ATF and NRC Choose Gelco Travel Manager.RESTON, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 13, 1999-- Civilian Agency Awards Help Gelco Dominate Government Travel Reengineering Gelco Government Network, the government services division of Gelco Information Network, Minneapolis, Minn., announced that the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF ATF Molecular virology Activating transcription factor A cellular protein that stimulates transcription of adenovirus E4 transcription unit, which acts early in infection at any of several 'enhancer' binding sites ), and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), an independent U.S. government commission, created by the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974 and charged with licensing and regulating civilian use of nuclear energy to protect the public and the environment. (NRC NRC abbr. 1. National Research Council 2. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Noun 1. NRC - an independent federal agency created in 1974 to license and regulate nuclear power plants ) have purchased agency-wide licenses to reengineer their official business travel using Gelco Travel Manager (TM)(GTM See Good-this-Month order. ) software. ATF has begun preparations install GTM v7.1C with an Oracle database on a Unix server A medium to large-scale computer system in a network that runs under Unix. Unix servers are widely used as application servers and database servers and are available from a variety of vendors, including Sun, IBM, HP and others. . This version of GTM is fully web-enabled, adding significantly to the flexibility of the system while ensuring that travelers at the most remote locations have total access to all the functionality offered by Gelco. The license covers 40,000 business trips per year, and further positions Travel Manager as the standard for travel reengineering software in the Department of the Treasury. The Bureau has also purchased an additional license to operate the new Gelco Relocation Module software. Relocation is the latest addition to GTM capabilities. The module has been in Alpha testing (programming) alpha testing - Testing of software at the developer's site by the customer. The stage before beta testing. by NASA NASA: see National Aeronautics and Space Administration. NASA in full National Aeronautics and Space Administration Independent U.S. and more recently in Beta tests at seven sites including ATF. The software is expected to be released in September for installation by existing customers. The Relocation Module will integrate directly to GTM and operate transparently within the system. NRC will also install v7.1C, but the agency has chosen a Progress database for their Unix system Noun 1. UNIX system - trademark for a powerful operating system UNIX, UNIX operating system operating system, OS - (computer science) software that controls the execution of computer programs and may provide various services , and has elected to use a client server system for its 20,000 voucher annual license. The initial installation is now complete and training on the system is underway. "The demand for 7.1 series software remains strong," said Bill Shively, Gelco Executive Vice President. "Between DoD and civilian agencies and installations, we now have more than 115 federal customers. This gives Gelco the dominant share of the federal market." The Internet version of Gelco Travel Manager is the first totally web-enabled application of its kind for business travel reengineering. It creates a user-friendly, paperless environment for total control of the process -- from voucher preparation to digital signature approvals, with a real time "look and book" reservations option available to all government v7.1 series users. Gelco Information Network has been providing expense management and reimbursement services for businesses and corporations for the past 104 years. The company serves Fortune 1,000 companies and government agencies and is recognized as the premier solution provider for managing corporate expenses of all types. Gelco Government Network, producer of Gelco Travel Manager, is now the dominant software licensed to government for reengineering the business travel management process. With a customer retention rate of 97 percent, users account for over 1.5 million government travel vouchers each year. More information is available by calling 703-709-1100, ext. 3, or by visiting http://www.GelcoGovNet.com for a demo. Gelco Travel Manager is available on GSA (1) (Global mobile Suppliers Association, Sawbridgeworth, U.K., www.gsacom.com) A membership organization of suppliers of GSM products and services. Its goal is to promote GSM as the worldwide mobile communications standard. See GSM Association and GSM. Schedule. |
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