I.T. Rapid Development Group Announces Strategic Partnership with Starbase Corporation; Enabling Enhanced Collaboration between Customers and Partners
March 29, 2001 09:17:00 AM ET
WESTPORT, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 29, 2001--I.T. Rapid Development Group, LLC, a Connecticut-based Internet consulting firm, today announced a strategic partnership with Starbase Corporation SBAS, the leading provider of end-to-end collaborative products for both the development and management of content and code for eBusiness applications.
I.T. Rapid Development Group, LLC, is a subsidiary of Terex Corporation TEX, a $2.1 billion dollar diversified global manufacturer, and EarthKing, Inc., an Internet marketplace for the construction and mining industry, both based in Westport, CT. The partnership, between I.T. Rapid Development and Starbase, enables IT Rapid Development to deliver partners and customers an integrated full life cycle management solution based on Starbase's next generation technology. I.T. Rapid Development and EarthKing have adopted Starbase technology as part of their corporate development process.
I.T. Rapid Development, created in conjunction with the establishment of EarthKing by Terex, has established contracts with a broad range of companies to develop and implement web-based Internet and eCommerce initiatives. Utilizing StarTeam's central repository, I.T. Rapid Developments business analysts and project managers will be able to easily manage, store and access valuable functional requirements for eventual outsourcing to a trusted group of partners located in the U.S., India and Malaysia.
"Many of today's established brick and mortar companies rely on the expertise that independent web development organizations like I.T. Rapid Development can offer," stated James H. Smith, Executive Vice-President, Starbase Customer Group. "We welcome I.T. Rapid Development into the Starbase eTeam partnership program and look forward to providing our common customers with the development efficiencies that Starbase's solutions deliver."
"When we compared StarTeam feature by feature to other products, it came up strong in each category," says Bruce Tomlin, Senior Vice-President and Chief Technology Officer of EarthKing. "We have had StarTeam installed for 6 months to support us in change management, version and release control, and the product has proven to be very effective while easy to use and maintain."
StarTeam's open architecture enables I.T. Rapid Development partners and customers alike to integrate existing applications into the development process and management standard that is created with StarTeam. Business and project analysts at I.T. Rapid Development utilize a development standard that enables secure access to a central storage repository of customer-owned digital assets.
About Starbase Corporation
Starbase is the leading provider of end-to-end collaborative products for both the development and management of integrated content and code for eBusiness applications. Collaboration is the simultaneous coordination, management and communication of geographically dispersed contributors of both code and content for eBusiness applications. With over 2,500 Starbase customers worldwide, our technology supports the continuous cycle of creating, linking and managing digital assets, which comprise complex eBusiness applications. Starbase products enable users with differing technical and functional backgrounds to collaborate on the production and management of Websites and eBusiness initiatives from multiple locations. Companies and organizations, including leading corporations such as Chase Bank, Dell Computer, Lucent Technologies, Motorola, PepsiCo and Seagate Technology have selected Starbase products to manage their eBusiness development projects. Starbase is headquartered at 4 Hutton Centre Drive, Suite 900, Santa Ana, CA 92707. Tel: 714.445.4400. Fax: 714.445.4404. Visit Starbase's Web site at www.starbase.com.
About I.T. Rapid Development Group, LLC
I.T. Rapid Development Group has expertise in eBusiness and traditional applications development. The company provides services in the areas of computer systems development, look and feel, graphic design, mainframe data migration, and integration. We also provide business analysis, storyboarding, business rule set development, hosting, integration, project management, project recovery, programming, and database development services. These combined services bring an unparalleled set of skill sets to any client at reasonable cost and a high level of assurance for successful project completion. Visit the Web site at www.itrapid.com or call 877-584-8488 for more information.
About EarthKing, Inc.
Headquartered in Westport, CT., EarthKing, Inc, offers eCommerce capabilities as an independent and unbiased Internet marketplace for the construction and mining equipment industry providing the ability to select, acquire, manage and dispose of their equipment and parts. EarthKing provides a full menu of services that will reduce the cost of equipment ownership throughout the product life cycle. These services are available by partnering with "best-in-class" eCommerce companies. More information on EarthKing can be found at www.earthking.com.
About Terex Corporation
Terex Corporation is a diversified global manufacturer based in Westport, Connecticut, with 2000 revenues in excess of $2 billion. Terex is involved in a broad range of construction, infrastructure and mining-related capital equipment operating primarily in two segments -- Terex Earthmoving and Terex Lifting. Terex Earthmoving manufactures and sells heavy-duty off-road trucks and high-capacity surface mining trucks under the brand names of Terex, Unit Rig and Payhauler, large hydraulic mining shovels under the brand name O&K, loader backhoes under the brand name Fermec, as well as power buggies and compactors under the brand name Benford. Terex entered the infrastructure building business in 1999 with the acquisitions of Powerscreen and Cedarapids and its recent acquisitions of Jaques and Canica-Jaques. Terex Lifting manufactures and sells telescopic mobile cranes, lattice boom cranes, tower cranes, aerial work platforms, utility aerial devices, telescopic material handlers, truck mounted cranes, and related products, under the brand names Terex, Lorain, PPM, P&H, Franna, Marklift, Koehring, Bendini, RO, Telelect, Square Shooter, Holland Lift, American, Italmacchine, Peiner, Comedil and Matbro. More information on Terex can be found at www.terex.com.
Forward Looking Statements
When used in the preceding discussion, the words "believes, expects, or intend to" and similar conditional expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. Such statements are subject to certain risks and uncertainties and actual results could differ materially from those expressed in any of the forward-looking statements. Such risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, (i) conditions in the general economy or the software industry, (ii) the timely development and market acceptance of products and technologies, (iii) competitive factors, (iv) demand for team productive software products, (v) sell-through of products in the sales channel, and (vi) other risks described in Starbase Corporation's SEC reports and filings.
Starbase and its product names are trademarks of Starbase Corporation. All other product and company names herein are trademarks of their respective owners. I.T. Rapid Development Group, LLC 500 Post Road East-2nd Floor Westport, CT 06880 Toll-Free: 877-584-8488 itrapid.com
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