BrightStar Enters Alliance With J.D. Edwards to Deliver E-Business Solutions
Partnership Enhances Ability to Provide Customers With Fully Integrated E-Business Solutions
SAN DIEGO, April 11 /PRNewswire/ -- J.D. Edwards & Company (Nasdaq: JDEC), a leading provider of e-business software solutions that deliver speed and agility, and BrightStar Information Technology Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: BTSR), a leading e-business solution and application service provider, today announced an alliance to assist companies in creating competitive advantages through the implementation of leading-edge e-business solutions. The announcement was made at GartnerGroup's U.S. Spring Symposium/ITxpo 2000, where J.D. Edwards (booth # 314) and BrightStar (booth # 419) are exhibiting their e-business products and services. The GartnerGroup Spring Symposium/ITxpo 2000 is the IT industry's largest strategic executive conference, offering business leaders a look at "The Future of IT -- Today."
The strategic alliance between J.D. Edwards and BrightStar better positions both companies to take advantage of the significant opportunity that exists in the burgeoning Internet services market-a market that is expected to reach $78 million globally by 2003, according to market analysts at International Data Corporation. By leveraging the ActivEra(TM) Solutions package offered in J.D. Edwards' OneWorld(TM) product, J.D. Edwards and BrightStar provide organizations with a complete solution for their e-business vision by integrating e-commerce, customer relationship management, supply chain management and enterprise resource planning applications. BrightStar will provide both business development and implementation services to J.D. Edwards OneWorld and WorldSoftware(TM) customers.
"J.D. Edwards is committed to partnering with industry leaders like BrightStar who can create competitive advantages for our mutual clients. Our partnership provides customers with agile end-to-end e-business solutions that expand their ability to provide improved sales, lower cost, and improved asset management," said Cathie Frazzini, Director of J.D. Edwards Strategic Alliances programs.
"J.D. Edwards' vision of completely integrated information systems, consisting of best-of-class solutions, fits perfectly with our philosophy," said David Bayliss, BrightStar's Vice President of Marketing. "By combining our experience and knowledge of these complex systems with J.D. Edwards' powerful applications, we stand in a unique position to help organizations reach their e-business objectives and quickly adapt those systems to meet their constantly changing business needs."
About BrightStar
BrightStar is a leading e-business solutions and application service provider to Global 2000 companies and public sector organizations. BrightStar's rapidly deployed e-commerce, supply chain management, customer relationship management, enterprise resource planning, corporate portal and application outsourcing solutions help companies achieve a competitive advantage by delivering superior service to their customers while improving operational efficiencies. BrightStar has more than 800 employees in offices throughout North America and Australia and can be reached via the company's Web site at www.brightstar.com.
About J.D. Edwards
J.D. Edwards is the leading provider of agile business-to-business software solutions that make new business models work. The Company's integrated ActivEra(TM) Solutions deliver supply chain collaboration and fulfillment, and enable business-to-business trading communities in the consumer products, industrial and services industries. The Company's solutions are web-enabled and operate in multiple computing environments.
Founded in 1977, J.D. Edwards is headquartered in Denver and posted fiscal 1999 revenues of $944.2 million. Additional information can be obtained by contacting the Company via the Internet at www.jdedwards.com or at 800-727-5333.
This press release contains forward-looking statements with respect to financial results and certain other matters. These statements are made under the "safe harbor" provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and involve a number of risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements. Such risks and uncertainties include, without limitation, fluctuations in demand, the quality and price of similar or comparable software products, acceptance of new products, access to sources of capital, general economic conditions in the company's market areas, and that future sales and growth rates for the industry and the company could be lower than anticipated.
NOTE: J.D. Edwards is a registered trademark of J.D. Edwards & Company. The names of all other products and services of J.D. Edwards used herein are trademarks or registered trademarks of J.D. Edwards World Source Company. BrightStar and the BrightStar logo are trademarks of BrightStar Information Technology Group, Inc. All other product names used herein are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners. The historical results stated above are not necessarily indicative of the results of any future period.
SOURCE BrightStar Information Technology Group, Inc.
CO: BrightStar Information Technology Group, Inc.; J.D. Edwards & Company
ST: California, Colorado
IN: CPR MLM
SU: CON
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