Press Release: Enterra Solutions Acquires The New Rule Sets Project
Monday, August 22, 2005 at 10:37AM Combined Company to Deliver Best-Practices Methodology and Technology Platform for Emerging Field of Enterprise Resilience Managementô
YARDLEY, Pa. ó August 22, 2005 ó Enterra Solutions, LLC, the leader in Enterprise Resilience Managementô (ERMô), today announced it has acquired The New Rule Sets Project, LLC (NRSP), which advises businesses and government agencies about the impact of global trends such as terrorism, technology acceleration, worldwide competition and complex regulation on security, compliance and performance ñ the challenges that Enterprise Resilience Management is designed to address.
The acquisition combines two leading organizations focused on the challenges and opportunities of globalization; it augments Enterraís established capacity to provide clients with a deeper understanding of their operating environment, and the strategies and technologies that will enable them to meet the demands of that environment ñ to perform, compete and win. The assets of NRSP strengthen Enterraís recognized thought leadership and strategic consulting capabilities, and will enhance the value of Enterraís technology products and advisory services.
Enterraís Enterprise Resilience Management Solutionô (ERMSô) enables public- and private-sector organizations to respond quickly, effectively and consistently to the challenges of globalization, which take the form of new security, compliance and performance rules. The ERMS fuses security, compliance, information integration and business process optimization into a single function, automating rules and best practices, and providing managers with real-time visibility into critical processes.
Under the terms of the acquisition, which follows a June 2005 strategic alliance between the firms, NRSPís consulting offering will be integrated into Enterraís Enterprise Resilience Management Solution as a front-end globalization module, and will form the basis for an array of new consulting services. The acquisition provides Enterra with a significant opportunity to grow more rapidly in targeted markets, particularly in the financial services, national security, and international development sectors.
Enterra Solutions was founded by Stephen F. DeAngelis ñ a thought leader in the area of Enterprise Resilience Management, entrepreneur and Visiting Scientist at the Software Engineering Institute at Carnegie Mellon University. The firm transforms organizations into Resilient Enterprisesô by identifying the rules and best practices that protect critical assets and business processes, and then translating them into executable software code applications that are embedded in the organizational IT core. Enterra provides a system for making an enterprise resilient and responsive ñ able to sense its environment, systematically detect and counter threats, mitigate risks, and capitalize on opportunities.
The New Rule Sets Project was founded by Thomas P. M. Barnett, a noted strategic analyst and consultant, nationally known public speaker, and the New York Times best-selling author of The Pentagonís New Map: War and Peace in the Twenty-First Century (New York: G.P. Putnamís Sons, 2004) and Blueprint for Action: A Future Worth Creating (New York: G.P. Putnamís Sons, 2005).
ìPublic- and private-sector customers are calling for a holistic, best-practices response to the stressors that result from globalization, which come in the form of new security, compliance and performance rules ñ a response that enables them to perform, adapt, and compete in an environment of extreme and increasing complexity,î said DeAngelis.
ìPublic- and private-sector customers are calling for a holistic, best-practices response to the stressors that result from globalization, which come in the form of new security, compliance and performance rules ñ a response that enables them to perform, adapt, and compete in an environment of extreme and increasing complexity,î said DeAngelis.
Barnett, founding partner of NRSP, joins Enterra as senior managing director and a member of the companyís senior management team. Barnett is a prolific blogger on current global events at his website www.thomaspmbarnett.com/weblog, where he counts among his regular readers representatives from all the major U.S. military commands, virtually all U.S. federal departments, numerous foreign governments, and major research and corporate entities the world over.
ìBoth Enterra and The New Rule Sets Project are focused on enabling public- and private-sector organizations to become Resilient Enterprises,î said DeAngelis. ìWe are providing a new, comprehensive understanding of the performance platform for the global age ñ a holistic, full-organization response to a world of risk, and a world of opportunity.î
STRATEGIC EXECUTIVE BRIEFING
Among its first offerings following the acquisition, Enterra will develop a strategic executive briefing that will focus on the changing rule sets and new security environment challenges created by globalization that drive the need for Enterprise Resilience Management.
DeAngelis and Barnett will present this executive brief for the first time at a conference to help the financial services industry address compliance and security challenges. Financial services executives, technology leaders, senior security and compliance officers, and key governmental officials will convene at The St. Regis Hotel in New York City on Monday, September 19, 2005, for the one-day conference ìEnterprise Resilience Managementô for the Financial Sectorî that is hosted jointly with the Association for Enterprise Integration.
ìAt the September conference, weíll be focusing on the total system response necessary to enable financial services organizations to monitor the security of their environments in real time, ensure minute-to-minute compliance with complex and ever-changing regulations, and demonstrate fast and flexible performance that meets the highest standards,î agreed DeAngelis and Barnett.
For more information on the Sept. 19 event, please visit www.afei.org/brochure/5AF2/index.cfm.
About Enterra Solutions, LLC
Enterra Solutions is the leader in Enterprise Resilience Managementô ñ a new best-practices approach that enables public- and private-sector organizations to respond to the environmental stressors that result from globalization and rapid technological change. Enterraís proprietary Enterprise Resilience Management Solutionô (ERMSô) consists of a best-practices methodology and technology solution that:
- Identifies an organizationís critical assets
- Pinpoints the business processes that enable those assets
- Determines the rules and best practices that apply to those processes
- Codifies and embeds those rules into the organizationís core IT systems, and
- Provides collaborative command and control capabilities to managers and decision-makers
About The New Rule Sets Project, LLC
The New Rule Sets Project, LLC, (NRSP) was formed around Thomas P.M. Barnettís vision for the world and his message of ìA Future Worth Creating.î NRSP works collaboratively and strategically with its clients to develop groundbreaking ways of thinking about and creating desired futures. The firm helps its clients discover the sets of rules that enable or impede them across organizational sectors and geographical boundaries.
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