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Walker and Deep E-Business Solutions™ for Utilities In today’s new economy, Walker brings clarity, order, and unique solutions to match the needs of utility customers. From its inception in 1973, to its present global reach, Walker has always provided highly scalable and easily integratable solutions to the Fortune 1000. Entering the millennium, Walker has gained a leading presence in the e-business market with its Deep e-business solutions™ offering. Walker’s approach to ebusiness is evolutionary rather than revolutionary. Deep e-business at Walker means bringing customers not only a Web presence that offers transaction-based capabilities for self-service, but goes much further to include collaboration with customers and suppliers, system scalability and availability, process integration across the entire value chain and complex security structures. Walker is unique among the financial and operational application vendors in the depth of its business solution capabilities tailored specifically to the utilities industry to help customers develop and integrate a Webbased business strategy that is essential to their success. Walker’s team of seasoned executives, with industry specific insight, works closely with customers to implement business solutions across financial management disciplines, addressing both business and systems issues within the organization. In addition, Walker’s Business Solutions team works closely with R&D to assure that current and future versions of Walker software evolves to meet the ever-changing needs of the utilities industry. Today’s utility company needs to be a business leader equipped with leading-edge business practices, technology, and the ability to do business via the Internet. To achieve these goals, many leading utility companies have chosen Walker’s business solutions. Rita Sharpe, Vice President of Western Resources’ Shared Services, handling administrative, financial, human resources, IT, and procurement functions for the
Western Resources family of companies states, “We are impressed with Walker’s ability to support our dynamic business needs. A key reason for selecting Walker was its ability to provide us with the potential for Web-enabled, B2B applications on a scalable platform, allowing us to handle an ever-increasing number of users.” Jose Vazquez, Director of Financial Systems of Florida Power and Light, states that Walker was chosen for its applications’ ability to integrate seamlessly with FP&L’s current S/390 systems: “We were looking for a user-friendly system that could provide full inter- and intra-company integration that would support us now and going forward, especially as we integrate new technologies. For example, with Walker’s Web capabilities, any new acquisitions could be up and running in weeks rather than months. We can fully exploit the Web functionality of the applications when the opportunity presents itself.” He goes on to concur with Western Resources’ Rita Sharpe, explaining that another key component in the decision to implement Walker was its ability to handle tremendous volume and provide greater scalability than typical client/server environments. Walker recognizes that utilities are entering the world of competition and diversification; the company believes that utilities need responsive financial systems that are efficient, economical, and easy to use. Utilities need more than applications, they need individual solutions, industry-specific expertise from experienced people, and flexible systems to meet the needs of a changing business environment. Walker is a leading, global provider of e-business solutions for the enterprise. The Walker family of e-business, financial and analytical applications, combined with integration and consulting services, is utilized by Global 2000 organizations in industries including utilities, banking, financial services, retail, transportation, and government.
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