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CONTACT INFORMATION
SFG
www.sfg.com
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Compuware and SFG Technologies Strengthen
Partnership with the Signing of New Agreement
ATLANTA, GA., August 30, 1999 - SFG Technologies today announces
the signing of a new agreement with Compuware Corporation that enhances
its competitive advantage in the emerging North American deregulated
utilities sector.
The agreement delivers two key benefits to SFG clients: implementation
support through access to over 7,000 trained professionals for SFG’s
Utility Management System (UMS) and the addition of Compuware’s
Uniface WebApplication Server technology to the UMS.
This agreement further solidifies an existing 5-year partnership
between the two companies through the Compuware Business Alliance
Program. SFG Technologies chose Compuware’s Uniface development
tool as the backbone for its UMS software application, because its
high degree of scalability and flexibility exceeds the needs of
the utilities market. This new phase of the partnership continues
to strengthen SFG’s strategic direction within the utilities industry.
“Today’s announcement marks another very important phase in our
long-term partnership with Compuware,” affirms Bruce Elliott, President
& CEO of SFG Technologies Inc. “This partnership sustains our
momentum in providing innovative, flexible, client-server based
utility software that gives our customers the edge they need to
stay competitive.”
Compuware continues to demonstrate leadership by producing leading-edge
technology such as the UNIFACE WebApplication Server, that would
allow UMS to Deliver on-line features such as bill payment and service
orders.
SFG’s Utility Management System (UMS) integrated software can address
a wide variety of functions including Customer Service, Requests
for Service – Service Orders, Credit Collections and Deposits, Billing
and Rate Management, Payment Processing, Meter Reading and Consumption.
UMS is an extremely user-friendly tool that allows utilities to
quickly and efficiently meet their customers’ needs.
SFG Technologies Inc. was established in 1985 and has been listed
as one of Canada’s top 100 private software development companies
by The Financial Post Magazine (1997,1998). With over a decade of
direct involvement in local government computing and an installed
base of over 100 sites, including cities, counties and school districts
servicing populations from 25,000 to over 1 million, SFG qualifies
as one of the most experienced and progressive providers of public
sector computing products and services in North America. For more
information on SFG Technologies Inc. visit their Web site at www.sfg.com.
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