British Telecommunications plc

British Telecommunications plc is one of the world's leading providers of telecommunications services. With a market capitalisation in excess of £60 billion, it is one of the largest private sector companies in Europe. Its principal activity is the supply of local, long distance and international telecommunication services and equipment in the UK, serving 27 million exchange lines. International direct-dialled telephone service is available to more than 200 countries and other overseas territories - covering 99 per cent of the world's 800 million telephones.
 
BT is expanding its presence overseas rapidly and has operations in more than 30 countries world-wide, with joint ventures in the Republic and Ireland, France, Switzerland, Spain, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Sweden, New Zealand, Japan, Singapore, Malaysia, Korea and India. Concert, a wholly-owned subsidiary of BT, is based in the US and develops advanced networking services for global companies. Today, Concert's intelligent network platform provides and array of global telecommunications services to more than 4,400 companies in over 50 countries.
 
In July 1998, BT announced the formation of a US$10 billion global venture combining its trans-border assets and operations with those of AT&T and developing an intelligent Internet Protocol (IP)-based network which will support services such as global electronic commerce, global call centres and new Intranet based solutions. The joint venture, which includes Concert, is expected to be completed during the second half of 1999.
 
In the financial year 1997-98, BT's turnover was £15,640m with a pre-tax profit of £3,219m.

Cisco Systems

Cisco Systems is the worldwide leader in networking for the Internet. Cisco's networking solutions connect people, computing devices and computer networks, allowing people to access or transfer information without regard to differences in time, place or type of computer system. Cisco offers the most comprehensive set of products for building corporate intranets and extranets and accessing the global Internet. Underlying all Cisco solutions is the Cisco IOS software platform, which provides valuable network services and enables networked applications. In addition to building critical parts of the underlying infrastructure of the Internet, Cisco is one of the best examples of how the Internet can be used in everyday business. Applying Internet technology in areas such as customer support, order-entry, documentation, seminar registration, partner communications and employee relations, Cisco saves in excess of $360 million annually in operating costs. Cisco is a multi-billion dollar company serving large enterprises, service providers and small/medium businesses. Cisco sells its products in 90 countries through a direct sales force, distributors, value-added resellers and system integrators. Cisco has headquarters in San Jose, CA. It also has major operations in Research Triangle Park, NC, and Chelmsford, MA, as well as more than 200 sales and support offices in 54 countries.

EMC Corporation

EMC Corporation provides intelligent enterprise storage and retrieval solutions that enable companies and organizations to leverage their growing volumes of information into profitability, growth and competitive advantage. EMC defined and is recognized as the world leader in the market for enterprise storage systems. EMC Enterprise Storage systems, software products, and services are the leading information access and storage solutions for every major computing platform in today's business enterprise. EMC is the recognized time-to-market leader in delivering advanced storage and retrieval technology to companies whose success depends on information. Major customers include the world's largest banks and financial services firms, telecommunications providers, airlines, retailers and manufacturers, as well as governments, universities and scientific institutions. These industry leaders rely on EMC's innovative storage solutions for such applications as online reservation systems, transaction processing, customer billing, year 2000 compliance, the Internet and corporate intranets, business continuance/disaster recovery, data mining and data warehousing. A global organization, EMC is represented by more than 100 offices worldwide. The company manufactures its products in Massachusetts and Ireland, has R&D facilities in Massachusetts, Israel and France, and Customer Support Centers in Massachusetts and Ireland. The company trades on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol EMC and is a component of the S&P 500 Index.

Hewlett-Packard

HPs basic business purpose is to accelerate the advancement of knowledge, and improve the effectiveness of people and organizations. HPs more than 24,000 products include computers and peripheral products, electronic test and measurement instruments and systems, networking products, medical electronic equipment, instruments and systems for chemical analysis, handheld devices and electronic components. HPs HP-UX-based client/server systems offer scalability, resilience and high-availability features to meet customers long-term needs. HP works with the industrys best-in-class technology companies, ISVs, database suppliers, application developers and systems integrators to provide complete solutions in markets that demand mission-critical, Internet and high-availability applications. HP is viewed by leading market-research firms as No. 1 in commercial UNIX systems market share. The HP NetServer system family of Intel-based servers is among the top three best-selling brands worldwide. The HP NetServer system family ranges from entry-level models for small workgroup applications to SMP servers for demanding enterprise environments. Our technology road map will take HPs server business well beyond the year 2000, in keeping with its mission to lead the way to a new generation of enterprise computing for the next century with innovation and service the competition can't match.

Oracle Corporation

Oracle Corporation is the world's second largest software company, and the leading supplier of software for enterprise information management. The company has two major businesses: one aimed at providing the lowest cost information technology infrastructure, and the other to provide business and competitive advantage through high value applications. With annual revenues exceeding $6.0 billion, the company offers its database, tools and applications products, along with related consulting, education, and support services, in more than 140 countries around the world. Headquartered in Redwood Shores, California, Oracle is one of the first software companies to implement its model of enterprise software management through network computing capable databases and products, and the first major software company to make full-featured products available electronically on the Internet. It is the only company capable of implementing end-to-end enterprise IT infrastructure and applications solutions on a global scale.

PricewaterhouseCoopers

PricewaterhouseCoopers was formed on the 1st July 1998 through the merger of Price Waterhouse and Coopers & Lybrand. The new firm is the largest professional services organisation in the world . Drawing on the talents of more than 140,000 people in 152 countries, PricewaterhouseCoopers provides a full range of business advisory services to leading global, national and local companies. We provide industry knowledge, strategic understanding and technical skills to provide our clients with integrated solutions from strategy through implementation. In all our work we look to achieve long term relationships with our clients, by demonstrating value and lasting impact through the quality of our people and the depth of their expertise in their selected markets. Our IT related management consulting services include:
 
Information Technology Strategy (ITS): the development of IT strategies which create value by supporting the corporate strategy. IT strategy is focused on alignment with the business and defines opportunities to transform the business for sustained competitive advantage.
 
Information Technology Management (ITM): helps clients to improve the responsiveness, effectiveness and strategic alignment of information systems development, delivery and operations.
 
Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Systems: solutions to integrated cross-functional software solutions, including SAP, Oracle and PeopleSoft.
 
Systems Integration: involves the identification, co-ordination, delivery, implementation and life cycle support of hardware, software and solution sets.

SAP America

SAP is a market and technology leader in client/server enterprise application software, providing comprehensive solutions for companies of all sizes and all industry sectors. Cultivating innovative technologies on a solid foundation of business experience, SAP delivers scalable solutions that enable its customers to continually improve upon best business practices. SAP products empower people to respond quickly and decisively to dynamic market conditions, helping businesses achieve and maintain a competitive advantage. Founded in 1972, SAP is based in Waldorf Germany, and employs more than 15,000 people at offices in more than 50 countries who are dedicated to providing a high level of support and service for the more than 20,000 installations of R/3 worldwide.

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