Bekk Consulting AS of Oslo, Norway, today announced a partnering agreement with Documentum (Nasdaq: DCTM), the leading provider of enterprise content management. The alliance is designed to facilitate the implementation of complex next generation eBusiness portals in the Nordic Region.
"We see a growing demand for complex internal enterprise portals both in the private and public sector," says Frithjof Frederiksen , Head of Marketing at BEKK. "Because of Documentum's ability to provide document and content management services, check-in, check-out, workflow, new content creation - directly to enterprise portals, we view Documentum as a key vendor when developing advanced portal solutions for our clients."
BEKK serves a number of large private and public sector clients in Norway and is widely recognized as a leading specialized consulting firm for eBusiness consulting services.
As part of the strategy, BEKK is working with leading vendors of eBusiness platforms to deliver complex solutions based on market leading J2EE, Microsoft, Lotus Notes and SIEBEL platforms. "Documentum's product suite for document and content management is rapidly becoming a key element of our solutions and enables us to deliver the types of enterprise portals that truly improve the internal workflow efficiency of our clients" says Lars Arne Skår, Head of Technology at BEKK. "Addressing issues such as integration between document management, content management and enterprise portals is becoming a vital offering as our clients seek to optimize their eBusiness investments in 2002".
Also, 2002 is the year where the public sector is gearing up the pace of their IT transformation in the Nordic region. "In Norway, we are seeing a number of large initiatives being launched by major public entities to rationalize processes and workflow in the public sector," says Frederiksen. "We believe Documentum is well positioned for this market as a key element of complex technology solutions. As a result, we are now training our consultants to integrate eBusiness platforms and enterprise portal solutions with the Documentum 4i suite. By international standards, the Norwegian public sector counts to some of the most technologically advanced. A number of large public services offices in the country are gearing up for an IT transformation based on web technology and the efficient use of the Internet to rationalize the public sector," adds Skar.
About Documentum
Documentum is the industry's leading enterprise content management provider, automating the production, exchange and personalisation of all types of content, making it easier for the Global 2000 to gain competitive advantage by connecting employees, business partners and customers, worldwide. Built on an Internet-scale, XML-enabled and standards-compliant platform, Documentum products manage Web content, power portals, enable collaborative commerce, and solve regulatory content challenges. Over 300 partners across all major industries, including high tech, pharmaceutical, healthcare, consulting services, government, manufacturing, financial services, automotive, retail, and consumer goods, build and implement specialised applications using Documentum's content management infrastructure. For more information, visit Documentum on the Web at http://www.documentum.com/
About Bekk Consulting AS
Bekk Consulting AS is a leading Norwegian management and IT consulting firm. BEKK offers consulting services within Strategy and Organizational Development, Platform Technology Development, CRM and Internet Solutions. The firm delivers leading edge eBusiness solutions to a number of the largest corporations in Norway based on standardized platforms from leading technology vendors.
The firm was founded in April 2000 and is privately owned by the employees. Bekk Consulting has 97 employees as of Jan 1 2002. Total revenue in 2001 was NOK 122.1m with pre-tax operating profits of NOK40.8m. For more information on Bekk Consulting visit http://www.bekk.no/