Savannah Software announces International Partnership

June 2002
Savannah Software is pleased to announce it's partnership with Objective Computing, a London based IT company.

Objective Computing, one of the first UK companies to be awarded the prestigious Microsoft Gold Partner status, invited Savannah Software to form a partnership to work on international projects and pool resources on projects both in the US and the UK.

Alan Hearnshaw of Savannah Software said: "This is an excellent opportunity and is a 'win-win' situation for both companies. Our respective clients will benefit from the backing and experience of a pool of up to 15 developers - all Microsoft certified - and it will bring some of the European work here to the States."

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