StarBase Corporation Announces Expanded Deployment by Aspect Communications
Business Editors/Hi-Tech Writers
SANTA ANA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 16, 1999--
StarTeam's Technical Collaboration Software is Core of
Aspect Consulting Service's Single Project Methodology
StarBase Corporation (Nasdaq:SBAS), a leading provider of
eBusiness Life Cycle Management Solutions, today announced Aspect
Communications Corporation, the leading provider of customer
relationship portals, is increasing its deployment of the StarTeam
software configuration management (SCM) solution for Aspect's
Consulting Services and support groups worldwide.
The additional implementation of approximately 300 licenses will
bring the total worldwide deployment of StarTeam to 450 licenses
within Aspect by January 2000.
Aspect Communications introduced StarTeam into their consulting
organization at the beginning of 1999. It has become a critical
component in the successful development and delivery of their customer
relationship management (CRM) solutions, including the Aspect(R)
Customer Relationship Portal.
As the foundation of a company's CRM and e-commerce strategies,
the Aspect Customer Relationship Portal enables businesses to provide
a consistent customer experience through one central place that
connects customers with the right enterprise resource, no matter how
the customer contacts the business.
"StarTeam is far and away the best-of-breed version control
system for remote access," said Dan Eccher, portal practice manager
for the Aspect Consulting Services group. "Performance, reliability
and security were essential elements for us since the majority of our
development team is remote and can only access the server on dial-up
lines."
All of Aspect's solution documentation, including source code,
design documents, executables and reusable components reside in the
StarTeam repository under version control. "The added value of using
StarTeam as part of our consulting practice is evident when the final
project information becomes an engagement hand-off package to our
customers. We can very easily create a project CD-ROM containing the
delivered hierarchy of files," added Eccher.
The increased deployment of StarTeam licenses is to support
Aspect's single-project methodology across their Consulting Services
and Support groups worldwide. Ease of use of the product is vital for
Aspect in supporting this approach since StarTeam will be used by a
diverse group of people with varying levels of technical skill.
Project managers, software developers, non-technical managers, as
well as support people all need to be able to check documents into and
out of StarTeam. "When I demonstrated StarTeam to our program
management task force, they were very impressed with its ease of use.
I am excited about the prospect of exploring more of the StarTeam
technology and using it to continue to improve our development
process," continued Eccher.
"Aspect has taken a solid approach to introducing new technology
and process into their organization," commented Lydia Patterson, vice
president, StarBase products group. "Their focus to date has been on
ensuring the successful implementation of version control on all of
their projects. Now that this is in place, they plan to use the
broader features of StarTeam to bring team collaboration and best
practices methodology into their projects. Over time, Aspect can
choose to build on this solid foundation to incrementally incorporate
more of the life cycle management features provided by StarTeam."
About Aspect Communications
Aspect Communications Corporation is the leading provider of
customer relationship portals that enable businesses to ensure
consistent interactions with their customers. Aspect's leadership
position in electronic customer relationship management (eCRM)
solutions is based on its 14-year-history and more than 3,500 customer
contact center implementations.
Aspect is headquartered in San Jose, California, with offices in
major cities worldwide. For more information about Aspect, visit the
company's Web site at <http://www.aspect.com> or call 1-888-412-7728.
About StarBase
StarBase Corporation is a leading provider eBusiness Life Cycle
Management Solutions for the enterprise. The StarBase eCycle
technology offers a complete family of user-friendly software products
that enable teams of people to collaborate in the production of web
sites, e-commerce and mission critical applications.
StarTeam, a prime component of eCycle, received "Two Thumbs Up"
from New Media in May 1999, Four Stars from Software Development in
August 1999, was named the 25th fastest growing ISV for Windows by
Microsoft and CMP Media in April 1999, and "Best of the Test Center"
by InfoWorld in January 1998.
Leading organizations such as Hollywood Entertainment, Bank of
America, Boeing, Dell Corporation, Intel Corporation, Sprint, and
Xerox have chosen StarTeam to aid in their development projects.
StarBase is located at 4 Hutton Centre Drive, Suite 800, Santa Ana, CA
92707. Tel: 714/445-4400. Fax: 714/445-4404. Visit StarBase's Web
site at www.starbase.com.
StarBase and its product names are trademarks of StarBase
Corporation. All other product and company names herein are trademarks
of their respective owners.
Aspect and the Aspect logo are trademarks and/or service marks of
Aspect Communications Corporation in the United States and/or other
countries. All other product or service names mentioned in this
document may be trademarks of the companies with which they are
associated.
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 productivity software
products, (v) sell-through of products in the sales channel, (vi) and
other risks described in StarBase Corporation's SEC reports and
filings.
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CONTACT: StarBase Products Group
Lydia Patterson, Vice President, 714/445-4401
Lpatterson@starbase.com
or
StarBase
Ann Jones, Director, Investor Relations, 714/445-4440
Ajones@starbase.com
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