sunflash-Distributed to mailing list sun/NC/north-carolina sunflash-Send requests, problems to owner-sunflash@suntri.east.sun.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Florida SunFlash SMCC AND THE DODGE GROUP TO DELIVER CLIENT-SERVER FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING SOLUTIONS SunFLASH Vol 56 #9 August 1993 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 56.09 SMCC and The Dodge Group To Deliver Client-Server Financial Apps Leading UNIX Client-Server System Vendor Teams with Leading Provider of Financial Accounting Software. OpenSeries, which consists of general ledger, accounts payable, purchase order and accounts receivable software, was specifically designed by The Dodge Group for client-server environments. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Leading UNIX Client-Server System Vendor Teams with Leading Provider of Financial Accounting Software MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.- Aug. 7, 1993-Sun Microsystems Computer Corporation (SMCC) and The Dodge Group today announced they have signed an agreement to co-develop and co-market a powerful suite of financial accounting solutions for client-server environments. The products will allow large organizations to take advantage of sophisticated financial accounting software that runs on high-performance SPARC servers running the Solarisoperating environment. As a result, corporations will be able to migrate their financial accounting packages from mainframes to more flexible systems that are easily adaptable to changing business requirements. The new products will combine the high performance and mature operating environment of SMCC's industry-leading SPARC/Solaris server products with OpenSeries accounting software modules from The Dodge Group. OpenSeries, which consists of general ledger, accounts payable, purchase order and accounts receivable software, was specifically designed by The Dodge Group for client-server environments. Pricing and availability for the new products have not been announced. "Competitive companies are looking for more flexible, cost-efficient platforms to re-engineer their financial accounting applications," said Doug Kaewert, director of commercial market development at SMCC. "With the availability of OpenSeries software running on our SPARC/Solaris systems, we will be able to offer customers a complete financial accounting solution that is custom-tailored for client-server environments." "We are using true client-server technology to produce an all-new set of financial applications aimed at large companies that want to support greater independence among their divisional units and quick end user access to company-wide management and operational data to make more timely decisions," said Frank Dodge, founder and CEO of The Dodge Group. "SMCC provides expertise with the UNIX operating platform and client-server computing and the horsepower to run the OpenSeries products at their full potential. We provide the application experience and market leadership. Together, we create a win-win situation for our customers." Founded in 1991 by Frank Dodge, a co-founder of McCormack & Dodge (which subsequently became part of Dun & Bradstreet Software), The Dodge Group is a strong contender in the highly competitive financial software market, according to industry analysts. The Dodge Group develops OpenSeries, a leading-edge client/server accounting software that enables users of networked systems to perform sophisticated applications that formerly required the power of a mainframe computer. In August, 1991, Frank H. Dodge, co-founder and former chief executive officer of mainframe software giant McCormack & Dodge Corporation, formed The Dodge Group, which is based in Waltham, Mass., with offices in Kingston-Upon Thames, Surrey, U.K., Schaumburg, Ill., and Iselin, N.J. Sun Microsystems Computer Corporation (SMCC) is the world's leading vendor of open client-server computing solutions. It is an operating company of Sun Microsystems, Inc., the exclusive computer supplier to World Cup USA 1994. 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