divine Goes Live On Novient eServices 7

Market Wire, 20050229

Novient(R), Inc., the pioneer of software solutions for the service economy, today announced that divine, inc., a leading provider of solutions for the extended enterprise, is live on Novient eServices(TM) 7. divine joins the growing list of the world's largest IT services firms who have selected Novient's robust Service Process Optimization (SPO) solution to optimize workforce performance.

"Novient provides the centralized visibility into both resources and projects that our organization needs to forecast and plan for the future across our global enterprise," said Joseph Arnett, vice president, IT Core Applications, divine, inc. "The integration of Novient, Siebel and SAP provides our organization a view across the data collected and shared through each application, replacing several rogue systems of manual data input and one-off reporting. This allows us to be much more efficient and strategic in our operations--specifically in reference to customer demand."

divine has implemented Novient globally, joining customers such as Accenture, Compaq, Computer Sciences Corporation, Manugistics, Nortel Networks, and SAP, who use Novient to optimize the management of internal processes and resources to increase utilization, enhance management reporting, and improve the allocation and management of projects.

"For professional service organizations, the efficiency with which you deploy your workforce has a direct impact on profit, revenue and, therefore, success," said R. Halsey Wise, president and CEO, Novient. "Novient continues to deliver solutions that address the inherent challenges in today's service economy. Only Novient eServices 7 includes analytics and reporting tools that provide the level of detail needed to properly manage a global service organization."

SPO, formerly known as professional services automation (PSA), is described by Gartner Dataquest as software designed to track and allocate the major resources of services companies--namely people, intellectual capital, and time--to their output.

About divine, inc.

divine, inc. is focused on extended enterprise solutions. Through professional services, software services and managed services, divine extends business systems beyond the edge of the enterprise throughout the entire value chain, including suppliers, partners and customers. divine offers single-point accountability for end-to-end solutions that enhance profitability through increased revenue, productivity and customer loyalty. The company provides expertise in collaboration, interaction and knowledge solutions that enlighten, empower and extend enterprise systems.

Founded in 1999, divine focuses on Global 5000 and high-growth middle market firms, government agencies and educational institutions and currently serves over 20,000 customers. For more information, visit www.divine.com.

About Novient, Inc.

Novient is the pioneer of software solutions for the service economy. Novient provides visibility into resources and projects to allocate the right people to the right projects at the right time. Through sophisticated optimization technology, Novient aligns skilled workforces with strategic corporate objectives.

With over 150,000 users in 48 countries, Novient's Service Process Optimization (SPO) solution is used by the used by the world's largest organizations to optimize workforce performance. Customers include Accenture, Cingular, Compaq, Computer Sciences Corporation, DuPont, Manugistics, Nortel Networks, and SAP. For more information, please visit www.novient.com.

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