ENGLEWOOD, Colo.--March 7, 2001--Agilera, a leading full-service,
pure-play application service provider (ASP), today announced that
restaurant chain El Pollo Loco has selected Agilera`s Extended Enterprise
(XE)(TM) as the hosting platform to support its Lawson financial
applications.
Agilera will provide El Pollo Loco with fully integrated and scalable
management of its Lawson Software(R) financial applications at its Irvine,
Calif.-based headquarters and 280 restaurant locations throughout the U.S.
"These are exciting times for El Pollo Loco," said Chris Slaughter,
chief financial officer for El Pollo Loco. "With 100 new restaurants opening
over the next five years, we must continue to focus on our core business. By
implementing an ASP solution for our accounting system, we take advantage of
the benefits this leading-edge technology provides. With Agilera, we can
procure best-of-breed applications, and we gain a business partner that
helps us meet our business challenges."
In selecting Agilera to host its financial applications, El Pollo Loco
cited Agilera`s extensive experience with Lawson Software and its ability to
deliver fast implementation. Since Agilera has long-term experience in the
retail industry, the ASP leader knew how to tailor solutions to meet the
restaurant chain`s needs.
"Our success in transitioning financial data and hosting enterprise
applications for El Pollo Loco demonstrates our ability to work with rising
companies in the retail market," said Agilera President and COO Robert
Unger. "El Pollo Loco is a true leader in the restaurant industry. Its early
adoption of ASP technology and ability to recognize the value of hosted
applications will serve the restaurant chain well as it continues to
expand."
El Pollo Loco was sold by Advantica Restaurant Group, Inc. to American
Securities Capital Partners, L.P. in December of 1999. Since that time, El
Pollo Loco has been transitioning its system infrastructure, including
financial data, to internal systems. Agilera, in conjunction with enterprise
application integrator DigiTerra, a wholly-owned subsidiary of CIBER
(NYSE:CBR), is managing the transition to the Agilera-hosted solution.
About El Pollo Loco
El Pollo Loco, Inc., a privately held company headquartered in Irvine,
California, is the nation`s leading quick-service restaurant chain
specializing in marinated, flame-broiled chicken. In addition to individual
and family meal quantities of its famous pollo, the chain offers a wide
variety of "Fresh Mex" entrees including Pollo Bowls(TM), Salad Bowls,
made-to-order specialty burritos, tacos al carbon, hand-rolled taquitos, and
more. El Pollo Loco currently operates domestically 280 restaurants in four
states -- California, Arizona, Nevada and Texas. For more information, visit
the El Pollo Loco Web site at www.elpolloloco.com.
About Agilera
Agilera is a full-service, pure-play application service provider (ASP)
that offers a flexible hosting platform for IT and e-business operations.
Agilera`s interdependent business model enables customers to expand
efficiently and scale their level of enabling technologies without
significant ongoing investments in infrastructure. Agilera, headquartered in
Englewood, Colorado, was founded by CIBER, Inc. (NYSE:CBR), the 27-year
international systems integrator; Verio Inc., the world`s largest Web
hosting company; and Centennial Ventures, Colorado`s largest venture capital
firm. Agilera provides its customers the velocity for faster time to market,
as well as "dot.com agility and Fortune 500 stability(TM)." Agilera`s Web
site is www.agilera.com.
Jerry Schranz
CPRi Communications, Inc.
PR for Agilera
370 North Street
Teterboro, NJ 07608
201-641-1911 x14
jschranz@cpronline.com
Back...
