Bluefly Selects TogetherSoft to Help Provide the Ultimate Online Shopping Experience
Retail Outlet Deploys Together ControlCenter to Enhance Service, Value and Convenience
RALEIGH, N.C. – June 17, 2002 – TogetherSoft Corporation, the leader in improving the quality, cost and speed of collaborative software development, today announced that Bluefly, Inc. (Nasdaq SmallCap: BFLY), a leading Internet retailer of designer brands at outlet store prices (www.bluefly.com), has chosen Together® ControlCenter&151; to support enterprise wide application development. Initial efforts with Together ControlCenter include the rebuilding and launching of Bluefly.com as well as the creation of inventory management systems.
As Together ControlCenter is the only integrated development tool that "works the way developers work," it was deemed to be the best technology to accommodate Bluefly`s rigorous programming environment. Bluefly was drawn to the way ControlCenter embraces and allows for constant change, while maintaining team communication and collaboration for easier project management. The product`s comprehensive integrated development environment (IDE), design models, refactorings and thorough testing and documentation capabilities are expected to lead to overall project and productivity gains for Bluefly.
"Bluefly strives to be the store of first resort for fashion by offering the most compelling combination of selection, value, service and convenience. In order to achieve that, the speed and accessibility of our Web site are both extremely important," said Jongnic (JB) Bontemps, application development manager for Bluefly, Inc. "TogetherSoft understands those needs and developed Together ControlCenter, which is unparalleled in terms of total integration and end-to-end development capabilities. It is easy-to-use, even for those coming from non-Java backgrounds. Within two weeks of install, developers were up and running."
Bluefly developers are finding Together ControlCenter to be a robust and flexible tool, heavily using class unified modeling language (UML) diagram capabilities and benefiting greatly from simultaneous round trip engineering. Quality assurance features are also taking pressure off development teams. Extensive audits and metrics in Together ControlCenter spare developers from the headaches of searching code for errors.
"Together ControlCenter`s unified IDE is extremely helpful for everything from diagrams to business and use case scenarios," continued Bontemps. "The integration to concurrent versions system (CVS) is seamless, which is critical for getting developers to frequently check on their code and keep things current. Bluefly is very happy with Together ControlCenter`s performance and plans to use it to implement the call center, back office tools and site maintenance utilities portions of our technology strategy after the site re-launch."
Together ControlCenter is the comprehensive Model-Build-Deploy choice for application development. In its sixth generation, ControlCenter offers extensive IDE and modeling capabilities. Development teams worldwide recognize ControlCenter for its simultaneous roundtrip engineering, extended refactorings, robust pattern support, integrated QA support, automatic migration between application servers and up-to-the-minute documentation generation. ControlCenter 6.0, introduced in March 2002, includes a new UI Builder, improved text editor, ten new refactorings, and a new testing framework module. It also offers additional modeling functionality and new mobile licensing.
About Bluefly, Inc.
Bluefly is headquartered in New York City, in the heart of the fashion district. Distinguishing itself with discounts of up to 75%, products from over 300 designers and a 90-day money back guarantee, Bluefly.com aims to be the world`s first full service outlet store for designer fashions. Its innovative Web site is designed to eliminate the "hit-or-miss" aspect of off-price shopping by allowing shoppers to see only those products that are available for sale and match their interests. For more information, visit www.bluefly.com.
About TogetherSoft Corporation
Dedicated to improving the ways developers work together, TogetherSoft Corporation creates and delivers software that enables enterprises to create high-quality applications quickly and on-budget. TogetherSoft is the momentum leader among software development vendors – with 81% revenue growth in 2001 and significantly faster delivery of new product features to the market using its proprietary, patent-pending technologies. TogetherSoft solutions are used in some of the world`s most innovative companies including Sprint PCS, The Home Depot, Cisco Systems, Sun Microsystems, and J.D. Edwards. For more information visit www.togethersoft.com.
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Contacts:
Shawn Ramsey-Kroboth
TogetherSoft Corporation
919-865-0576
sramsey-kroboth@togethersoft.com
Jessica Morris
FitzGerald Communications
617-692-3227
jmorris@fitzgerald.com
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