ATG Unveils New Certification Exam For ATG Commerce; Six Companies in ATG's Accredited Alliance Program Participate in Initial Test
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 08, 2003 7:35 AM
- BusinessWire
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Oct 8, 2003 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- ATG (Art Technology Group, Inc.)(Nasdaq: ARTG), a leading provider of innovative software applications for commerce and customer self-service, today announced the creation of the ATG Certified Commerce Developer Exam, a new test that measures the proficiency of application developers using the ATG Commerce product.
ATG recently completed a beta program of the exam that involved six of its partners, including McFadyen Consulting and Professional Access, the two initial members of the ATG Accredited Alliance Partner program launched in June. This latest exam, which is a part of that program, seeks to ensure that developers can properly apply their skills when:
-- Designing consumer and business-to-business commerce solutions
based on an understanding of ATG Commerce components and an
assessment of the business needs for an application.
-- Developing consumer and business-to-business commerce
solutions built upon the ATG Commerce framework.
"The robustness and complexity of the commerce and self-service applications being developed on ATG software is always increasing," said Al Stoddard, vice president of channels and alliances, ATG. "Though ATG Commerce itself remains an intuitive and easy-to-use application, this test will serve as a benchmark for customers to help ensure that their developers are able to maximize their use of the vast functionality provided by ATG Commerce out of the box."
Joining Professional Access and McFadyen in the beta program were Analysts International, SBI and Co., Blast Radius and Conexus. As a suggested pre-requisite for taking the exam, partners are also encouraged to take the ATG Certified Relationship Management Developer Exam.
"The demands of time-to-market and performance place a great deal of pressure on our consultants, which requires them to be as proficient as possible in the ATG product stack with which we work," said Ganesh Shankar, CTO of Professional Access. "Benchmarks such as this test for ATG Commerce can not only serve to deepen the knowledge of our consultants and reinforce the strength of our partnership with ATG, but also drive our sales. Professional Access is committed to a attaining the highest knowledge level possible in regard to ATG offerings and we will continue to invest in such certification and training programs."
About ATG
ATG (Art Technology Group, Inc.) is a leading provider of innovative software applications for commerce and customer self-service. Customers around the globe rely on ATG for the frontline applications that help build and manage mutually beneficial relationships. Deployed on the industry's most popular application servers, ATG's application suites for e-commerce, portals, and relationship management are ideal for integrated e-business initiatives across the enterprise.
ATG has delivered e-business solutions to blue-chip companies worldwide including Aetna Services, Inc., Alcatel, American Airlines, Barclays Global Investors, Best Buy, BMG Direct, Eastman Kodak, Ford Motor Credit, HSBC, J. Crew, Sun Microsystems, Walgreen Company, and Wells Fargo. The company is headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, with additional locations throughout North America, Europe, and Asia. For more information about ATG, please visit our Web site at www.atg.com.
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This press release contains forward-looking statements for purposes of the safe harbor provisions under The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties that may cause ATG's actual results, levels of activity, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, levels of activity, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Important risk factors affecting ATG's business generally may be found in their periodic reports and registration statements filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission at www.sec.gov. Risk factors related to the subject matter of this press release include the possibility that ATG's product strategy may change in the future; ATG may discontinue this certification program; certification may not significantly enhance customer utilization of the product and the risks and costs of intellectual property litigation. ATG undertakes no obligation to update any of the forward-looking statements after the date of this press release.
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