Burntsand Announces a Partnership with Sun Microsystems for the Establishment of Canada's First ``Dot Com' Ready Center
VANCOUVER, March 8 /CNW/ - Burntsand Inc. (Burntsand) (TSE:BRT) today announced, in partnership with Sun Microsystems, a memorandum of understanding to open an e-Business center, with a Business to Business (B2B) focus, known as an iForce ready center. Located in Calgary, Alberta, the center is designed to help North American businesses ``dot com' their organizations and will utilize Sun's roadmap for ``dot comming' businesses.
Burntsand's e-Business focus is the strategy, design and implementation of solutions for e-Commerce, e-CRM (customer relationship management) and e-Business Intelligence. Burntsand's center, representing a significant capital and talent investment, will focus on assisting emerging start-ups and aggressive traditional bricks & mortar companies in their pursuit of dot-com readiness. Businesses will be able to develop, test and evaluate leading dot-com applications, and with the aid of experienced professionals, customize dot-com solutions to support specific business goals.
According to a memorandum of understanding between Burntsand and Sun, Burntsand's iForce ready center will be powered by Sun servers, software and storage, and will offer the Sun iForce road map, a four-step methodology to help customers execute dot-com strategies.
``Burntsand has a reputation for helping to create e-Business success stories,' stated Darlene Yaplee, Vice President, Worldwide Field Marketing, Sun Microsystems. ``Customers can significantly accelerate the dot comming of their businesses by working with the experts at Burntsand's new center.'
``Burntsand has developed considerable experience in translating compelling ideas into competitive Internet business advantage, the dot-com process,' stated Jim Yeates, Burntsand's Chairman and CEO. ``This is often perceived to be a phenomenon unique to Internet start-ups. Burntsand's experience indicates that many of the same challenges and rewards exist within traditional organizations transitioning their business to take advantage of ``the power of e'. This new center provides a North American consolidation point for Burntsand skills, experiential learning and dot-com best practices.'
About iForce ready center
As part of the iForce initiative, Sun Microsystems is creating a worldwide community of strategic partners to help customers implement dot-com solutions. The partners' centers will leverage the best practices of the three Sun ``hub' knowledge centers located in Menlo Park, Paris and Tokyo.
Sun's iForce road map and best practices will be coupled with the partners' particular area of expertise, which may be industry focused or application specific. At the centers, customers will enhance and accelerate the process of planning, deploying and managing their dot-com strategies by providing a range of services including proof of concept and architectural blueprint creation.
About Sun Microsystems, Inc.
Since its inception in 1982, a singular vision, ``The Network Is The Computer(TM)', has propelled Sun Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ: SUNW) to its position as a leading provider of high quality hardware, software and services for establishing enterprise-wide intranets and expanding the power of the Internet. With more than $12.4 billion in annual revenues, Sun can be found in more than 150 countries and on the World Wide Web at sun.com.
About Burntsand Inc.
Business to the power of e(TM)...the future of Business...the Burntsand reality.
Burntsand is an e-Business Solutions Integrator, focusing on the Business to Business, B2B, environment. Six Canadian and two US locations, coupled with enviable growth, have made Burntsand a success story. At Burntsand, our success is derived solely from successful clients, and our ability to make major e-Business Solutions impact in the areas of e-Commerce, e-Customer Relationship Management, and e-Business Intelligence. Burntsand's e-Services encompass the strategy, technical, and creative aspects of e-Business solutions, with time to market measured in weeks, not years. Our solutions deliver competitive advantage, and are based on the Burntsand e-Cosystem(TM) Foundation, that fuses Burntsand's corporate alliances, knowledge base, proven methodologies, and world class craftsmanship into a powerful e-Business Solutions integration asset. To learn more about Burntsand, visit us on the Toronto Stock Exchange, TSE:BRT, or at www.burntsand.com. |
