John,
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Wednesday June 7, 11:20 am Eastern Time
Company Press Release
SOURCE: Compaq Computer Corporation
Compaq Professional Services Accelerates Deployment of Windows 2000 B2B eCommerce Solutions
Opens New eProcurement Competency Center
HOUSTON, June 7 /PRNewswire/ -- Compaq Computer Corporation (NYSE: CPQ - news) Professional Services Division opened a new eProcurement Competency Center in Dallas, Texas. As part of its worldwide network of Compaq Solution Centers, the new center provides comprehensive electronic procurement planning, architecture, pilot and implementation services to help customers quickly realize the benefits of Web-based procurement for Windows 2000 platforms. Compaq consultants will help customers replace antiquated, paper-, fax- and email-based purchasing systems with automated, Web-based solutions, reducing the cost of processing purchases and the cost of goods and services. The eProcurement Competency Center will offer robust solutions with tried-and- tested technologies from Compaq and its partners for rapid deployment as part of Compaq's NonStop(TM) eBusiness strategy.
``By concentrating this critical mass of experienced and skilled people, we're helping customers accelerate their deployments of eProcurement solutions,'' said Ashok Shah, Vice President, Compaq Professional Services, North America. ``Early adopters of eProcurement solutions have seen dramatic bottom-line results and quick payback through improved employee productivity, lower negotiated prices with preferred vendors, reduced purchase order administration labor and costs, and more intelligence on spending data.''
Advanced eProcurement Solutions
The eProcurement Competency Center will focus on integrating advanced automated procurement solutions based on software from industry-leading eCommerce software providers -- Commerce One (Nasdaq: CMRC - news) and Clarus (Nasdaq: CLRS - news) -- on Microsoft's Windows 2000-based platforms from Compaq. A key initiative in Compaq's NonStop(TM) eBusiness strategy, these partner solutions combined with Compaq platforms and services, are central to providing robust, flexible and scalable B2B eCommerce solutions.
Our industry partners agree. Peter Boit, Vice President of eBusiness Solutions at Microsoft Corp., said ``Compaq's eProcurement Competency Center offers critical implementation resources, expertise and services delivery to accelerate the adoption of eCommerce solutions based on the Windows 2000 platform.''
Chuck Donchess, Executive Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer for Commerce One, said, ``Compaq is a key strategic partner for Commerce One. We have partnered together to deliver the Commerce One MarketSite(TM) Portal Solution and the Commerce One BuySite(TM) e-procurement application on a worldwide basis. As a Commerce One Global SI and Platform partner, we believe Compaq brings tremendous resources and experience delivering e-commerce projects with tangible results to a range of enterprise customers.''
``We're very excited about participating in Compaq's eProcurement Competency Center,'' said Steve Jeffery, President and CEO of Clarus. ``Access to this center and Compaq's investment in trained resources and lifecycle services for Clarus solutions will allow us to better service and support our mutual customers.''
A Phased Approach
Using a phased lifecycle approach, professionals at Compaq's eProcurement Competency Center deliver pilot implementations so customers have the opportunity to test their eProcurement solution first. This process will ensure customers have a strong foundation to support full-scale deployments. Compaq will also assist customers with business process consulting and engineering, architecture and base technologies, ERP integration, catalog management, and training. Compaq will develop the complete eProcurement solution on Windows 2000 and help roll it out across a customer's organization.
Compaq will staff the center with highly skilled consultants organized into eProcurement Rapid Response Teams along with several hundred Professional Services eCommerce specialists across the country. Together, they will deliver Windows 2000-based eProcurement solutions and services worldwide. This past February, the company opened its EMEA eProcurement Competence Centre in Munich, Germany, serving Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Trained eProcurement experts are also available in Asia and Japan to assist customers.
The new centers are part of a worldwide network of more than 70 business and technology expertise facilities -- Compaq Solutions Centers -- located in 13 countries. The centers are safe, secure, and cost-effective development and testing environments where trained experts help transform customers' IT challenges into innovative, tested e-business solutions.
Compaq is uniquely qualified to deliver e-procurement solutions, building upon more than 20 years of experience in providing secure network solutions, systems and ERP integration services. As a worldwide top-tier systems integrator, Compaq has delivered more than 400 electronic data interchange (EDI) solutions and more than 1,000 Internet/intranet solutions to enterprise customers worldwide.
About Compaq Services
A leading provider of services worldwide, Compaq offers end-to-end life cycle services -- from consulting to outsourcing -- to help customers plan, design, implement, manage, and support their e-business computing environments. Compaq's wide-ranging portfolio of services and workforce of more than 40,000 service professionals located in more than 200 countries help customers achieve the availability, manageability, and security they need to operate business-critical applications without interruption. Compaq makes it easier, safer and more cost effective to develop and operate e-business solutions continuously anywhere in the world.
For more information, please visit our web site at www.compaq.com/services/eprocurement. |
