FORECROSS EMPOWERS EDS WITH FULLY AUTOMATED YEAR 2000
FACTORY: FASTER FIX FOR EDS CUSTOMERS WITH UNIQUE
LANGUAGES
SAN FRANCISCO, CA., Sept. 25 /CNW/ - In the Year 2000 industry, unique
language conversions can take the single largest asset of business: time. Now, times
have changed. Forecross(R) Corporation (VSE-FRX.U) will team with EDS(NYSE -
EDS) and make its Complete/2000 factory available to the world's largest independent
computer services company.
The teaming agreement is signed with CIO Services 2000, the EDS Strategic Business
Line dedicated to Year 2000 solutions for new and existing clients. The agreement
allows EDS to utilize the Forecross fully-automated factory in San Francisco for
renovations of such unique languages as C/C++, TELON, Ideal, PowerBuilder, Clist,
REXX, Easytrieve and Mantis. Forecross also renovates ADSO, CSP, APS, ADF,
PL/1 and COBOL.
``EDS brings to the agreement the highest level of expertise in project management,
assessment, and testing capabilities,'' says Kim Jones, President and CEO of
Forecross. ``The speed and efficiency of our rules-based Complete/2000 software
and factory will greatly enhance the EDS portfolio of solutions for its customers.''
``This provides us additional capability to service our customers who need to make
their premium languages Year 2000 compliant,'' says John McCain, President of CIO
Services 2000 at EDS. ``We continue to expand our vendor alliances to ensure best in
class solutions to provide end-to-end service.''
EDS is more than 100,000 people in 42 locations across the globe, all dedicated to
helping customers use information technology to discover more productive ways of
working. CIO Services is an organization within EDS specifically focusing on flexible,
practical and productive ways of using technology to solve business problems such as
the Year 2000. EDS reported revenues of $14.4 billion in 1996. The company is
independent and publicly owned, and its stock is traded on the New York Stock
Exchange and London Stock Exchange. EDS can be visited via the Internet at
eds.com.
Founded in 1982 as a high-technology software development laboratory, Forecross
Corporation is dedicated to the design and development of innovative conversion
software. Its clients include such leading corporations as Royal Bank of Canada, Price
Waterhouse, Kimberly-Clark Corporation and BDM Technologies. Forecross can be
accessed via the Internet at forecross.com.
The Vancouver Stock Exchange has not reviewed and does not accept
responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this News Release, which has been
prepared by the Company.
Forecross is a registered trademark of the Forecross Corporation.
For further information: Patricia A. Jones, Forecross Corporation, (415) 543-1515,
Patricia_Jones(at)forecross.com; Ken Capps, EDS, (972) 605-2081,
kcapps(at)cio2000.eds.com |
