This press release leads me to ask how close is TPII to getting a meaningful contract with Ralston Purina Canada or any other company ?
Also I am sure Oracle has a multitude of "alliance partners". Is there anything significant going on here between Oracle and TPII, other than an agreement signed on some piece of paper, that will help TPII generate revenues ?
Also the following exerpt from another thread shows that there is a lot of competition in this business and other partners for ORACLE:
Potentially Overlooked......?
Any comments on UIS:NYSE (Unisys Corp),
unisys.com ,
- $1.2 billion market cap
- employs 37,400
- 52 wk H-L : $5.38 - $9.12
- small loss expected for 96
Established company providing Year 2000 solutions - overlooked in recent year2k
run-up. Company has undergone restructuring, appears to have limited downside -
good upside potential. Options are available on the AMEX.
Following excerpt from Unisys Web Site:
" Unisys is licensing an established Year 2000 methodology from James Martin & Co.
We are also leveraging low cost off-shore programming capabilities through Tata
Unisys Limited. In addition, we have secured Value Added Reseller agreements with
tool vendors to support Unisys and IBM platforms and have selected key strategic
alliance partners such as Computer Horizons Corp. to supplement our multivendor
technical skills. In addition, Unisys is working with most of the major providers of
millennium automated tools and programmer productivity environments. We have
established relationships with some of the industrys premier companies such as SEEC,
Peritus, TransCentury, COBOL Associates, Oracle, Sybase, Hewlett-Packard, and
Data Dimensions.
TEAM2000 is a multivendor systems integration offering that covers all dimensions of
the Year 2000 problem from the mainframe to the desktop, integrating tools,
consultancy and programming in a cost effective total solution. In delivering the
solution, Unisys leverages our core competencies in information technology consulting
and managing large-scale time sensitive projects. "
Regards,
Ram |
