AT&T Co’s computer manufacturing company NCR Corp has formed a new pan-European consulting and design centre, with the aim of providing multi-site and multinational companies with an integrated set of services that span national boundaries. The European Professional Services Centre of Expertise is based at NCR’s systems engineering division in Copenhagen, Denmark and is operational now. It employs an international group of 20 senior consultants specialising in architecture, databases, applications development, project management and networking for multi- and parallel-processor systems. These consultants co-ordinate the work of over 100 specialists in the professional services divisions of local NCR subsidiaries. The specialists, in turn, provide systems support and technical and consultancy services to local customers. The consultants will also implement a knowledge transfer programme for users’ technical staff. This consists of in-house seminars on the theory and practice of using multi- and parallel processor machines.
