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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Contact:
Matthew Waters
PSW Technologies
512-343-6666
matthew@pswtech.com
Pencom Software Announces Record Year, New Name
February 28, 1996, Austin, Texas -- After posting a record year of $20 million
in revenues in 1995, Pencom Software, a long time partner of NeXT Software and
developer of the co-Xist (TM) X11 implementation for NEXTSTEP, has announced
it has changed its name to PSW Technologies.
Operating as a separate division of Pencom Systems Inc. for the past six years,
PSW Technologies has steadily gained mind and market share as a provider of
managed software project services, including consulting, design, development
and testing of software products and systems. Pencom Systems will continue to
focus on recruiting, contract programming and systems administration services.
PSW Technologies' $20 million in 1995 revenue is up 70% from 1994, with
operating profit estimated at $2 million. The company's growth is a result of
increasing end-user demand for its expertise in new computing technologies,
plus strong relationships with its industry partners. Over the past five years
PSW Technologies has achieved a compound growth rate of more than 60%.
"1995 was a breakthrough year for us," said Frank King, president of PSW
Technologies. "We were confident that our unique approach and technology
leadership would produce a great company, and it has. Now the owners and
management team recognize the need to differentiate PSW Technologies from
Pencom, in order to grow its identity in the marketplace."
"New World" Technology Services
PSW Technologies provides services to help both technology vendors and
end-users bring critical products or business systems to market faster, using
best-of-breed technologies. Through partnerships with industry and technology
leaders such as IBM, NeXT, Lotus, Tivoli and Transarc, PSW Technologies has
built a large and unmatched pool of development talent in what it terms "new
world" computing technologies. These technologies include object-oriented
software development, with a focus on tools from NeXT Software, as well as
Windows NT and UNIX platform development; DCE and CORBA standards; and network
services such as the Internet. The company employs its own software
methodologies to ensure timely, high-quality deliverables.
The company's NeXT-related projects in 1995 have included:
- An object-oriented enterprise-wide business system for Canon Computer Systems
Incorporated (CCSI). Based on NeXT's object technology, this large scale core
business system will provide the foundation for handling all transactions of
CCSI's $1 billion dollar business when deployed, on schedule, this summer.
- A Trouble Ticket Tracker application for AT&T Wireless that in a very short
period after deployment established a substantial return on investment.
- The design of a state-of-the-art container ship terminal management system
for San Francisco-based Marine Terminals Corp., which is to be completed in
early 1997.
PSW Technologies also gained recognition from IBM after it successfully helped
port Microsoft's Windows NT to the Power PC architecture. The company now has
sole responsibility for Windows NT testing in IBM's Kirkland, Washington
programming center. This high level of expertise with Windows NT will further
support PSW Technologies' position with NeXT as they release OpenStep for
Windows NT this month.
PSW Technologies undertook five large projects with Tivoli Systems in 1995.
Although that company was recently acquired by IBM for $743 million, PSW
Technologies anticipates that business with Tivoli will continue to be strong
in 1996.
Company Origins
King, a former senior vice president of Lotus Development's Software Business
Group, and a 19-year veteran of IBM, joined the company in 1992. "I was drawn
by this company's dual focus in supporting technology providers and building
end-user systems, which I'd never seen, and still haven't seen, among the other
large consulting and integration houses," said King. "Our focus on leading-edge
computing technologies has been the basis of our 7-year relationship with
NeXT," King continued. "They really are at the forefront of the object-oriented
software development tools market."
PSW Technologies, formerly Pencom Software, began in Austin, Texas in 1989. As
the software consulting arm of Pencom Systems Inc., it began its experience
with the NEXTSTEP operating system in 1989 and released its first version of
co-Xist (TM) in 1991. Pencom Systems has been supplying software engineering
expertise to serve the UNIX/open systems marketplace since 1981. Pencom
Software was created in response to the growing demand among large technology
vendors and end-user companies for project-oriented work that applied the
newest leading-edge computing technologies available. Today, PSW Technologies
is an independent consulting and services company focused exclusively on
applying those "new world" software technologies to meet the strategic business
demands of its customers.
For more information on the services PSW Technologies provides, call
800-736-2664 or 512-343-6666, send e-mail to Matthew_Waters@pswtech.com or
visit http://www.pswtech.com/ on the World Wide Web. As of November 1st, 1995
co-Xist distribution is handled exclusively by OpenSource Inc. in Denver
Colorado. They can be reached at 800-879-6736, 303-861-4411,
info@opensource.com or by visiting http://www.opensource.com/ .
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co-Xist is a trademark of PSW Technologies, NEXTSTEP is a registered trademark
of NeXT Software, Inc. All other brand names mentioned are trademarks of their
respective owners.