Cambridge Also To Deploy Fulcrum Knowledge Network As Platform For
Internal Best Practices Application
CAMBRIDGE, MA and OTTAWA, April 14 /PRNewswire/ - Fulcrum Technologies
Inc., a subsidiary of PC DOCS Group International Inc. (NASDAQ: DOCSF, TSE:
DXX), today announced that it has signed an agreement with Cambridge
Technology Partners (NASDAQ: CATP) (Cambridge) under the Fulcrum(R) Alliance
Network(TM) Program. The agreement will furnish Cambridge the ability to
deliver knowledge management solutions to enterprises based on Fulcrum
Knowledge Network(TM).
Cambridge, an international management consulting and systems integration
firm, specializes in the rapid delivery of fixed-time/fixed-price, integrated
business solutions to their customers. Cambridge delivers services around a
number of key application areas, including customer management systems,
enterprise resource solutions, money management and trading solutions, and
knowledge management solutions. It is in the latter category that Cambridge
will deploy Fulcrum's knowledge management product line to help build
solutions that facilitate the acquisition, sharing, usage, and flow of
information across the enterprise for their customers. Cambridge will offer
consulting services for the Fulcrum Knowledge Network, a product that fits
their model of leveraging operational efficiencies by embracing and extending
the enterprises existing IT infrastructure.
``Our customers look to us to provide them with comprehensive solutions
based on best-of-breed products and services. Fulcrum Knowledge Network's
out-of-the-box functionality, ease of administration, and unique integrated
features allow us to continue to deliver innovative, rapid, cost-effective
solutions to our customers,'' said Kirk Klasson, director marketing for
knowledge management solutions.
Cambridge has also licensed Fulcrum's knowledge management software for
its own internal knowledge management application. Fulcrum Knowledge Network
will be deployed worldwide to Cambridge's 3200 employees. Through a single
point of access, employees will be able to quickly and effectively leverage
the intellectual assets across the enterprise facilitating their ability to
deliver unique and innovative solutions to their customers.
``Cambridge has built a reputation on its ability to rapidly deliver
enterprise applications, thus providing a strategic advantage to their
clients,'' said Eric Goodwin, chairman and CEO of Fulcrum. ``By combining
Fulcrum's knowledge management solution with Cambridge's extensive experience
in rapid deployment of intranets, groupware, workflow, and document management
applications, the two companies are well-positioned to deliver complete
enterprise management solutions.''
ABOUT CAMBRIDGE TECHNOLOGY PARTNERS
Cambridge Technology Partners is a new breed of consulting and systems
integration firm. Since its founding in 1991, the company has applied its
unique core values to the consulting and application development markets to
fundamentally reinvent the way business and technology solutions are
delivered. Working within a fixed time/fixed price model, Cambridge's
services span strategic consulting, process innovation, custom and package
software deployment (including ERP applications), networking, and training to
rapidly deliver end-to-end business systems that create immediate bottom-line
impact for its clients. Cambridge has 45 offices and more than
3,200 employees worldwide. Cambridge on the Web: http://www.ctp.com.
ABOUT FULCRUM
For 15 years, Fulcrum Technologies Inc. has been a world leader in
providing software for managing corporate knowledge bases. With its advanced
tools, Fulcrum is uniquely positioned to provide the intelligent access and
analysis that enterprises require for successful knowledge management.
Customers rely on Fulcrum's products to create multi-platform, standards-based
solutions - for customer care, best practices, publishing and other
applications. Fulcrum has offices and partners throughout North America,
Europe, Australia and Japan. For more information on Fulcrum and Fulcrum
products, visit Fulcrum's Web site: http://www.fulcrum.com.
ABOUT PC DOCS GROUP
PC DOCS Group International Inc. (NASDAQ: DOCSF, TSE: DXX) and its
subsidiaries, PC DOCS, Inc., Fulcrum Technologies Inc., CMS/Data Corporation
and CompInfo, Inc., develop, market and support object-oriented client/server
and corporate intranet enterprise document management systems, knowledge
management systems and information management systems for professionals.
The Company's customers include Fortune 1000 companies, financial
institutions, healthcare providers, manufacturing, consumer products,
communications and pharmaceutical companies, utilities, government agencies,
the legal industry, and accounting and other professions in North America,
Latin America, Europe, Australia and the Far East.
FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS
Certain of the above statements are forward-looking statements which
involve risks and uncertainties. Actual results could differ materially as a
consequence of a number of factors, including: fluctuations in the Company's
operating results due to product demand, length of the sales cycle, size and
timing of individual customer transactions and similar matters; changes in the
client/server application software market, including technology change,
changes in customer requirements, frequent new product introductions by
competitors and emerging standards; dependence of the Company on the services
market; reliance by the Company on its third-party resellers; dependence of
the Company on its key management; uncertainties relating to acquisitions,
including operational disruptions, unexpected operating expenses and losses,
and expenses associated with the integration of such acquisitions; and other
factors set forth in the Company's Securities and Exchange Commission and
Ontario Securities Commission reports and filings.
TRADEMARKS
PC DOCS is a registered trademark of PC DOCS Group International Inc.
Fulcrum is a registered trademark of Fulcrum Technologies Inc. and Fulcrum
Knowledge Network is a trademark of Fulcrum.
SOURCE: Fulcrum Technologies Inc.; PC Docs Group International Inc.
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CONTACT: Industry analysts and Trade Press may contact: Isabelle Des Chnes, Senior PR Specialist, Fulcrum Technologies, Inc., (613) 238-1761 ext. 264, pr(at)fulcrum.com; Investors and Business Press may contact: Kristine Sonnenberg, Director, Investor Relations, PC DOCS Group International Inc., (416) 497-7700 ext. 1105, investor(at)pcdocs.com
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