For Immediate Release
Contact:
Seamus Phan
McGallen & Bolden
tel: +65-3246588
fax: +65-3246966
email: seamus@mcgallen.com
MCGALLEN & BOLDEN LAUNCHES CUSTOM INTRANET APPLICATIONS AND TEMPLATES FOR
SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES (SMES)
SINGAPORE, 20 July 1998 — McGallen & Bolden Asia, part of McGallen &
Bolden International (USA), launched its suite of intranet/extranet
applications and templates for small and medium enterprises (SMEs).
The first module launched by McGallen & Bolden is the HR Intranet (Basic)
Template, which includes all necessary templates and placeholders for a
typical human resource department within any SME environment. The module
will run on any web server and operating system (OS), including UNIX,
Windows NT, MacOS, LINUX, and even freeBSD. This is because McGallen &
Bolden has standardized its scripting environment to that of PERL, a
universal scripting language that has code transparency and cross-platform
compatibility.
According to Seamus Phan, technology/research partner of McGallen & Bolden,
“Although the intranet and extranet business is steadily growing around
different geographical regions, including Asia Pacific, most I.T. vendors
such as IBM, HP, Netscape and other larger players have not scaled their
products and solutions to help SMEs re-engineer their businesses to conform
to the intranet model. For example, most intranet applications that help
companies manage business functions costs US$50,000 upwards, with complex
models costing US$120,000 upwards. Most smaller businesses around Asia
Pacific, already hit by the regional economic and currency crisis, are
conservative or even apprehensive towards investing in such technologies.
Therefore, McGallen & Bolden, through its consulting division working
closely with its software development associates, have developed
scaled-down applications that work for SMEs, and costs far less.”
McGallen & Bolden has in place strategic development for several intranet
modules which will seamlessly integrate with each other to form an
enterprise-wide intranet/extranet system, including:
– Human Resource Development (HRD)
– Human Resource Management (HRM)
– Financial Management (including accounting and backend integration)
– Sales and Marketing Management
– Customer Service and Support
– Technical Support
– Manufacturing Management
– Quality Management
– Logistics Management
As intranet applications are extremely portable across applications,
operating systems and even client machines, McGallen & Bolden’s intranet
solutions will work with any type of computer system, host system, backend
database, accounting software, and network environments.
McGallen & Bolden also distributes the Cobalt Qube 2700 Micro Web Server, a
UNIX-based Internet and intranet hardware server, which runs the intranet
applications seamlessly, and can be pre-installed by McGallen & Bolden for
clients. The servers have a recommended retail price of US$1,249 only for
the basic configuration capable of running email, web, ftp, collaboration,
document management, right out of the box.
With a strong technology background, McGallen & Bolden is the only
Singapore-based small consulting firm to operate its own near-T1 Internet
backbone, with one 512k ISDN link and another 192k ISDN link both based in
Melbourne, Australia (serviced by Telstra and linked to the USA via
multiple T1s). With a 128k link in Singapore, the collective bandwidth
McGallen & Bolden operates is near-T1. By end 1998, McGallen & Bolden is
slated to upgrade its bandwidth to full T1 capability.
Pricing and Availability
The HR Intranet (Basic) Template with associative scripts for UNIX (can be
portable across other platforms easily) is immediately available from
McGallen & Bolden at US$180 only. Other templates when available may be
priced in the same price range. The basic Cobalt Qube 2700WG Micro Web
Server is immediately available from McGallen & Bolden at US$1,249.
For more information on technical issues, contact Seamus Phan at
+65-3246588 or email at seamus@mcgallen.com. Visit McGallen & Bolden at
http://mcgallen.net/ or find out about Cobalt Qube at
http://www.riscpower.com/.
Editor’s Note
McGallen & Bolden Associates was founded in 1991, associated with McGallen
& Bolden International Consulting Inc. in Delaware, USA. McGallen & Bolden
International Consulting Inc. in Delaware, USA, is a closed private limited
corporation. McGallen & Bolden today is represented in Singapore, Australia
(Melbourne), USA (Delaware), and Ireland (Dublin). The group is seeking
private placement investors for its expansion plans. The practice’s mission
is to “make ideas work” for customers, and is a training-led consultancy.
The practice has consulting services in Total Quality Management (TQM),
News Services, Publicity, Internet and Multimedia. Its associates are
highly experienced pioneers or experts in their fields, and have been
featured on regional print and broadcast media as expert analysts and
feature writers. Contact McGallen & Bolden Associates at +65-3246588 or
e-mail at publicist@mcgallen.com. McGallen & Bolden maintains a corporate
information web site at http://mcgallen.net/.