Enable Systems to Address Business Process Automation at Gartner Conference in DallasHOFFMAN ESTATES, ILLINOIS – September 12, 2001 – Hartford Computer Group announced today that subsidiary Enable Systems would address senior IT executives at Gartner Group's Midsize Enterprise Summit for the Central Region, to be held in Dallas, September19-21. The conference brings IT executives together with Gartner analysts and technology vendors to focus on the challenges of developing effective IT strategies and utilizing emerging technologies. Guests at the summit will include senior IT executives from enterprises with 100+ employees and annual revenue between $100 million and $750 million. Participants in the summit represent midsize organizations from the Central region, including the American Heart Association, Big O Tires, Boy Scouts of America, Cal-Maine Foods, CROSSMARK, Hancock Bank, Hiram Walker & Sons, Integris Health, Jockey International, Protection One and Whataburger. A representative from Enable Systems will be introducing the company’s proven ability to increase businesses operational efficiencies. “BPA is changing the way companies sell and distribute their products or services,” said CEO Tony Graffia, Jr. “Our solution hits mid-market businesses by extending their supply chain network. It extends their enterprise by enabling B2B activities online. Through our BPA solution we can address all of the complex business issues that a company will face and provide them a benefit of reduction in operating costs.” During the Dallas Conference, Enable will draw attention to their experiences within the Reseller Industry. The industry was becoming increasingly commoditized with many manufacturers disintermediating the reseller and selling direct to the end customer. Enable Systems’ parent company, Hartford Computer Group, is a leading IT Value Added Reseller in an industry that had reached its peak and was facing increasing competition and margin erosion. Consequently, margins were eroding as resellers were struggling to realign their business processes and cut significant SG&A out of the cost structure. Hartford was managing with traditional complex manual processes driving the business and adding 15% SG&A cost infrastructure to each customer transaction. Enable Systems will share its insight into Hartford Computer Group’s business re-engineering effort which involved automating all touch points with both customers as well as suppliers as well as redesigning the entire fulfillment and distribution assumptions governing the business. Through General and Breakout Sessions, Gartner analysts will take an inside look at the critical issues and technologies that enable strategic IT decision-making in midsize enterprises, focusing on topics such as e-business, CRM strategies, e-commerce, network services, sourcing, budgeting, and Web services. Summit guests will also meet privately with technology vendors in prescheduled Boardroom Sessions, and evaluate IT products and services at the Corporate Sponsor Showcase & Demonstration Forum. ABOUT GARTNER, INC. Gartner, Inc. is a research and advisory firm that helps more than 10,000 clients understand technology and drive business growth. Gartner's divisions are Gartner Research, Gartner Consulting, Gartner Measurement and Gartner Events. Founded in 1979, Gartner, Inc. is headquartered in Stamford, Conn. and consists of 4,600 associates, including 1,400 research analysts and consultants, in more than 80 locations worldwide. The company achieved fiscal 2000 revenues of $855 million. For more information, visit www.gartner.com. approach. ABOUT ENABLE SYSTEMS, INC. With over 25 years of sourcing, distribution, and order management experience, Enable Systems understands the demands of today’s purchasing environment. Enable Systems helps its customers extend their corporate enterprise forward to include customers and backwards to include suppliers. Coupling technology and process improvements into a proven e-Business model leverages existing assets. More information about Enable Systems and their solutions is available at www.enablesystems.com. About Hartford Computer Group Hartford Computer Group, Inc., headquartered in Hoffman Estates, provides people, processes and technology that deliver infrastructure solutions designed to optimize the customer’s overall IT strategy with Information Technology Management, Desktop and Enterprise applications, Mobile and Wireless solutions, eCommerce and Procurement strategies and Disposal, Remarketing and Refurbishment product retirement options—all as part of The Fullcycle SolutionÔ business approach. Hartford Computer Group is the source for distributed technology services for many FORTUNE 1000 firms. The company also provides consulting services that include system design, planning, procurement, installation, and technical support. Hartford is an authorized manufacturer's reseller for IBM, Compaq, Hewlett-Packard, Intel, Microsoft, Toshiba and Apple. More information about Hartford Computer Group is available at www.hcgi.com or by email to Solutions@fullcycle.com.
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