Year 2000 Remediation Services to Be Provided For Fulton County, Georgia
BILLERICA, Mass., June 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Peritus Software Services, Inc.
(Nasdaq: PTUS), a leading provider of solutions for software maintenance,
today announced that Hitachi Data Systems (HDS) and Peritus were selected to
provide Year 2000 services for Fulton County, Georgia, the seventeenth largest
county in the United States. Peritus will provide its Enterprise Renovation
Suite/2000 solution to perform inventory analysis, assessment, and correction
of the Year 2000 problem. HDS will provide project office management and
consulting services, including business risk management analysis, systems
assessment, and test planning management.
"HDS and Peritus have the experience and expertise to provide a solution
that will enable us to have the very best Year 2000 services," said John
Rowan, Fulton County Director of Information Technology. "We were extremely
impressed with Hitachi Data Systems and their resolve to work with only the
finest co-providers."
The Fulton County contract is the result of a joint sales and marketing
effort by HDS and Peritus. HDS is the primary service provider on this multi-
year, multi-million dollar project. Peritus was selected by HDS to be the
sole Year 2000 remediation vendor. HDS selected Peritus because of the high
accuracy and automation of the Peritus solution for addressing the Year 2000
problem. The combination of Peritus and HDS provide a complete, best-in-class
Year 2000 solution.
"We've made it our highest priority to form alliances with companies that
provide best-of-breed solutions for all the parts of the Year 2000 process,"
said Gene Donlan, HDS product manager. "Our joint project with Peritus
provides Fulton County with an outstanding start-to-finish
solution."
"We are very excited about working with HDS on the Fulton project," said
Gareth Taube, vice president of Worldwide Marketing, at Peritus. "There is a
clear and strong synergy between the products and services of both companies.
Fulton County will benefit from our combined expertise."
Peritus and HDS plan to continue to work together on other opportunities
in the future.
About Fulton County, GA
Fulton County is the largest and most diverse county in Georgia, and
contains the highest concentration of Fortune 500 companies in the state.
Fulton County is among the first in Georgia to begin a concerted Year 2000
renovation project. The County is to take a leadership position on
implementing technology to enable effective response to their constituency.
About Hitachi
Hitachi Data Systems markets worldwide, a broad range of information
processing solutions, including enterprise servers, storage subsystems,
peripheral products, and professional services. Owned by Hitachi, Ltd. and
EDS, HDS has its headquarters in Santa Clara, California. For online
information about HDS' products and services, visit its Web Site at
http://www.hds.com.
About Peritus
Founded in 1991, Peritus Software Services, Inc., (Nasdaq: PTUS) is a
leading provider of solutions and technology for software maintenance. Peritus
software maintenance solutions enable organizations to transform
software maintenance into an efficient, cost-effective process to boost
productivity and performance. For the Year 2000 problem, Peritus provides a
complete solution for implementing and evaluating Year 2000 compliance.
Peritus has successfully renovated more than a billion lines of code for
clients worldwide. Peritus is headquartered in Billerica, MA and can be
reached at 1-800-598-7787 or at the Peritus Web site http://www.peritus.com.
Peritus is a registered trademark, and Enterprise Renovation Suite/2000 is
a trademark of Peritus Software Services, Inc.
SOURCE Peritus Software Services, Inc.
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CONTACT:
Ted Swoyer of Peritus Software Services,
Inc., 978-670-0800, tswoyer@peritus.com or Kim Miller of
Fitzgerald Communications Inc., 617-494-9500,
kmiller@fitzcomm.com or Bob Neudecker of Hitachi Data Systems,
408-970-4450, neudecker@HDS.com or Ann Wead Kimbrough of Fulton
County, 404-730-8302, annkimbrough@mindspring.com
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