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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.
# # # #
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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