Item    4940085                 94/05/11        05:15
From:   DARREN_SMITH@NEXT.COM@INET01#   Internet Gateway
Subject: Perot Systems and NeXT form strategic partnership

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact:
Karen Logsdon
NeXT Computer, Inc.
415-780-3786
or
Jake Dye
(214) 383-5600
jake_dye@ps.net
Perot Systems Corporation




PEROT SYSTEMS MAKES COMMITMENT TO DELIVER SOLUTIONS WITH NEXT'S
OBJECT TECHNOLOGY


DALLAS-May 11, 1994-Perot Systems Corporation today formed its
first strategic technology partnership in five years with NeXT
Computer, Inc. to develop and deliver advanced business solutions
with NEXTSTEP, NeXT's award winning object-oriented software.  As
part of the relationship, Perot Systems will join NeXT's Object
Channel, a channel designed for systems integrators and
value-added resellers who want to offer their customers advanced
enterprise-wide, client/server systems and custom software
solutions.


At Perot Systems, senior industry experts apply their expertise to
assist customers with developing and implementing business
strategies and improving processes that will give their
organizations a strategic advantage.  The benefit to customers
is multiplied by the application of innovative technology to the
business process, and all technology recommendations are based on
first hand experience through internal use.


"Our policy is to recommend only technologies that we have tested
and proved internally for rapidly developing mission critical
applications for our customers," said David Newgard, Associate of
Perot Systems Corporation. "For this reason, we have internal
projects including Virtual Office and CARE, a workman's
compensation application, that we have begun developing in
NEXTSTEP."


Significance of This Alliance


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.


"By exploiting strengths in information technology, companies such
as Perot Systems give clients a strategic advantage by assisting
them with transforming information systems, business processes,
organizational architecture, people and strategy to effect a
fundamental change in their business," said William Wesemann, vice
president of North American sales at NeXT.  "With the help of
partners, customers can more easily make the transition to
client/server computing and gain the benefits of object
technology, such as improved time-to-market and easier to
maintain custom systems."



Perot Systems Corporation


Perot Systems Corporation is an information services company that
assists customers in maximizing opportunities provided by today's
rapidly changing business environment.  Approximately 2,000 Perot
Systems associates provide information technology services to

leaders in the financial services, telecommunications,
transportation, healthcare, manufacturing, retail and travel and
leisure industries.  Perot systems maintains top industry
expertise in business reengineering, technology consulting,
executive information / decision support systems, systems
integration, software development and maintenance, imaging,

performance tuning, operational audits and office automation.

Perot Systems is a privately owned, international company with
offices throughout North America and Europe.



NeXT Computer, Inc.


NeXT develops and markets the award-winning NEXTSTEP
object-oriented software for industry-standard computer
architectures.  Customers use NEXTSTEP's advanced object
environment to rapidly develop and deploy custom, enterprise-wide,
client/server applications.  NeXT is headquartered in Redwood
City, California, and has offices in North America, London, Paris,
Munich and Tokyo.

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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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