SACRAMENTO,
Calif. September 13, 2000—Meridian Project Systems (MPS) has been
selected to join the Microsoft Project Partner Program, designed to
assist partners who provide quality Microsoft Project extension products
and services to customers worldwide.
MPS is a Microsoft Certified Solutions Provider, integrating Microsoft
products into its software since 1998. "Participation in the Microsoft
Project Partner Program establishes MPS¹ relationship with Microsoft
on multiple levels," explained Clare Emerson, business development
manager at Meridian Project Systems. "By creating a seamless integration
between Meridian Project Pack and Microsoft Project gives us the ability
to better service our customers by delivering a fully integrated world-class
scheduling application with our world-class project management application."
Microsoft Project is widely used by MPS¹ customers and integrates
seamlessly with MPS¹ Prolog project management applications, allowing
Prolog users to transfer relevant data directly from Prolog into Microsoft
Project. Combining MPS¹ powerful Prolog applications with Microsoft
Project provides mutual customers with a complete scheduling and project
management package.
"As the use of combined scheduling and project management applications
continues to grow, this relationship creates valuable opportunities
for both companies," said John Bodrozic, MPS president. "Both
MPS and Microsoft Project are leaders in their respective markets, and
this relationship allows us to align our products to provide shared
benefit to current and potential customers."
"MPS has been a valuable Microsoft Project partner in the construction,
engineering and architectural markets," said Todd Warren, general
manager of the Microsoft Project Business Unit at Microsoft. "MPS
and others in the Microsoft Project Partner Program help us continue
to deploy great project management solutions for our mutual customers."
About Meridian
Project Systems
Meridian Project Systems (MPS) is an Internet and software solutions
company for the architectural, engineering and construction (AEC) industry.
MPS¹ eBusiness solutions allow owners, architects, engineers, construction
managers and subcontractors to collaborate throughout the building process
using the World Wide Web. MPS solutions allow construction managers
and building owners to manage the complex processes of major construction
projects including cost control, purchasing, engineering, document management
and field supervision. MPS was founded in 1993 and is a privately held
company headquartered in Sacramento, with a Research and Development
Center in Vancouver, BC. For more information see http://www.mps.com.
About ProjectTalk.com
ProjectTalk.com is a project management community designed for the Architecture,
Engineering and Construction (AEC) industry. ProjectTalk.com, the AEC
industry¹s first full-featured project management service, allows
the building team to create and manage projects over the Internet by
accessing project management applications on a convenient, subscription
basis. ProjectTalk.com offers three major areas of value: applications,
eCommerce and industry information. Powered by Prolog, the world¹s
most comprehensive project management suite of applications, ProjectTalk.com
supports the needs of today¹s dynamic building environment. In
an economy that requires project teams to work faster, smarter and more
cost-effectively, ProjectTalk.com helps manage the design/build process
more effectively utilizing the Internet. ProjectTalk.com offers an alternative
to purchasing, deploying and managing software applications internally.
For more information see http://www.projecttalk.com.