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Technology Professional Services Association Membership Surpasses 50 Leading Technology Industry Companies
New Members Include BCE Elix, Brocade Communications Systems, Business Objects, Callidus Software, Convio, DoubleClick, Eloqua, Entrust, Symantec and Vignette
SAN DIEGO, August 22, 2006 – The Technology Professional Services Association (TPSA) today announced the addition of ten new corporate members, bringing membership in the technology industry’s premier professional services (PS) organization to 51 companies spanning market segments including software, hardware, networking, security, Web services, storage, on-demand, integrators and VARs.
The latest companies to join TPSA are BCE Elix, Brocade Communications Systems (NASDAQ GS: BRCD), Business Objects (NASDAQ: BOBJ), Callidus Software (NASDAQ: CALD), Convio, DoubleClick, Eloqua, Entrust (NASDAQ: ENTU), Symantec and Vignette (NASDAQ: VIGN).
“Hitting the 50-plus member mark in advance of our first year anniversary is a milestone achievement showing the importance of PS in today’s technology market. The highly respected companies who’ve elected to participate in TPSA is a testimonial to the great value in the sharing of best practices and research insights offered through our collaborative efforts,” said Thomas Lah, TPSA Executive Director.
“The exchange of ideas and information with our peers in TPSA provides a great forum for collaborating on complex business issues,” said Charles Johnson, vice president, Global Consulting Services, Symantec.
According to Mark Doll, senior vice president of Worldwide Professional Services at Business Objects, “As the world's leading provider of business intelligence (BI) solutions, we recognize the power of a shared knowledge base and the insights and experiences we gain from TPSA will drive us to develop professional services strategies and programs that will benefit our customers in new and different ways.”
Representing the new century’s most innovative and successful providers of technology professional services, TPSA continues to fulfill its charter to uniquely meet a critical information gap in the industry and empower companies’ respective professional services organizations to better serve the needs of their individual customers, while providing improved efficiencies and operations.
TPSA was launched in September 2005 and its full roster of members also includes Avaya (NYSE: AV), BEA Systems (NASDAQ: BEAS), Borland Software (NASDAQ: BORL), CA (NYSE: CA), Cisco Systems (NASDAQ: CSCO), Convergys (NYSE: CVG), Deltek, Diebold (NYSE: DBD), EMC (NYSE: EMC), Genesys Telecommunications Laboratories, Inc. (an Alcatel company), GlassHouse Technologies, Hitachi Data Systems, Hyperion Solutions (NASDAQ: HYSL), IKON Office Solutions (NYSE: IKN), ILOG (NASDAQ: ILOG), Juniper Networks (NASDAQ: JNPR), Mercury (NASDAQ: MERQ), Mentor Graphics (NASDAQ: MENT), MRO Software (NASDAQ: MROI), NCR Corporation (NYSE: NCR), NEC Solutions (America) (NASDAQ: NIPNY), Network Appliance (NASDAQ: NTAP), Nuance Communications (NASDAQ: NUAN), OpenAir, Parametric Technology Corporation (NASDAQ: PMTC), Peregrine Systems (OTC: PRGN), Primavera Systems, Progress Software (NASDAQ: PRGS), QuickArrow, Rolta International, salesforce.com (NYSE: CRM), SBI Enteris, Softrax Corporation, Software AG, Spotfire, Sterling Commerce, Sun Microsystems (NASDAQ: SUNW), Taleo Corporation (NASDAQ: TLEO), Tenrox, Toshiba America Business Solutions Inc. and Xerox (NYSE: XRX).
For TPSA community resources including important industry news and key financial trends, and TPSA programs and member benefits, visit www.tpsaonline.com.
About TPSA
The Technology Professional Services Association (TPSA) is the first and only organization for executives who create, produce, deliver, manage, measure, and optimize technology services in the world’s leading corporations. Member companies represent a diverse group of market segments including hardware and software products, systems integration, on-demand hosted applications, and value-added solutions. Through membership collaboration and management expertise, TPSA provides the information, concepts, models, and best practices required for success in the critical professional services component of the technology enterprise.
Leveraging its influential membership, TPSA serves as a pre-eminent thought leader and issues advocate, providing insights and trends analysis to the media, industry and business community-at-large on all matters related to technology professional services. The organization recently announced its inaugural Benchmark Survey and The Service 50, an aggregation and analysis of publicly reported financial data, with a focus on trends in services revenues, margins, and contributions to total corporate revenue.
TPSA is part of the Point B group of associations. For over 16 years, Point B has successfully managed industry groups, including the Service & Support Professionals Association (SSPA). More information on TPSA can be found at www.tpsaonline.com.
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