Kase and Company, Inc. form a Strategic Partnership with SageMaker

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, April 10, 2001 -- Kase and Company, Inc., announced today a partnership with SageMaker.

SageMaker develops and delivers an end-to-end e-business platform to manage an enterprise’s high-value, high-volume internal and external content and applications. Global 1000 clients use SageMaker’s platform to better leverage their information assets and increase overall employee productivity, thereby increasing their return on investment. In order to limit implementation time frames, SageMaker offers advanced out-of-the box functionality through its customizable application and content modules, iComponents. SageMaker has developed iComponents internally and via partnerships with such application and content providers as Financial Times, Electronic Publishing, McGraw-Hill, OneSource, Reuters, and SmartMoney. Based on standards of flexibility and openness, SageMaker’s solution enables clients to continually meet the evolving demands of e-business. The SageMaker client base consists of 450 global companies, including British Gas, Dynegy, IMF World Bank, British Telecom, Williams Energy, TotalFina, Unocal and VerticalNet.

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