StarTeam Optimizes Replicon's Development Process
Collaboration Takes Application Provider to the Next Level
SANTA ANA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 29, 2001--Starbase Corp. (Nasdaq:SBAS - news), the leading provider of end-to-end collaborative products for both the development and management of content and code for e-business applications, today announced that Replicon Inc., the global leader in Web-based workforce optimization applications, has implemented StarTeam as its configuration and change management standard.
``StarTeam has enabled us to dramatically improve the effectiveness and productivity of our development team,'' stated Larry Larson, Replicon's director of software development. ``This has resulted in a far faster time-to-market and rapid sales growth which has established Replicon as the market leader in Web-based timesheets.''
Larson continued, ``We found StarTeam ideally suited to meet our change and configuration management needs. StarTeam facilitated increased collaboration among our developers, speeding the release time of development projects. StarTeam's intuitive organization makes it easy for the development team to prioritize projects and tasks. As a result, our overall development process has been streamlined.''
``We are increasingly made aware that improved collaboration among corporate development teams has become a requirement in meeting business objectives,'' stated Lydia Patterson, vice president of corporate marketing for Starbase. ``Companies such as Replicon that are competing and winning in today's fast-paced development environments require high levels of integration and communication between people and processes. Starbase's collaboration suite has been engineered to deliver to organizations the capability to increase the speed and quality of their applications.''
Replicon's complex system requirements demanded a solution that would support a project-oriented approach. With the implementation of StarTeam, Replicon can now easily track changes throughout the development cycle, resulting in a streamlined and improved development process.
About Replicon
Replicon is the industry leader in Web-based applications to automate time and expense collection for project tracking, client billing and payroll management. Web TimeSheet, Replicon's flagship product, is transforming workforces around the world by simplifying complex daily administrative tasks. By streamlining key business processes, Replicon's software applications maximize resource utilization, deliver tangible cost reductions and accelerate business results. Replicon is a Microsoft Certified Solution Provider, Oracle Partner and Great Plains Solution Developer. For more information about Replicon, visit www.replicon.com or call 403/262-6519.
About Starbase
Starbase is the leading provider of end-to-end collaborative products for both the development and management of integrated content and code for e-business applications. Collaboration is the simultaneous coordination, management and communication of geographically dispersed contributors of both code and content for e-business applications.
With more than 2,800 Starbase customers worldwide, the company's technology supports the continuous cycle of creating, linking and managing digital assets, which comprise complex e-business applications. Starbase products enable users with differing technical and functional backgrounds to collaborate on the production and management of Web sites and e-business 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 e-business development projects.
Starbase has headquarters 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.
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