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Item 8533132 94/02/10 10:26
From: DARREN_SMITH@NEXT.COM@INTERNET# COMM INTERNET GWY
Sub: Alliance with Andersen Consult
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact:
NeXT Computer, Inc.
Karen Logsdon (415) 780-3786
Andersen Consulting, Canada
Hal Koblin (416) 695-5050
ANDERSEN CONSULTING, CANADA AND NeXT FORM
OBJECT TECHNOLOGY ALLIANCE
TORONTO, February 10, 1994-NeXT Computer, Inc. and Andersen
Consulting, Canada today announced a joint initiative to deliver
advanced business solutions through the use of object-oriented
technology. Specifically targeting mission critical applications,
NeXT and Andersen will initially focus on Canadian customers in
healthcare, telecommunications and financial services.
As part of this alliance, Andersen will join NeXT's Object
Channel. NeXT becomes a key technology supplier in Andersen's
Business Integration Partnership (BIP) Program.
Andersen's BIP Program is a comprehensive portfolio on hardware
and software supplier relationships critical to delivering value
added business systems. Key suppliers in the Canadian program
include Sun Microsystems, Hewlett-Packard, Sybase and Symbol
Technologies.
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 developer need additional resources from system
integrators and value-added resellers," said Bill Wesemann, Vice
President of North American sales at NeXT. "Our alliance with
Andersen Consulting, Canada will enable NeXT to work together with
one of the leading systems integrators in the Canadian marketplace
to 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.
"Our mission is to help our clients to change to be more
successful," said Stephen Elliott, Managing Partner, Technology
Integration Services, Andersen Consulting, Canada. "And
effectively introducing proven leading edge technologies into
client solutions is critical."
"Andersen Consulting is a leader in applying object technology.
Our relationship with NeXT allows us to work closely with a
creative technology provider to serve our Canadian clients," Mr.
Elliott also remarked.
Andersen Consulting
Andersen Consulting is an international management and technology
consulting organization whose mission is to help its clients
change to be more successful. The organization works with clients
from every industry to integrate their people, processes,
strategies and technologies. Andersen Consulting has more than
26,000 people in 151 offices in 47 countries. The Canadian
practice has over 700 professional in Canada with offices in
Halifax, Fredericton, Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto, Calgary,
Edmonton, Vancouver and Victoria.
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.
# # # #
NeXT, the NeXT logo and NEXTSTEP are registered trademarks of NeXT
Computer, Inc. All other trademarks mentioned belong to their
respective owners.
Editor's note: Andersen Consulting is not a division of the firm
Arthur Andersen.
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