News January 3, 11:11 Eastern Time
SPECIALIZED BICYCLES TAPS FUTURENEXT TO IMPLEMENT ORACLE ISTORE(R) FUTURENEXT PARTNERS WITH EARLY ADOPTER OF ORACLE'S POWERFUL, Personalized, and Secure Web Storefront
MCLEAN, Va., Jan 3, 2000 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- FutureNext
Consulting, the leading e-business and supply chain consulting firm
serving the mid-market, today announced the successful implementation
of Oracle iStore for Specialized Bicycles, a manufacturer and retailer
of high-end bicycles and bicycle equipment. This project marks one of
the first implementations of iStore by a preferred Oracle Service
Provider.
"Because the Internet direct sales model would be a whole new channel
of selling for us, it was imperative that we partner with a company
that put our business concerns first and could empathize with us from a
customer's perspective," said Ron Pollard, CIO, Specialized. "We've
been working with FutureNext people since our 'go live' four years ago.
We trust FutureNext to deliver high-level project management and
technology implementations that make sense for our business."
After developing a comprehensive new business plan, Specialized sought
a top-tier Web storefront application. Oracle's iStore application,
combined with FutureNext's Oracle implementation expertise, fit the
bill: iStore is a powerful, scaleable, and secure environment for
creating, managing, and personalizing Internet-based storefronts that
can be used for selling products and services directly to customers.
FutureNext, working with Oracle, completed the implementation in less
than two months.
"It's our job to look at the whole picture-to provide solutions that
meet a company's business expectations first, and their technology
expectations second," said Dave Patterson, CEO, FutureNext.
"Specialized was creating a whole new business. We were there to help
make that new business venture work as smoothly as possible."
About Specialized Specialized Bicycles, founded in Morgan Hill, CA in
1974, designed and manufactured the first production mountain bike,
which now resides in the Smithsonian Institute. Specialized is a
company of devout cyclists obsessed with creating cutting edge,
functional and technically advanced products that provide a performance
benefit for the cycling enthusiast.
About Oracle Oracle Corporation is the world's leading supplier of
software for information management, and the world's second largest
software company. With annual revenues of more than $9.1 billion, the
company offers its database, application server, tools and application
products, along with related consulting, education and support
services, in more than 145 countries around the world. For more
information about Oracle, please call 650-506-7000. Oracle's World Wide
Web address is oracle.com.
About FutureNext FutureNext Consulting Inc. (FutureNext) is the first
consulting firm dedicated exclusively to combining e-business and
supply chain solutions for its clients. Focused on the mid-market and
divisions of Fortune 500 companies, FutureNext delivers exceptional
end-to-end solutions to the manufacturing and distribution industries,
among others. The privately held company is headquartered in the
technology hotbed of Northern Virginia, with offices in Bethesda, MD,
Chicago, Cleveland, Dallas, Los Angeles, New Jersey, Philadelphia,
Phoenix, San Jose, and St. Louis. Visit FutureNext on the Web at
www.futurenext.com.
Oracle(R) is a registered trademark and Oracle iStore(R) are trademarks
or registered trademarks of Oracle Corporation. Other names may be
trademarks of their respective owners.
SOURCE FutureNext Consulting Inc.
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