,

such as improved time-to-market and easier to maintain custom

systems."

Object Channel members help customers solve business problems

using NEXTSTEP, NeXT's object-oriented software.  In the future,

Object Channel members will also take advantage of OpenStep, the

open specification that defines NEXTSTEP's Application Programming

Interfaces (APIs), and its implementation in SunSoft's Solaris.

Grant Thornton

Grant Thornton is the seventh largest accounting and management

consulting firm in the United States and the world, spanning 51

offices in the United States and 56 countries with 480 offices

worldwide.  Grant Thornton's consulting services include strategic

architecture planning, business process reengineering, data

modeling, administration, systems development, implementation

management and training.


NeXT Computer, Inc.

NeXT develops and markets the award-winning NEXTSTEP

object-oriented software for industry-standard computer

architectures.  Customers use NEXTSTEP to develop and deploy

custom client/server applications, using both custom and

shrink-wrapped software.  Headquartered in Redwood City,

California, and with offices throughout  the world, NeXT serves

customers requiring enterprise-wide, object-oriented productivity

environments.

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NeXT, the NeXT logo and NEXTSTEP are registered trademarks of NeXT

Computer, Inc.   All other trademarks mentioned belong to their

respective owners.



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