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White Room Associates and Catena
Technologies Form Alliance to help Customers Improve Operational
Effectiveness
14 July 2006 - White Room Associates has formed
a strategic alliance with Catena Technologies Pte Ltd, combining the
organizations' collective strengths and delivery capabilities. This
partnership enhances the companies' overall position in the areas of
strategy consulting, operational effectiveness and improvement, and
off-shoring advisory services. Moreover, they will complement each other's
geographic presence providing complete Austral-Asia wide coverage.
"White Room Associates' operational effectiveness framework, which uses
methodologies like Six Sigma, Lean, and Workout, has generated significant
benefits for top tier banking customers," said Randall Duran, CEO of Catena
Technologies. "Their toolset is very complementary with the
implementation-focused technologies, such as business process management
(BPM), that Catena Technologies uses to deliver process improvement
solutions."
The companies' experience working with customers in Australia, Japan, Hong
Kong, Singapore, and the United States enable them to address the dynamics
of various markets and business cultures as part of the overall solutions
delivered to end customers. Catena and White Room Associates also provide
customers with insights based on involvement in projects and with service
providers based in China and India.
Bodo Mann, Managing Director of White Room Associates said, "For business
process and technology off-shoring (BPO & BTO), White Room Associates
have developed a methodology that supports clients in analyzing,
developing, and implementing the optimal sourcing strategy. Catena has
extensive experience with selecting offshore vendors, setting up offshore
centers, and supporting ongoing offshore operations. Together, these
capabilities provide compelling value for customers."
Both Catena Technologies and White Room Associates have extensive subject
matter experience in banking and finance. The organizations have worked
with retail and wholesale banking customers around the world to improve and
enhance business processes and improve operational effectiveness. Going
forward, the companies' focus on applying web-based technologies to provide
real-time monitoring of operational and business performance for use by
senior management.
About Catena
Technologies
Catena Technologies specializes in technology
architecture and design for business process management (BPM), enterprise
integration, and enterprise content management. With over two decades
experience working in the global financial markets, Catena Technologies,
combines subject matter expertise with in-depth technology design and
delivery capabilities.
About White Room
Associates
White Room Associates is a boutique strategy and
general management consulting firm headquartered in Sydney with
representations in Melbourne and Perth. White Room Associates' areas of
expertise and core capabilities include Six Sigma, strategic
Transformations, off-shoring / outsourcing, post merger integration,
emotional intelligence and leadership development, and strategic software
solutions.
For More Information Contact:
Catena Technologies Pte Ltd
30 Robinson Road
Robinson Towers #11-04
Singapore 048546
Republic of Singapore
Phone: +65 6100 0881
Fax: +65 6399 0881
Web: www.catena-technologies.com
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