FAST & CIBER Sign Nordic Reseller Agreement
OSLO, Norway and LONDON, July 1 (ots/PRNewswire)
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- CIBER to Resell FAST's Powerful Enterprise Search Platform
Fast Search & Transfer(TM) (FAST(TM)), the leading developer of enterprise search and real-time alerting technologies, and CIBER, a leading international systems integration consultancy, today announced a value-added reseller (VAR) agreement, making CIBER a FAST reseller with a primary focus in Norway, Sweden and Denmark.
With this agreement, FAST's Enterprise Search Platform (FAST ESP(TM)) will be marketed and resold by CIBER to its customers as a stand-alone search technology solution, and will also be marketed as the key search infrastructure for portals and online communities. FAST ESP offers customers and partners, such as CIBER, the most comprehensive combination of powerful real-time search technology, business search management tools, and information analysis capabilities. CIBER can now extend these capabilities to its wide range of customers.
"Our partnership with FAST enables us to provide organisations with a 360-degree view of all of their information," said Steinar Sveen, Country Manager, CIBER Norway. "FAST ESP is a proven solution for locating and presenting information within disparate databases. Given the strong rise of Web portals, we're certain our current and future customers will benefit greatly from FAST's technology."
FAST has transformed enterprise search from a powerful, yet narrowly perceived function, into an enterprise-wide strategic and tactical capability of pivotal importance. FAST ESP and the FAST portfolio of solutions are the latest in a line of FAST technology that marries a no-technical-boundaries approach with a clear understanding of real-world requirements, including extraordinary performance, precise accuracy, broad reach, and high return on investment.
"Forming a relationship with CIBER presents a win-win situation for both of our organisations," said Ali I. Riaz, FAST's chief operating officer. "While FAST will benefit and expand its footprint in the Nordic region through CIBER's strong presence, CIBER will be equipped with FAST ESP, a powerful enterprise search solution that has continuously demonstrated its ability to increase revenues, lower total cost of ownership, and bring a speedy return on investment."
FAST ESP is offered through the FAST Data Search(TM) suite of enterprise search solutions, which includes FAST Data Search(TM) for Site Search; FAST Data Search(TM) for Compliance; FAST Data Search(TM) for eCommerce; FAST Data Search(TM) for Intranets; FAST Data Search(TM) for eDirectories; and FAST Data Search(TM) 360. The FAST Data Search product suite supplies a complete information retrieval solution ideal for key vertical markets and applications including e-Commerce and Internet Portals, Financial Services; Government; Life Sciences; Media and Publishing; and Telecom.
About CIBER, Inc.
CIBER, Inc. (NYSE: CBR) is a leading international system integration consultancy with superior value-priced services for both private and government sector clients. CIBER's services are offered on a project or strategic staffing basis, in both custom and enterprise resource planning (ERP) package environments, and across all technology platforms, operating systems and infrastructures. Founded in 1974, the company's consultants now serve client businesses from over 60 CIBER and 11 CIBER Europe offices. With offices in 10 countries, annualized revenue of approximately $850 million and more than 7,000 employees, CIBER's IT specialists continuously build and upgrade our clients' systems to "competitive advantage status." CIBER is included in the Russell 2000 Index and the S&P Small Cap 600 Index.
About FAST
FAST creates the real-time search and filter technology solutions that are behind the scenes at the world's best known companies with the most demanding search problems. FAST's flexible and scalable integrated technology platform elevates the search capabilities of enterprise customers and connects people to the relevant information they seek regardless of medium. This drives revenues and reduces total cost of ownership by effectively leveraging IT infrastructure. FAST's powerful enterprise search technology solutions are used by a wide range of global customers and partners, including AT&T, Cardinal Health, CareerBuilder.com, Chordiant, CIGNA, CNET, Dell, Fidelity Investments, FirstGov.gov (GSA), IBM, Knight Ridder, LexisNexis, Overture, Rakuten, Reed Elsevier, Reuters, Tenet Healthcare, Thomas Industrial Networks, T-Online, US Army, Virgilio (Telecom Italia), Vodafone, and Wanadoo.
FAST is headquartered in Norway and is publicly traded under the ticker symbol 'FAST' on the Oslo Stock Exchange. The FAST Group operates globally with presence in Europe, the United States, and Japan. Additionally, the FAST Group has business partners and customers in a number of other locations, such as Brazil, Canada and Australia. For further information about FAST, please visit www.fastsearch.com.
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(US), +1-781-304-2495, Peter.Gorman@fastsearch.com