Applimation Informia(TM) Archive Selected by Major Manufacturer.Company seeks to optimize performance of its PeopleSoft Applications CHICAGO -- Applimation, Inc., the leading provider of enterprise data management solutions for packaged and custom applications, announced today that it has been selected by a major manufacturer and its IT service provider, Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC), to maintain the performance of its PeopleSoft human resources The fancy word for "people." The human resources department within an organization, years ago known as the "personnel department," manages the administrative aspects of the employees. and payroll applications. "We recommended Applimation Informia for CSC's data archiving solution because of it's proven history of success with similar clients within Oracle and PeopleSoft environments," said R. Paul Rasch, Director of CSC's PeopleSoft Competency Group. Applimation's Informia Archive provides flexible archive and purge functionality to quickly reduce the overall size of PeopleSoft production databases. Proactive archiving enables PeopleSoft Enterprise users to keep pace with the increasing rate of their business activity. Informia Archive reduces transaction volume for intensively used modules, thereby ensuring that inactive data does not interfere with the day to day use of active data. "As data volumes within an enterprise grow, the time and effort necessary for end users and database administrators to perform essential tasks on production systems increases," said Bob Markese, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Applimation. "We are confident that Informia Archive will assist CSC's client to reduce storage costs and improve performance while satisfying retention and accessibility requirements." About Applimation Applimation is a leading provider of enterprise data management solutions for packaged and custom applications across multiple database platforms. The Applimation Informia[TM] solution enables organizations to manage the growth of structured and unstructured data Data that does not reside in fixed locations. Free-form text in a word processing document is a typical example. Contrast with structured data. See free-form database. to achieve Information Lifecycle Management Information Lifecycle Management refers to a wide-ranging set of strategies for administering storage systems on computing devices. Specifically, four categories of storage strategies may be considered under the auspices of ILM. objectives, improve operational efficiency, reduce total cost of ownership and meet compliance requirements Compliance requirements are a series of directives established by United States Federal government agencies that summarize hundreds of Federal laws and regulations applicable to Federal assistance (also known as Federal aid or Federal funds). . For more information, visit www.applimation.com. About CSC Computer Sciences Corporation is a leading global information technology (IT) services company. CSC's mission is to provide customers in industry and government with solutions crafted to meet their specific challenges and enable them to profit from the advanced use of technology. With approximately 87,000 employees, CSC provides innovative solutions for customers around the world by applying leading technologies and CSC's own advanced capabilities. These include systems design and integration; IT and business process outsourcing Business process outsourcing (BPO) is the contracting of a specific business task, such as payroll, to a third-party service provider. Usually, BPO is implemented as a cost-saving measure for tasks that a company requires but does not depend upon to maintain its position in ; applications software development; Web and application hosting; and management consulting Noun 1. management consulting - a service industry that provides advice to those in charge of running a business service industry - an industry that provides services rather than tangible objects . Headquartered in El Segundo El Segundo (ĕl sēgŭn`dō), industrial city (1990 pop. 15,223), Los Angeles co., S Calif., on Santa Monica Bay; inc. 1917. Its products include navigation and computer systems, aircraft parts, office machines, telephone apparatus, and , Calif., CSC reported revenue of $14.9 billion for the 12 months ended March 30, 2007. For more information, visit the company's Web site at www.csc.com. |
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