Velocity Leads City of Newport's Technology Implementation

City cites project management, consulting expertise for smooth transition

NEW YORK, Sept. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- The City of Newport, R.I. credits the
Velocity Technology Solutions, Inc., project management team's expertise,
collaboration and commitment as key factors in the city's successful
technology upgrade process.
Velocity, the top provider of Lawson-managed services and developer of the
industry-leading Velocity OnDemand(TM) hosting environment, has implemented
Lawson financial, procurement, and infrastructure software applications to
meet Newport's growing technology needs for city and public school operations.
"This has been a complicated implementation process, but Velocity's
project management leadership rose to the occasion," said City of Newport
Budget & Finance Analyst Elizabeth Sceppa. "We're not only addressing the
system needs of our city, but also the requirements of our public schools, so
it really means two implementations. We charged Velocity with all of it, and
they have demonstrated a unique commitment to the project's success."
Sceppa credited Velocity for outstanding communications and flexibility
during the entire implementation process.
"The collaboration was excellent," said Sceppa. "The timely and ongoing
updates were clear, and kept us up-to-date on the implementation's progress
and needed resources. It's been a true partnership, and when upgrades are
needed in the future, we know we can count on Velocity."
Velocity leadership also credited the City of Newport's management team
for committing the appropriate financial and human resources to drive the
government's upgrade project.
"Our public sector clients have many of the same IT challenges as
for-profit businesses along with some very unique requirements and resource
constraints customarily found in government," said Velocity President & CEO
Tom Bruno.
"Our approach to the City of Newport was specifically designed to help
them succeed with their implementation by mitigating the project risks and
being flexible to fill in the resource gaps along the way. Hosting the
software provides an added comfort for government clients undertaking a
software implementation by removing risks associated with IT infrastructure
and disaster recovery."
About the City of Newport
Founded in 1639, historic Newport, R.I. is located on Aquidneck Island
about 30 miles south of Providence. The city is one of New England's most
popular summer resort communities and is well known for the Newport Mansions
and its close ties to U.S. naval history, serving as home to the Naval Station
Newport, the U.S. Naval War College, the Naval Undersea Warfare Center and a
major United States Navy training center. The city, with a population of more
than 27,000 is also the seat of Newport County. For more information, visit
http://www.ci.newport.ri.us.
About Velocity Technology Solutions
Velocity is a leader in providing enterprise software application
management, hosting and consulting services. With more than 20 years of
experience, Velocity has provided IT solutions to more than 500 organizations
in the service- and product-oriented sectors including health care, public
services, financial services, retail, food and beverage, fashion,
manufacturing and distribution industries. Velocity has pioneered a unique
approach to software hosting, Velocity On-Demand(TM), that is focused on
proactive client services and a world-class infrastructure provided through an
exclusive relationship with Verizon Information Technologies. For more
information, visit http://www.velocityus.com or call 1-866-299-4998.
Contact:
Gregg Bjork
Velocity Senior Vice President of Sales
gregg.bjork@velocityus.com
Phone: 646-884-6604

SOURCE Velocity Technology Solutions, Inc.

Gregg Bjork, Velocity Senior Vice President of Sales, +1-646-884-6604,
gregg.bjork@velocityus.com