Item    7086671                 94/06/24        11:06
From:   DARREN_SMITH@NEXT.COM@INET01#   Internet Gateway
Subject: MARBLE RENEWS COMMITMENT TO SUPPORT REENGINEERING WITH NEXT'S OBJECT
TECHNOLOGY


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact:
Karen Logsdon
NeXT Computer, Inc.
415-780-3786
or
Deborah Miller
617-891-5555
Deborah_Miller@marble.com
Marble Associates, Inc.




MARBLE RENEWS COMMITMENT TO SUPPORT REENGINEERING WITH NEXT'S
OBJECT TECHNOLOGY


Waltham, MA - June 16, 1994 - Marble Associates, Inc. today
formalized a long relationship with NeXT Computer, Inc. by joining
NeXT's Object Channel, a program designed for consultants who want
to offer their customers and clients advanced enterprise-wide,
client/server systems based on NeXT's object-oriented technology.


Marble Associates is a consulting firm that applies the discipline
of information science to the implementation of flexible,
extensible, business systems.  Marble brings rapid-cycle
development technologies and techniques to support organizations
seeking competitive advantage through technology, often in the
form of IS transformation or business reengineering.

Working closely with management consulting firms leading the
reengineering efforts within the world's largest corporations,
Marble has succesfully used NEXTSTEP, NeXT's object-oriented
software, in a number of critical transformation efforts.


"NEXTSTEP is the preferred development environment for many of our
clients," said John Goode, Vice President for Client Relations at
Marble Associates. "It offers the flexibility needed for rapid
prototyping and deployment of applications developed jointly in
reengineering labs by business users and technologists. We've used
NEXTSTEP at a major public utility in Michigan, a governmental
loan-processing organization in Massachusetts, and at an
international financial trading house, among other clients. We've
used NEXTSTEP since its introduction in 1989; it's been a secret
weapon for rapid development and reengineering."



Significance of This Alliance


NeXT's Object Channel is designed specifically for partners who
want to offer their customers advanced enterprise-wide,
client/server systems and custom software solutions. Technology
consultants such as Marble Associates often choose to remain
vendor-neutral in relationships with their clients; by joining
NeXT's Object Channel, Marble Associates has acknowledged that its
clients often choose NEXTSTEP as a preferred development
environment.


"Marble Associates has been a long-time partner and a valued
NEXTSTEP champion," said Steven P. Jobs, chairman and CEO of NeXT
Computer, Inc.  "It's a pleasure to see Marble join our Object
Channel as a strategic systems integrator."


Marble Associates, Inc.


Marble supports large enterprises in the adoption new technologies
that better accommodate the adaptive change required by today's
competitive business environment.  Marble leads clients in the
design and implementation of object-oriented systems and in the
transition from centralized, mainframe based systems to open,
distributed solutions.  Marble Associates, Inc. is a privately
owned firm with offices in Waltham, MA and San Jose, CA.


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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