Dell Enters E-Consulting Alliances With Gen3 Partners, Arthur Andersen; New Dell `E'xpert Services Group Created to Meet E-Commerce Needs Of Business Customers
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ROUND ROCK, Texas, Apr 5, 2000 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Dell (Nasdaq:DELL), a world leader in Internet commerce and infrastructure, today announced alliances with Gen3 Partners and Arthur Andersen to assist business customers in designing and implementing their Internet strategies.
These partnerships will be managed through the Dell "E"xpert Services Group, a new e-consulting arm of Dell's Americas business organization.
Gen3 Partners will provide strategic business development and technology consulting services to help Dell's largest corporate customers with headquarters in the United States to leverage their existing assets to create, architect and launch Internet-enabled enterprises. Dell has made an equity investment in Gen3 Partners. Terms of the investment were not disclosed.
Arthur Andersen will provide e-consulting to the fast-growing segment of medium-sized businesses seeking to make their operations more efficient by using the Internet.
"Dell's e-commerce capabilities have changed the perception of how business over the Internet can make companies more efficient," said Steve Felice, vice president and general manager, Dell "E"xpert Services Group.
"An increasing number of customers have asked Dell to share its e-business expertise with them. The partnerships we have established will allow Dell to advise thousands of customers on some of the best methods to build an e-business. Dell's services portfolio now spans from e-support to e-consulting, serving medium-sized companies to some of the world's largest enterprises."
"Arthur Andersen has developed a broad range of eBusiness solutions in areas such as digital markets to help clients fuel the growth of their businesses," said Chuck Ketteman, worldwide managing partner for Arthur Andersen's business consulting practice. "By integrating eBusiness solutions that leverage Arthur Andersen's capabilities with Dell's e-business expertise in areas such as direct enablement, both companies will be able to serve the tremendous needs of customers in the medium-sized business market."
Jim Sims, former chief executive officer of Cambridge Technology Partners Inc. and founder of Sims WorldWide Inc., and Michael Treacy, founder of consulting firm Treacy & Company, recently formed Gen3 Partners.
"The next wave of Internet infrastructure will focus on `brick-to-click' opportunities, as established companies integrate the Internet into their businesses," said Sims, CEO, Gen3 Partners. "Gen3 Partners will provide a valuable service to Dell customers by helping them use the Internet to improve their business-to-business (B2B) capabilities and supply-chain processes."
Dell has recently introduced services to help customers conduct business over the Internet more efficiently, including a Web hosting initiative called DellHost (www.dellhost.com) and the upcoming introduction of a small- and medium-sized B2B marketplace in conjunction with Ariba (Nasdaq:ARBA). Details about these and other Dell e-services can be found at www.dell.com.
Dell is the world's No. 2 PC server provider(a).
About Gen3 Partners
Gen3 Partners (www.gen3partners.com) is an integrated strategy and technology company dedicated to creating, architecting and launching Internet-enabled, B2B enterprises in partnership with established companies and Internet start-ups. Based in Boston, the company currently has 80 employees, and expects to open offices in New York City and San Francisco by the summer of 2000.
About Arthur Andersen
Arthur Andersen's vision is to be the partner for success in the New Economy. The organization helps clients find new ways to create, manage and measure value in the rapidly changing global economy. With world-class skills in Assurance, Tax Services, Consulting and Corporate Finance, Arthur Andersen has more than 70,000 professionals in over 80 countries that are united by a single worldwide operating structure that fosters inventiveness, knowledge sharing and a focus on client success. Since its beginning in 1913, Arthur Andersen has realized 86 years of uninterrupted growth, with 1999 revenues over US$7 billion. Arthur Andersen is a business unit of Andersen Worldwide.
About Dell Computer Corporation
Dell Computer Corporation is the world's leading direct computer systems company, based on revenues of $25.3 billion for the past four quarters, and is a premier provider of products and services required for customers to build their Internet infrastructures. The company ranks No. 56 on the Fortune 500, No. 210 on the Fortune Global 500 and No. 3 on the Fortune "most admired" lists of companies. Dell designs, manufactures and customizes products and services to customer requirements, and offers an extensive selection of software and peripherals. Information on Dell and its products can be obtained on the World Wide Web at www.dell.com.
(a) Source: International Data Corporation, Commercial Systems and Servers bulletin. Rankings based on U.S. and Worldwide "PC Server Shipments by Vendor" for 3Q99.
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